The Shining Host, led by Raphael Trask, was a small pack of Garou in the Sept of Gaia's Strength.  Trask came to the Sept of Gaia's Strength from another Sept far away.  Little is known about why he left that place; all he ever said about the topic was, "I will no longer associate with those Garou, they are beneath me."  It is believed by his detractors that he was tossed out of his old Sept for either political reasons or some violation of the Litany.  If he had truly breached Litany Law, however, Trask would probably have been hunted down.  He was not Ronin, as Zephyr at Dawn made a careful check before allowing Trask to become a member of the Sept.
    After arriving in Michigan, Trask gathered a few other "Garou-without-a-cause,"  forming The Shining Host.  He also actively recruited members of the Ice Knife after the death of Frostrunner.  The Host would defend and bring great renown to The Sept of Gaia's Strength, or so Trask hoped.
    When the Banes and Fomori attacked the Sept, Trask and Rends Stone were the only members of The Host to survive.  Since then, the avatar of Grandfather Thunder has not been seen nor felt in the Sept. The popular wisdom of the Sept claimed that, with the membership of the Pack in ruins and their ability to act so restricted, Thunder withdrew his favor until Trask could recruit new packmates and prove himself a worthy leader again.
    Trask instead became an agent of the Wyrm, hidden in plain sight within the Sept.  His disguise was so complete that he was named Wyrmfoe after joining the Wyrm.  His goal was to provide the Wyrm with intelligence on the whereabouts of the Children of the Sun and the defenses of the Caern.  His plotting culminated with an attack on the Ann Arbor Glass Walkers, which was then used as part of an accusation that Kyla Dragonslayer was of the Wyrm.  The Challenge resulted in the death of Raphael Trask.

    Trask's past is still somewhat hazy.  Because of that, he was never highly trusted by many in the Sept. He always tried to move up the pecking order in the Sept through political means rather than leading his Pack into more active pursuits.  He was eventually granted the title of Wyrmfoe, possibly to keep him occupied.  He resented the Children of the Sun for their meteoric rise in the Sept and, on more than one occasion, tried to dirty their reputations as a way of enhancing his own. These efforts always backfired.
    Trask's betrayal and death have left the Sept shaken.
 

Sings in Shadow
Rends Stone