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==The Wolf-Chosen==

''The charred shaman''.

'''Usual Location''':  The Wolf-Chosen travels amongst the Ascarian tribes, but is still often found at the great bone fortress of the Shattered Claw.

'''Common Knowledge''': In most of the Drakkath and Huron, little is known of the Wolf-Chosen; he is a looming figure behind the growing raids from Ascarian marauders, the shadow cast by the flames of Dharummut.  They say that the Great Wolf manifested itself in an avatar of blood and fire and challenged the Brothers and Sisters of the Ash Lodge; one man bested it, his flesh burned and rent, and ate from the ancient carcass of the Wolf Excarnate to became the god's champion.  Now he is a shamanic vessel, a figure of war and flame.

'''Characters and the Wolf-Chosen''':  The heroes and cunning-folk of Ascaria flock to the Wolf-Chosen's banner, seeking to serve him in the raids on the weak northerners and the fiery retribution that will surely be laid upon High Kyros.  Beyond the cold south, there are those who seek vengeance or are possessed of too great a rage who undertake the incredible peril of a trip to seek audience with the champion of the Great Wolf in hope that they can receive the training and teachings of the Ash Lodge.

'''Allies''':  The Merchant Prince seeks to maintain the city-states' old trade-ties with the southern people for furs, ivory and the herbal drugs that the Ascarians concoct from strange steppe-flowers, and that means negotiating for safe passage with the Wolf-Chosen's warriors.  The Hierophant wants the Wolf-Chosen to acknowledge his spiritual authority; perhaps he dreams that the Ascarian marauders can be harnessed into an army that will rebuild the Empire rather than tear its scraps apart.  It seems that the Wolf-Chosen has himself sought out alliance with the Thornmaiden, sending petitioners to the Circle of Thorns.

'''Enemies''':  High Kyros is the great enemy of the Ascarians, and so the efforts of the Frost Envoy are anathema to the Wolf-Chosen.  Killanon lies in the path of the Ascarians as they are pushed aside by High Kyros where the Vault-Keeper wonders and fears at what the Wolf-Chosen may do; and already Ascarian raids into Naseria are worrying the Truth-Seeker.

'''The True Danger''':  If the Wolf-Chosen lets himself fall into the fury of vengeance and the bloodlust of the despoiler, the Ascarians may become a ravaging plague that sweeps forth to pillage and destroy.