This rite is a more powerful version of the rite Fortify the Border Marches (see Werewolf: The Forsaken, p. 154). Few werewolves know the secrets of this rite, and fewer are willing to share its knowledge with others. The rite thickens the local Gauntlet permanently, an activity that can cause damage to the spirit world and draw much of the life from the physical world. Most ritemasters capable of using this rite do so only to repair damage caused by the Beshilu or to protect the physical world from the depredations of a Wound.
Performing the Rite
The ritualist must erect a new and permanent barrier within her pack’s territory. This barrier does not necessary have to be in the same place as the place whose Gauntlet she wishes to change, but it must be within the pack’s territory and the chosen location must be visible from this new barrier. The barrier can be nearly anything: a chain-link fence, a brick-and-mortar wall, a jail cell. The barrier must be a physical barrier, and it must truly interfere with the movements of mortals in the area — they have to walk or drive along a new path as a result of this barrier. The werewolf smears a bit of her own blood into the center of the new wall while speaking words of warding and banishment. This ritual can only be begun once per month, on the night of the brightest full moon.
