Custom Glyphs
Werewolf: The Apocalypse glyphs were created by Richard Thomas.See the footer for information on the current owner of World of Darkness and Werewolf: the Apocalypse IP.
Many fans have taken the frame work and expanded upon it to weave concepts, characters, and critters that were not represented in the canon material. The style and method of glyph designers tends to vary, making for a wonderful diversity of symbols; but even more delightful is seeing how certain concepts or themes resonate in the commonality of their expression.
This section includes custom custom glyphs for Auspices, Tribes, concepts, creatures, objects, and other miscellanea.
These are not official glyphs.
They are currently in categorical-alphabetical order, which is subject to change, evolve, and expand as more glyphs are added.
Text in "quotations" is the description or comments from the [custom glyph's designer].
Auspices
Organized alphabetically by Changing Breed (eg. Ajaba, Ananasi, Bastet, Gurahl, etc)
Ajaba
Ajaba Aspect.
"'Luna' halfway showing, 'Earth/Gaia' glyph, 'Helios' all the way down and one part of it missing."
Ananasi
Bastet
Hengeyokai
Hengeyokai Auspice.
"The sixth auspice. “Help” and “Lodge” used together. “Caern” might work too, but there’s no glyph for “Beast Court”, so I used “Lodge” in its place instead."
Hengeyokai Auspice.
"This one was fun to make, various different “claw” (Wind, Park, Claw) marks rotated to different points make up this one. I wanted it to look like a flying punch."
Hengeyokai Auspice.
"The same glyph could be also used for “Light” in a Weaver context. “Fire” and “Park” make up this one."
Hengeyokai Auspice.
"Altered the “Umbra” glyph a lot to get it to look like this."
Hengeyokai Auspice.
"You can see at least three different versions of this glyph because I wasn’t happy which one was the best or how it came out. Used the shorter “Earth” glyph and altered parts of the “Glass Walker” glyph."
Mokolé
Mokolé Solar Auspice.
"The Shrouded Sun. Helios is now covered by clouds and it’s raining over the Mokole. The Mokole is hiding / concealing / protecting something."
Mokolé Solar Auspice.
"Solar Eclipse."
Mokolé Solar Auspice.
"Partial Solar Eclipse."
Mokolé Solar Auspice.
"Total Solar Eclipse."
'Mokolé' + 'Lunar Eclipse' from the Garou Glyphs Dictionary + 'Luna' for crowned
Mokolé Solar Auspice.
"Lunar Eclipse."
'Mokolé' + 'Solar Eclipse' from the Garou Glyphs Dictionary + circle 'claw' mark for crowned + 'Luna'
Mokolé Solar Auspice.
"Annular Eclipse."
'Mokolé' + 'Helios' with extra radiating marks + emphatics for 'gathering'
Mokolé Solar Auspice.
"The Decorated Sun."
'Mokolé' + 'Dark/Night' with extra marks for shining
Mokolé Solar Auspice.
"The Midnight Sun."
Mokolé Solar Auspice.
"The Midnight Sun."
Mokolé Solar Auspice.
"The Rising Sun."
Mokolé Solar Auspice.
"The Noonday Sun. Helios glyph is now in the sky, fire mark glyphs added to scale parts of the Mokolé glyph because no shade = hot."
'Mokolé' + 'Helios' + 'Convalescence/Regeneration'
Mokolé Solar Auspice.
"The Setting Sun. Helios glyph is now going down as ‘Setting Sun’."
Nagah
Ratkin
Ratkin Aspect.
"'Hide/Conceal' glyph added to parts of 'Klaive' glyph."
Ratkin Aspect.
"'Shadow' from Shadow Lords glyph and 'Knowledge/Wisdom' glyph added together."
Ratkin Aspect.
"'Fast/Quick' glyph altered and put under 'Earth' glyph."
Ratkin Aspect.
"Also known as Blade Slaves. Klaive glyph and the 'lord' part of the Shadow Lords glyph added together. The 'lord' part is put below to show that the 'Blade' has control."
Ratkin Freak Aspect.
"Glyphs for 'Create / Artist / Author' and 'Mend/Repair' added together."
Ratkin Freak Aspect.
"The glyphs for 'Story', 'Hide/Conceal' and the Garou Glyphs Dictionary's made 'Truth/Reveal 'glyph added together."
Ratkin Freak Aspect.
"'Pain/Suffering' glyph with 'Lord' from Shadow Lord glyph added on top."
Ratkin Freak Aspect.
"Three 'fire' glyphs with tons claw marks added for 'explosion'. Could be used as a explosion glyph as well."
Rokea
Rokea Auspice.
"Glyphs for 'Full Moon/Ahroun' and 'Shark/Rokea' added together."
Rokea Auspice.
"Glyph for 'New Moon/Ragabash' and the shark fin from 'Shark/Rokea' is turned upside down."
Rokea Auspice.
"Shark fin is put in the middle of ocean glyph and 'Crescent' to 'Gibbous' glyphs added."
Colors
Creatures
"(Who eat other Ananasi, not known if they are under the Wyrm’s influence or not, as well as why they do the thing they do. From the Ananasi Breed Book.)
Used two Ananasi glyphs, making one smaller than the other and used the 'Tooth' glyph on either side of the end glyph marks of the bigger Ananasi. Nom Nom."
Miscellanea
Concordat of Stars
[Roger Karoll (Alex "Knox" Spero)]"Combines the glyphs for "star" and "put together, join, build"."
House Golden Sky
[Storyteller Shon]The Silver Fangs' lost House Golden Sky.
"This Glyph was made for a chronicle that involved the return from the Umbra the lost House of the Golden Sky. The Pack had to navigate, influence and deal with the Lodge leadership and the Kings and Queens of the other Houses."
"Sign of House-Wolf-Brother. Not a translation, but more a representation of whose crest it is."
Map of the Aetherial Realm
[Sam "Trial-of-Hope" Holloway]
Ritual Frenzy
[Sam "Trial-of-Hope" Holloway]
"For every first session where the group comes together."
Nature
Ranks
Bastet
Bastet Rank Three.
“Accomplished Friend.”
Bastet Rank Four.
“Wonder Favored.”
Garou
Garou Rank Three.
"Sibling of Gaia who Learns."
Garou Rank Four.
"Sibling of Gaia who Teaches."
Garou Rank Five.
"Revered Sibling of Gaia who Teaches."
Garou Rank Six.
"Legendary Revered Sibling of Gaia who Teaches."
The direct translation for Legend was mostly for space considerations, and I would otherwise describe it as something like "Revered Sibling of Gaia whose Teaching (Deeds) Inspire the Nation" or "whose Teaching echoes throughout the Nation and Gathers them all".
Hengeyokai
"This is just the “Stone” glyph to mean the same thing."
""Tree" with "Claw" glyphs, the "Claw" is turned sideways to look like the tree has been cut."
"I love how this came out, used “Metal/Silver” and “Fire” to make this Iron glyph."
"The previous made “Iron” glyph with the “Wind” glyph added. This is because oxygen is used when firing iron to make steel."
"“Metal/Silver” glyph combined with two parts from “Helios/Sun” glyph."
"The “Stone” glyph combined with “Mokole/Dragon” and parts of the “Silver Fang Lodge: House of Gleaming Eye” glyph. The Mokole/Dragon part ties into one of the myths about jade."
Renown
Used by: Ajaba, Bastet, Kitsune, Nuwisha, and Ratkin
Used by: Rokea
Used by: Nuwisha
"Defiance also already has the ‘Story’ glyph in it, but not the tear glyph mark from Song/Howl."
Used by: Ratkin
Spirits
Aurora Borealis
[CouncilofAutumn] "Patron of Wisdom."
Cockroach
[Sam "Trial-of-Hope" Holloway] 
"This is commonly used to represent decay, decomposition, or composting, but specifically it stands for Dead Mountain.
The glyph represents the spiritual topography of Dead Mountain. It is a primordial bridge through which spirits pass towards Summer Home. At it's peak is the sky and the peak of a mountain from which death emerges from below. The mountain is covered in unsurpassable wilderness in the real world, and in the umbra it's even more unfettered and wild. Crossing through into the deeper umbra, one finds themselves at a gateway to renewal in Summer Country."
"Dume'fa, Patron Spirit of Dead Mountain, and Sept of the Trillium Glade.
She is the howling grandmother, standing in between the physical world and Summer Country. Her howling swirls air spirits about her mountainous form, making the very rocks resonate at her peak. Every wolf that dies hears her call, beckoning them home."
Earwig
[Feral Noesis]This glyph was made for a Quest: Take Action! submission donating to Real Rent Duwamish
"Earwig, Patron Spirit of Transformation in the Dead Mountain setting.
The cunning six-legged Mesozoic Patron of Transformation, she is a former servitor of the Wyrm of Balance. Her instincts took over when the Wyrm became corrupt, and learned to survive unlikely odds. Earwig is both adaptable, as well as maternal. Earwigs are endemic, existing on every continent, able to find safe hiding spaces everywhere. She is also one with a voracious appetite. True to her origins, she can consume virtually any kind of energy or matter, and transform it into pure potential Wyld energy. She will not patronize just any Garou, only recognizing those who have an affinity for the Wyld."
"Unlike Hakaken - “The Heart of Fear" - the Black Spiral Dancer Patron of Strength - this Fear represents the fear through retribution, against those that would seek to defile Mother Earth."
Mammoth
[Arthur "Torakhan" Dreese] 
Mother Anarchy
[Sam "Trial-of-Hope" Holloway] 
Wyldfire
[Feral Noesis]"She Who Cleanses With Burning Anger To Clear The Way For Reborn Seeds. Wyldfire, a Wyld incarna and Patron of War, and the ethos of the Black Fury pack, Fever."
Yakecen
[Feral Noesis]"Yakecen, the Fallen Singer. Celestial Incarna of a black hole, that according to legend possibly 'birthed' Anthelios, the Eye of the Wyrm."
Tribes
Ahuizotl
Ananasi
Bastet
'Bastet' + 'Wisdom' + 'Scales/Judge/Justice' from the Garou Glyph Dictionary
Bastet Tribe.
"Garou translation. Original Bastet glyph noted ‘Knowledge’."
'Bastet' + 'Rage/Frenzy'
Bastet Tribe.
"Garou translation. Original Bastet glyph noted ‘Fury’."
'Bastet' + 'Earth/Gaia' + 'Gnosis'
Bastet Tribe.
"Garou translation. Original Bastet glyph noted ‘Gnosis’."
'Bastet' + 'Gnosis' + 'Wyld'
Bastet Tribe.
"Garou translation. Original Bastet glyph noted ‘Nala, wild Gnosis, Wyld, Fae, madness’."
'Bastet' + 'Resilient'
Bastet Tribe.
"Garou translation. Original Bastet glyph noted ‘Fury’."
'Bastet'
Lost Bastet Tribe.
"Garou translation. The Bastet glyph stretched out more and less thick to note really long sabers."
'Bastet' + 'Honor' + two 'Gaia/Earth' glyphs going in different directions
Bastet Tribe.
"Garou translation. Original Bastet glyph noted ‘Pride, Honor’."
'Bastet' + 'Wisdom' + parts from 'Create/Artist'
Bastet Tribe.
"Garou translation. Original Bastet glyph noted ‘Knowledge’."
'Bastet' + 'Glory' + 'Honor' + parts from 'Helios'
Bastet Tribe.
"Garou translation. Original Bastet glyph noted ‘Pride, Honor’."
'Bastet' + 'Quick/Fast' with extra emphatics
Bastet Tribe.
"Garou translation. Original Bastet glyph noted ‘Great Speed’."
'Europe' + 'Gnosis/Magical Power' + 'Knowledge'
Bastet Tribe from the Time of Empires Alternate Setting.
'South America' + 'Knowledge' + emphatic
Bastet Tribe from the Time of Empires Alternate Setting.
"The Jaguar People of the Night."
'South America' + 'Gnosis/Magical Power'
Bastet Tribe from the Time of Empires Alternate Setting.
"The Jaguar People of Twilight; Little Jaguar People."
'South America' + 'Fury' + 'Oathbreaker/Oathbreaking'
Bastet Tribe from the Time of Empires Alternate Setting.
"Formerly the Oliuiui, the Jaguar People of the Day."
Garou
An alternate version of the glyph for the Get of Fenris Tribe.
Arranged from 'Wolf' + 'Alpha' + emphatics used for people or numerous, as seen in Children of Gaia.
"The get of the greatest wolf like its many teeth"
An alternate version of the glyph for the Get of Fenris Tribe.
Arranged from 'Rival' + 'Time' + 'Ahroun/Full Moon' used to connotate action + 'War' which already includes the root reference to 'Wyrm' at the end of 'Time'
"Those who stand against the Wyrm at Ragnarok / End of Times"
The composition of glyphs gently reference non-specific ancient Germanic stylizations.
Arranged from 'Shantar' + 'Kinfolk' + 'Safety'
This is the symbolic glyph of the Hearthbound Tribe from Dead Mountain: Senescence.
"'Kinfolk' is one of the earlier glyphs Garou learn due to its simple and easy-to-parse components. Nannas working with Project Hearthfire developed this glyph as a part of a common learning game used to teach glyphs, where the teacher forms part of a glyph and the student adds on to it until a complete glyph forms. This was made as a question to ask crinos-born children how to end the glyph, and if they complete the glyph with the symbol of Shantar instead of 'homid', the Nanna activates Project Hearthfire and begins work to help the crinos-born escape their Sept."
Gurahl
Gurahl Tribe.
"Forest glyph and the glyph for Quick/Fast altered to show only legs."
Gurahl Tribe.
"Mountain glyph and Gurahl glyph altered to show only arms ‘hugging’ mountain."
Kitsune
Kitsune Path.
"Sorcerer/Lightning = Fire + Air. Glyphs for Fire, Wind, and Lightning added together."
Kitsune Path.
"Warrior/Lava = Earth + Fire. Glyphs for mountain and fire used. Rotated one fire glyph to run down the mountain."
Kitsune Path.
"Dreamweaver/Fog = Water + Air. Wind, Water and altered parts of the Park claw glyphs crossed together."
Kitsune Path.
"Bard/Clay = Earth + Water. Earth, Water, and Story glyph altered for the “Howl” part.
Mokolé
'Mokolé' + 'Water' + 'Claw' emphatic + part of 'Desert'
Mokolé Varna.
"Garou translation for the Nile crocodile varna. I can see the name of a familiar lake serpent there… "
'Mokolé' + 'Claw' emphatics
Mokolé Varna.
"Garou translation for the gavial varna. Gavial means ‘Pot’. Used the glyphs for Mokolé and a longer claw mark for the thinner snout. Used a small short claw mark for the end of the gavial’s snout as well."
Modified 'Mokolé' + 'Water'
Mokolé Varna.
"Garou translation for the American alligator varna. Halpatee is a Hindu word and seeing what it means, I replaced the curved part of the Mokolé glyph with a flat claw mark."
'Mokolé' + 'Sea' from the Rokea glyph
Mokolé Varna.
"Garou translation for the saltwater crocodile varna. Name comes from a Hindu hero. But since Saltwater crocs can swim in the sea, I just used the part of the Rokea glyph here instead."
Modified 'Mokolé'
Mokolé Varna.
"Garou translation for the Chinese alligator varna. Lung means ‘Dragon’ anyways. So I made it to look like a dragon."
Modified 'Mokolé"
Mokolé Varna.
"Garou translation for the Komodo monitor varna. Ora means ‘Land Crocodile’. Gave the Mokolé glyph legs and a head with upper/lower jaws."
'Mokolé' + 'Water' + 'Hunt' glyph from the Garou Glyphs Dictionary + upper/lower jaw claw marks for a open mouth
Mokolé Varna.
"Garou translation for the American crocodile varna. Piasa means ‘Man devouring bird’."
'Mokolé' + 'Howl/Story'
Mokolé Varna.
"Garou translation for the caiman varna. Syrta means ‘text, scriptures, or connecting thread’."
Modified 'Mokolé'
Mokolé Varna.
"Garou translation for the Gila monster varna. Name is based around a Native American Horned Serpent. So I gave the Mokolé glyph horns, legs, and a stumpy tail."
Wyrm-Fallen
"Meno Bovu (Swahili for 'Rotten Teeth') or Mfupa Rushwa (Swahili for 'Bone Corrupt'). Used the Bone, Teeth, and Wyrm glyphs. The normal Ajaba glyph shows the teeth breaking bone and the werehyenas would probably place great value on their bone-breaking teeth. So being unable to break bone would be seen as a bad thing. I also had to come up with a name/s for Ajaba under the Wyrm."
"The Breakers (Name comes from MET: Book of the Wyrm.) Used Wyrm, Ananasi, Claw, and Tear glyphs. Made to look like breaking something up."
"The Sterilizers. (Came up with the name myself.) I have two versions of this glyph. One with Death, Wyrm, and Apis glyphs used. And the second one (shown here) with all of those and the ‘Birth’ glyph added."
"Hell Cats and/or Hishtpah. (Hishtpah comes from MET: Book of the Wyrm.) Used Bastet, Wyrm, and flame parts of ‘Bane’ glyph. Need to figure out a Bastet style glyph for it too."
"The Shriekers. (Came up with the name myself.) Used Bat/Camazotz, Howl, and Wyrm glyphs."
"Buzzards or Scabbies. Used Crow/Corax, Wyrm glyphs, and added claw marks to make it look like a Vulture about to land."
"Skull Pigs. Used Death, Pig/Grondr, and Wyrm Glyphs. Then added the ‘Skull’ part from the ‘Toxic Waste’ glyph next to the death glyph."
"The Purgers. (Name comes from MET: Book of the Wyrm.) Got rid of the Mend/Repair glyph that’s normally part of the Gurahl glyph. Added the Wyrm glyph, added claw marks to look like clawed arms, and some flame marks from the Bane glyph."
"Kuko (Air Fox). (Can be found in the Lexicon for Kitsune in the Hengeyokai book.) Used glyphs for Fox/Kitsune, Air, and Wyrm."
"Dumenkara. (Name comes from MET: Book of the Wyrm.) Used Mokole, Wyrm, Story, and Conceal/Hide glyphs. Those that will not remember. Corrupted memories…"
"The Forgotten. (I came up with the name myself.) Used Snake/Nagah, Story, Wyrm, and Conceal/Hidden glyphs. Those that shall not be named."
"Bitter-Grins. (Name comes from MET: Book of the Wyrm). Used Coyote/Nuswisha glyphs and crossed the Wyrm glyph with Laughter/Humor = Twisted Humor."
"Vermin. (Name comes from MET: Book of the Wyrm.) Used Rat/Ratkin and the Wyrm glyph. Used parts of the Rain glyph and small claw marks for 'Rabid'."
"Qyrlspawn. (I came up with the name, since 'Kunspawn' is another name for Rokea.) Used the Shark/Rokea glyph and added ‘tentacles’ glyph marks."
War Wolves
[Sam "Trial-of-Hope" Holloway]'Black Spiral Dancer' Glyph with the "soul" removed and tentacles of corruption reaching out
"War Wolf mockery breed."
"The Yeren are supposed to be were apes embodying Greed so I started with a Human glyph with the Gluttony Glyph inside and the Take/Seize/hold glyph on top then I made marks meant to look like a Gorilla's hulking arms."
Weaver
On top is the box representing a computer monitor. Inside is a modified Glyph for Wisdom, also Howl. The internet and computers have Information, not necessarily Wisdom and they are used to communicate. The last part is the Air glyph once again sweeping from inside the Computer out into nowhere indicating Wireless communication.
