Werewolf/Being Human

Werewolves are supernatural beings that transform into fierce, powerful wolf-like monstrosities once a month on the night of the full moon. While seemingly human most of the time, a transformed werewolf loses its humanity and sympathy, becoming a beast that only concerns itself with the hunt for prey. Unlike vampires, werewolves are mortal, and they age and die in the same manner as humans.
== Creation ==
Werewolves are former humans that are afflicted with a hereditary curse. The most common way that a werewolf is created is for a human to survive being scratched (or presumably bitten) by a transformed werewolf. The victim remains human for one more month until the next full moon, at which time they will transform themselves. Children born to two werewolves will inherit the curse from their parents.
== Appearance ==
Except on the night of the full moon, werewolves are visually indistinguishable from humans, though they may bear the scars of the attack that cursed them. Werewolves give off a dog-like odor that is noticeable to vampires and some other werewolves, though humans are unable to smell it. In most cases, the transformation from human to wolf form is extremely painful, especially for mutts. The morphological aspects of the transformation differ from person to person. For some, their face transforms first, for others it is last. The speed of the transformation also seems to vary slightly; werewolves who are transforming for the first time tend to change earlier and faster than other werewolves who have transformed before. Transformed werewolves look significantly different from mundane wolves. They are quadrupedal, with the spine extending to form a tail. They possess a vaguely human bone structure in the limbs, hands and feet, but have a canine muzzle with extremely long, jagged teeth. Their fur is similar in hue to their human hair color and is sparsely distributed, except around the face and neck where it forms a thick mane. Their eye color is also retained from their human form. Aside from being extremely painful, the transformations are detrimental to a werewolf's health, potentially resulting in faster aging over long periods of time. A werewolf who had been afflicted with his condition since childhood, appeared to be significantly older than his true age of about 40. Some werewolves, especially purebreds, seem to take to the transformation much better than the others and don't suffer this deterioration.
== Behavior ==
Most vestiges of the werewolf's human personality are suppressed upon transformation, though they seem to retain their human memories to some extent, and can recognize people they know. Seeing a friend or loved one may calm the wolf, though their behavior remains unpredictable. It appears werewolves are instinctively protective of their 'mates'. Aside from possibly friends and loved ones, the wolf is compelled to kill and devour most living things they encounter. If the human side is particularly attuned with the wolf side, they may remember some things that they did while transformed. Werewolves normally don't attack each other, and their social behavior amongst each other is comparable to that of natural wolves. How much of their human selves werewolves retain when transformed, and how much they remember from when they were transformed, depends upon their connection with their wolf side; werewolves who resented and hated their wolf side like would barely have any recollection, while purebred werewolves and mutts who were more in-tune with their wolf side could recall what they did when transformed better. While in human form, the wolf side of a werewolf exists suppressed within a region of the subconscious. This part of the subconscious can be accessed by the human side via meditation. Should the human side succeed in reaching it, they may experience a meditative vision in which they will appear in forest where they may contact their wolf side, seeing them represented not as twisted amalgam of wolf and human, but as a beautiful and majestic timber wolf. Though, if the human side resents or has a history of resenting their wolf, the wolf will be afraid to show itself, as they can sense the resentment and is repelled by it. It has been suggested that if the human side and wolf side can find a way to co-exist in the same body and mind without one trying to overpower the other, life as a werewolf, including the transformations, will be less stressful. However, the wolf side of a purebred werewolf has a much stronger and overpowering presence, which is why purebreds are more aggressive, even in human form.
== Subtypes ==
=== Mutts ===
These are the most common werewolves; they are humans who have been afflicted with the curse through a scratch from a transformed or transforming werewolf. A supernatural bond seems to form between a mutt werewolf and their maker, similar to that arising from the creation of vampires. They remain human 29 days out of the month and will possess heightened senses and strength a few days prior to the full moon.
=== Purebreds ===
Purebreds are werewolves who are born with lycanthropy due to being conceived of two werewolf parents and inheriting the condition. When a female werewolf falls pregnant, she will carry the child for approximately three months, and for the child to survive in the womb during the mother's transformation it will be in wolf form for the entire pregnancy. Once the child is born, they will be a wolf for a short time before taking human form.
Purebreds are different from mutts in some ways: their senses and strength are heightened all the time rather than just the few days before and after the full moon, their transformations are much quicker and less painful, and the fur of their wolf forms is noticeably much thicker and darker than that of mutts. They are in a constant state of agitation, described as their inner wolf trying to break through their human shell. This can be treated, however, as wolfsbane has a calming effect on all werewolves. Unlike mutts, purebreds will also revert to wolf form when killed rather than the other way around, indicating that they are actually more wolf than human. Purebreds also possess great strength even in human form to overpower a decade-old vampire, at least if they come from a long bloodline of purebreds, as shown and mentioned by Liam when he was able to overpower Blake.
=== Josh's Wolf ===
After he lifted his curse by killing Ray and was subsequently cursed a second time by Liam, Josh became completely overtaken by his wolf form. For a period of several months, he essentially became a reverse-werewolf, staying transformed at all times except during the full moon, when he regained human form for the night.
After Sally cast an incomplete banishing spell on Josh's wolf in an attempt to bring him back, Josh regained his human shape, but his transformation became erratic and unpredictable. He became able to transform (either partially or fully) at will, without the requirement of a full moon, which is suggested to be an unprecedented feat. Josh's wolf began gaining increasing dominance over his thoughts and actions due to the incomplete spell, and he became constantly agitated and enraged, his senses and strength becoming overbearing in the same manner as a purebred. Sally helped him regain control of himself by confronting and accepting his inner wolf, and his two natures finally became balanced.
Josh is the only known example of the werewolf curse manifesting in this manner.
== Other characteristics ==
=== Scent ===
When a werewolf is in human form, the only apparent trait that distinguishes werewolves from humans is that they emit a wolfish scent. Werewolves' wolf scent is entirely invisible to a human-level sense of smell, and can only be detected by creatures which a very strong sense of smell; such as vampires, purebred werewolves, or mutt werewolves when their senses are heightened around the time of the full moon. In the case of turned werewolves, the wolf scent doesn't develop immediately but rather over the course of the month between when they're infected and when they transform for the first time.
=== Diet ===
Werewolves eat typical human food most of the time. As the full moon comes closer, werewolves may develop a craving for raw meat. While in wolf form, werewolves will eat any animal they can find, including humans and vampires.
When a newly-made werewolf reverts to human form after the transformation, they may regurgitate the dead animals they consumed overnight, but this subsides as the body adapts to the transformations (which may take years). This is one of the most unpleasant aspects of their condition for new werewolves, as the wolf will sometimes eat their own fecal matter.
=== Abilities ===
==== Common Abilities ====
* Enhanced Vitality - In human form, werewolves, in even as old an age as their 70s have the stamina, strength, vitality and capabilities of a human in their physical prime. A mutt werewolf's strength increases when the full moon is near, to the point of being able to fight off moderately-weakened vampires or even to overpower inebriated vampires. Purebred werewolves seemingly have this vitality all the time due to being mentally and metaphysically closer to their wolf than regular werewolves are. This makes them able to physically exert themselves for hours in any way, though they can eventually become exhausted and need rest, as humans do.
* Enhanced Strength - Werewolves are incredibly physically strong, both when transformed and in human form, though their strength waxes and wanes with the moon, and they are almost human for most of the month. On the night of the full moon, Josh was able to shove Will through the air. A werewolf in their wolf form is arguably one of the physically strongest supernatural beings known, as even a werewolf on their first transformation can overpower and kill a vampire as old as Heggeman. A werewolf's strength on the day before their transformations is heightened to the point where they can challenge a vampire, but only when said vampire is weakened. Werewolves have the strength to shove, strike and grab humans of seemingly higher muscle mass and size and with staggering, stunning, and incapacitating force and can easily overpower humans. Their strength is inferior to that of a fully-powered vampire or the powers of a ghost or witch. It depends on natural size and mass to determine a werewolf's strength over another. A purebred who is close to a full moon could potentially be strong enough to overpower a vampire, as Liam McLean was able to effortlessly restrain Blake by grabbing her neck with one hand. They are even strong enough to overpower vampires who are weakened or blood intoxicated, especially when nearing their transformation.
* Enhanced Senses - Werewolves have a well-developed sense of smell, which also intensifies in the days before and a few hours after the full moon. Werewolves seem to also have night vision in wolf form. In human form, werewolves have the smell of domestic dogs and can smell things distinctly over yards away from them and can hear with that same effectiveness.
* Enhanced Speed - In wolf form, werewolves are faster than humans and some vampires, though vampires have a good chance of escaping a transformed werewolf on foot due their particular speed capabilities. The third-type of werewolf is much faster than mutts and purebreds and gains more speed at a quicker rate, almost matching the speed of a vampire. While it may be a result of their vitality, werewolves, when close to the full moon, are able to quickly run across long distances and can rapidly catch up to others in a chase.
* Clairvoyance - As supernatural creatures, werewolves can see and hear ghosts the same way vampires and other ghosts can. It should be noted that the ability to perceive ghosts only takes effect after a werewolf's first transformation.
* Vampire-toxic Blood - Werewolf blood is toxic to vampires, causing them severe bleeding and seizures when ingested, but it is not fatal in small doses. It does, however, remain in the vampire's system, for an unknown amount of time, and causes any new vampires who that vampire turns during this time to develop horrible mutations.
* Transformations - For most werewolves, they are forced to endure a grueling transformation into a wolf like beast every full moon. The transformation is extremely physically traumatic, causing the werewolf's bones to break and reshape, the skin to tear and reform into an extremely tough hide covered in fur. While in this state, werewolves possess far greater physical attributes. They are immensely strong, and can move at faster speeds than most animals, their senses are even further enhanced, and they possess near limitless stamina and endurance. The transformation also initiates a healing process that allows werewolves to heal all injuries while transformed.
* Enhanced Healing - During their transformations, a werewolf's ability to heal is enhanced. This healing factor allows them to survive their transformations, and is likely the reason why they do not suffer traumatic injuries like skin ripping or skeletal damage from transforming. Consequently, it is extremely difficult to slow down a transformed werewolf with anything less than silver. Werewolves have shown to heal minor wounds like scratches, other wounds like silver bullets will heal the next day, as proven by Josh. Werewolves can completely heal their wounds after they transform, as Josh once healed from a silver bullet wound over one night when he transformed. Formerly permanent ailments such as sterility can be cured, making humans fertile again.
* Enhanced Resilience - Werewolves when transformed are amazingly resilient, allowing them to take hits from vampires or other werewolves. They are able to endure almost any form of physical punishment without sustaining permanent, if any injury. It is likely that, when transformed, a werewolf is only susceptible to harm from silver weaponry.
* Enhanced Stamina - Transformed werewolves can chase down their prey all night, until they change back to human form. It has also been shown that if a werewolf does not transform back into their human form, they still possesses the same energy throughout the day, allowing them to run across great distances for hours without tiring.
* Teeth and Claws - While they are transformed, werewolves possess extremely sharp claws and wicked fangs. A werewolf's greatest weapons are their sharp teeth and sharp claws which can rend through most materials, including steel, wood, and easily rip apart human flesh.
==== Purebreds ====
Unlike mutts, purebreds have their senses heightened all the time and they are more connected with their wolves. The McLean twins and their father Liam have shown themselves to be strong enough to challenge, defeat, beat and kill vampires. Purebreds also have a stronger healing factor than mutts, as Liam was able to withstand several gunshots from silver bullets without slowing down. The teeth of a purebred in wolf form are capable of tearing open steel doors with ease.
==== Mutts ====
29 days out of the month, mutts are practically human, but in the days and hours leading to the full moon, a mutt's senses and physical capabilities heighten.
==== Third-Type ====
The third werewolf type was possibly the second most powerful werewolf, building up speed and strength at a faster rate than mutts and even purebreds.
==== Spellbound Werewolves ====
These werewolves are more powerful than the others. These wolves are able to shape-shift either impartially or fully anytime they please. They do not have full control of their wolf and can lose control to instinct and negative emotions.
=== Weaknesses ===
* Silver - Silver is very harmful to werewolves; direct contact with silver burns werewolves in wolf form, and silver-inflicted wounds take much longer for werewolves to heal.
* Mortality - As they are living beings, it is technically possible to kill werewolves in mundane ways such as; decapitation, suffocation, bludgeoning, impalement; although werewolves are much more resilient against mundane methods of killing when in wolf form.
* Wolfsbane - Wolfsbane can suppress a werewolf's heightened senses.
* Tranquilizers - Even in wolf form, a werewolf can be affected by tranquilizers and rendered unconscious, as was demonstrated on Josh.
=== Cure ===
If a werewolf kills their maker while in human form, they are cured of their lycanthropy, though if the now-cured werewolf had turned others into werewolves before curing themself, those werewolves will remain infected. Liam has stated that there are a very few ways to repress the wolf full-time, and that "none of them occur in a lab."
== Society and behavior ==
Though they lack the rigid hierarchy that vampires have, interactions and community between werewolves does exist. Even in human form, werewolves (at least ones who accept their condition) may socially interact with each-other, sometimes even forming packs, although it's not rare for werewolves to alternatively be more solitary towards other werewolves.
While solitary werewolves (be they ones who hate and deny their condition or have learned to live with it without joining werewolf packs) have a much more clear and human mindset, werewolves who become part of a pack can often end up becoming twisted and deluded; embracing a dog-like pack mentality that they and other werewolves be loyal to their pack and that they look out for and defend their own kind, and in extreme cases also preferring to let their wolves run free and do what they want rather than contain them to avoid harming others.
Josh and Nora retain a human perspective on relationships, hence why they distance themselves from other werewolves who think otherwise. Liam is shown to embrace both family and pack ideology; though he is deluded in thinking who's a member. A similar delusion is held by the pack introduced in the final season, where they attempt forcing Josh to be their alpha.
== Relationships ==
=== Vampires ===
Werewolves typically have hostile relations with vampires, driven by a seemingly instinctual loathing of them. Vampires will often call werewolves dogs and bully them when they are in human form, although vampires usually do so when werewolves are too far from a full moon to fight vampires on equal if not greater footing. Friendships between vampires and werewolves are rare, but not nonexistent. (Said friendships are VERY strong as Pete was heartbroken when his vampire friends were killed by the blood virus; Josh and Nora were even willing to let Aidan's ghost haunt them. In the alternate timeline, Sally maintained her relationship with Aidan after she got scratched in Nora's place). Transformed werewolves are actually feared by vampires as killing machines which they have no chance of fighting victoriously.
=== Ghosts ===
Werewolves are able to see ghosts while in human form as well as when transformed, though their wolf forms will attempt to attack ghosts like they would humans or vampires.
=== Mutts and Purebreds ===
Despite being proud of their status as purebreds, purebred werewolves do not look down upon mutts. The terms mutt is used by purebreds simply as a slang term and is not intended to be offensive; in fact it appears to be a sign of affection. Purebred werewolves will readily accept a mutt into their pack and seem take pleasure in teaching mutts the ways of being a werewolf. While purebreds seem to like mutts, the feeling isn't always mutual. Some mutts chose to reject their inner wolf, while purebreds always embrace it. Consequently, mutts may find a purebred trying to convince them to give in to their inner wolf annoying and unwanted.
Some are taken captive by vampires and forced to fight other werewolves in prize fights for many years.
Killing your maker breaks your curse and makes you human. Some humans volunteer to become werewolves. A female human's body cannot handle the transformation of their unborn child and thus they will lose the baby. Lycanthropy has its own innate untappable form of magic and thus werewolves cannot practice magic. A purebred is born in three months.
* It appears that a werewolf has a slower transformation during the full moon if they had sex just prior; Josh made it to the basement after having sex with Nora, but had to go back home to transform due to it being occupied (in the alternate timeline, he didn't have sex with Nora and began transforming on the way to the basement.) This implies a werewolf changes faster if they aren't physically spent.
* A theory is that infection by a werewolf causes a new persona/mind to develop from the curse; which explains why purebred werewolves change in a more relaxed and accepting manner.....
* If the werewolf in question has a romantic partner, their wolf side will always recognize them.
** Regardless of this, the wolf side can choose to sleep with another werewolf.
* The day before and the day of the full moon, a werewolf's wolf side tends to become more dominate, such as the mating instinct.
** Josh shared a kiss with Nora just prior to turning. The passion caused the wolf to take over and have sex with Nora. Josh came to his senses after finishing.
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: "But it won't kill him and that's the thing I find most remarkable. It drags him through the fire and keeps him alive and even conscious to endure every second. Nothing like this could just evolve. It's the fingerprint of God. An impossible lethal curse spread by tooth and claw, victim begets victim begets victim. It's so cruel, it's perfect."
: ―John Mitchell on his friend George Sands' condition.[src]
Werewolves (classified Type 3) are a post-human supernatural species which, during the full moon every month, transform into fearsome, monstrous, wolf-like beasts. In their human form, a werewolf cannot be distinguished from normal humans, although their senses of smell and hearing seem to sharpen before and after the full moon. The werewolf curse is normally passed on when a human is scratched by a transformed or transforming werewolf.
Werewolves can be found throughout history; any gender, any ethnicity, or any race. Werewolves are not as common as vampires or ghosts, due to the fact that transformed werewolves will attack to kill rather than to infect. Werewolves have long had a very negative relationship with vampires due to the latter species' cruel and brutal treatment of werewolves and their views of werewolves as an inferior species.
The werewolves apparently had some clan and army organisation in the 1910s. In 1911, a full-scale war erupted between the werewolves, led by Lady Catherine Glass, and the vampires, due to the Devil's influence. The war lasted for seven years, until in 1918, the vampire and werewolf armies called a truce to find and destroy the Devil, leading to Lady Catherine's death. (The Trinity)
In the 21st century, werewolves are apparently a rarer and more scattered supernatural species than ghosts and vampires, and their species has little - no solid society or community of their own. Werewolves also sometimes live away from people in the woods, or other isolated places, and they tend to have a less stable social life; due to the strain that their condition, containing it and keeping it a secret puts on their social lives and standards of living (in the form of having to contain their transformed selves and of fearing the harm they could cause to innocent people and loved ones in their wolf form, every full moon). However, Hal Yorke once argued that it doesn't have to be this way for all werewolves, since they're only dangerous and inhuman supernatural monsters once a month. (Pie and Prejudice)
Each werewolf was originally human, before becoming infected with the werewolf curse when they were scratched or bitten by a transformed or transforming werewolf. Upon being infected, the person will be left with a lifelong scar. Werewolves can have children with each-other, but this is extremely rare. On every full moon, a werewolf will excruciatingly transform from their human to wolf form, then revert to human form by the next morning. The transformation is apparently triggered by the gravitational pull of the full moon, in an identical manner to sea tides rising. The werewolf may undress before transforming to avoid destroying their clothes. It is also known that as the full moon approaches, werewolves' senses of smell and hearing are enhanced. They remain enhanced even after reversion to human form, probably returning to baseline human levels as the time goes on until the cycle begins again. Confidence and even a tendency towards aggression may be evident, given the occasion. Although most of the time they are only as strong as a normal human, when nearing a transformation, a werewolf will be in possession of extreme strength far beyond that of a human. There also appears to be an increased appetite for sex. In human form, even when not near a transformation, a werewolf possesses physical toughness and strength beyond a normal human's, due to the repeated organ failures and broken bones and subsequent healing endured during the transformations.
==== Transformation ====
A werewolf's transformation itself would kill a normal human within thirty seconds. The heart stops and shrinks by one-third, whilst the werewolf also experiences liver and kidney failure as all other organs must change size as well. The werewolf's bones then break and begin to reshape and reform. The werewolf's throat and vocal cords will begin to tear and reform, which in turn will for a while leave the werewolf unable to talk or scream. The pituitary glands will attempt to ease the pain by flooding the body with endorphins, however, it will have shut down by this time too. Once the internal changes have taken place, the external changes begin. Fangs grow in, the fingernails and toenails grow out to form claws, and the eyes change from their normal human appearance to a yellow, more animalistic color. The spine enlarges and the vertebrae push out on the skin, causing the body to become hunched over, although the werewolf retains the ability to walk upright on two legs. The face and skull reform and extend to form a snout, whilst long hair begins to sprout from all over the body. The skin under this hair also seems to become much darker. By this stage, the werewolf will have lost their human mind and have fully transformed into their bestial state. Upon completion of the transformation, the wolf usually lets out a long howl. While mid-transformation, a werewolf retains some degree of control over the wolf even if they cannot stop it. While in wolf form, werewolves lose the ability to think like humans and become savage monsters, incapable of any empathy or thought, and highly aggressive towards any creature - animal, human or vampire - that comes within their reach. Some werewolves have been known to attack humans in wolf form that they would love in their human form, while others have been known to instead become calm around human loved ones and/or to refrain from attacking them. 
Also, although werewolves will attack most other creatures they encounter while transformed, they will not attack other werewolves with which they have a close relationship. Although George attacked Lee Tully when the two were transforming after learning that Tully was the werewolf that had infected him, the first time he and Nina transformed in close proximity to each other the two had sex in wolf form. (Lia) Anthony McNair and his adopted son Tom's respective wolves also demonstrating a pack-like attitude towards each other due to their connection in human form despite the lack of a biological connection between them. On another occasion, Tom in his wolf form, after hearing before transforming that Bobby's wolf was about to attack the Barry Grand Hotel, returned to the Hotel and tried to contain Bobby without killing him, and did not harm Bobby after being sealed in a room with him. (The Greater Good)
Werewolves, when fully transformed, possess bestial strength, being capable of smashing through doors and windows with ease and overpowering and killing vampires single-handed. This strength, coupled with the wolf's intense appetite for flesh, makes survivors of werewolf attacks a rarity.
==== Post-transformation ====
After reverting to human form the morning after the night of the full moon, a werewolf will not retain any memory of their time in wolf form, although they may be able to remember some of the emotions that they felt. For instance, George remembered that he felt good upon killing vampire William Herrick while transformed, and also remembered that Herrick's vampire blood was cold. (Bad Moon Rising, Cure and Contagion) Any recollection of a night in wolf form is very rare, as werewolves may travel hundreds of miles during the night and not know where they are when they awake.
Although werewolves naturally only transform during a full moon, they can trick their body into a partial transformation without a real full moon. However, doing so is fatal for the werewolf in question, as their liver, heart and kidney do not heal afterwards as they would following a complete transformation. 
=== Appearance ===
In human form, werewolves' appearance is entirely indistinguishable from humans', although they can be identified by a scar left from the werewolf attack that infected them. Werewolves also seem to tend to be muscularly-built in human form, most likely due to their bodies adapting to the massive physical trauma and healing it goes through during the werewolf's monthly transformation.
In their wolf form, werewolves are large, bipedal, powerfully-built, wolf-like monsters; with yellow eyes, dark skin, long brown-grey hair, particularly powerful arms, wolf-like heads, and a hunched stance.
=== Weaknesses ===
Werewolves are unable to cross running water while in wolf form. It is not known if silver has any effect on werewolves. A werewolf in wolf form can be killed by cutting the eye or throat with a knife, as seen when McNair killed the werewolf that infected him, and when Herrick killed a transformed McNair. If a werewolf suffers a fatal injury in wolf form, it will not recover in human form, although their ability to heal in both states is still far above a human's.
It has been shown that as a werewolf gets older, their transformations become more damaging to their health; as seen with Leo, with Hal Yorke and Pearl believing that he wouldn't have survived another transformation before his death in 2012. (Eve of the War)
=== Cure ===
Lycanthropy is believed among the supernatural community to be incurable. A virtual dream reality engineered by Captain Hatch depicted that since lycanthropy originates from the Devil, destroying him would cause werewolves to become human again; but as this world was an illusion, it is unknown whether or not killing the Devil would have cured lycanthropy in reality. (The Last Broadcast)
=== Treatment ===
An increase in air pressure will prevent a werewolf from transforming during the full moon, theorised to be because the increase in pressure cancels out the moon's gravitational pull. However, the air pressure increase will also result in the werewolf's veins increasing in size to the point that they burst, causing the werewolf to die of blood loss. (Cure and Contagion)
Werewolves can attempt to prevent themselves from harming others by creating a scent trail using a meat carcass, leading to an isolated location where they know no one will find them. They can there create another scent trail in the shape of a miles-wide circle, hoping that they will in their wolf form attempt to follow the trail all night rather than hunt for live prey.
Taking sleeping pills before transforming will put the werewolf into a deep sleep all night and is a safer option than allowing themselves to be free in their wolf form. However, it seems that anger that is built up during the month is let out on the full moon, thus using this option will cause the werewolf to adopt a much more aggressive persona and uncontrollably swear or be violent in their human form.
=== Other characteristics ===
Werewolf blood is highly toxic to vampires, burning vampires' bodily tissues like acid, and can kill a vampire if the said vampire ingests or is exposed to a great enough amount of werewolf blood. Due to this, vampire-hunting werewolves commonly use vials of their blood as weapons against vampires. (Eve of the War onwards)
It is also known that werewolves such as Tom McNair can sense the wolf inside of them even when in human form. (The Last Broadcast)
== Supernatural relationships ==
=== Vampires ===
Werewolves have a very hostile relationship with vampires. As supernatural beings can identify one-another, werewolves can be spotted immediately by vampires, even in their human form. Some vampires will immediately attack a werewolf (in human form only, as an attack on a werewolf in wolf form would be suicidal for a vampire) upon seeing them, while others trick them into coming with them to a private location where they can attack. Werewolves are often considered little more than dogs and wild beasts by vampires, and it is a very rare occurrence for a vampire and werewolf coexist peacefully. At one point, a full-scale war even erupted between werewolf and vampire clans in the 1910s.
Outwardly, it appears that vampires loathe werewolves because they see them as savage and inferior creatures; Herrick seemed especially fond of demeaning werewolves like this. However, the true basis for the hatred has been suggested to be fear; as werewolf blood is toxic to vampires, and when fully transformed into their wolf forms, werewolves are much stronger than vampires and can easily overpower and kill them. Indeed, vampires such as Ian Cram, Herrick and Richard Hargreaves have been shown to be rightfully terrified by transformed werewolves.
Vampires' disgust and hatred towards werewolves seems to be more fundamental and instinctive than personality-wise, seeing as Crumb, when a new vampire, showed a hint of repulsion at the very first werewolf he met upon learning what the werewolf was. It would also appear that the vicious and prejudiced tendencies vampires exhibit towards werewolves is partly linked to the vampires' killer instincts and whether or not they're drinking blood; seeing as vampires are completely devoid of their cruel and prejudiced attitude towards werewolves when they're clean of blood and not killing, but immediately regain it when they've drank blood recently. According to Adam Jacobs, the vampires' hatred of werewolves is also linked to a feeling of jealousy, as the wolves are considered part timers and only transform once a month while vampires have to deal with their condition all the time or 24/7 as Adam termed it.
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