Tribe: Children of Gaia
Breed: Metis
Auspice: Theurge
Rank: 3

Gifts:
(1) Create Element, Mother's Touch, Resist Pain, Sense Wyrm;
(2) Curse of Hatred;
(3) Reshape Object

Rites:
(Accord) Rite of Contrition;
(Mystic) Rite of the Totem;
(Punishment) Rite of Ostracism Fetishes: Shard of Despair, Vulcan's Interface

Description:
    In Homid form, Cernonous is a thick-set man of
late middle age, In Lupus form he is a gaunt, gray wolf with
small horns protruding from his forehead.
These horns, his metis deformity, are evident in all of his forms save Homid,
It is because of this disfigurement that he bears the name Cernonous,
after the Horned God of Celtic myth, consort of the Goddess.
When dealing with humans he calls himself Professor Curwen Nostrum.

BIO:
    Cernonous was born of two Children of Gaia, His mother was of Serbian descent,
his father Filipino. They believed that their love was not unnatural,
for surely it came from Gaia, not the Wyrm.
Cernonous was raised without guilt, and it came as a shock to him when
he first experienced the prejudice and scorn most metis experience.
For many years he lived bewildered and frightened, gradually
coming to know shame. Cernonous perceived that his horns were
what marked him to other Garou as unnatural, and so he swore
to enter human society and learn all he could about genetics
in order to free himself of his metis taint.

    Years of study taught Cernonous much, and under the name
Curwen Nostrum he became one of the rising stars in Australian
genetic research. The answer to his quest still
eluded him, however, and Cernonous began shunning
humans and Garou alike in favor of furious research and heavy drinking.
Late one night, while staggering along Bondi Beach singing
drunkenly to the stars, Cernonous received a vision of Gaia.
He saw the Goddess dancing down a path of moonlight reflected
across the waves, a thylacine fawning at her feet.

    Since that day Cernonous has devoted himself to the task
of bringing back the Bunyip, a now-extinct Garou tribe from
Australia's past. He believes that he might find the Bunyip
gene in a thylacine, if any of the creatures still
live in Tasmania's wilderness, or, failing that, in viable cells
in bones or hair from museum specimens. With his knowl-
edge, Cernonous hopes to extract DNA and clone the
Bunyip, reintroducing them to the world.
To date he has had no success, but Cernonous perseveres.
He keeps his research secret from other Garou.
Were the Red Talons to discover that he sought to return the
Bunyip to the world, Cernonous believes that Mamu and his
tribe would not hesitate to kill him.
The only Garou Cernonous has entrusted with his secret is Darius Winchester,
the Silver Fang king, who has funded his research.
Unknown to all, Cernonous' research is monitored by the Progenitor
Convention of Technocracy mages: modern wizards of technology.
The Progenitors have not yet acted to prevent his discoveries,
hoping to claim the results as their own.

    Cernonous' dedication to the Goddess and his strength
of spirit are respected by his tribe, which is considering him
for possible election as Arm of the Goddess for Australia's
Nimbin Protectorate. How Cernonous will receive this honor is uncertain,
but acceptance would certainly curtail his research time.
Yet leadership would bring Cernonous into a prominent role in the
War of the Apocalypse; any successes he might have in restoring
the Bunyip would be well received by loyal followers.
The return of the Bunyip would certainly strike a blow against the Wyrm.