This simple ritual allows a pack to declare to the spirit world that the pack controls a given patch of territory. The rite is simple, but it is easily interrupted. In this way, it is designed to announce the claim to other nearby werewolves. If those neighbors do not challenge the pack shortly after performance of the rite, obviously the pack’s claim is true.
Performing the Rite
The ritualist stands in the center of a territory element that his pack intends to lay claim to and unleashes a howl of dominance. Each of the ritemaster’s packmates must be named in the howl, which in essence exhorts any nearby werewolves to come if they dare and challenge the ritualist’s pack if they believe they have a valid claim to this place.
