How the Great Accords came to be, narrated by Grandma Sofii

“In the times before the great accords, things were vicious. Packs fought for territory, slaughtering lone wolves that ventured too far and leaving our people vulnerable to the other monsters in the dark.

“Then a group of packs came together on our continent for the first Great Accord. It was the earliest agreement that we know of on this side of the world. Tian Hua personally went from pack to pack, risking his life to organize a gathering on neutral territory to create a collaborate agreement where each pack agreed to a set of territory and most importantly, agreed to allocate space to permanently remain neutral territory, so that any lone wolf or pack traveling on business would have safe corridors to travel.

“The Great Accord meant that our people were able to fight off the invasions of the skyclad, hungry ghosts, the river folk, the deep ones, and the comebacks that have lashed out against our people and our territories.”

Porsche: “Those were the old times. These days, all Undine are equal. No one’s better or worse and there’s nothing wrong with it. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.”

Pete: “The Theerapanyakuls don’t let anyone know they are werewolves or have werewolves. Everyone lies to us or ignores us or excludes us. I didn’t know anything about it until after I was bit. I didn’t know what was happening to me for a long time. I still don’t understand. No one will explain anything to me. They’re all scared of a taboo.”

"The first Great Accord led to the first International Convention of wolf packs in the 1700s…” 

Khun Kharma’s Reign and its Outcomes, briefly explained by Baijanthi Shah

“Kharma Theerapanyakul was a serial killer using his position to commit genocide. He didn’t just kill the neighboring packs, the other Undine were decimated in your territories. The survivors fled or hid. Today, the Undine still cower from your lands and you’re supposed to be one of the Twelve at the table, a table which, must I remind you, is meant to protect all the Undine and not just Moon blessed. Worst of all, everyone looked the other way because he only killed in his own territory and no one wanted to set a precedent of stepping in."

Caste System that was put in place in the Main Family (and First Minor Family)

Hierarchy, Then and Now

dun, dun, dun!!!

How Does One End Up A Werewolf:

Born Blue: 

both(?) biological parents are Werewolves

Turned as a Baby: 

Instead of being bitten, like Pete was, or being born blue, like Porsche and Chay, babies can be turned when they are young if they are born Dine/Human. They just need to ingest the saliva of a fertile wolf until they shift during a full moon. They then will grow as human and wolf at the same time, like those born blue. 

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“She’s perfect. The first daughter Theerapanyakul and, ever since I turned her, she’s showing all the signs of being fertile when she grows up. First daughter and first fertile,” Ken brags, a huge smile lighting up his face. “I am crushing it as a den bitch. Wish I could go back and rub this in the faces of everyone who tried to tell me I’d never make it as a gold digger.”

Pete can’t take his eyes off Cairo. She’s so small. Pete thinks this is the closest he’s been to a baby in years. “You turned her?” he asks. “How?” He can’t imagine someone so little could survive it.

“It’s tricky when they’re this small. The safest way to do it is lick the bottle nip or you know, do it Remus and Romulus style, breast feeding, every day until they shift on their own at a full moon. Gun got a little too interested in that when we talked options for kids, but I draw a hard line at that.” Ken says, and takes a quick suck of the baby bottle, “Great way to check if the formulas’ too hot too.”

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Bitten:

a fertile wolf bites a human and the human undergoes a process that lasts a year (12 full moons) that the wolf side grows from 'puppy' to 'adult wolf'

Stages of "Bitten"

Gestation, Puppy, Juvenile, Wolf...

Moonpulleds, Courting, and the Works

Moonpulleds (see Moonpulled) can feel the pull between themselves. Once they find their moonpulled, they can begin courting. This, in modern times, entails regular dating, scent marking, maybe casual sex, exchange of household provisions, and then setting the dates for the ceremony. The traditional aspects include courter to show that they can provide for their bonded and the one who is being courted to gift the other a kill to show they accept the courting.

The ceremony is when bondeds usually officially complete the mating bond. It always has an exchange of blood but "every pack has a different tradition".  

“There is no wrong way or right way to love. Especially with moontouched. How you complete a mating bond is between you and him. The bond will snap into place when both of you are ready and then you’ll always be able to feel him through the bond if you reach. Sometimes it is the ceremony night. Sometimes it is longer.” - Grandma Sofii

Bone Scribe & Bone Curses

Coming Soon...

Kim

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“He stares up at Pete in shock and starts hacking, coughing and retching until he throws up a puddle of black fluid and a fabric bag sewn around the portion of a rib bone."

Tankhun

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"Tankhun throws out his hands, grasping for Arm's shoulder and Pete’s hand as he starts gagging and retching violently. Arm pulls downward until Takhun is bent over in half, until he throws up a flood of black fluid and in the center, a bag sewn to a ribcage."

Kinn

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 “Feel his chest. One of his ribs is missing, if not both. We found zombie slave bags inside Kim and Tankhun. Kinn has one too."

Getting Rid of Bone Curses

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Puzzle Box

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"There’s a puzzle box. He moves it in his hands and when he opens it, it’s like a blanket that lays on top of the memory until it’s gone.”