Irraka Rites

Irraka Rites or Rites of the Stalker are rites that are only available to the Irraka Auspice.

Irraka use their own sacraments in the pursuit of their auspice's sacred obligations, rites that play to their unique strengths and to the symbolic association of their particular face of Luna. While the rites given below are usable by any werewolf with the appropriate number of dots in Rituals, they are traditionally only passed down from New Moon to New Moon.

First Edition Rite List

• Brand the Blooded: This rite enables an Irraka - often the auspice entrusted with the well-being of the wolf-blooded - to keep tabs on the mostly-human kin of the Forsaken. The Stalker places a spiritual mark upon one of the uragarum and thereafter knows if she is in great pain or mortal peril.
• Preserving the Trail: This rite keeps a scent trail from going cold with respect to the ritualist, so that she can continue to follow it for days, weeks, months, or even years if need be. In ancient times, fugitives from the justice of the People might run to distant lands, expecting to escape their just punishments through distance, alone. Irraka were often called upon to pursue these criminals into far-off places, to deliver judgment upon them, no matter where they might flee.
• Curse of Shadows: This unpleasant rite turns darkness itself against its intended victim. Until the night of the next full moon, she is plagued by visions of menacing black shapes and her sight is clouded by shadow. While the rite is most easily turned against members of the herd, some few Uratha have managed to use it to powerful effect against other werewolves who displease them.

References

• WTF: Signs of the Moon, p. 32-33