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Werewolf meme
15 years ago
So there's this werewolf meme going around, and I decided I'd do it for my character, Lucien, who is a lycan. Different concept from the usual human-to-werewolf, but it works.
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My version of a werewolf is not human to werewolf, but wolven to wereform. There are two different types of werewolves, one is known as a werewolven, the other as a lycan. This will focus on the lycan.
Original cause of “werewolfism”:
Werewolven have existed as long as wolven can remember, far back into ancient times. It’s unknown how the first werewolven came to be. Lycan, however, have only existed for several hundred years. The first lycan were created from a great need to overcome a struggle, given – through their own iron will – the power to shift in the time of need. Their numbers grew, and they became a formidable force.
How can one become a werewolf?:
There are three ways to become a lycan. First, and easiest, is to be bitten by one. It simply takes a bite, breaking the skin enough to mix the lycan’s saliva with the victim’s blood. Second is through procreation. A child born to one lycan parent has a fifty percent chance of being born a lycan themselves. A child born to two lycan parents will be a lycan. Third is through struggle. As with their ancestors, a need to overcome a struggle will trigger a shift, no matter the phase of the moon. This will give them the ability to shift at will, and thus change them from werewolven to lycan.
Lifespan:
Most lycan live an increased lifespan from those of a normal wolven. While most wolven live to be around 75 or 80, many lycan live into their hundreds, average about 110. With care and control, they’ll age slower and live longer than even average lycan.
Mortality:
Lycan are not immortal. While they do have regenerative abilities, these abilities don’t work very quickly. The larger the wound, the harder it is to heal. Just as with a normal wolven, most life-threatening wounds are life-threatening to a lycan as well. Wounds caused by a silver weapon are degenerative, generally growing in size. Silver is poison to a lycan, and can and will quickly kill them. A bite from another lycan or a werewolven is more likely to kill than silver.
Intelligence/self control:
Lycan are generally quite intelligent. Most are well-educated and very talented. Most lycan have enough control to keep from randomly attacking anyone, though there are plenty who are unable to control themselves and will often take their aggressions out on another. Very few lycan have full control of themselves, and while they are often considered the most friendly and the most strong-willed, they can also be the most dangerous, given they can be sneaky and manipulative about their true nature.
Height:
Lycan are tall, particularly in their wereform. Average is about seven feet, with larger ones upward of eight feet.
Fur colors (wolf colors or human hair colors?):
Their fur color ranges a great deal, from solid colors such as black, silver, brown, grey, and white, to patterns of those colors. Red, tan, blueish, or steel colors are uncommon, but not unheard of.
Main killing weapon….teeth or claws?:
Teeth, primarily. Claws will be used when the situation calls for them, and they are skilled with them, but teeth are usually quicker and more efficient.
Preferred food:
Lycan require blood once a month in order to keep them healthy and in their best shape. Blood can come from anywhere, be it animal, human, wolven, or just a store of blood. Lycan with less control tend to feed on humans or other wolven. Meat is otherwise their primary food, usually a game animal or fish. More vicious lycan will eat human or wolven, but it is rare.
Run on all fours or two?
Lycan in their wereform can run on both two legs and four. Four gives them more control and agility when chasing something or someone. They often appear to be large dogs when on all fours.
Body type (bulky, hunched, lithe, more wolflike, etc… feel free to link!) :
Lycan in their wolven form are generally strong and well built if they’re cared for. In their wereform they’re large and strong. They walk upright, with a clearly built musculature. Some are bulky, though a majority have a litheness to them. They’re not slender or slinky at all, always strongly built.
Lifestyle – More time as wolf or human?
In this case, it’d be wolven or wereform. Lycan usually spend more time in their wolven form, typically to keep other werewolven from being aware they are lycan. If a lycan lives away from other werewolven, they’ll spend more time in their wereform. Very, very rarely does a lycan remain in their wereform longer than their wolven form, as balance is required to keep them under control and to keep them sane.
Forms (human, wolf, beast/anthro, etc):
Lycan have their wolven form, and their wereform.
Shifting Cause (moon, free will, ritual, etc.):
Lycan shift of their own free will. In the case of struggle, anger, a need to protect, or fear, a lycan can and will shift into their wereform. Occasionally, a triggered wereform has a slightly different look from a normal wereform. If a lycan has not fed in some time, their shift can be forced on a full moon.
Shifting Process (is it painful? fast? Can they do it on the run?):
Lycan with less control have a more painful, slower shift than lycan with more control. It’s visually, audibly, and physically uncomfortable, generally a very painful process. A triggered shift is fast, likewise painful, but it’s something that can be done on the run in order to allow them to tend to whatever triggered the shift.
Abilities retained in human form:
Wolven, not human. Strength, regenerative abilities, agility, heightened senses. While they’re able to hone their senses even in wolven form, they’re not as strong and keen as in their wereform.
Physical traits retained in human form:
Again, wolven. Given they’re wolf in both forms, their physical traits are quite the same in both forms. Most wereforms are bigger, stronger, faster, and more agile than the wolven forms. Most wereforms are also digitgrade, while wolven forms are plantigrade.
Any mortal enemies (ex. vampires?) :
Werewolven are the greatest enemies to lycan. Lycan are bigger, stronger, and smarter. They’re more in control of themselves and more able to be either very evil or very good. Werewolven have a great dislike of lycan because of this, and over the years have done everything in their power to rid the world of every lycan in existence. In total, now, there are less than twenty lycan, and even fewer are known. Humans and wolven can also be enemies of lycan, often in an attempt to rid the world of any werewolf.
Loners, or pack-animals?
Lycan with a general sense of control live with their families, these families being what they consider their packs. Those who don’t often have control will live alone, usually living out as far from others as possible in order to keep from losing control with others. Rarely will any lycan live with other lycan or with werewolven, and will only do so if they think it’s necessary for their survival.
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My version of a werewolf is not human to werewolf, but wolven to wereform. There are two different types of werewolves, one is known as a werewolven, the other as a lycan. This will focus on the lycan.
Original cause of “werewolfism”:
Werewolven have existed as long as wolven can remember, far back into ancient times. It’s unknown how the first werewolven came to be. Lycan, however, have only existed for several hundred years. The first lycan were created from a great need to overcome a struggle, given – through their own iron will – the power to shift in the time of need. Their numbers grew, and they became a formidable force.
How can one become a werewolf?:
There are three ways to become a lycan. First, and easiest, is to be bitten by one. It simply takes a bite, breaking the skin enough to mix the lycan’s saliva with the victim’s blood. Second is through procreation. A child born to one lycan parent has a fifty percent chance of being born a lycan themselves. A child born to two lycan parents will be a lycan. Third is through struggle. As with their ancestors, a need to overcome a struggle will trigger a shift, no matter the phase of the moon. This will give them the ability to shift at will, and thus change them from werewolven to lycan.
Lifespan:
Most lycan live an increased lifespan from those of a normal wolven. While most wolven live to be around 75 or 80, many lycan live into their hundreds, average about 110. With care and control, they’ll age slower and live longer than even average lycan.
Mortality:
Lycan are not immortal. While they do have regenerative abilities, these abilities don’t work very quickly. The larger the wound, the harder it is to heal. Just as with a normal wolven, most life-threatening wounds are life-threatening to a lycan as well. Wounds caused by a silver weapon are degenerative, generally growing in size. Silver is poison to a lycan, and can and will quickly kill them. A bite from another lycan or a werewolven is more likely to kill than silver.
Intelligence/self control:
Lycan are generally quite intelligent. Most are well-educated and very talented. Most lycan have enough control to keep from randomly attacking anyone, though there are plenty who are unable to control themselves and will often take their aggressions out on another. Very few lycan have full control of themselves, and while they are often considered the most friendly and the most strong-willed, they can also be the most dangerous, given they can be sneaky and manipulative about their true nature.
Height:
Lycan are tall, particularly in their wereform. Average is about seven feet, with larger ones upward of eight feet.
Fur colors (wolf colors or human hair colors?):
Their fur color ranges a great deal, from solid colors such as black, silver, brown, grey, and white, to patterns of those colors. Red, tan, blueish, or steel colors are uncommon, but not unheard of.
Main killing weapon….teeth or claws?:
Teeth, primarily. Claws will be used when the situation calls for them, and they are skilled with them, but teeth are usually quicker and more efficient.
Preferred food:
Lycan require blood once a month in order to keep them healthy and in their best shape. Blood can come from anywhere, be it animal, human, wolven, or just a store of blood. Lycan with less control tend to feed on humans or other wolven. Meat is otherwise their primary food, usually a game animal or fish. More vicious lycan will eat human or wolven, but it is rare.
Run on all fours or two?
Lycan in their wereform can run on both two legs and four. Four gives them more control and agility when chasing something or someone. They often appear to be large dogs when on all fours.
Body type (bulky, hunched, lithe, more wolflike, etc… feel free to link!) :
Lycan in their wolven form are generally strong and well built if they’re cared for. In their wereform they’re large and strong. They walk upright, with a clearly built musculature. Some are bulky, though a majority have a litheness to them. They’re not slender or slinky at all, always strongly built.
Lifestyle – More time as wolf or human?
In this case, it’d be wolven or wereform. Lycan usually spend more time in their wolven form, typically to keep other werewolven from being aware they are lycan. If a lycan lives away from other werewolven, they’ll spend more time in their wereform. Very, very rarely does a lycan remain in their wereform longer than their wolven form, as balance is required to keep them under control and to keep them sane.
Forms (human, wolf, beast/anthro, etc):
Lycan have their wolven form, and their wereform.
Shifting Cause (moon, free will, ritual, etc.):
Lycan shift of their own free will. In the case of struggle, anger, a need to protect, or fear, a lycan can and will shift into their wereform. Occasionally, a triggered wereform has a slightly different look from a normal wereform. If a lycan has not fed in some time, their shift can be forced on a full moon.
Shifting Process (is it painful? fast? Can they do it on the run?):
Lycan with less control have a more painful, slower shift than lycan with more control. It’s visually, audibly, and physically uncomfortable, generally a very painful process. A triggered shift is fast, likewise painful, but it’s something that can be done on the run in order to allow them to tend to whatever triggered the shift.
Abilities retained in human form:
Wolven, not human. Strength, regenerative abilities, agility, heightened senses. While they’re able to hone their senses even in wolven form, they’re not as strong and keen as in their wereform.
Physical traits retained in human form:
Again, wolven. Given they’re wolf in both forms, their physical traits are quite the same in both forms. Most wereforms are bigger, stronger, faster, and more agile than the wolven forms. Most wereforms are also digitgrade, while wolven forms are plantigrade.
Any mortal enemies (ex. vampires?) :
Werewolven are the greatest enemies to lycan. Lycan are bigger, stronger, and smarter. They’re more in control of themselves and more able to be either very evil or very good. Werewolven have a great dislike of lycan because of this, and over the years have done everything in their power to rid the world of every lycan in existence. In total, now, there are less than twenty lycan, and even fewer are known. Humans and wolven can also be enemies of lycan, often in an attempt to rid the world of any werewolf.
Loners, or pack-animals?
Lycan with a general sense of control live with their families, these families being what they consider their packs. Those who don’t often have control will live alone, usually living out as far from others as possible in order to keep from losing control with others. Rarely will any lycan live with other lycan or with werewolven, and will only do so if they think it’s necessary for their survival.
