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"We are animals...... Smell the blood, and tell me you don't want it."
(The Lunatic Cafe, page 98, paragraph 12)
Werebear
Werecobra
Werefox
Werehyena
Werejaguar
Wereleopard
Werelion
Wererat
Weresnake
Weretiger
Werewolf
Lamia
Naga
Wereswan
Panwere
General Information
* Lycanthropes have the ability
to shift into their respective creature whenever they wish. However, if they shift to
animal form and then human form too soon, it drains their energy and they fall into a
coma-like sleep for at least 12 hours. Normally, shapeshifters stay in animal form 8-10
hours and collapse back into human form. (CD-69)
* If the lycanthrope is young or it is too close to the full moon, the scent of blood can cause them to shift into their animal form.
* Their healing powers are extraordinary. All wounds eventually close. Limbs that were ripped off are remade the next time they shift into animal form. (CD-302)
* An old wive's tale about lycanthropes is true. Namely, after shifting, they must feed. (LuC-101)
* Lycanthropes are controlled by the full moon. During that time, they are forced to change into their animal form and hunt.
* Alpha lycanthropes are the leaders of the respective packs, pards, etc. They are much stronger than the other lycanthropes, and often possess other powers that normal lycanthropes do not.
* The way to tell if a human is a lycanthrope is to cut off a limb and then look on the inside of the skin. If there is fur, then they are a lycanthrope. They will grow the limb back upon their next shift. However, it's not a good idea to cut the limb if he/she is merely a human.
* The cat-based lycanthropy is less contagious than the rat and wolf forms, though no one knows why (KD - 96)
* Lycanthropes cannot get infections. If they are seriously injured, the most danger they are in is shock from blood loss. (BO - 148)
* Lycanthropes can still be legally shot in six states, as long as a blood test afterwards proves what they were.
* It is illegal to give lycanthropy to a minor and it carries a death sentence. In New York, there used to be shape-shifter gangs but New York's Finest and the military wiped them out.
* Lamia are immortal, yet have been listed as extinct in St. Louis for 200 years. They are half human and half snake. A bite from a Lamia is deadly. Once bitten, the wound swells and becomes purple. Internal bleeding follows, where blood flows out of every orifice, until the victim dies.
* Naga are also immortal. They are part of Hindu legend and are often portrayed as snakes, specifically cobra. Sometimes, they are shown in snake form with a human head. In human form, they possess a single pearl between their eyes. They are the guardians of pearls and raindrops.
* Wereswans exist. The males are wereswans and the females are weremanes. The only one made magically was Kaspar, whose shifting ability was a curse by a witch, and not an inherited condition, nor a disease that was passed on.
* A Panwere is apparently a lycanthrope with multiple animals infecting them. This can only be achieved when the vicitm has not yet shifted, and has been infected by multiple animals before their first full moon. Only one had been known to exist, Orlando King, also known as Chimera. However, it's believed that while Anita cannot shift into an actual lyncanthrope, she is also a panwere.