Asian Werewolves In World of Darkness - WtA Hakken

The Hakken resemble western werewolves in looks only. Those born and raised in the east are more respectful towards their fellow werewolves, changing breeds, and even humanity itself. Following the tenants of Bushido, the way of the warrior, the Hakken are honorable and proud opponents. They are the primary defenders of the beast courts and they don't carry a high opinion of the Garou Nation.
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0:00 Intro
0:44 Who Are Hakken?
2:55 Hakken Are Unique
4:57 Expansion of Hakken Society
6:50 Werewolves in Asia
8:13 How To Add Hakken To Your Game
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[@kapmando]

Strike force zero versus Hakken: cyborg mages versus samurai werewolves. I don’t understand how more people don’t enjoy all of the eastern setting books

[@TheMapleTable]

Probably because not enough people realise how different they are compared to other eastern flavour settings

[@misterhyde2817]

These guys are good boys

[@TheMapleTable]

very good boys

[@H240909]

Have you ever considered having geographical break down videos of the continents in the World of Darkness? Like say you pick a continent (or some smaller area) and then give a broad strokes run down of the major story beats going on in the current lore for Vampire, Werewolf, and Mage. My favorite thing to do in WoD is to have crossover games with the various playable monsters/supernaturals teaming up for one reason or another. So I think it’d be really cool to show people how the various WoD settings interact with each other.

[@TheMapleTable]

I have been trying to do this in a less direct way. I try to blend in the tribes, clans and others but I might need to look at specific videos because they just get so long

[@devoureroftheworlds4764]

It was very interesting to learn more about Hakken. They turned out to be pretty cool guys, though not without their flaws. Hengeyokai is a very entertaining setting and has a lot of potential. In general, I really love the Asian part of the World of Darkness, although it has its own problems. But nevertheless, its atmosphere is simply gorgeous. Thank you for your excellent work! It would be nice to see more videos about Beast Courts 👍

[@TheMapleTable]

Its an area I want to explore a bit more

[@youraverageguy8431]

Watching this video without context was such a ride lmao. I dunno what's going on, but watching a man talk passionately about some fictional tribes and shit was both cool and wholesome lol

[@TheMapleTable]

The context is from the World of Darkness role-playing game, werewolf the apocalypse specifically. I definitely could have explained that better.

[@darknesswolf1628]

i love the art and the in dept detail out look for hakken it hard to find anything on them amazing video

[@TheMapleTable]

Thanks, glad to help fill the void

[@lokisyn2433]

Yes! More Beast Court videos!

[@TheMapleTable]

working on some more of those

[@shenzhendrake2429]

i watch " Kibakichi", the Samurai Werewolf who really has a point on humanity and why other none human beings respected them.. and they are extremely powerful warriors and some actually guided humanity and adopted human orphans to be good decent people

[@samuelrodriguez9801]

Aren’t the Hakken descended from Shadowlords that were sent to Japan?

[@TheMapleTable]

I always believed they were separate

[@____________838]

Personally I thought their ancestors traced back to pre-Impergium/War of Rage days.

[@DrakariZargon]

Hakken are pretty solid, the only enemies they have; Glass walkers, Shadowlords, Technocracy, Dragonmages( Wu lung) enemies of the tradition of mages, Assamite vampires and the Ananasi chinese mafia followers of the Wyrm. Amazing video ❤️.

[@TheMapleTable]

Thank you so much!

[@mineflameblade8788]

What about Kyuei Jin?

[@DrakariZargon]

@@mineflameblade8788 Right, i forgot about them. I know, so far, they fight more against the Camarilla and Sabbath. But if you could give me more info, i would gladly read it (though my knowledge of vampire lore is not so good)

[@n64eml]

Thank you so much for covering the Hakken. Thank you for continuing to cover Werewolf The Apocalypse. There is not a lot of content for World of Darkness let alone Werewolf. I use your videos to help keep my mind on WoD and give me ideas for things to throw at players every Thursday when I DM werewolf. Right now, I have my players fighting off a massive Fomori infestation in a small city in Arizona. They know that one part of the problem is a large number of rust spiders but they are about find out another big reason why so many banes are loose in this city and turning people into fomori. We have a Glasswalker Galliard Metis, Bone Gnawer Ragabash Lupis, a Wendigo Philidox Lupis, and a Silverfang Ahroun Lupis in the pack though the pack Totem has yet to fully approve of the Bone Gnawer and Silverfang so those two don't get to benefit from the pack totem just yet. Really looking forward to tomorrow.

[@TheMapleTable]

That's an interesting mix of Garou. Hope it goes well

[@augustusdens]

Never heard of this channel and it was a bit of a random recommend but it took me about 5 seconds to subscribe. Keep up the good work.

[@TheMapleTable]

Welcome to the table! Glad you liked it.

[@RedGiraffe1]

Very interesting video Maple Table! I did not know much about Hakken, but I do now lol. Keep up the amazing videos!!

[@TheMapleTable]

Thanks! I will keep it going

[@louiemercado5595]

Congratulations on the Hakken my friend! There are some wolf species that lived in Japan are Japanese Wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax) aka the Honshu Wolf and the Hokkaido Wolf (Canis lupus hattai) aka the Ezo Wolf. Japanese is my both dream and goal to there because I want make new friends there. But not just friends but Anime voice actors, manga artists and Japanese Idols. Also I can speak a little bit on Japanese when I am watching anime. I also watched anime since I was very young. Even the people of Japan made culture with wolves too like Wolf's Rain, Wolf Children and more.

[@TheMapleTable]

Live your dreams!

[@louiemercado5595]

Thanks @@TheMapleTable!

[@____________838]

Spice & Wolf, anyone?

[@teyanuputorti7927]

Thanks for the video on the Hakken. I learned a lot.

[@TheMapleTable]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@teyanuputorti7927]

@@TheMapleTable thank you 🙏

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[@TheMapleTable]

New bad guy perhaps?

[@TheFamilyLedger]

So this video just showed up in my feed, I'm 3 minutes in and I have no idea what is going on. Nothing in the title, description, or video so far has hinted at whether this is about a real-world mythology, some tv or book series, a video or tabletop game, etc.

[@TheMapleTable]

Its for the werewolf the apocalypse ttrpg set in world of darkness. In the thumbnail the name of the gsme is there. Maybe I didn't make it big enough? The title of the video does contain common short form of the game name WtA.

[@TheFamilyLedger]

@@TheMapleTable OH, I see. Thank you for the context. And, ya, the text might be a little small/ lost in the colour in the backdrop, for my sight at least. I could see "werewolf" in the big letters, but the rest I mistook for a pattern/decoration or something.

[@milestrombley1466]

Isn't a kitsune a werefox?

[@TheMapleTable]

That is correct, kitsune are part of the beast courts in Asia within world of darkness, werewolf the apocalypse specifically

[@tacitus6384]

A big theme you'll notice when reading the WoD stuff written back in the 90s and early 00s, is that Westerners are dumb, greedy and jealous and their history is nothing but brutality towards everyonr else, while all other non-western cultures are noble and preservatory towards nature. This can be seen in any of the Asian themed splatbooks and Werewolf books that speak of fera native to non-european lands (WW had a massive case of The Noble Savage) and especially the revised Wendgo tribe book which is one of the most racist books I've ever read. (You could lift paragraphs out of that book and replace "whites" with "jew" and you'd think it came from Mein Kampf)

[@TheMapleTable]

Yea some of it had a really off vibe

[@tacitus6384]

@@TheMapleTable Like I totally get that they could be a tribe (speaking of the Wendigo) that harbours a lot of resentment, and reconciling those historical animosities with present day practicality is a really compelling narrative. But the author openly writes that lots of members of the tribe fantasise about wiping out every man, woman and child (of a certain ethnicity) in huge geographical regions, it just went way too far, it really soured me to the tribe as a whole and so if I ever run games with them I dial that aspect of them back. For the Hakken, I think Samurai Werewolves is an awesome idea, but reading about them really did give the vibe of not wanting to offend another culture and so going a bit over the top in romanticising their cultural icons. There were many honourable samurai and the Bushido code is an excellent set of principles, but the Sengoku period (the period most associate with the samurai) was mind-warpingly brutal and violent because there's the 'ideals' and there's the reality - the reality that though there were great samurai, many were also mercenary thugs that brutally oppressed peasants and would eventually go to war against the state to preserve their privileges. Some really cool idea and story-telling possibilities but not the greatest handling, imo

[@Chann223]

Could the Hakken be a derivative branch of the Stargazers, or maybe a beanch born from the Shadow Lords and Stargazers?

[@TheMapleTable]

An argument can be made for the shadow lords yes, i don't see it with the stargazers

[@johnwalsh4857]

yah also shadow lords are strong in asia

[@TheMapleTable]

that they are.

[@johnwalsh4857]

The Hakken, star gazers and the glass walkers and to some extent the Uktena are the main garous in Asia. The Hakken are strongest in Japan, with some in China, Korea, Mongolia , Central Asia, Russia. Glass walkers are all over Asia, with the most numerous being in China. Uktena are strongest in Mongolia Far Eastern Russia.

[@raulramirez7505]

I wonder If they have weretigers in Asia japan

[@TheMapleTable]

They certainly do

[@Ancaryvan]

Do this table game covers race like Weredragon/dragonhuman base on Chinese culture?

[@TheMapleTable]

Not really, they do have the mokole who are descendants of dragons. Though they are just crocodiles and alligators now

[@Ancaryvan]

@@TheMapleTable Sorry for late comment 😅. Fun fact: Recent Chinese scholars find out the origin of dragon 🐉 totem do begin with the alligator. In short, the Alligator Tribe who live in The Central Plain begins to subjugate other tribes. The dragon we see today is the Result of the successful subjugation of the Alligator Tribe. Also, you can cover Zhong Lung, 重龍.

[@TheMJBski]

Very cool video, but I have suggestion. I had this video in my recommended and I'm unfamiliar with your content. I think your videos would be more approachable if you're intro addressed the topic a little bit more generally. Like when I started the video I had absolutely no idea what you were talking about or what the Hakken were from. As someone who also doesn't know anything about Werewolf: the apocalypse, I think your content could really appeal to a wider audience if you addressed what the topic of your video originates from, giving a brief description of the source, and then you do your dive into the more specific aspects. Otherwise a pretty good video with some interesting lore. Keep it chief! Edit: Also a the format, and the editing of your video is well done!

[@TheMapleTable]

Thanks for the input, I see where you are coming from. This video kinda took off on me and while I'm happy with the presentation I could have explained it a bit better for those unfamiliar with werewolf the apocalypse

[@wacktastic1]

so... like... cat girls?

[@TheMapleTable]

Wolf girls and boys!

[@Kholan95]

Asian or Japanese? Like, Boli Zouhisze are also Asian...

[@TheMapleTable]

true, there just isnt a ton of info on them at first glance... I would like to cover them but i need to do more digging.

[@____________838]

Originally, in lore, the Hakken were native to Japan; although one can assume that some Hakken were definitely born in the Asian highlands through-out the Japanese invasions…

[@Sonofsun.]

What is this video?

[@TheMapleTable]

This is a lore video for Werewolf the Apocalypse set in the world of darkness role-playing game.

[@Sonofsun.]

@@TheMapleTable ah. I assume you dont get this question a lot and that's why you didnt say it in the video

[@TheMapleTable]

@@Sonofsun. i dont actually, my videos have been catered to a usually small audience who know what they are getting. I didn't expect this one to get nearly as far as it did. Something that I will have to remedy in future videos

[@Sonofsun.]

@@TheMapleTable if you ask do a proper series on these lore. I watched the video till end which means with a little clickbait and time spending your videos will be popular