Werewolves can certainly hunt and fight well enough on their own, but access to Essence to fuel their spiritual powers can often mean the difference between life and death. The ability to access the energy of the Shadow without having to brave its many hazards is invaluable; even more so is the ability to carry a portion of a locus’ power on one’s person. By properly cleansing and preparing an object that correlates to a locus via this rite, a ritemaster can create a touchstone that bears a measure of the locus’ energy. When a pack must abandon their territory, often one of the final steps they take is to drink deeply of their locus’ Essence, then use this rite to drain the last of the energy, thus denying their enemies that strength.
Performing the Rite
The ritemaster must first procure an appropriate physical vessel for the touchstone, something that is either a part of the locus’ physical form or a reflection thereof. This might be a shard of broken glass from the window of a warehouse, a piece of bark from an ancient tree, or a sliver of bone from a burial ground — anything appropriate and symbolic. The ritemaster seats herself at the heart of the locus’ area of influence and begins the ritual chanting and gestures. The rite takes about an hour to perform.
