Ours is the Language of Catastrophe

By Diane Keating Sciacca (wolfinblack@pagan.net) for the Keepers of the Silver Flame

Level Three Keepers of the Silver Flame Mystic Rite

Description

At least one member of every pack knows and can perform this surreally-named rite; it is the Silver Flames' tribal initiation. Pyru is summoned and a massive silver and red bonfire is created. The tribe gathers on one side of the fire, the initiates on the other; the Keepers chant and drum, cajole, coax and goad their tribesmates-to-be to join them, and when the drumming and chanting reach a critical pitch the initiates dive into the fire and cross through.

En route through the Flames of Transformation, their body types and auspices do not change but their tribal affiliation and coat markings do. It is said that the black parts of their coats reflect the sins of the Impergium and both Wars of Rage burnt away by the cleansing power of Pyru; Pyru marks each one of his spirit-siblings with a unique flame pattern and the coat patterns on their fur reflect the fires they walk through. The silver tips of their dark manes represents the burden on their back and serve to remind each Silver Flame of their weakness, their inner soul, and their siren song.

After the Rite, each werewolf is thereafter, for better or worse, a Keeper of the Silver Flame. The Tribe thereafter revels away the night in a thunderous, wildly orgiastic celebration to welcome their new kin and Kinfolk with aplomb.