This potent rite is used to remove the Renown gained from a willing recipient, in effect re-baptizing her and preparing her to begin walking the path of Lunes. Without the use of this rite, a formerly Pure werewolf cannot join the Tribes of the Moon; at best, she can only be a Ghost Wolf without so much as an auspice.
Performing the Rite
The subject typically exposes herself to the open sky, baring any areas of her skin that are marked by the brands of Pure Renown. As the ritemaster begins to chant a litany of sacrifice and forgiveness, the scar-like spirit brands that mark her Renown become visible, slowing with a dull golden light. The ritemaster runs a fingernail across the pattern of each tattoo as he continues to chant, anointing the brands with a mix of pure water and powdered silver. The spirit brands that mark Renown gained as a Pure werewolf glow with silver light as they burn away from the subject’s flesh.
The process is quite painful, and leaves ugly wounds on the subject; werewolves subjected to this rite have been known to fly into Death Rage if too much Renown is scourged away from them. When the rite is completed, the subject can heal from her wounds normally, but a faint tracery of almost invisible scars marks where her previous brands of Renown once were. These marks can be covered up or disguised, but the surest way to remove them is to undergo the Rite of the Spirit Brand sufficient times to replace the old marks with the new brands of lunar devotion.
