King Lycaon

King Lycaon of Arcadia was an ancient king who ruled in Greece. Said to be a descendant of Oceanica, the Greek god of the seas and rivers, King Lycaon was a despot and quite irreverent despite his divine ancestry.
King Lycaon is most famous for his attempt to feed the meat of one of his own sons to Zeus. Zeus, infuriated, cursed Lycaon to transform into a wolf.
King Lycaon is believed to be the first Wulfen.
== Facts: ==
-King Lycaon, within Adept Society, has been rumored to have been one of the Fallen, although in some variations of the tale he is a Pagan, a Creationist or even a Trickster?
-King Lycaon is credited with being the first true Wulfen and the originator of the Wulfen curse.
-King Lycaon is such a mythic figure, and so many variations of his tale exist, that it's hard to really figure out what happened. In some stories, King Lycaon was actually a devout servant of Zeus who went too far in his faith and started sacrificing children on an altar to Zeus. In most stories, however, Lycaon is depicted as lacking piety, or even being hostile to the gods.
-King Lycaon ruled ruthlessly and his atrocities eventually attracted the attention of Zeus. As the primary stories go, Zeus visited Lycaon in disguise as an old man. Lycaon somehow suspected the true identity of his visitor, supposedly owing to his own Pagan bloodline he was able to sense the divinity of his guest.
-Lycaon attempted to serve the flesh of one of his own sons to Zeus, just to see if Zeus was truly all-knowing as they said He was.
-Well, it turns out Zeus was all-knowing and He was less than happy with having human flesh served to Him. In His rage, Zeus cursed Lycaon to transform uncontrollably into a wolf, making him the first Wulfen. Zeus then proceeded to raise the dead prince, Nyctimus, back to life and placed him on the throne of Acadia in place of his cursed father.
== Curse of Lycaon: ==
Also known as the Curse of the Beast, the Curse of Rage or the Dark Hunger, the so-called Curse of Lycaon is the result of Zeus' act of punishing Lycaon for his crimes. Lycaon was transformed into a wolf during the apex of the lunar cycle, and would also shift whenever his anger got the better of him.
Lycaon's anger at Zeus was itself the site of infection for his curse. Forever after, Lycaon's curse was tied to his anger, and when his rage overwhelmed him, he would transform into a wolf and seek to devour the flesh of others.
Lycaon discovered that he could pass on this curse to others, infecting those people who suffered from rage and too much anger. These became the Wulfen or True Werewolves.
== References: ==
-http://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/lycaon.html
-https://pantheon.org/articles/l/lycaon.html
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