Werejaguars

**Werejaguars** are a shapeshifter species featured on *Teen Wolf*. They first appear in the twenty-fourth episode of the third season. They can shift into a jaguar-like creature. They possess the same characteristics as a werewolf, such as great strength during the full moon however, they still need to learn control.

## Physical Appearance

A werejaguar's fangs are shorter and sharper than a werewolves, and only their canines seem to take on a new shape. Unlike werewolves and werecoyotes, they have green eyes. It is unknown whether there can be different colors, or whether the colors hold particular meaning. When a werejaguar shifts, their face becomes covered with a purple like color with black colored patterns.

## Becoming a Werejaguar

only one known way of becoming a werejaguar. Through a scratch of an Alpha werewolf. As a scratch of an Alpha werewolf would turn you into a werejaguar, it can be assumed that in-order to becoming a werejaguar is you have to be at the brink of death for the transformation to work. It can be assumed that if the werejaguar was to have children, they would become a werejaguar.

## Transformation

A werejaguars transformations can come in any combination, with practice. The enhanced senses are more permanent than the physical shifts in morphology, but even those can be controlled to some extent. Scott often has to concentrate to hear something at great distance, for instance. The various transformations can be triggered by strong emotions, like anger, and a rapid heart rate.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Shapeshifting**: Werejaguars, like werewolves shifting, can come in any combination; eye colour, fangs, claws. A werejaguar shifts in morphology can be involuntarily triggered by strong emotions such as anger or fear.. With practice, werejaguars can learn to control their shifts, even on the full moon as well as the order in which the shifts happen, whether it being only eyes, claws or fangs.
* **Heightened Senses**: Werejaguars can smell, see and hear far better than humans.
* **Enhanced Hearing**: Werejaguars can hear much better than humans, both in frequency range and distance. They are able to hear through walls and track movement. As part of their enhanced senses, a Werejaguar's hearing appears more permanent than the physical shape shifts, though Werejaguars can eventually control their enhanced senses. If they concentrate hard enough, they can hear a sound from far away.
* **Enhanced Sense of Smell**: A Werejaguar's sense of smell is also enhanced, as with all their senses, far beyond that of a human. Werejaguars can even smell the feelings and emotions of another person, though it requites training.
* **Accelerated Healing**: Werejaguars have an advanced healing factor, they can heal much faster than humans and are able to sustain much more extensive physical injuries, broken bones, gashes, gunshot wounds without danger of dying.
* **Enhanced Durability**: Werejaguars appear to be more durable than most other ordinary shapeshifters. Kate Argent was shot multiple times and was able to keep standing and she kept fighting without much fuss.
* **Enhanced Agility**: Werejaguars can run faster, jump higher, react quicker and have much higher agility than the average human.
* **Enhanced Strength**: Werejaguars are able to perform high-powered athletic and martial feats, maintain a high endurance level and go par to par against their opponents such as other supernaturals. Werejaguars appear to be stronger than werewolves and even Alpha werewolves as she was able to capture Scott with her berserkers.
* **Berserker Control:**Werejaguars have the innate ability to command the Berserker. The demon Animal Spirits are seen to be naturally obedient, protective of and subservient towards the feline shapeshifter. Furthermore the werejaguar can curse innocent victims to create new Berserkers.Kate Argent, newly transformed as a nagual, acquired two Berserkers. They naturally came to serve her, helped her survive, did her bidding. She used them as bodyguards and man power. Kate could issue direct commands to them by roaring. When a berserker was about to kill Chris Argent, she gave out a roar and the demon spared her brother's life.Kate used a captive Scott McCall as a human vessel for a new Berserker. She did this by the following ritual: she outfitted Scott with an animal bear's skull, while apparently falling into a trance. Scott then underwent a transformation, the Animal spirit of the demon being summoned, possessing Scott, taking over the personality of its human vessel. Afterwards, Scott was completely submissive and loyal to Kate, following her order to attack and attempt to kill his friends.

* **Magic:**The werejaguar is a sufficient castor of magic.The werejaguar of myth, the Nagual-jaguar god, Tezcatlipoca was worshipped at such a location by the ancient Aztecs, La Iglesia. Though Kate Argent was a newly transformed werejaguar, she was drawn to the temple of La iglesia by instinct. It was there she discovered and found two Berserkers, which became her servants due to her status as a Nagual.In Season 4, Kate cast a spell over Derek Hale. She took Derek to La Iglesia, deep into the catacombs. Sealing him in a tomb, Derek was placed under the magic of Tezcatlipoca.Derek was then afterwards, regressed in age, status, body and mind to his sixteen-year-old self as per Kate's requirements. He possessed no memories of his present time self, having no knowledge of Kate's sociopathy and her murdering his family.The nagual-spell cast upon Derek was broken, wore off when Derek threw himself into battle to protect Scott's Pack from Berserkers, shapeshifting to his werewolf shape; he returned to his natural age and mental growth. The nagual spell also served to trigger a Wolf Evolution in Derek.

## Weaknesses

* **Full Moon**: The full moon causes Were jaguars to want to transform, kill and mame, and to shapeshift more easily. A Werejaguar's abilities are at their strongest during a full moon. With time, a Werejaguar can learn to control itself with practice and concentration on an anchor. It appears that it is much harder to control than werewolves.
* **Mountain Ash**: Like other supernatural creatures, Mountain Ash can form a barrier that is impossible to cross.
* **Wolfsbane**: The effects of Wolfs-bane vary depending on the type, amount and delivery method. It can cause hallucinations, weaken, render unconscious or kill Were jaguars.