Astria would have liked if the challenge was done somewhere closeby but in order to be fair to both sides, they had to travel to another place which was another free land.
The sites for such challenges were often not fixed all year round. They were either done according to the participant's request or somewhere far from the pack so the participants wouldn't get any unwarranted help from their pack.
Although Bryce was the one who applied on Astria's behalf, he didn't register her from Lupine pack. Astria was registered from Red Moon itself as a part of it.
Mainly because Astria initially belonged to Red Moon pack. Secondly, if Astria was registered as a member of Lupine, she wouldn't be qualified to fight for the Alpha position of Red Moon pack. Rules like these kept people at bay and
