The Cub

The Cub
Origin	Stone
Aspects

History

The Cub was the second hour to awake after the Hibernation. Seeing the place laid before it with fresh eyes, it felt a great need to grow. So, leaving its mother to guard the house, it set forth towards the glory, exploring all that the fledgling place had to offer. the Cub, who was birthed from the Den.

Description

The Cub was the first to enter the new house from the wood, seeing potential for growth past its gates and so in order to access the great power that lay within it, forged the Hide Gate. Ursa Minor is the Hour of growth and fresh vitality. In the Mansus it manifests as a youthful creature, sometimes canine, sometimes ursine, sometimes human and, occasionally as something altogether alien. In its human form it looks like a gentle but strong youth of indeterminate age, but unblemished by age, its eyes always the same deep brown, sparkling with curiosity. The Cub’s followers are much the same, seeking power out of a curious interest and a deep desire to grow. Those that pay homage are explorers and young soldiers, seeking strength and knowledge. Its first and only scar comes from its fight with The Stag. It learned, but still wishes it could have been different.

Worship

Cult

• The Ursine League: Soldiers and explorers seeking the fresh power of youth, or hoping to preserve it. The Cub welcomes all into it's ranks, but for the promise of future service to the mother.

Mark

1. Temptation: Eternity - I could protect it all, make it last forever.
2. Dedication: Eternity - I have dedicated myself to the immortal pursuit of protection. Everything shall be forever, including me.
3. Ascension: Eternity - I have felt the old power that comes from the den, and the new power that seeks the glory. I see the endings in the world, and I ache to delay them. This is the Third Mark.
4. Ascension: Eternity - The Fourth Mark is growth. I am a colossus now, towering over those around me. I cannot stop myself from protecting the weak.
5. Ascension: Eternity - I grow larger still, and I sense interference from The House. I am on the hunt now, and the Mother's word is law. I know this to be the Fifth Mark.
6. Ascension: Eternity - With the Sixth Mark I see them all, every perfidious breach of the great mother's edict. They will not escape me, their power and blood is mine. They will survive to regret it.
7. The Preservation of Youth - I am more than what I was before. I will climb The Spirarch and Glimpse the Glory. The Cub awaits me. In its service, I will discover the true purpose of all that lives. My hide shall grow strong, stronger. Little will be able to stand in my way.

I care not for my own mortality, only the preservation of all that is. I will walk through the house, seeing my enemies, those that I've banished from where I was before, those who made me what I am today. My brothers in arms have welcomed me into the great legion, that we might serve Her. I see the light creeping through the boughs of The Spirarch and feel the rumbling power of The Den, it is for the preservation of this grandeur that I exist.

Under the guidance of the Cub, I have grown to be more than I was. My hide is tougher than iron and I shall not end. Nor shall anything else. I am a fragment of the power that preserves.

Servants

• Callisto: (12) (12): Heart to know her, Forge for a promise of Concord. Callisto walks into the room ignoring all trappings and rituals. They seem unimportant, now. She smiles, and it is a radiant sun. Callisto loves me. "Come now dear, there is no need for all this. I am always with you."

• Arcas (12) (12): Edge for a hunt, Heart to remind him. Arcas' Eyes are sharp. He knows all the breaches to the mother's law. He has no mercy, save that of the captor. Arcas cannot end. "They always try to reason, at first. Then they plead. Then they succumb. All bow to the power of the great mother."