The half moon keeps as much hidden as it illuminates. Half-moons are not as enigmatic as their Ithaeur compatriots, but then, they wouldn’t be — most of the crescent moon is obscured. An Elodoth can be gregarious, charming, or clever — or he can be taciturn, secretive, and paranoid. The Elodoth is all in equal measure, and that is what terrifies other werewolves.

That is the riddle of the Elodoth — what is in the shadowed half? Werewolves express this question as “am sa namguli?” (“which half is the packmate?”, though some Uratha translate it as “which half is a lie?”). The underlying assumption about an Elodoth, though, is that while he won’t betray a packmate, very little else is sacred.

An Elodoth isn’t a loner, though. Indeed, the half-moon werewolf is highly social. He knows everyone, forges connections to people from all walks of life, makes deals with spirits of rock and rabbit and toxic waste. He never misses an opportunity to study and master the web of connections that binds everything in his territory, because he never knows which string in that web he might have to pull — or break. This, unfortunately, has the disadvantage of making the Elodoth feel personally unconnected to everyone and everything, with the possible exception of his pack.

The pack appreciates the Elodoth, though. They appreciate his ability to go anywhere and fit in. The Elodoth is the quintessential wolf in sheep’s clothing, and he can dress as the shepherd, the grassy hillside, and the calming breeze as well. Likewise, Elodoth werewolves have a reputation for fairness. They can see both sides of an argument on their own merits, and can make a judgment by whatever metric is necessary. If that metric is the Oath of the Moon, then the Elodoth can be a lawgiver or a mediator. If that metric is the rules of the local spirit court, the Elodoth can be a superb emissary to the Hisil. If the metric is human law, the Elodoth might be a police officer. The question, though, is always whether the Elodoth believes in the law and rules, or whether he’s just using that set of rules because the people around him find value in them. It could be that the Elodoth is incapable of seeing one set of values as “better” than another. The light half is just as “good” as the dark half.