Celebration of First Venom by Steve Prescott.
Samskara are a type of Rite from Werewolf: The Apocalypse. They were first introduced in the Nagah Breed Book and are exclusive to the Nagah.
Overview[]
The Samskara (or rites) of the Nagah are notably different from those of the Garou. The most dramatic difference, of course, is that Nagah keep no caerns of their own, and therefore have no rites that might affect a caern's disposition or fortunes. While the wereserpents recognize the value of caerns and their necessity to both Gaia and the Changing Breeds, and while the wereserpents occasionally act to punish those whose incompetence results in the loss of a caern, they do not believe that it is their place to create or use caerns. Nagah move around too much to protect a single caern, and their Samskara may be performed at a variety of places that, while not charged like caerns, are sacred to the wereserpents.
Without the need for caerns in the observance of Samskara, Nagah are free to hold their rituals wherever they choose. By far the most common setting for a Nagah Samskara is near a river. An island in the river is considered particularly auspicious, but Samskara may be held on the banks of a river or, in some cases, in the river itself. Other common sites for Nagah rituals are deep in tropical jungle, surrounded by their snake Kin, or in the heart of a desert, surrounded by great sand dunes and little else. Nagah prefer to perform Samskara at night by the light of the moon.
While rites, to the Garou, are often a time of social interaction, due to the nest structure most wereserpents organize themselves into, the Nagah concern themselves much, much less with the social elements of Samskara. The nest itself is the Nagah's social life, and performing Samskara together is an important element of nest life. Samskara are considered private, and performing them with anyone but one's own nestmates is awkward and embarrassing at best. With the exception of the Sesha conducting certain important rituals for a nest, it is a rare and somewhat uncomfortable thing for more than one nest to perform Samskara together.
Proper performance of the Samskara are an important element of virtuous living among the Nagah. There is very little emotion shown during Samskara, and they are exceedingly formal. Proper protocol and spirit etiquette are valued highly. Each movement or phrasing must be crisp and to the point. The core demands of Nagah Samskara are elegance and parsimony. Even if there is great emotion behind a rite, it always remains seething beneath the surface. Allowing raw emotion to flow out into a Samskara is considered an embarrassing breach of etiquette, though it is not commented on beyond that.
Repetition of mystically resonant phrases called mantras makes up a great deal of Nagah ritual. The ritemaster repeats the mantras of a given ritual until the words themselves lose meaning and hang in the minds of the nest like ungrounded aural objects.
Since there are four auspices, and given that very few nests have more than three members, no particular auspice has the responsibility of being the ritemaster of their nest. By frequency, Kamakshi fulfill the role of ritemaster in their nest relatively more frequently than the other auspices, followed by Kamsa, Kartikeya and, lastly, Kali, who only rarely take the responsibility of seeing to their nest's ritual needs.
List of Samskara[]
- Level One[1]
- Atonement Samskara - Nagah are very cognizant of the spiritual dangers of killing other beings. Not only is corruption a possibility should the Nagah grow blind to the gravity of taking life, but the Nagah is also more likely to suffer from the personal spiritual consequences of killing. This Samskara reminds the wereserpent of the significance of death while granting the opportunity to apologize to the victim and his quondam spirit allies. The nest gathers and speaks a mantra enumerating both the dangers and the necessity of killing. They then make honest apologies to any spirits (including wraiths) their actions may have offended. They take special care to seek the forgiveness of the spirit allies of their recent victims including spirits that were bound to the victim, the victim's totem spirit and so on.
- Celebration of First Venom - While vasuki Nagah are almost always poisonous from birth, balaram and ahi rarely have access to venom until their first change. This coming of age ritual reaffirms the young wereserpent's new maturity while acknowledging her nascent lethality. Her sponsor, the Nagah responsible for bringing her into Nagah society, brings the Nagah before the Sesha. The sponsor brings along a trussed food animal, generally a lamb, but possibly a calf or a young elk or deet. While the sponsor talks her through it, the new Nagah changes to Azhi Dahaka form (sometimes Silkaram or Kali Dahaka, but the easier battle form is the most common) and the young Nagah bites the bound animal, injecting it with venom. Once the animal is dead, all present assume Azhi Dahaka form and help devour the animal to celebrate the efficacy of the young wereserpent's venom. There is also another, subtler reason for this Samskara: to make sure the young Nagah is capable of killing. A Nagah that cannot kill even a clear prey animal will likely have serious difficulties carrying out her duties to Gaia. She is not considered to have successfully fulfilled this Samskara if she is unable to kill when called to do so. If she is not capable of killing the animal at the time of this Samskara, her sponsor will coach her until she is capable of making an appropriate kill without a second thought.
- Invocation of the Spirit Messenger - Communication between nests is no easy matter; the Nagah must be certain that their messages travel quickly and in utmost secrecy. This rite bypasses the usual difficulty by summoning a spirit messenger in service to the Wani (who may take any appropriate form), who will bear a message to the nest of the ritemaster's choice. This rite can even be used to deliver messages to the Sesha, although the Sesha are obviously not to be trifled with minor matters.
- Rite of Bearing (Mystic) - When a Nagah becomes pregnant by another Nagah, she intuitively knows if her child will be ahi or not. If her child is not destined to be ahi, however, she must determine which form she will take for the pregnancy. This, in turn, determines whether she will give birth to a human child (or children; twins are more common than single births in these instances) or lay eggs that hatch cobras (although the clutch tends to be smaller than it would be if she had mated with a non-Nagah). To ensure that her pregnancy will proceed in a healthy fashion, the Nagah must perform the Rite of Bearing Samskara within a week of conception. If she waits any longer, the growing child will not have a true form of its own, and is absorbed back into the Nagah's body. In the company of her nest, under the light of the moon, the pregnant Nagah chants a mantra that lists all the strengths of the breed form she has chosen. Once she has spoken the mantra enough that the words themselves have lost their meaning, she enters the river while taking the form in which she intends to remain. The river and the moon bless the mother's choice, and she will not change form again until after she has laid her eggs or given birth. In accordance with the Nagah laws requiring balance, Nagah tend to choose human and cobra forms equally (barring extenuating circumstances).
- Serpent's Tongue (Mystic) - The ritemaster enacts the rite while locking an item representative of the target - a photograph, or a sample of hair, skin, or blood. If successful the victim cannot help but lie about even the most trivial things. Nagah use this rite to help distance their intended victims from their social supporters.
- Shedding the Past - Snakes molt, or shed their skins, once a year; Nagah, even those who mostly remain in Balaram form, do the same thing. Most Nagah prefer to molt in Vasuki form, as molting in human form is particularly uncomfortable. The molting process takes several days, during which time the molting wereserpent is seriously compromised; he is mostly deaf and blind as the skin over his eyes and "ears" begins to come loose. During this time, one of the Nagah's nestmates functions as a caretaker, providing food for the molting wereserpent. The other functions as the ritemaster, performing a prayer of purification over the molting Nagah four times a day: dawn, noon, dusk and midnight. The caretaker attend to the molting nestmate's needs, bringing food, water and anything else he may require. The caregiver is prohibited from touching the molting Nagah, however. That task belongs to the ritemaster and consists mainly of helping the molting snake off with his old skin and holding the molting serpent when he wakes from sleep confused and unable to see or hear. Molting is one of the sources of the Nagah's highly developed skills of cooperation and interdependence; each wereserpent takes his turn being helpless and taking care of his nestmates when the situation is reversed. It reaches the members of a nest both responsibility and trust. Considered among the most important of the Nagah's Samskara, Shedding the Past fulfils many functions. Most importantly, it helps prevent the Nagah from becoming beholden to any one member of the Triat. This Samskara acts as a personal Rite of Cleansing. Any excessive degree of allegiance to any one member of the Triat is sloughed off with the skin, presuming the Nagah is willing to let go of the affiliated energy. Furthermore, by examining the sloughed skin, the Nagah's nestmates can determine which of the Triat, if any, the wereserpent was becoming overbalanced toward. If the Nagah was secretly beholden to the Wyld, his skin reveals random chaotic markings instead of the usually beautiful symmetrical markings. The shed skin of a wereserpent with excessive loyalty to the Weaver, on the other hand, is overly precise and symmetrical, having a sterile, cold and almost technological appearance. The skin of a Nagah who sympathized with the Wyrm is both darker and more fragile than usual and somewhat slimy. By looking closely at a nestmate's shed skin, the other two can gain insight into what kinds of imbalance they should be attentive to over the course of the next year. A Nagah who becomes imbalanced toward the same member of the Triat two consecutive years is generally watched very carefully by his nestmates and prevented from having further dealings with that member of the Triat. Shedding the Past has notable effects when the Nagah shifts back to Balaram form as well. Tattoos, brands, sun tans, piercings and most scars disappear, leaving the Nagah's skin smooth and unblemished.
- Level Two[2]
- Birthing the Ananta - Upon his release into the world, a young Nagah is likely to receive his Ananta as a gift. This Samskara takes a portion of the recipient's spirit energy and binds it with portions of the spirit world's energy, shaping the Ananta. Most nests have at least one member who knows this rite, in case the Ananta of one of their own is damaged or destroyed. The rite is a lengthy one, often lasting hours, but is also relatively safe.
- First Glory - The completion of a Nagah's first assassination is a glorious moment, and this Samskara is a celebration of the Nagah's new station in life as a high-functioning agent of Gaia's will. Typically, the nestmates of young Nagah watch a first-time assassin very closely, monitoring her for signs of unease, hesitation, poor judgement, sadism or excessive enjoyment of killing. Provided the mission went smoothly, the nest assembles and the new killer's nestmates list the things their celebrated nestmate did properly and all the lessons she learned from her first kill. Afterward, the nest chants a mantra of celebration and thanks.
- Nestbinding - Among the most serious Samskara observed by Nagah, the nestbinding ritual binds two or three wereserpents together into nestmates for life. The three Nagah to be joined assemble before the local Crown and exchange vows of friendship, protection, mutual support and rigorous honesty. For the duration of the nest's existence, the wereserpents bound by this Samskara interact as close friends, as family, as teammates, as lovers, as reciprocal caretakes during molting, and as a highly skilled strike force of assassins. The bond between the wereserpents of a nest runs deep as it must in order to keep the nest together through all it will go through over its organizational lifespan. It is assumed that the members of a nest will, over time, experience for each other every possible permutation of friendship, love and respect. It is also assumed that the members of a nest will experience every possible permutation of frustration, anger and resentment towards one another, as anyone in an intimate relationship does. The nestbinding Samskara helps assure that the bond between the Nagah is stronger than the forces that may challenge the intergrity of the nest. Nestbindings must be performed by the Crown of an area, or in rare cases, by the Sesha.
- Rite of Auspicious Beginning - When a nest begins a new assignment, the ritemaster leads them in a powerful rhythmic mantra that boosts the nest's morale. While the exact contents of the mantra vary from place to place, it always emphasizes the Nagah's strength, discretion and cunning.
- Thanks to River Mother - By any of her names - Apsa, or her lesser names of Euphrates, Tigris, Ganga, Congo, Nile, Amazonas, Mississippi - the River Mother is the serpent folk's kindest benefactor. Not only does she give succor to the wereserpents, but she is also the Nagah's link to the Wani. For these things and more, the wereserpents frequently gather to thank her. This Samskara is also performed before setting up an Ananta in a new river.
- Level Three[3]
- Naming the Target (Mystic) - Among the more mystic Samskara, Naming the Target is performed when the nest is ready to perform its next assassination. Once all the business from the last mission has been put behind them, the Nagah gather near a river or in a dark room, join hands and speak an extended mantra of invocation to the Wani. When properly summoned, the Wani are able to grant information, visions and flashes of insight into the nest's next target. Ideally, this Samskara also discloses the target's transgression against Gaia, his whereabouts and possibly other facts relevant to the Nagah's inquiry.
- Punishing the Improper Strike - The weresepents take their calling extremely seriously. They have been given a remarkable amount of power to kill, and the Wani expect the Nagah to use that power responsibly. Misuse of the Nagah's power, particularly assassinating the wrong individual, is considered serious incompetence and a grave offense to the Wani. Wereserpents have a certain latitude in the execution of their duties, but any Nagah who kills the wrong target while allowing the real target escape more than once will be punished. The Sesha waits until the nest returns, at which point they make their accusations. The offending wereserpent is given the opportunity to introduce mitigating circumstances. The nest of the accused is expected to defend their nestmate - given the close-knit nature of Nagah nests, it would be odd for them to do otherwise. If the accused is acquitted, he is free to go, though his future performance will be scrutinized. If the defendant is found guilty of two or more improper assassinations, a circle is branded over his heart, indicative of where the spear will go should he repeat his mistake. The circle brand is an emblem of incompetence and marks the one who wears it as a figure of pity and disgrace. The most difficult aspect of coping with the brand is the disgrace it brings to a wereserpent's nest.
- Sati - Nothing matters to a wereserpent more than his nest. Should it come to pass that a Nagah loses both nestmates in the performance of Gaia's work, many say there is nothing to be done but follow them out of this cycle in hopes that the nest may be reunited by the nest turn of the wheel. Sati is a ritualized suicide that can only be performed by a Nagah who has, firstly, lost both the other members of his nest while carrying out their primary function and, secondly, competed the assassination the nest was involved in at the time of the deaths. This rite is frowned upon in the modern day, as there are really no Nagah to be spared, but it still survives. Unlike most Samskara, this ritual does not use mantras, but is performed in complete silence. The surviving Nagah first performs Shraddha for his dead nestmates. Once those rites are finished, the survivor builds a funeral pyre for himself. Some build pyre-rafts, so their ashes may join their dead nestmates in the river once the pyre has finished burning. The wereserpent lights the pyre and while it is catching, he climbs to the top of the pyre and enters a deep state of meditation wherein he focuses on seeking out the souls of his lost nestmates. The Nagah's soul is believed to leave his body before the flames even get near.
- Shraddha (Rites for the Dead) - The close-knit nature of Nagah nests makes losing a member almost unbearably painful. It is as if the surviving nestmates have lost a lover, a sibling and a best friend in one individual. For that reason, it happens more often than not that if one member of a nest dies in the line of duty, the other two will fight all the more relentlessly, hoping to avenge their nestmate or die in the attempt. The Shraddha, or Nagah rite for the dead, is one of the more emotionally charged of al the Nagah Samskara. An outsider, however, would never know that. The Shraddha is ideally performed by the two surviving members of a nest, although it can be done by one, if both of the other nestmates have been killed, though in such cases the Shraddha is almost always followed immediately by the survivor's Sati. One survivor sits at the head of the deceased in Balaram form while the other is coiled in Vasuki form at the deceased's feet. The human-skin Nagah quietly chants the mantra of loss while the Vasuki softly hisses along. The mantra translates loosely, as "The best part of us is gone." Once the mantra has been repeated until the words have lost their meaning, the two deliver the body to the embrace of the river and immediately turn their backs so as not to prolong what is thereby formally ended. This is the one Samskara where Nagah are not only allowed to show emotion, but are encouraged to do so, up to the moment the body is placed in the river. Nagah residing in desert climes may take the body instead to a canyon and drop it in or build a dakhma or "tower of silence" upon which the body is left exposed for the elements and carrion birds. In other places, the body may be placed on a pyre and burned. The specifics vary, but the essence of the Samskara does not.
- Level Four[4]
- Conclusion - The conclusion Samskara is held after completing an assassination as a means of reviewing why the death was a necessary one, thereby reaffirming the rightness of the Nagah's actions. The ritemaster distills the essence of the victim's crimes against Gaia or Dharma down to a relatively simple mantra that the nestmembers repeat until meaning has left the words, at which point the ritemaster interrupts the mantra and intones the final phrase, which translates as "Punishment was necessary. Punishment was delivered. Punishment is now concluded. May his (or her) next life be better spent."
- Investiture - Before her first kill in Gaia's name, the young Nagah must be gauged suitably judicious to mete out death or other forms of severe justice. In effect, this Samskara invests the Nagah with the right to assassinate (or punish by lesser means) the enemies of Gaia by any means necessary. This Samskara may be performed by any suitably high-ranking member of the inexperienced wereserpent's nest, though it is occasionally performed by the Sesha, extraordinary potential and judgement or when a new nest of young Nagah has just come together. The ritemaster, in metered verse, praises the postulant's good judgement, her discretion and her talents in the arts of assassination, making an argument for why she is a suitable choice for Gaia's punisher. If possible, the ritemaster recounts instances of extraordinary judgement or right action from the postulant's past lives. While it almost never happens that a postulant is not found worthy of Gaia's confidence (after all, it's what the Nagah are all about), certain candidates may be refused investiture due to instances of poor judgement, insufficient discretionary subtlety, inappropriate killing or a particularly dishonorable past life. In sch instances, the only course open to the postulant (assuming she wants the legitimacy of Gaia's backing) is to wait one full year, during which she must show exemplary judgement, character and good sense, and then offer herself for consideration again.
- River Mother's Eyes - Very similar to the Garou Rite: The Badger's Burrow, River Mother's Eyes allows the Nagah to see what's happening along the banks of a river (and in the water itself) for a great distance. The Nagah perform this Samskara to hunt for their targets, to reconnoiter unfamiliar territory and to sense if a river is being defiled. The ritemaster chants a mantra of enlightenment and must be in contact with the river through which he's extending his senses; a significant portion of a tail, hand, foot or other part of the wereserpent must be immersed. Some Nagah prefer to perform this Samskara as they're actually swimming in the river, staring up at the water's silvery surface.
- Votive for the Dead (Death) - After completing an assassination, the nest must ritually review their actions. The ritualist chants the victim's crimes against Gaia, gradually repeating them until they become a simple mantra. The Votive for the Dead (also called the Conclusion) must be performed before the nest can begin another hunt or enact the Naming the Target rite.
- Level Five[5]
- Sannyasa - When a Nagah has reached an age when she no longer feels she can effectively carry out Gaia's work - and a surprising number of wereserpents are clever and subtle enough to do so - she may undergo the ritual of Sannyasa (renunciation) and forego service to Gaia for the remainder of her existence. During the course of the Samskara, the wereserpent recounts to her nestmates (and possibly the Sesha as well) precisely how she served Gaia. She delivers a chronological list of the enemies of Gaia who died by her hand and recounts all the stories that accumulate during a long life as an assassin. Subsequently, the wereserpent sequesters herself away at some deserted place alongside the river and speaks with the Wani and generally an avatar of Gaia herself. The spirit representatives of Gaia accept the Nagah's "resignation" and bless her with health and wellbeing. In return, the wereserpent vows to return to Gaia's service if called or if her former vitality should return. The wereserpent performs her own funeral rites, dives into the river (or just walks off into the desert, jungle or whatever wilderness is available and departs society to live as an ascetic - wearing ashes, living under trees and eating only what she can scrounge or what she is given. Sannyasin often opt to live out the rest of their lives in vasuki form, a life of asceticism being somewhat easier as a snake. Sannyasin rarely settle in civilized areas, though certain old Nagah may have a fondness for a particular village and watch over it in their dotage. Any who expect an old Nagah to be an easy target, however, are painfully - and generally lethally - surprised; underestimating the deadly cleverness of an experienced assassin, even one moments from dying of old age, is a good way to get killed. Many nests comprise wereserpents of largely the same age, so it's not uncommon for an entire nest of Nagah to perform the Sannyasa Samskara at the same time.
- Traitor's Torment - While assassinating the enemies of Gaia causes them no distress, Nagah do not like torture. It reeks to them of mishandled power and offends their surprisingly serene sensibilities. However, the wereserpents have no tolerance for betrayal. Deliberate perfidy is a far graver sin than murder to the serpent people, and one that demands the gravest punishment. This Samskara summons pain spirits to torment, madden, and finally kill a traitor. The ritemaster begins by reading a precise description of the traitor's deeds. He then looks the traitor in the eyes, explains to her what is about to happen to her, explains why again, wishes her a wiser and better life in her next incarnation and then summons the spirits of pain with an ugly, guttural mantra. Once the pain spirits have executed their duty, the ritemaster performs atonement Samskara to free him of the bad karma brough on by such cruelty. While it is used almost exclusively on other Nagah (and extremely rarely at that), Traitor's Torment may be used on any target whose violation of trust was so grave as to warrant such punishment.
Nagah Hengeyokai Rite of Accord[]
The Nagah are most exacting creatures, and are fond of using various rites of purification and chiminage to demonstrate their devotion to their Mothers. However, they are careful to avoid using too many rites of summoning or binding, as only the servants of the Wani make agreeable subjects.
- Level One[6]
- Rite of the River's Blessing - This Rite of Accord is an archetypal Nagah purification ritual, performed after the death of a great enemy. The Nagah must kneel at the bank of a river or stream to enact it, and make obeisance to the water running by. As she chants a litany of mantras and praise to the Three Mothers, she washes herself in the water, then shifts to Azhi Dahaka to shake the drops from her hood. This rite is considered most auspicious when performed by moonlight, in full view of the Three Mothers.
Nagah Death Rite[]
- Level Four[7]
- Votive for the Dead - After completing an assassination, the nest must ritually review their actions. The ritualist chants the victim's crimes against Gaia, gradually repeating them until they become a simple mantra. The Votive for the Dead (also called the Conclusion) must be performed before the nest can begin another hunt or enact the Naming the Target rite.
Nagah Mystic Rite[]
- Level Three[8]
- Naming the Target - A nest performs this rite when it is ready to conduct an assassination. When their last mission has been concluded (usually with Votive for the Dead), they gather in a dark room or neat a river, join hands or coils, and chant a mantra to invoke the Wani. If the rite succeeds, the Wani grant flashes of insight about the nest's next target. Properly performed, the rite may also reveal more of the target's offenses against Gaia, his current location, or other facts relevant to the hunt.
References[]
- WTA: Nagah, p. 17, 90-98
- WTA: Hengeyokai: Shapeshifters of the East, p. 82
- WTA/cMET: Hengeyokai: Way of the Beast Courts, p. 80
- WTA/cMET: Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4, p. 89-97
- WTA: Players Guide to the Changing Breeds, p. 128-129
- W20: Changing Breeds, p. 164
^ Level 1
| Atonement Samskara | Nagah | Pg. 90 |
| Atonement Samskara | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 89-90 |
| Celebration of First Venom | Nagah | Pg. 90-91 |
| Celebration of First Venom | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 90 |
| Invocation of the Spirit Messenger | Nagah | Pg. 91 |
| Invocation of the Spirit Messenger | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 91 |
| Rite of Bearing | Nagah | Pg. 91-92 |
| Rite of Bearing | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 91-92 |
| Mystic: Rite of Bearing | Changing Breeds | Pg. 164 |
| Accord: Rite of the River's Blessing | Hengeyokai: Shapeshifters of the East | Pg. 82 |
| Accord: Rite of the River's Blessing | Hengeyokai: Way of the Beast Courts | Pg. 80 |
| Mystic: Serpent's Tongue | Changing Breeds | Pg. 164 |
| Shedding the Past | Nagah | Pg. 93-94 |
| Shedding the Past | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 92-93 |
^ Level 2
| Birthing the Ananta | Nagah | Pg. 92-93 |
| Birthing the Ananta | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 90 |
| First Glory | Nagah | Pg. 93 |
| First Glory | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 90-91 |
| Nestbinding | Nagah | Pg. 93 |
| Nestbinding | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 91 |
| Rite of Auspicious Beginning | Nagah | Pg. 93 |
| Rite of Auspicious Beginning | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 91 |
| Thanks to River Mother | Nagah | Pg. 94 |
| Thanks to River Mother | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 93 |
^ Level 3
| Naming the Target | Nagah | Pg. 94 |
| Mystic: Naming the Target | Players Guide to the Changing Breeds | Pg. 129 |
| Naming the Target | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 93-94 |
| Mystic: Naming the Target | Changing Breeds | Pg. 164 |
| Punishing the Improper Strike | Nagah | Pg. 94-95 |
| Punishing the Improper Strike | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 94 |
| Sati | Nagah | Pg. 95 |
| Sati | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 94-95 |
| Shraddha (Rites for the Dead) | Nagah | Pg. 95 |
| Shraddha | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 95 |
^ Level 4
| Conclusion | Nagah | Pg. 95-96 |
| Conclusion | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 93 |
| Investiture | Nagah | Pg. 96 |
| Investiture | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 93 |
| River Mother's Eyes | Nagah | Pg. 96 |
| River Mother's Eyes | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 94 |
| Death: Votive for the Dead | Players Guide to the Changing Breeds | Pg. 129 |
| Death: Votive for the Dead | Changing Breeds | Pg. 164 |
^ Level 5
| Sannyasa | Nagah | Pg. 96-97 |
| Sannyasa | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 95-96 |
| Traitor's Torment | Nagah | Pg. 97-98 |
| Traitor's Torment | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4 | Pg. 96-97 |
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