Family

Cedric Kaftan (deceased) - The patriarch of the little brood, he was found dead in the alley behind his bar in Boston in early August, 1994 the evening after the bar itself was destroyed by some sort of bomb. The Fianna of Boston knew him as Ears-in-the-Walls, fostern ragabash.
Mary Kaftan (45) - The family matriarch, she is Fianna Kinfolk and granddaughter of one of the few Fianna elders in Boston proper, Ian McRyan. Cedric and Mary met at the Boston Samhain Moot of 1971 while she was in college and were hurriedly married when it was realized child #1 was on the way. She went on to get her PhD. in English with an emphasis in folklore (especially Celtic). She teaches at SCCU.
Four brothers: Sean(26) and Patrick(22) live in Boston with their families/SOs. Brendan (deceased) died las fall at the age of 22, killed by a pipe bomb, and left behind his wife, a daughter and a son. Michael(25) lives in Washington and is active in an environmental group which routinely practices 'ecoterrorism', and available as a PC if anyone wishes to play him.
Maire Caitlin Fitzpatrick - Her daughter, born January 31, 1997. She lives with and is taken care of by her father, Gannon, who has been more than a little understanding of Megan's lifestyle being poorly suited for the traditional maternal role.

Personality

So, what is Megan like? Did you ever see the Star Trek: The Next Generation show "Up the Long Ladder"? I can't remember the female Lead-of-the-Day character's name, but Megan was originally supposed to be like her: a feisty, down to earth, no-nonsense Irish lass. Instead, she's turned into a smoky Garou mirror of myself. Ah, well. :) Her auspice is the waning halfmoon, making her a Philodox, a judge and peacemaker, but with a temper that can go off like the best of the ahrouns, and usually at the worst of times.

Since being aged in a weird twist of VR fate, Megan's become less the glory hound and more...balanced, I'd like to think. Not that she still doesn't have the temper, mind you, but she's trying to think more and act less.

History: Pre-Game

An Elder Philodox, Ian McRyan is one of the rare American Fianna with any kind of Pure Breed in him (4). The first generation son of immigrants who came over after the major waves of Irish immigration, like most of the Boston Fianna, in fact, he grew up in a traditionally Boston-Irish household and a traditional Fianna manner. Proud and opinionated, he helped to lead the Fianna to their current Caern, the Sept of the Fens, after being thrown out of the Caern of the Shattered Oak in the 1940's. Small and not very powerful, the Sept of the Fens is the bastion of the older generation of Fianna, the traditionalists, but is shared in uneasy truce with the Glass Walkers and Bone Gnawers of the area.

It was in this atmosphere that she was taught, and despite the strongly bigoted atmosphere of the Fianna at the Sept, she was uncharacteristically moderate in her views on some things, particularly tribe. So, when sent away from Boston shortly after her First Change, which was prompted by the death of her father, to the Caern of the Wheel Renewed in St. Claire, it was a relatively easy transition from the total Fianna atmosphere to the multi-tribal one of her new Sept.

History: on the game

Her life as a Garou...

While a cliath, she acted more ahroun than Philodox, until nearly dying on the 1995 Great Hunt. Only the intervention of Seneca Falls' old totem, a Weasel jaggling, saved her life. In return, however, the weasel took her payment as years away from Megan's life, aging her 30 years in the space of a day.

After that experience, she made an effort to change the direction of her life, to follow the path of wisdom more often than glory, signified in the deed name given to her by her first pack: Second-Chance. Shortly thereafter, Prophecy was born, comprised of Alexander, Shea, Strength-Bringer, and Megan, and chosen by Weasel.

For several reasons, the pack didn't last long. Mere weeks after the end of the Totem Quest, Megan and Strength-Bringer broke the Veil in the city, and helped bring the FBI down on the heads of the Garou. Later that fall, Strength-Bringer disappeared from the Bawn, only to re-appear a few weeks later as Clotho, a Black Spiral Dancer. Anubis handed down Megan's punishment for breaking the Veil to hunt down and kill Clotho in single combat, which Megan succeeded in doing, again coming to death's door (or, as the GM put it "You're not quite dead yet, but your bags are packed and you've kissed your wife good-bye"), and being left with a nasty battle scar to remember her traitorous packmate by.

After her second violation of Weasel's ban, Megan left Prophecy, and remained packless for several months until finally joining Blackwatch. After the departure of the Get of Fenris to the Caern of the Last Days and with Luz's permission, she worked to convert Stormcrow's former farmhouse into a haven for Kinfolk, cubs, and other Garou, where all were welcome and the larders always stocked.

The last year has seen a number of changes for her, mostly for the better. She successfully Challenged for the Rank of Fostern. After many months, Blackwatch finally succeeded in its Totem Quest and somewhat surprisingly (to them) wound up with the patronage of the Badb, of which Megan chose to follow the aspect of the Morrigan. She also passed judgement on the highly sensitive case of Remy's murder. And, on January 31, 1997, she gave birth to her daughter, Maire Caitlin Fitzpatrick. She has traveled to and returned from Ireland, the Sept of the Silver Harp, to try to learn more of the Irish culture as befits a Philodox, and to receive more training in that auspice from elder halfmoons. Since her return, she and her pack have hunted down and slain the demon, Jerran, and one of his minions, Amanda, and she has continued in her teaching to others in addition to extending her own education.

Her friends...

Her future...

Related links and logs

Related Links

A collection of role-play logs of scenes of interest both on Garou, and Megan, specifically
The Official GarouMUSH Fianna home page.
A page on Brighid
Tir Nan Og, a page on fairies
Gaelic Celtic Culture
The Celtic Studies Bibliography
Alcoholic Drinks of the Middle Ages. Every proper Fianna's abiding interest.
A page on St. Patrick's Day
A page of Celtic gifs

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