Protectorates with some level of history have seen their people come and go. Yes, some probably leave of their own accord, but many fall in battle (though a few certainly succumb to old age or disease) when the clutch goes to war. This rite simply consecrates a protectorate’s graveyard (or, as some call it, “bone orchard”) with Luna’s blessing. Those who come to Luna’s Acre to pray and reflect often feel recharged in doing so.
Performing the Rite
Enacting the ritual is simple, though lengthy. The ritemaster goes to where the protectorate keeps its dead (or honors the dead through cenotaphs and markers, if not the bodies themselves). There, she must upend a small bottle (thimble-sized) of her own tears onto the ground. She must then whisper a small prayer of her own design to Luna and her fallen clutch-mates. She must repeat the prayer over and over again until the ritual is complete, which may be an hour or more in time.
