Author: Sauvagine (---.rasserver.net)
Date: 03-05-2003 17:48
Not that I'm arguing, because the story so far is really neat, but in Werewolf they present an inverted view of the Norse mythology. I might not have this quite right, being that I don't own the Get of Fenris Tribebook, but in a LARP game I had it explained to me in character, so this is that perspective.
In this inverted myth, the Aesir are seduced by the Weaver along with humanity (being the "gods of the humans") and break with the Fenrir, who are the gods of the natural world (specifically, the predatory natural world). In essence, the Midguard Serpent and the giants are viewed as the Wyrm and its tainted servants and the Aesir and Einherjar as the Weaver and its clarified servants. According to the Get of Fenris view of Ragnarok, the Aesir will repent and strike out at the Serpent, but be killed in the proccess. With the Weaver so heavily weakened, the heavy control that She places on the Wyrm will be lost, and the Serpent will either (depending on who you ask) swallow up the world or wipe out enough that the Fenrir will all die, but not before they strike the fatal blow against the Serpent. In the second interpretation, the world will be left alive to grow into a new world which can flourish in peace.
I was wondering if you were returning to the human mythology, or if you were, in fact, using the Get of Fenris mythology and were planning to spring that on the unsuspecting players.
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