Coercion

We Wraiths are fragile things, in spite of our toughness. Without our Fetters, we are lost to the Shadowlands, and banished to the Tempest. And in the times of Great Maelstrom, this is often a second death sentence for Wraiths who have yet to distinguish themselves and earn a place on the Isle of Sorrows.

Keeping that in mind, you could learn at least the basic rudiments of the Monitors' arts, so as to study the Fetters of those you deal with. Those of you that cannot learn them must either force the hand of a Monitor or else rely on simple observation and guesswork. But never underestimate the power of those two: they will aid you more often than not.

After you have mapped the target's anchors, you might wish to let the target know that you have done this. Sometimes, informing a mark that you have his precious things in your sights is enough to make him comply. You might also leave a note of sorts upon one of his largest ones: the location where he can find your demands, perhaps?

But if he will not do what is commanded of him, or else you suspect him too powerful to ply with such a ploy, then do away with a small one. A Harrowing frightens everyone, after all. Learning more of the Monitors' arts is instrumental, here, but if you haven't the time or the aptitude for it, you might wish to learn the arts of the so-called Spooks, instead. If you cannot rip them away, you might at least be able to smash them from a ledge.

Then, when the target comes back, you let the target know, through one means or another, that the Harrowing was courtesy of yours truly. That and that any future falls to the Labyrinth can be avoided by doing the following... at which point you both state your demands and a command to keep silent.

 

("This does work, but, with all due respect to the late Grand Master Dresden, she never mentioned the real danger of trying such things: namely, running afoul of the Monitors, the Spooks, or even the Proctors. Anyone worth getting under our control has almost certainly been in their sights - or under their control - for some time.

("That's not to say that I fear any other so-called "Guildwraith," but those who are just starting out in the Cabal should be guided towards less dangerous means as a matter of simple security." - Master Daniel McWhitterfield)


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