.004 Werewolf

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Werewolves are a primal race with what seems to be a short temper. Most of their time is spent in human form. There are two types of werewolves; the first are the born and the second the bitten. In either ways werewolves are monsters built on rage and primal lust. They have a hunger for destruction and blood; their own blood lust can rival any others. Werewolves are not much better in their human form, the anger still exists and many have trouble controlling it. Old tales of werewolves have revealed many of their secrets....and weaknesses. Of course silver will burn/injure a werewolf and is deadly if injected into the bloodstream. Removing the head or heart from the body will also kill a werewolf. The appearance of a werewolf resembles a large wolf creature that stands on two legs often reaching seven foot and above; they can maneuver on all fours, but often choose not to.

Some legends do hold slight truths to them when it comes to dealing with a werewolf; a were must change during a full moon, but is not limited too the full moon. At times a werewolf change is triggered by an increased pulse .Older werewolves have the ability to partially shift into a half man-half wolf form that they have no control over. When in this state the weres' face contorts into a monstrous site of ridges and teeth. The K-9 teeth elongate and the eyes generally turn a molten gold or molten shade of their natural eye color. Old and experienced werewolves do have the ability to change at will, but this is all a practice of control over the years for the were.The process of shifting is not a clean and easy transition from one to the other, but a painful bending and reconstruction of the bones in the body. A werewolf has an un-naturally spiked body heat that as well spikes to dangerous levels when shifting. Werewolves in their human form however are easily identified being most often or not we will be attracted to them; werewolves are naturally graceful and quick creatures and as a human these traits will show through along with the predatory nature of the wolf within; as if nearly glowing eyes and growling was not hint enough. When in the werewolf form there is nothing left of the human persona that will recognize any other besides another werewolf; they will attack anyone and the passing from a werewolf attack is never easy or painless.

The condition is passed through tooth and claw; bitten or scratched will pass on the almost virus like quality. Again however a werewolf attack is never just one bite or marking, but nearly a complete mauling and if you survive the attack you are likely to not survive the transition of your first shift forced upon you. Also humans can not be turned at any time; the only time a new werewolf can be made is during a BLOOD MOON which is a time when the moon stays full for a complete week and even can be seen during the day. The Blood Moon only happens once a year and has become also a time when werewolves can shift at any time. This time is a major event in the werewolf world. However being bitten is not the only way one can be a werewolf as some are born; BOTH PARENTS MUCH BE WEREWOLVES. In a werewolf family is a werewolf child is born that generation will be stronger than the next and so on and so on.

There is nothing all that concrete that humans know about werewolves; they are still a deadly nightmare to most. It's important to always remember that no matter the relationship your never safe around these monsters.

* werewolves are not immortal (live forever), but their lifespans are much different than a humans. a werewolf will age normally up until the age of twenty five to thirty, once at this age it seems the aging process nearly stops. One werewolves life span can equal many a humans lifespans. The oldest werewolf in the city is 239 years old.

** Remember, werewolves are wild, out of control creatures. When they shift, they have no control over themselves and are pure animal with no human thoughts. However, the older a werewolf is, the more control they can eventually learn. Only the oldest of old werewolves which would be incredibly rare can control their thoughts and action sin their werewolf form, and to have enough control to stop themselves from killing something, it would take being at least 50 years since they were turned.

Newbloods: a new blood refers to a newly turned werewolf; one just recently bitten.