The ancient Gaels believed in trial by ordeal to determine guilt or innocence, and some Garou, particularly the Fianna, maintain this tradition. In the event of a Garou violating the Litany, or committing any capital crime, such as rape or murder, and if there is any doubt about the guilt of the violator, this rite is sometimes invoked. The criminal is exiled and cursed for the time of one phase of the moon. The criminal will believe that all rain that falls on him is liquid silver. No permanent damage is done, assuming the criminal survives. But during that month, the violator will suffer terribly. The rain wounds him, and he cannot heal those wounds. He loses his Gnosis and becomes unable to eat.
The condemned is taken before the ritemaster and the judgment is pronounced. The judge looks into the sky and determines that the condemned is to be exiled from the protectorate for the period of one lunar month, and he cannot return until the moon is in the same phase. The condemned is then splashed with ice-cold water and forcibly escorted from the protectorate. For the period of one lunar month, the condemned cannot regain Gnosis, and every rainfall feels as if he is being lashed by silver. This 'silver' inflicts one level of aggravated damage per shower of rain the character suffers. It cannot be soaked or healed, and in the aftermath, the condemned tends to vomit violently. If the condemned spends a point of Willpower, she can convince herself that the rain is not really silver (and thus suffers no damage). This Willpower can be recovered normally. The wounds do not heal, however, until the time of exile is completed. This punishment is more commonly given in Northern Europe, where it frequently rains, but it always seems to rain just a little bit more when this rite is invoked.