Vubbem

The Vubbem are an order of werewolves of the coyote variant. They live in the Vubbem Desert and are known as a fearless corps of traders and mercenaries.

The typical Vubbem is masked except for the eyes, sometimes exchanging the mask for a bandana to cover the nose and mouth and a hat on top. Vubbems carry a revolver on either hip, accompanied by a pouch of ammunition, and a double-barreled shotgun on a sling over the shoulders, with a bandolier carrying slugs and a pouch of extra ammunition. On the front left of the pelvis is a double scabbard, with a six-to-ten inch cutlass and a two-foot scimitar. Other accessories include a canteen, a metal map container, several throwing knives, a container for tobacco, and a leather and bronze pack for personal effects. All of this is carried on the person, with axes, shovels, tents, tarps, blankets, heavier clothing, camel food and water supplies and a hunting rifle and accessories carried on the camel.

Camels are used by different Vubbem for different purposes - the fastest, lightest, and cheapest camels are dromedaries, with a single hump. They are used for reconnaissance, stealth, and scouting missions. However, they cannot carry enough on a dromedary, so on mid-length missions, up to a month, they will use a Bactrian camel. Even so, a Bactrian camel cannot carry a half-ton of goods across a snowy desert - therefore, the Vubbian camel is used. Vubbians are rarely ridden and are usually used as pack animals, but the typical trader will lead long caravans of up to fifty Vubbians across the desert. However, the Vubbians themselves are highly prized and thus are trained to fend off any strangers. Some Vubbem bands will exclusively herd camels and sell them to others for a tidy profit.

Each Vubbem band is led by a chieftain, who is appointed by a Vubbem Bey, or warlord of the Vubbem. Each band has roughly twenty to forty Vubbem, and each Bey has between ten and twenty subordinate chieftains. The Beys are hereditary head chiefs, and control thousands of acres of desert.

The Bey has the power to call together all of his or her bands to defend the territory from others, Vubbem or otherwise. When a militia of Vubbem is united, specialized military equipment, including hand mortars capable of firing five-inch diameter balls.