Cold is an insidious foe. It can never be fully defeated, only escaped for a time. A werewolf does not always have the leisure to don his warmest form and spend the duration of a cold snap in a snug den. Some werewolves are even forced to endure cold weather in the vulnerable human form. When this is the case, sometimes even the best mundane efforts won’t help the werewolf survive the sapping low temperatures. The Rite of Winter’s Anguish abjures the spirits of the snow, air and cold to leave the werewolf be. Even the kindest spirits have limited patience, however, and they return their attentions to the werewolf after a short time.
Performing the Rite
The subject of the ritual mustbe completely bared to the unkind elements. No physical or magical protections that might separate him from the cold may remain on his body, though jewelry and fetishes that in no way offer him such aid may remain. He is then subjected to the coldest thing possible, be it snow or a steel bar left out in below-zero weather. So humbled before the spirits, they give the ritual their blessing.
