Peter Bennett:
Should I just go Rahu and be the frontline attacker for the group? Not exactly sophisticated, but I ain't exactly going to be maxing out my skill ranks as a werewolf anyway.
Note that at least for a while, we'll be playing solo, so take things that makes sense to you, you'll always have time later to take group-focused stuff. Akane is as far from combat-oriented as a Mage can be...
And Minneapolis for me, at least for now.