The Benandanti and Malendanti

Fighting broke out in our pack AO for which we have to broker a cease fire. It is between old foes.

The benandanti were a secret society of common folk magicians who lived in Italy, the northeast area called Friuli. They did mainly good magic to help in harvests, heal the locals, lift curses, etc.

The malendanti were the other side of the coin, evil sorcerers with whom the benandanti regularly fought, especially at harvest times.

Both groups were said to be able to assume animal forms. You guessed it, they were weres, dogs and wolves.

Benandanti means “good walkers” and were of course a clan of weredogs. Malendanti means “evil walkers” and of course were a clan of werewolves.

These 2 clans had been at each others throats, in this same area, since the ancient war between weredogs and werewolves. Now they are here, in Missouri, and causing problems for our mill surveillance teams.

We met with the elders of the Benandanti pack. Wolves of our pack met with the Malendanti pack. I can't say things went well. But we did get an opening.

I met a female of that Ben pack while there. Her name is Oliva and is the first weredog or person who I have met who has started a war.