The Australian Magpie was known by many names to the Aboriginal tribes: Gooloo, Moograbah, Goroke, Kulbardi and more. To the Europeans he is known also as the Piping Shrike, Gymnorhina tibicen.
To the Bunyip, Magpie was known as a fierce totem of war, aggressive in the defence of his territory, known for his swooping surprise attacks on those who came near his nest, and yet also for his beautiful carol. He is not, despite European belief, a kleptomaniac with an attraction to shiny things – in fact, there is no relation between the Australian Magpie and the crow family, and to call an Australian Magpie a Crow is a grave insult.
The spirit that is the caern totem of Devil’s Peak was was in slumber in the Brindabella Mountains, but considered them its territory. Why he was in slumber is unknown to the Garou. However, what they do know is that all the fuss and noise of the caern building woke him up, and he drove off the other potential caern totems, claiming Devil’s Peak as HIS Good-Feeding-Place.
After negotiations, he agreed to allow the Garou of the Sept to join his “tribe”. Those that are part of Magpie’s tribe need to be formally introduced to the totem and accepted into the sept – this process can currently only be done by the Sept Alpha or Sept Beta, usually after testing of the new Garou. Those that are in the sept are considered to be “Touched by Magpie”, though no one is quite sure what this means. Information on Australian Magpie