This is a new page about the novel Imperium Lupi, featuring character bios and other information about the world and its author. Some details can be found here and nowhere else, not even within the pages of the book itself, as there is often not room within a given novel to cover all the ground... Continue Reading →
IMPERIUM LUPI A decade has passed since the last Howler War and the City of Lupa stands peaceful again under the choking clouds of the Ashfall. The wild hyenas have been conquered, the little beasts remain subdued, and the wolf packs preserve their uneasy oligarchy thanks to the noxious power of imperium. However, new threats... Continue Reading →
Imperium Lupi loosely translates as 'Empire of Wolves', but the title also alludes to the wonder mineral 'Imperium' which powers the advanced societies that have sprung up on the world of Erde. Erde is populated by various anthropomorphic races, some great, others meek. Imperium Lupi focuses on Lupa, an oligarchical city-state of many diverse races... Continue Reading →
Casimir Claybourne is the proprietor of The Warren freehouse, or 'café', as he ambitiously calls it. His adopted son Bruno does most of the cooking and the heavy lifting, as you can see. More on Casimir and Bruno.
The rain battered Ivan’s body, the wind ripped at his cloak, but still he twisted the accelerator another inch, adding another few notches to the monobike’s quivering dials. Not that he paid any heed; he felt his machine’s beating heart through his legs, his body, his bones, whilst his eyes remained fixed upon the bike... Continue Reading →
ALPHA's mysterious new recruit. Little is known about Rafe, but they say he's an extremely talented young Howler.
Lupa was a bleak, garbled lattice of bricks and squalor even on the best of days, and positively rancid on such a miserably overcast morning. Streets of decaying houses and towering, ash-belching smokestacks rippled by the drizzle-licked windows as the train trundled through a particularly rough district. The radiant red and white banners marking the... Continue Reading →
Available at the Imperium Lupi shop. Declare your pack affiliation to your rivals. They're not as cool as glowing Howler brooches, but they'll have to do.
A sketch of the confident Uther and worrisome Linus relaxing amidst one of Lupa's rare green spaces. The smokestacks of industry rise and billow in the background, contributing to the pollution that has devastated the city's hinterlands.
Though hyena culture appears a dense web to outsiders, in general males are deferential to females and must ultimately obey their wishes. This rule applies across the tribes, from the lowliest commoner up to the royal family. There are no kings in hyena society, only sacred queens. The highest rank a male can hope for,... Continue Reading →
