While other Villages tend toward parchment or paper, those of Wolf’s Bluff prefer to write by gnawing bone. There are one of two ways a Wolf’s Bluff beast can choose to communicate. One is the modern way, which consists of carving the same words and language used by everyone else in Nevriande, starting at one side and moving to the other until one’s message is complete or the bone’s surface is covered. The other method is a more traditional one; instead of words and phrases, a scene depicting a memory or epic is carved out, much like a painting. These bone stories are as intricate as they are personal, and are reserved for more special occasions nowadays. This tradition of bone-gnawing originally came from scarcity-after all, why waste good leather on parchment when it could clothe a cold beast? And how could anyone make decent paper from fragile, frozen pine?-and became habit over time.

Bone gnawing is a large part of tradition in Wolf's Bluff. It is tradition to write things you wish to happen in the upcoming year on bones you throw in Keahi's bonfire during the ceremony. Gnawing someone's portrait on a bone is considered a romantic gesture, assuming you're not family, of course.

Every year on the Winter Solstice, the beasts of Wolf’s Bluff come together to celebrate the longest night of the year, and the lengthening days that come after it. During the ten days leading up to it, members of the Village drag logs to a large pit in front of the Hoarfrost Hall, which is dug out a month or so beforehand. The logs then have flat sides cut into them so that they are roughly rectangular, and are stacked into a bonfire about twenty feet high. Traditionally each family brings a log, but due to the size of the village and the inherent danger of flame, an equally accepted tradition is an individual bringing them something to burn-usually a small gnawed-bone or piece of wood.

When the bonfire is fully constructed a group of beasts make a journey to the Shrine of Keahi, each armed with a stick dipped in the flammable sap of a pine tree. They light their torches and bring them back to the village, and so long as at least one torch has survived the trip the torch is handed over to the Chieftain, where a speech wishing for good weather, good hunts and thanks toward Keahi for keeping the village safe is given. At the end the village rejoices and the bonfire is lit aflame, first by the torch, then added on by the offerings brought by the rest of the village. As the bonfire burns a festival is held with food, drink and dancing, as well as temporary stalls set up for selling good-luck trinkets and other wares. The festival ends when the bonfire burns out, which can take several days.