The Soul-Eater, Rebound in Birmingham

The following is an account given by Gabriel “Silver Bullet” Black, Dreaming Moon of the Farsil Luhal, of the Thunder-over-Water pack of Birmingham and recorded by McCoy on 25th February 2007. The Incidents took place through the earlier part of 2007.

The Releasing of the Idigam; Hope

It is not clear how the Idigam came to be released, however, it appears that one Hope was in some way responsible for this. Hope, a human female ‘psychic’, appeared to have the ability to pass the Gauntlet and strode the twin worlds of Flesh and Shadow almost at will. She has since been ‘eaten’ by a spirit, underlying how even those who are skilled and knowledgeable of the Other should not walk its pathways without cause; and how important is our duty to Father Wolf.

Hope had a part (a Shard) of the Idigam bound within her, and was apparently in some way a part of the original binding of it. It is not clear how that Shard (or any of the others) became free, and in her case there is reason to believe that she was never entirely free of its influence.

She was able to provide some form of ritual (rather than a Rite as the People know it) which was able to be used to provide the ‘true name’ of the Idigam to the People; apparently a part of its Ban being that those who have such were able to harm it in some way (or perhaps to Bind it).

Finally, she was apparently involved either emotionally or sexually with ‘several’ of the People.

The Powers and Abilities shown by the Idigam Soul-Eater

According to my source there were several very worrying abilities displayed by this Idigam, though it is unclear if any other share them.

Teleportation; apparently the Soul-Eater was able to teleport ‘at will’, though there is no indication of what sort of range was displayed, or if it was a form of Discorporation and Materialisation (as is more common with spirits).

Possession; those who had its ‘true name’ appeared to be vulnerable to control or possession from the Soul-Eater. In one case the Uratha apparently showed greatly enhanced physical prowess (a less martially inclined Iron Master able to cut through spirit guardians and Garmir in an attempt to strike at the Clockwork-King, an important spirit in the Other of Birmingham).

Invulnerability; the People were apparently unable to affect the Idigam through physical confrontation, mystic Rites or other ways. This appears to be supported by other accounts of Idigam worldwide.

First Re-Binding

One Hiram, Crescent Moon of the Hirfathara Hissu, of the pack Thunder-over-Water was taught some form of Rite of Binding by someone named Frosty. At this stage many of those in the West Midlands area were possessed of the (and by the) ‘true name’ of the Soul-Eater, Frosty (apparently) was not.

At the first attempt by Hiram to bind the Soul-Eater there were not many who appeared to aid in the effort, to empower and protect the Rite. Needless to say it was a failure. The majority, approximately two thirds, of those who were there had knowledge of the Name, the others were of a pack named the Thin-Red-Line. The first part of the ritual took a long time; after a half day the Idigam was drawn there in the body of Greyshadow (who originally bound it, presumably inside himself, in the 1960s or 70s). However, at that point all went wrong; the majority of Uratha who were there turned on the others – attempting to stop the ritual (or slay the ritesmaster). In the violence two of the Thin-Red-Line lost their lives and many others were seriously hurt. The Soul-Eater, in the guise of Greyshadow, remained in taunting range.

This ritual took place in the Flesh.

Second Re-Binding

For the second attempt to bind the Soul-Eater those who had suffered a possession by it were excluded, so this part is woefully incomplete of details. What is known is that the ritual was successful and that Hiram was no more; it is theorised that he took the place of the Greyshadow and bound the Soul-Eater within a wall of spirit and flesh, into himself. There were other Ithaeur who were along to aid this rite, though their names are not known.






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