This ritual allows the Uratha to make a prophecy regarding the likely result of a specific course of action. Specific actions that aren’t likely to be life-threatening or have long-lasting effects to the chronicle are much easier to augur than events of major importance that could occur far in the future. “Will I prevail in my combat with the magath tomorrow?” is an example of a good augury. “Will I live past 50?” is not.
Performing the Rite
This rite must be performed in a natural setting during the night of the ritualist’s auspice moon. A sacrificial animal is required, normally a bird or
four-footed mammal. The ritualist poses the question in Dalu form, then shifts to Gauru, eviscerates the sacrifice with its claws, then shifts back to Dalu to read the results in the creature’s entrails, the patterns of blood, or even its flavor. The Lodge of Mania is rumored to practice human sacrifice in accordance with this rite, though normally only during lodge meetings and for especially important auguries.
