Lunar Crusade Rites

These rites are available to all who have joined a lunar crusade.

Note: An Ithaeur who joins, as part of her expanded Auspice Anility, automatically gains the Rite of the Silver Road and any one other rite of her choosing.

Rite List

• Rite of the Silver Road: This rite is used to cement the stronger relationship between Luna and the Forsaken. With this rite, they pledge renewed and strengthened oaths to their mother and her servants. This rite also serves to lessen the desire of the Forsaken to possess territory, super-imposing the goals of the crusade upon the werewolf's psyche. This does not mean that the new crusader has no desire for territory, or is given leave to break tribal bans, such as those of the Iron Masters or Hunters in Darkness. The rite ensures that the supplicant realizes that the goals of the crusade, at least temporarily, trump all others - even if that means putting his or her pack, territory or own Harmony in jeopardy.
• Participating in the rite is often referred to as "taking the road," or "taking the moon," as in: "Have you taken the road?"
• Open Moon Gate: This rite opens a previously prepared lunar road between two loci. This rite can only be performed in the Hisil. Lunar roads are secretive tunnels within the Shadow. Their existence is never obvious, and even spirits or other supernaturals who have some reason to suspect the existence of Moon Gates have an incredibly difficult time detecting them when is use. (The negative modifier is equal to the combined ratings of the two loci, maximum -5.) This is also affords safety to the Uratha, as Luna protects her servants from attack while using them. Finally, and more importantly to her crusaders, Moon Gates are fast, often allowing the Forsaken to travel much more quickly between loci than modern transportation could hope to. In this way, crusaders do not have to outnumber all of their foes when they are able to mass enough forces at critical points and join together to fight those greater than a single pack.
• The gateway stays open for a number of turns equal to the amount of Essence contributed to the rite. The ritemaster does not have to journey along the lunar road, and any who enter are carried to the end.
• Forge Lunar Road: The rite links two loci, allowing the users of the Open Moon Gate rite to safely and quickly travel between the two. This rite is considered a holy blessing from Luna herself. A locus may have two lunar roads per rating.

References

• WTF: The War Against the Pure, p. 143-144