Werewolf

A werewolf is a person suffering from lupanthropy (not to be confused with the moon based curse of lycanthropy) therianthropy that causes its transformation into a creature with pronounced lupine features. 
==Characteristics==
When the transformation is triggered, the afflicted muscle and bone density condenses and shrinks into a quadrupedal form, the lupanthrope’s weight stays around the same and their size expands (or condenses) to roughly 190 cm in length and 90 kilograms heavy when the transformation is complete. The lupanthrope grows long pointed ears, a tail, matted fur, pronounced canines, and a long snout.
===Managing the lupanthrope===
The lupanthrope is the most manageable of the Therianthropes, being social, much like their animalistic counterparts. The most significant difference (besides the obvious physical difference) is that the lupanthrope will either adopt an alpha position or a submissive stance, these naturally depend on the afflicted’s original character. A werewolf bite will turn the victim into a werewolf. To avoid too much competition over territory and food, they eat the heart when feeding, to ensure the victim stays dead and cannot return as a werewolf. 
===Short term effects===
Short term, the lupanthrope will probably grapple with its transformation, as therianthropy is little explored in teaching programs.
Beyond initial confusion the transformation to a purely raw meat diet is common after but should not be enabled. This is because part of the lupanthrope still requires nutrients from an omnivorous diet.
===Long term effects===
The most noticeable long term effects of lupanthropy is the permanence of wolfish characteristics. 
===Cure===
Curing lycanthropy is possible for the other races, but relies on a strange ritual. for the ritual a witches head, a cleansing fire, the feathers of a large black raven, petals of a wolfsbane flower from a mountain peak, ripened belladonna berries picked near a burial barrow or crypt.
The ritual consists of sacrificing an innocent on an altar and giving the heart to the now featherless raven, burning the raven stuffed with the other ingredients, and finally placing the heart back in the body of the innocent. the innocent will then turn into a werewolf. Killing the created werewolf will cure and immunize the afflicted against lycanthropy.
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