We decided our first task to garner allies was with the Uratha. We were going to need their help keeping the shadow in check and from what we have seen the shadow is in some serious chaos. We found out that the situation with the Pure in upstate New York was worse than we thought. The most powerful of the Uratha shaman had convened a secret conclave to address the coming storm that was brewing within the shadow. Someone had tipped off the Pure of its location. We learned that Chief Runningwater of the Roanake was present so I scryed on his location. The Chief was crouched in a cave injured with several other fallen werewolves beside him. There wasn't much time, the Pure had already struck. I opened a portal to the cave and stuck my head through to announce we were coming in, didn't want to scare the guy. The Chief was already on edge and we startled him but he soon recognized me and relaxed slightly. We quickly got a run down of the situation. Ohm had already begun tending to the injured Uratha. A couple looked like they were on the brink of death but Ohm focused his will and closed their more grievous wounds. The shaman were scattered across the woods being hunted down by the Pure. The Chief had a voodoo like doll for each shaman afixed with locks of their hair. Glowing eyes signified their status and several of the dolls were no longer glowing. I used the hair to scry on the missing shamans. The plan was to single out those in most dire of need and we would split up into three groups to go get them. I locked onto my targets and opened three portal simultaneously. Hector and Ohm took the first, Red and Danno the 2nd and Kat and myself the third. We repeated this until all the shaman were brought back to the cave. We managed to rescue fourteen of the shaman and killed several pure and ran some others off. Not that this was probably the best time to be keeping score but let the record show that Kat and myself rescued all of our shaman and killed every single one of the Pure we encountered. There is certainly no shame in not doing as well as the two of us, we are like awesomeness cubed.
Hector and Ohm had brought a couple of the dead Pure back with them and Danno animated one so we ask some questions. The animated Pure didn't know anything other than he was ordered to come here by his leader. I asked Kat to look into his head and get me a picture of this leader, which she did with ease. I scryed on the leader and found him in a clearing with several other Pure. I suggested instead of rushing in guns a blazing that instead I will open a portal right behind him and Hector will reach through and snatch him. Everyone thought this was a fine idea and we did just that. Before the other Pure even knew what was happening I had closed the portal and we had the Pure leader in the cave. The leader wasn't very happy as expected and went into his war form to try to break free of Hectors' grasp. He had nearly succeeded and it was a sight to behold as the leader was nearly as big as Hector. The leader cheated though and used some trick to force Hector into a rage and he had to run out of the cave letting the leader go. The leader was of course pissed and came after us. I wasn't having any of that and I ordered him to calm down. The leader wasn't having any of that and started towards the shamans. I wasn't about to let any more harm come to them and I unleashed my nimbus and focused all my will on the leader and told him to calm the fuck down. He struggled and poured every ounce of energy he had to resist but it wasn't enough. You could see every muscle in his body struggle against my will but slowly the Pure leader dropped to his knees. This fucker was mine.
We asked the Pure leader who had told him about the conclave and all he said was "the dark one". We didn't even need to think about who he was referring to. Thats about all this guy knew, he was just a pawn in Donovan's plan. He was useless to us and he needed to die. Next I'm not exactly sure what happened. Maybe I was still blood drunk from killing pure alongside my mate. Maybe I still had pent up anger from losing Chicago. Maybe I just didn't give a damn. But what I did next surprised even me. I pulled out a silver stake I had saved for Stephen as a defensive measure. I forced the Pure leader to grab a hold of it knowing damn well it would cause him great agony. The I told him to fall on his sword. He has dishonored Father Wolf by killing his brothers and sisters. His punishment was death. I didn't even object when Danno raised the corpse of the Pure leader and asked me to open a portal back to the clearing as he ordered the corpse to step through with the stake and attack his own pack.
Red explained to the shamans about the glade he had found and suggested it be used as the location for their conclave. I agreed but first we still have a traitor on our hands and we needed to know everyone present was ok before we brought them back to our haven. Kat started scouring the thoughts of the remaining Uratha one by one while I watched the general emotional state of the others. One of the guards was starting to get real nervous as Kat focused her gaze near him. That guard lost his nerve and made a run for it. I anticipated this and looped the space around him preventing his escape. Danno quickly put himself in front of the exit. I released the guard and he just fell to the ground blabbering. We finally managed to extract some information from him. After what he saw me do to the Pure leader he was very open to talking. This guard was working for Azrael, the now rogue Silver Ladder councilor. She promised him the locus and some land in Chicago if he revealed the location of the conclave to her. He had a medal he used to contact her and didn't actually know where she was. My first instinct was to kill this traitor but the shaman decided that anyone can be redeemed. Danno and I told him to return to his pack immediately. Tell his Alpha everything he did and beg for his forgiveness. I told him that I would be watching him and if he didn't do what we asked of him that I would hunt him down and do the same thing to him as I did to the Pure leader. The stench of fear and urine was quite strong as the guard hauled ass off into the woods. The remaining Uratha checked out ok and I opened a portal to Ahava and welcomed them to our sanctuary. Before I went through I activated the communications device and just said "Your next" into it. Ohm unraveled the device and destroyed it as we returned home and the portal closed behind us.
Cygin