Werewolves

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WEREWOLVES

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Unlike Shapeshifters, Werewolves made, not born, and cannot change their form at will, but rather are forced to shift on the night of the full moon. They take a form similar to a canine in a painful transformation. Their eyes turn gold, pupils contract to pin points and they suffer from what is known as a moon frenzy, where they become killing machines, unable to distinguish between friend or foe. Able to run bipedal or quadrupedal, due to their physical make up. They are able to be contained with potions if they so wish, but there are those that prefer the killing life.
During the moon phase, the human mind is still conscious and has clarity to all the goings on while the wolf is in control. Similarly, the wolf will have a clarity whilst the human is in control.

There are times when the Wolf will surface without the help of the fullmoon, but there must be a strong emotion present - extreme anger, fear or excitement are known emotions which can make the werewolf appear prematurely.

ABILITIES:

Fast. Able to run on two legs or four, the Werewolf is almost as fast as a vampire. Some are even tripedal, as Werewolves do not have a tail and therefore do not have a built-in ballast for balance, like most animals and so use one of their back legs as a ballast-like objects. This tripedal way of running does not upset their speed.

Rapid Healing. A werewolf in wolf form is impervious to injury, but in human form they are as susceptible to illness and injury as the next human.

Immortal. Once bitten, a werewolf is halted in the ageing process and can technically live forever. Although there is one known way to reverse the curse (a certain potion mixed by only the most skilled of potion masters), it is hardly ever practiced as it has a 98% death rate. Most werewolves would rather live with the curse.


SITE SPECIFIC:

Pregnancy: Due to the monthly changes, Female weres that carry hybrid offspring are more inclined to miscarry. This includes offspring of a werewolf/vampire heritage, werewolf/human heritage, werewolf/wizard/witch heritage. Shapeshifters are considered physically similar to weres and theirs as well as full werewolf offspring can be carried to term with no ill effects.

Inter-Species: Relationships with Vampires, Hybrids, Shapeshifters, Werewolves, Witches and Wizards and humans are all allowed. We do not allow Werewolves to have romantic relationships with Ghosts.

Random: Changed werewolves can be... very... exciteable around someone of the opposite sex. Very randy creatures... it's something to do with the moon...