I remember in my wild west game, I don't remember the guy's name exactly, but they talked to Albrecht's great-great-grandfather and helped protect him from waves of enemies when facing against the meta-plot events of that time period. There's a lot of parallel between him and Albrecht. I made the mistake of having him sort of 'pop in', but his goal was trying to mend bridges with Older and Younger Brother and the sept the players were in was close to and allied with Older Brother (thanks to the players). I think it worked well with where the story was going!
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Honestly i think the crown moment makes some sense if you consider the BSDs as knowing damn well what the crown means. Albrecht is in charge, in a simple, primal sense like any Alpha of a Garou pack. Given Werewolf lore has a tendency to use things like primal instinct and genetic memory, maybe here the Dancers simply realized "Alpha talks, everyone else listens".... Also he probably hoped the traitor could redeem himself if he were to be let live
Haven't completely gone through it, but it sounds like Jonas is a bit like Robert Baratheon from Game of Thrones though it sounds like he doesn't quite have the same animal magnetism (pun not intended) that Robert used so well to get people he was fighting just a little while ago to follow him with a smile on their faces and a song in their hearts.
