My Titanverse Background Facts Lycanthropes
Author's Note: This is part two of the foundation document for the fanfic I'm working on. It's currently in the planning stages right now. I decided to continue with my dossier style. When I use the word man I in fact mean mankind not male. I don't own any borrowed character or concepts.
Disclaimer: Although I gotten inspiration from many places I own none of them they are owed by blizzard, Bethesda, and others. Also If I took any preexisting names it is only because I have trouble naming my THERE WILL BE LIBERAL CHRISTAIN ELEMENTS.
P.S. I only speak English. So blame all translation errors on google. Warning this is rather lengthy.
Vocabulary
Infected Refers to a person who has contracted Ferus Sanguis but has not yet experienced their first wolf transformation.
Changed Refers to a person who has experienced their first wolf transformation.
Rouge Refers to a werewolf who for whatever reason has begun to prey on humans.
Lycanthropes
Background Info
Unlike most supernatural creatures werewolves would rather come out of hiding and admit their existence to the world. Contrary to popular opinion werewolves are not the vicious killing machines they are thought to be. Whilst there is the occasional man–killing rouge most werewolves are in fact rather protective of man. It is currently believed the slowness of communication before modern technology was a leading cause of this misunderstanding. For example by the time the werewolf community would hear of a rampaging rouge and get someone there to eliminate said rouge the few survivors would be long gone and thus none would learn it was a rouge attack.
Subspecies Descriptions
Common Traits All Subspecies are fertile, immune to disease, possess an enhanced sense of smell, hearing, accelerated metabolism which leads to rapid healing, and age roughly one day for every year of life. A brutal lifestyle (I.E. dominance fights, killed by rouges, etc.) leads to death before most can turn elderly thus leading to the misconception that werewolves are ageless like vampires.
Totemic The totemic werewolf was a species that could manage a full-fledged wolf transformation. All that was needed was a bit of wolf skin & fur entwined with a lock of their own hair. Without said amulet they were unable to change at all. Furthermore if they didn't recover their amulet by the setting of the full moon they would actually die. Sadly this subspecies is now extinct. The only way to tell if a wolf was actually a totemic lycanthrope was by observing its behavior.
Balverine The Balverine is a hybrid of man and wolf. It resembled a man with pointed ear similar to an elf, a fur covered body, and feet like a wolves. This species was little more than a collection of instincts. Commonly used by vampires for daytime protectors and food gathering. However those who broke free of their vampire masters found themselves driven to protect man. This was made difficult by vampiric tendency use their Balverine slaves for intimidation and as executioners.
Animorphic This is the modern day werewolf it is capable of a full–fledged wolf change. It has returned to its totemic predecessors man protective ways although the cruelty inflicted on its Balverine ancestors has lead to numerous adaptations for combating vampires said adaptation include the ability to kill a vampire by swallowing its heart, the ability to see through any vampiric attempt at disguise, the ability to communicate with the dead. Useful since those killed by vampires tend not to pass on until their vampire killer is slain thus a werewolf can simply ask the victim to show them the lair. Recent generations have also developed strength, speed, and the ability change to wolf form instantly. In wolf form they can be identified by their shoulder joints which are hinged more like a humans allowing for lateral movement, plus unlike their totemic ancestors an animorphic retains color vision while in wolf form.
History
Much of werewolf history depends on whom you talk to vampires insist they discovered the balverines and in an act of compassion began to experiment to try and bring about a return of sentience only to have the ungrateful balverines rebel upon becoming sentient.
Werewolves however maintain that their totemic ancestors entered into an alliance with vampires for reasons that have long since been lost to time only for vampires to betray them by experimenting upon them eventually making balverines. However when vampires began breeding balverines for cunning to enhance their value as daytime protectors it had the unforeseen consequence of returning their balverine ancestors intelligence to sentient levels thus causing rebellion. Eventually balverines broke away from vampires completely and over time learned how to shift into a more human form. It was eventually discovered that by doing so they had regained the ability to change into a wolf–like form. Recently a series of archeological finds consisting of totemic in mid–change now confirm the wolf version of history.
Disease Progression
Unlike Sanguinem Mortis there is no known cure for lycanthropy.
Stage 1 The patient develops a craving for raw meat.
Stage 2 The patient develops a keen nose and sharper ears.
Stage 3 The patient develops a high fever. It should be noted that unlike humans a werewolf can with stand body temps up 176 degrees Fahrenheit or 80 degrees Celsius.
Stage 4 The patient becomes delirious.
Stage 5 The patients fever breaks bringing an end to their delirium.
Stage 6 The patient gradually begins to experience an urge to protect people, as well as the ability to see through vampiric attempts at disguise, and lastly the ability to communicate with the dead. (This phenomenon is commonly called ghost whispering.) The emergence of ghost whispering signals that the patient's first change is imminent.
Social Structure
Like natural wolves werewolf society is based on packs with a hierarchical structure. The pack structure breaks down thusly.
Local to Regional to Provincial to National to Royal with the Marrok or Wolf King at the head of the royal pack.
Because of his tendency to rule by law rather than dictatorial whims as well as a enforcing gender equality, and a strict code of honor, plus an open minded viewpoint has caused some to speculate that he is none other than marrok knight of Camelot.