Wolf Rite
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The Wolf Rite is one of the unique traditions maintained by Clan Wolf's Alpha Galaxy. Taking place every year, around five Alpha Galaxy candidates are chosen and transported to Strana Mechty during the middle of winter. These candidates, wearing nothing but underwear and armed only with a knife, are dropped off in the middle of a snow-covered forest. Together they are tasked with stealing a fresh kill from a pack of wolves and transporting it approximately 100 km back to their base, where the rest of the assembled Alpha Galaxy watches by remote broadcast. Those who succeed are allowed to wear a strip of Strana Mechty wolf fur on their uniform, are to be addressed as KinWolf on formal occasions, and their genetic material is given higher priority in the creation of future sibkos. Those who die during the Rite are honored by having their names painted below the Clan ensigns on the WarShip Dire Wolf.[1]
At the time of the Clan Invasion there were 53 members of Alpha Galaxy who had earned this right, including Ulric Kerensky, Garth Radick and Natasha Kerensky.[1]
Whether Alpha Galaxy was able to maintain this tradition after joining Phelan Kell in forming Clan Wolf-in-Exile is unknown. Whether the new Alpha Galaxy under the reformed Clan Wolf, led by Khan Vlad Ward, adopted the Wolf Rite is unknown.