Old Gods of Appalachia
What stared back at them was almost a woman. She looked clearly dead, or at least unliving. Her face was smooth and pale in the light. Part woman, part wolf in shape, as if caught halfway between transformation. Her throat was a halo of bruises in the shape of a man's hands; below her collarbones, though, her body was lean and furred with a sandy reddish coat and she was naked. At her feet lay a wolfskin and a pot of rancid rendered fat.
Some women with the gift can use it to call upon the blood song, cracking their bones and twisting their human flesh until what emerges from their body is more wolf than human. These wolf sisters are not cursed victims like in the stories from the old country, nor do they make others into wolf shapes with their bite. They keep their human minds even as they take on a wolf's form, and when on two legs they have enough granny lore to heal the sick and make wards around their homes. During the day they help women in need, and under the shadows of night they hunt.
Like most people, a wolf sister is susceptible to the corruption of the Inner Dark—filling her mind with poison and her heart with bloodlust and vengeance, until she is a thing of hatred and violence.
A wolf sister's transformation doesn't include clothing or equipment, so they usually remove these things before they use their salve and transform. Otherwise, the change would ruin their clothes.
Unlike mythological werewolves, wolf sisters don't heal any faster than a human, but they can use their gift to tend any wounds they suffer while hunting
Motive: Protect women, hunger for flesh and vengeance
Environment: Homes in remote parts of the woods, usually in packs of three or more
Health: 26
Damage Inflicted: 5 or 8 points
Movement: Short; long when in wolf form
Modifications: Speed defense and perception as level 7 when in wolf form
Combat: In human form, a wolf sister uses human weapons, inflicting a moderate wound (5 points). In wolf form, she attacks with a vicious bite or claw, inflicting 8 points of damage.
A wolf sister can use her action to noisily transform into a wolf or back into her human shape. To use this ability, she must first cover her skin with a special salve of rendered fat, which usually lasts for an entire night, allowing her to change shape at will during this time.
Some wolf sisters have only a weak gift and need a more powerful sister to prepare their salve, and that sister must be within very long range for them to transform. These lesser wolf sisters follow the commands of the more powerful members of the pack.
Lesser wolf sister: level 2 in human form, all tasks as level 3 in wolf form; health 10; wolf bite inflicts a moderate wound (4 points)
As a person with the gift, a wolf sister can sense the general presence of her own kind and other gifted folk within long range.
A wolf sister can be repelled, bound, and banished like a supernatural creature of the Green or the Inner Dark.
Interaction: Wolf sisters are sympathetic to women in need, especially those who have been harmed or betrayed by men. They tend to be distrustful of men, especially men of power and privilege who think they can harm women without suffering any consequences. Once a wolf sister has taken wolf form, she's more interested in hunting than talking.
Use: A series of grisly animal attacks has killed several company men. A pregnant woman seeks the wolf sisters for protection against her former lover.
Loot: If a wolf sister is defeated, portions of her body can be used as 1d6 + 1 cypher materials (especially for cyphers relating to healing, protection, and perception).
Connection: The character knows someone who was helped (or harmed) by a pack of wolf sisters, or is related to one of them.
GM Intrusion: The wolf sisters work a binding, preventing a character from moving more than an immediate distance for a few rounds.
The wolf sister's attack is especially vicious, inflicting damage and also moving the character one step down the damage track on a failed Might defense roll.