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Melodie's polish has removed most of the verdigris, but not all. The mirror is thin, its back reinforced with hardwood, and its edges are sharp. Garou glyphs mark its circumference, and its design reminds you of Chinese bronze mirrors, though this one has thirteen sides, not eight. The spirit inside the mirror is almost visible, though when you try to look at it directly, you see only your own face. You've heard of objects like this. They "store" Rage.

All three elder Garou in New York taught you not to think of Rage as some kind of magic fuel, and each explained the danger of such erroneous thinking in different, but equally convincing ways. Nonetheless, it's not entirely wrong to say that once you learn the Copper Mirror's Gift, you can burnish its surface in order to implant spiritual energy within it, which will then flow into you when you need it.

Using the Copper Mirror: The Copper Mirror helps you control your Rage. First, it "stores" a small amount of Rage that will then flow into you when you're at risk of losing the Wolf. This works once and then you must return and burnish the mirror. Second, while it shines, your Rage causes fewer distractions when you must act with human-cunning.

Earning the Copper Mirror's Gift: The Copper Mirror reveals the secrets of inner, spiritual alchemy, the subtle metaphysical transformation of balanced life-and-death energy, to only the most spiritual and Honorable of philodoxes, Silver Fangs, or Children of Gaia. Even if you swore yourself to Falcon or Unicorn, you lack the record of Glorious deeds and grim nature to earn the Copper Mirror's Gift.

The Copper Mirror requires seven nights of meditation for its Glorious chiminage.

Chiminage Possible:

Glory: 3 nights

Honor: 13 nights

I hike up to the cemetery.

What's in the temple?

I study Chains-the-Lie.

I return to Malachi Palys.

I learn the art of fear by devoting myself to Old Man Palys for three nights of Honor.

I return to the Copper Mirror.

I return to the Pan-Killer.

I leave the barrows.

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