Benjamin Rivers

Spirit Rank	•••
Cunning	•
Glory	•
Honor	••
Purity	•••••
Wisdom	--

Battle-Bound
Auspice:	Rahu
Tribe:	Storm Lords
Pack:	Mother's Vengeance
City:	Brisbane
Player:	Nick Wittman
Storyteller:	Cameron Stewart

Known Name: Benjamin Rivers

Deed Name: Battle-Bound

First Change: 1941

Age: 93

Pack: Mother's Vengeance

Nicknames/Aliases: Ben, Ol' Man Rivers, Old Ben

Auspice: Rahu

Notable Traits: Body covered in scars and tattoos down one arm.

Timeline

- 1924: Born in Ipswich to
- 3rd of September 1939: Australian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies announces the beginning of Australia's involvement in World War II
- 8th of October 1940: Benjamin decides to join the army, lies about his age and is sent off for training
- January 1941: Benjamin is deployed in the Libyan as a part of the 6th Division. Is placed under siege in April
- June 1941: Benjamin's group is attacked and he is the last survivor, undergoes the first change and destroys the sieging squadron, coming to in their blood the next day.
- August 1941: The Siege is lifted and Benjamin is sent home.
- 1942: Struggling with his new life, Benjamin draws the attention of local werewolves around Ipswich. He quickly integrates to their society, during this time he marries his girlfriend from before the war, Isabella Rothel.
- 1943: Benjamin joins the Storm Lords and takes his Oath of the Moon, notably before being told if he was accepted into the Storm Lords
- 1943-49: Gets a job as an apprentice mechanic and re-enlists at the end of it. Is involved in a vicious territory war with several pure packs before being sent to Japan and taking part in the occupation there from 1949 to 1952.
- 1950s: After the end of the Occupation of Japan is sent back home once more, he returns after his final tour to find he now has a son and daughter, twins, Isabella has named them Lucas and Emma. Three months later, Benjamin is Deployed near the end of the Korean War. Afterwards, he returns to work as a mechanic.
- 1960s: In 1962, Australia's involvement in the Vietnam war begins. Benjamin once more joins, serving several tours of duty before the end of the Vietnam war. Spends a large portion of the next decade involved in various Uratha-focused conflicts primarily around Queensland. becomes known around the state. Is Involved in forming the Protectorate around the area of SE QLD. In 1968 Lucas undergoes his first change.
- 1970s: With relative peace coming to the World and Australia, Benjamin focuses his efforts on Uratha focused wars and fights. Lucas gets married. Emma falls pregnant but her partner leaves her, has 2 children
- 1980s: Isabella dies of Cancer. Later that decade, Lucas and his wife give birth to a girl that they name Isabella.
- 1990s: Lucas and Benjamin are fighting a host of Ridden, Lucas' falls to the ridden and Benjamin hunts him alone.
- 2000s: Isabella undergoes her first change. Benjamin forms a new pack after the Protectorate is Shattered.

Recent History

- 2017: Member of the pack goes missing, leads the tracking effort. Finds out who has taken them. Calls for a Hunt on the Person. Uratha as far away as Toowoomba answers.
- October 2017: Benjamin has come across the Kindred Court of Brisbane. The Parliament. They have killed the People and continue to do so. Benjamin's pack is murdered and scattered to the wind in retaliation to his murder of one of their leaders. He forms a new pack with a few nearby Uratha and an old friend. Mother's Vengeance is it's name and it's goal.

Quotes

Quotes By

"It's not about KILLING the enemy, it's about fighting them. Besting them in every way. Proving you're the best. Living up to the legacy of Father Wolf's name. As Skolis-Ur demands" - Benjamin to a young Rahu while deployed in Vietnam. Sometime in the 60's

Quotes About

"Dad has never really got over Lucas' murder, never been the same. I don't blame him though, it was horrific. His body the way it was" - Benjamin's daughter, Isabella.

"Go on, provoke him. He's just an old man, what could be possibly do?" - An entirely too amused Viktor Reynder

"That man might be an asshole, but he's like a father to me and I will fight anyone who shit-talks him. You don't get a name and reputation like his for being a gentle, nice old man in his rocking chair." - An entirely too serious Lena Faulkner

"One of the few left around that G-ma and G-pa greeted as a peer. They loved him in their own way, and I am glad to have the honour of doing the same" - Sunny Faulkner

Rumors

• Has breached the Oath of the Moon on several occasions
• Hates himself for the people he has killed, even though it was war.
• Attempted suicide after Lucas was killed

Inspirations and Soundtrack

Czernobog - American Gods
Old Man Logan