The Evolved Alpha

Traditions and Rituals

After we finished talking to Alan, Satomi brought us back to her home. I'm sitting on my bed reading my mother's journal, as Monica is on the bed across from me, sound asleep. I have read the abilities and eye color meanings of all the Shifters that my grandfather told my mother about. I flip the page and look at a page detailing what each full moon is called. Along with traditions and rituals the Hale pack knew of.

(January- The Wolf Moon)
Also called the Old Moon or Ice Moon. It's traditionally when members of a pack will be given a small dose of purple wolfsbane and be guided by their alpha or emissary while hallucinating, going through a journey of self-discovery.

(February- The Snow Moon)
also known as the Hunger Moon or Storm Moon. Before the modern age, the Snow Moon was when Shifters would decide the pecking order of the pack. While this tradition isn't followed by most Werebeasts in the modern age, it is still seen as a way for an Omega or a Beta to rise in status of their pack.

(March- The Worm Moon)
Also called the chaste moon, death moon, crust moon, Lenten Moon, or sap moon. It's seen as a time of rebirth and renewal, it is the last full moon before the Spring Equinox. Thanks to that it is also when a werewolf, who was recently killed, can be brought back to life by a resurrection ritual, involving the Telluric Currents and a spark of an Alpha.

(April- The Pink Moon)
Called the Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, or Fish Moon. Seen as a time of introspection. Before the modern age, during the Pink Moon, a ceremony would take place where an Alpha, with the assistance of their emissary, would use their ability to share memories. Helping a Beta dive into their consciousness. It can be devastating if the alpha doesn't truly understand their Beta.

(May- The Flower Moon)
Also known as the Hare Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon, and Budding Moon. Being seen as a reminder of the life and death cycle, some packs will traditionally use this month as a time to honor and Mourn the loss of members, no matter how long ago they were taken.

(June- The Strawberry Moon)
Called the Rose Moon, or Hot Moon. It's a time for all of the pack/ family to come together and deepen the bonds between each other. Traditionally packs will hunt together, or just run together under the Moonlight. It's the last full moon before the Summer Solstice. While druids look at both the Summer and Winter Solstice as sacred recurring events, it is unknown what rituals they practiced having been lost to time.

(July- The Buck Moon)
Also called the Thunder Moon or Hay Moon. Before the formation of organized Werewolf hunters, packs would use the Buck Moon as a time to hone their strength and abilities by hunting or killing anything they came across. This tradition fell out of practice when hunters of the supernatural became common. After a rouge Werewolf went on a killing spree in a small village of France. This tradition has become more of an initiation to the more bloodthirsty packs. Where the Alpha will force new members to kill, cementing themselves as part of the Alpha's pack.

(August- The Sturgeon Moon)
Known as the Grain Moon, Green Corn Moon, and Red Moon. In the past, allied packs would come together days before and after the sturgeon moon to share knowledge with each other. When the modern age came this tradition was scarcely used. Thanks to there being less and less need of it. Now this tradition has stopped being a time to share knowledge, but instead is used as a way for packs to gather and discuss troubling events, or share danger that is coming. Being called a 'meeting between packs' it can take place at any time in the modern age.

(September- The Full Corn Moon)
Also called the Barley Moon, Harvest Moon, or Blood Moon. Being the closest to the Autumn Equinox, the harvest moon is a sacred time for druids and shamans. Before the sacrificial practices of the druids ended, an emissary could channel telluric currents once a year through a sacrifice during the Harvest Moon and again during the Autumn Equinox, to empower the whole pack. Only a Darach would use a power like this anymore.