Werecat

Werecats are therianthropes who transform into cats or half-cats. As other such creatures, they are hardly hurt by steel but very vulnerable to silver.
There are two most common ways to aquire ailuranthropy: the first one through a curse and the second is to simply have a werecat parent. Being bitten by another werecat, while popular in folk tales, gives only a very small chance of becoming one in reality. Those who are born as werecats are able to fully control their shapeshifting abilities, while those cursed or bitten change into their werecat form only during the full moon. Those who became werecats during their lives however are the only ones who can be cured.
Therianthropy diseases, including ailuranthropy, appeared in the world after the Conjunction of the Spheres, affecting nonhuman and early human populations alike. In Creigiau, the local noble family carried the ailuranthropic gene for generations; attempts at hiding their secret resulted in creation of local cult of Leshy believed by folk to haunt the forests in its cat form.
Werecats have a good night vision, slightly better than those of real cats. They find faithful companions in other felids, either domestic ones or wild such as pumas or lynxes. They are hostile towards werewolves and wererats.
== Known werecats ==
* Anton the Bearded
* Anton the Younger
== Gallery ==
Racja stanu werecat.jpg|A werecat terrorizing Creigiau forests accompanied by his pumas.
Gra Wyobrazni werecat.png|Werecat in 
File:RoS concept werecat lynxes.png|A werecat surrounded by lynxes – concept art for 
File:RoS concept werecat smilodon.png|A smilodon-based werecat – concept art for 
== References ==
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ru:Котолак
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Category:Creatures
Category:Wiedźmin: Gra Wyobraźni bestiary