Viskr Rites are a type of Rite from Werewolf: The Apocalypse. They were first introduced in the Ananasi Breed Book and are exclusive to the Ananasi of the Viskr Aspect.
Overview[]
The Viskr have a special place among the aspects. They are the Balancers, the Weavers and Unweavers of things that have to be repaired. For that reason, Queen Ananasa grants them special rites to aid them in maintaining or restoring the Balance. They are Ananasa's first line of attack in the unending struggle to restore cosmic Symmetry. Many of their rites are very powerful, and requite a great deal of their energy and time. All Viskr rites are treated as mystic rites.
List of Viskr Rites[]
- Level One[1]
- Studying the Great Web - Using this rite allows the Viskr to examine the Great Web as a whole, literally seeing the universe as it truly is. The image is not exact - the Ananasi, despite their detached state of mind couldn't handle that much information, or the greater truths of reality - but does give an indication of what and where the Viskr should concentrate their efforts to restore Symmetry.
- Summon Paradox (Mystic) - The Viskr have an... understanding with Paradox-spirits. They see things in much the same way that the Weaver's own antibodies do; basically, if something shouldn't be there, it's offensive and must be punished. Though they cannot command the Paradox-spirits, they can call things to their attention, and they often do so. This powerful rite simply marks something as "wrong." Once that's done, the Paradox-spirits decide what to do about the matter.
- Level Four[2]
- Rite of Weaving - The Viskr using this rite can alter reality in minor ways, by reweaving the Great Web to accommodate her desires. This ability can't alter the past, but it can rewrite the present in minor ways. A person who is almost certain to die can be healed of the worst of the life-threatening wounds, and be given a much greater chance of surviving the damages inflicted. A stock that should be plummeting in a stock market crash can be kept from certain fiscal disaster - presuming the rite is begun and completed in time. The downside of this ability is that reweaving reality is much like human mages' power of true magic; reweaving the Great Web is not a power that the Weaver has granted, and the Viskr who uses this rite runs the risk of attracting Paradox-spirits, the antibodies of the Great Web.
References[]
- WTA: Ananasi, p. 98-99
- WTA/cMET: Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 3, p. 84-85
^ Level 1
| Studying the Great Web | Ananasi | Pg. 98 |
| Studying the Great Web | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 3 | Pg. 84-85 |
| Mystic: Summon Paradox | Ananasi | Pg. 98 |
| Summon Paradox | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 3 | Pg. 85 |
^ Level 4
| Rite of Weaving | Ananasi | Pg. 98-99 |
| Rite of Weaving | Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 3 | Pg. 85 |
| Werewolf: The Apocalypse Rites | |
|---|---|
| Garou and Fera Rites | Accord · Age Role · Ahadi · Astrological · Caern · Dark Umbra · Death · Frontier · Hengeyokai · Minor · Mystic · Punishment · Pure Ones · Renown · Seasonal · Wyld |
| Fifth Edition Garou Rites | Common · Legendary · Social |
| Kinfolk Rites | Accord · Caern · Homestead · Milestones · Minor · Punishment · Renown · Ritual of Sacred Rebirth |
| Unique Fera Rites | Ajaba - Ananasi: First · Triumvirate · Viskr - Bastet: Kuasha · Moon · Need · Taghairm - Corax - Gurahl - Kitsune - Mokolé - Nagah - Nuwisha - Ratkin - Rokea |
| Rites of the Lost Breeds | Apis - Camazotz - Grondr |
| Wyrm-Corrupted Fera Rites | Blood Rituals · Defiler Kings · Buzzards · Histpah |
| Miscellaneous Rites | 7th Generation - Fomori - Miscellaneous Rites |