Werewolf: the Forsaken
nWoD: 1st Edition, no God-Machine.
Syracuse is in the north of New York State (at least a 4-hour drive from New York City). Part of the Rust Belt, the city still try to thrive thanks to the Syracuse University, and the tourism and agricultural industry of the surrounding Onondaga County.
The local Uratha packs have done a good job keeping the spiritual side quiet during the recent years, quenching Azlu infestations or hunting down Spirit-Ridden or Spirit-Claimed. With a few recent First Changes, the packs have grown a bit too big for their territories and their needs. So what the Elders do? Pick a few cubs here and there, set them in a pack, and give them a territory no one wants.
YOU are one of these cubs. Whether you grew up in an established wolf-blooded family, or you had mere hints of the supernatural, or no idea at all, you had your First Change, a traumatic event in all cases. Whether it happened in Syracuse proper, elsewhere in New York State, or in a neighboring state, you were picked in a pack around Syracuse. You were perhaps a welcomed addition, or ended up as the new Omega, or both. Anyway, there's a new opportunity to form your own pack.