A Garou mystic can bind a spirit into the

A Garou mystic can bind a spirit into the

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hardened flesh of a scar itself, instead of into a prepared object. The binding of a spirit within the scar of a Garou takes additional effort, and as such is even more rare than the creation of a fetish object. The Rite of the Fetish must be completed regardless, with the scarred flesh purified in the same manner; cleansing it with earth, water, flame, or wind. The spirit can be bound more easily, however, if the scar is created through an action the spirit understands and would be honored by. A spirit of death, war, pain, or of a warlike ancestor can be coerced into a battle scar; the scars from an attacking bird’s talons may serve to flatter and convince the binding of a ravenor falcon-spirit. Just as with the Rite of Binding, spirits can be bound temporarily to create a talen instead of a fetish, and if the Rite fails, the spirit may be angered and cause damage not only to the ritemaster, but to the scarred flesh as well.

The difficulty to create a fetish scar is increased by 2, to a maximum of 10, because a Garou’s spirit is so strong that few spirits can easily coexist within his flesh. wounding whatever lies in its path, in any place, reality or manifestation. Nogunqaaq’s tip is made of moon-drenched silver, its shaft a rippling pole of ice with lightning trapped within its depths. Seeing through the slitted wooden eyes of Itungunqaaq lets you glimpse your foe’s thoughts and movements as they ripple through the planes. Nearly always, an enemy’s thoughts change before his flesh shifts, or calls upon spirits who can be seen, warning the wearer of Itungunqaaq of attack, defense or gambit before matter is even set into motion.

Most well-informed Theurges and ritemasters know that Nogunqaaq was last seen in 1896, in the hands of a wily Yukon Ragabash by the name of Hammerpants. In the midst of the Klondike Gold Rush, Hammerpants won the spear in a poker game from a Wyrmcomer in Dawson City, by the name of Joppe Humber. Hammerpants’ local Wendigo friends in Moosehide were, naturally, dubious that the spear was actually Nogunqaaq. Hammerpants proceeded to demonstrate its use to them with frightening effect, stabbing through reality and releasing several troublesome Jagglings and a particularly nasty Vortex from the Deep Umbra. After the fires were put out, he claimed that he had no idea how Humber had come by the precious Spear of Destiny, but that he fully intended to take it with him to Nunavut and give it to the ritemasters there, since he could trust no one else but himself. Unfortunately, the day after he left, an avalanche buried Chilkoot Pass in a hundred feet of snow, apparently swallowing up Hammerpants and Nogunqaaq with him. Since Itungunqaaq the Mask only comes when Nogunqaaq calls it, both fetishes are effectively lost for the time being.