Werewolf

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Werewolves are divided into two classifications: True and Cursed.

True Werewolves
True Werewolves all originate from Lycaon, a man who tested the god Zeus' omnipotence by attempting to feed him the meat of Lycaon's dismembered son. Zeus disgusted by this act cursed Lycaon and turned him into a wolf like creature, the first Werewolf. All true Werewolves are descendants of Lycaon, they have no human form to revert into and are forever stuck in thier wolf like state.



Cursed Werewolves
Cursed Werewolves are different however, in the late eleventh century a band of mages gathered in secret to discuss the "growing problem" that Lycaon's lineage had become. During this secret meeting a plan was hatched to send spies into the wolf encampments and to kill them from within. The mages cursed a pool of water on the night of the full moon and all those who bathed in the moonlit waters were transformed magically into the very creatures they were to kill.

The problems that came with this curse however were that, the transformative magic responsible for turning them came with a horrible cost. If a man who bathed in the waters had a weak character, than he would be swallowed forever and lose himself to the curse. The curse was also seemingly only active during certain parts of the year, or during times of heightened emotional stress or pleasure, when not active the person would act and appear a normal human.

Powers and Abilities
True Werewolves posess above human levels of strength, speed and smell. They posess a mind that is human like and cunning as well as an abnormally high bloodlust. A True Werewolf may live for as many as a hundred and twenty years.

Cursed Werewolves possess the hightened levels of strength, speed and smell as well, but many of these cursed warewolves do not retain a human like intellegence and often fall into a primal rage. The Cursed Werewolves can also spread the curse to others potentially turning thier victim into one of them. Cursed Werewolves have a normal human lifespan.



Crossbreeding
Both True and Cursed Werewolves are capable of crossbreeding with humans. If a human woman gives birth to a pup the pup regardless of its fathers status (True or Cursed) will be regarded as a True Werewolf as they were wolves by birth. This applies even if they appear more humanlike rather than wolf.

Werewolf mothers usually give birth to three or more children in a litter each being born a True Werewolf regardless of thier father's status. (True Cursed or Human)