Many hateful words can be said about Walks in Tanis, but the fact he's pretentious and treacherous is just the tip of the iceberg. To make things worse he's also abrasive, crazy and crude, but at least those are kept somewhat in check by habits of being romantic as well.
But focus on his as this is what he's notorious. There's no sugar coating the effects caused because of this and his pretentiousness, which is far from desired, but so be it.
Fair is fair though, Walks in Tanis doesn't turn everything to dust. He's individualistic and surprising to name a few, there's at least that to look for and appeal to.
Unfortunately his treachery tends to ruin whatever good comes from those traits.
Harbingers: These were the first Garou to take the Prophecy of the Phoenix seriously, or so some say. They spilt up and wandered the world looking for Wyrmsign and brought the word back. They are still not done telling the Garou of all the Wyrmsign they found. Most importantly, they bring hope. They are among the wisest of the Garou, so you better jump when they tell you to.