Part Ten: Appendix
Most of the ideas of werewolves that I use come from Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Werewolf: The Forsaken, the accompanying Changing Breeds Books, Mage The Ascension and Mage: The Awakening which are all lines of the World of Darkness series of table top games published by White Wolf Game Studio, White Wolf Inc. But a fair bit of it comes from old fashion myth and lore and my own brain.
CJ's Rules for Her Werewolves
(Things that may or may not be specified in-universe)
Weres can be born or pathologically made.
Both forms are inheritable.
Weres can breed with Weres without fear of deformity in offspring.
The likelihood of the offspring conceived from a Were mating with a Were will be Weres is a hundred percent.
The likelihood of a Were's offspring with a pure human is only fifty percent if the father is the Were but a hundred percent if the mother is the Were.
Baby Weres or the children of a Were are called the juvenile form of the base animal
(IE. Cubs for werewolves, kittens for were-cats etc.)
If the base animal is mostly born in litters so will be the young of Weres; only in smaller litters than base animal's.
In a pack situation only the Alpha pair will bear males.
In a pack situation the whole pack will care for any young.
"Aunts" will nurse.
Immature young are stuck in half man-half beast secondary form.
They gain access to human and animal form upon puberty (thirteen years old in human years).
Weres mentally and physically develop faster than human children.
Weres cannot infect humans with "The Change" until puberty.
Young Weres, upon first hitting puberty, will often switch between forms under high emotions; often negative ones.
Weres usually gain control of changing one year after puberty.
Weres live in similar social conditions as their base animals.
Werewolves In Particular
Werewolves live in packs of six to twelve members,
Mostly blood related
Only two breeding pairs per pack (werewolves mate for life)
The Alpha Pair's rules are laws
Females outrank males automatically; first to eat, first to drink etc etc.
Females follow normal human ovulation rules.
Females have two peak fertility days each month
But will usually ovulate two or more eggs.
Females in "heat" will become extremely flirty and will mate with her mate as many times as possible in all forms.
Unmated females will judge potential mates by; hunting ability, den making ability, and fight ability.
Werewolf pregnancies follow normal human 'rules'
Gestation is nine to ten months long and will hit all the normal milestones
Females cannot change from human form during the last trimester without causing damage and possibly death to the unborn child(ren).
Females will double their food intake if not triple it.
Females will become aggressive to males
Females will start nesting behavior at eight plus months.
Females whelp (give birth) while in secondary form
Silver only causes a severe anaphylactic shock.
Can be fatal if not treated.
Can be treated by normal means for humans.
Werewolves are mostly disease immune.
Rabies and the bubonic plague are notable exceptions
They can however suffer from genetic disorders and/or diseases contributed to genetic damage, genetic mal-formations and/or inbreeding (sister-brother, father-daughter, mother-son or continued, repetitive generations of "kissing cousins".
Werewolves heal three times as fast as humans when injured and do not get septic infections of wounds.
Pathological (infected by werewolf bite) werewolves have free will in shape-shifting.
Just like immature cubs they take a year to gain control of their shifting and emotions and are very dangerous to be around during this time.
Werewolves can be taken down with normal horse tranquilizers and a shotgun.
They involuntarily shift to secondary form on full moon nights on which they will become aggressive and bloodthirsty.
Certain aspects of their new second and third existence will stay the same in all three forms.
Werewolves need one to two cows a night
or four to five sheep, six to seven large dogs (German Shepherd size), twelve to twenty small dogs (Jack Russell size), two to three adult humans (Average Male) or four to five children (Average eight year old).
Man-eating werewolves are extremely rare.
Reasons for man-eaters include: poor hunting, injury to werewolf hindering normal hunting behavior, mental deficiency, self-defense killings…
Werewolves will eat berries and lick natural mineral blocks.
Werewolves will eat normal human diets in human form.