Session 1. Welcome to Hyde Park

Three young Uratha (Eric Sky, Marcus Blair, and Nails) are led to the Lodge of the Hunt in Westminster. There they meet Strikes-with-Courage, who informs them that they are to replace a pack lost in battle known as the Healing Scars. Eric and Marcus accept the elder’s proposal. Nails refuses, at first, but later joins the pack in Hyde Park. The pack’s first order of business is to scout out their new totem, Rids-the-Pain. They are greeted by the proud bear spirit. Rids agrees to be their ally as long as they abide by his ban. The pack must deny any form of non-spiritual healing. Seeking aid at a hospital or having a surgical procedure is out of the question. When searching their new territory, the Pack finds a raped, dead girl in the Kensington Gardens. They cannot sense anything special about the girl or the murder/rape through scent. Their investigation reveals that the corpse has been dead for hours and fingerprints and all forms of incriminating evidence have been covered up. The ghost of the girl, Shelly Wright, later appears to Eric Sky and confusedly rants on about how she was special and how there was much work for her to do. Nails manages to find a broken cell phone buried in the ground near the crime scene. After the ghostly experience, Eric Sky convinces the rest of the group to join him in looking for clues in the Shadow. Unfortunately, the nearest locus is Diana’s fountain, a considerable distance away. The pack reaches the fountain and enters the hissil. After a treacherous journey through the spirit wilds they find the spiritual reflection of the crime scene. The Shadow world in the immediate area contains a spirit of pain, emulating the dead girl’s corpse. Combat ensues. Moments before the spirit is destroyed, it chants out in the First Tongue. The spirit of pain and suffering conveys a message similar to what the Shelly’s ghost was also saying; she was somehow special. Strangely it admits that is can sense the scent of the wolf-blooded within her. Another rape victim is found the next day; luckily this woman has survived the attack and was taken to a nearby hospital. The victim’s name is Mary Higgins; she’s in a coma due to severe head trauma. Marcus uses his knowledge in the law to convince Mary’s parents that he should represent the victim, giving him and Eric access to her at the hospital. Nails remains in Hyde Park in an attempt to find clues at the new crime scene. He is later joined by Strikes-with-Courage. Strikes tells Nails that nearby hospital is crawling with Lunes, the spiritual children of Mother Luna. Nails decides to render aid to his fellow packmates. He steps sideways and begins a long and dangerous trek through the wilds to the hospital. At the hospital Marcus and Eric are granted complete access to Mary’s room, unmonitored for 15 minutes. Once inside, through spiritual investigation they find that the comatose girl has recently become a small locus of pain. Unexpectedly, this locus pulls them into the shadow. The pack’s totem, Rids-the-Pain, will not render aid there. The shadow realm in this location is truly a sick place, nearby spirits of death and suffering crawl through the walls, ready to kill. The pack is astonished to discover that the locus is gone, trapping them in the shadow realm. It seems hospital staff has moved the girl to another room. Nails makes it to the scene and joins the battle. After much fighting, signs are beginning to show that the spirits of death are not fading, but growing in power. The pack escapes from the room, desperately trying to find Mary. The coma patient, and thus the locus, has been moved to the 5th floor ICU. When the Pack finally finds her, the locus has been reactivated. Quite unexpectedly, the locus is guarded by an entire choir of Irralunim lunes. It is a rare moment, these spirits almost never gather in choirs, and never for a mere mortal. In unison the renowned spirits of cunning sing a sad tale of loss and a great urge to kindle the blood of the wolf inside this girl. The wolf-blooded nature has attracted them to this location; the girl must have had some deeper purpose within that only the wisest of Luna could truly understand. The spirits slowly fade away, as does the life force and soul of the girl that used to be Mary Higgins.