The Severance Howl
Ritual Chant of the Varg-Stray Judgement
(Chanted by the Howling Seers in low unison, while the pack remains silent)
“Bone from bone, we break the bond.
Fang from fang, the link is gone.
No name. No kin. No cry. No den.
The pack turns its back, and you are unmade.”
(The lead Seer steps forward and draws the Severance Rune in ash across the accused’s chest.)
“From Canis' gaze, you are cast below.
From the Red Den’s breath, you are cut and cold.
The ancestors shall not hear your howl.
The moon shall pass you by.”
(The pack turns their backs as the claw-brand is heated.)
“You are stray. You are Varg. You are shadow in the trees.
You walk alone, without the path, without the pack, without the god.”
(The brand is pressed to the heart. No one speaks until the howl fades from the stone.)
This ritual chant is performed by the Howling Seers and Alphas during the judgment of exile, when a Canin is declared a Varg-stray before the Heartstone within the Red Den. The chant is solemn, ancient, and deliberately harsh, a severing of spiritual ties, meant to cut as deeply as the claw-brand that follows. This chant is passed down in exact phrasing, never altered, never shortened. To speak the Severance Howl is to declare the judgement not just to the accused, but to Canis, The Wolf-Headed God himself, and the spirits of every alpha buried beneath the Red Den.
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