Shifter Werewolf

> "“Ever heard of different species within the same canis, or species? [...] Us shifter wolves are able to partially shift into a wolf, and in rare cases, we can achieve a full shift."
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> -Peter Hale

* Partial Shift
* Full Shift
* Beast Shift

## Species Information

### Related Species

* Human
* Witch
* Hunters
* Werewolf
* Kitsune
* Hybrid
* Immortal Hybrids
* Werewolf-Witch Hybrid (afflilation)

### Distinction

Individuals who are either born with the ability, or are bitten by an Alpha, that can shapeshift into a partial wolf. Advanced shifters are able to turn into a full wolf, or a beast form.

**Shifter Werewolves,** otherwise known as; **Partial Shifters,** are shapeshifters who have the ability to transform from an ordinary human appearance to a partially-lupine form that includes glowing eyes (which are either gold, blue, or red) pointed ears, mutton chops, claws and fangs, and a ridged brow. In rare cases, Werewolves can also have such advanced shapeshifting abilities that they can actually turn into a real wolf, or can transform into a large, monstrous, bipedal wolf-man.

Along with shapeshifting, all Werewolves possess superior strength, speed, agility, healing, and senses, among other powers.

In the supernatural community, being a Werewolf is considered a gift, but it is a gift that has a cost—because a Werewolf's powers are derived from the moon, the full moon will cause their abilities and emotions to be so heightened that many lose control of themselves, which can cause death and destruction if not handled properly. For this reason, all newly turned Werewolves need to be trained in order to resist the urges that the moon forces upon them, which will allow them to remain in their human form unless it's absolutely necessary to change.

There are several known ways to become a Werewolf. The two most common ones are being a born a Werewolf or to be bitten by an Alpha Werewolf. In incredibly-rare occasions, the claws of an Alpha can turn a human into a Werewolf if they scratch the human recipient deep enough, though it is considered less effective than the Bite. Myths have also stated that drinking rainwater from the pawprint of a wolf can change a human into a lycanthrope. However, these methods are not guaranteed to be successful; children of Werewolves have been known to be born completely human, and in many cases, the Bite has actually killed their human recipients rather than transformed them into Werewolves. Also, in one known case, a daughter of a Werewolf, Malia Hale, inherited her mother's Werecoyote heritage rather than that of her father, and in other cases, several former humans who were turned by an Alpha Werewolf have become other kinds of shapeshifters.

A Werewolf is strongest when in a pack with one Alpha (who is the leader of the pack) and at least three Beta Werewolves total, which constitutes a basic pack; in most cases, there is usually a defined hierarchy within the pack. The Alpha draws power from their Betas, and vice-versa, which makes them stronger, more mature and more effective in battle. Werewolves without a pack are known as Omegas, who are generally regarded as weaker and easier to defeat and/or kill than their Beta and Alpha peers, who have packs to back them up, though this is not always the case; an Omega could be the sole surviving member of a pack that was decimated, a former Alpha who has been abandoned by his Betas or a Beta abandoned or kicked out of their former pack, or, in the rarest of cases, are lone wolves purely by choice.

## History

Little is known about the genesis of the Werewolf species, though Alpha werewolves have claimed that the first Werewolf was supposedly Lycaon from Greek mythology, along with his fifty sons. According to the legend, Lycaon, who was among the Greeks who worshiped the Titans rather than the Gods of Olympus, invited Zeus to a feast at his home, where he attempted to trick him into eating human flesh. Zeus was so enraged by this prank that he cursed Lycaon and his sons by turning them into wolves. From there, Lycaon and his sons sought out the Druids, as they were rumored to have a gift for shapeshifting and Lycaon hoped that they could help them undo the curse.

Though the Druids were unable to remove the curse, they were able to help Lycaon and his sons shift back and forth from human form to Werewolf form. Due to their assistance, some Druids elected to work with Werewolf packs, helping them maintain their humanity and guiding them through their lives as lycanthropes, which led them to become called Emissaries. It is unknown if this legend is actually true or if it is simply a work of fiction, but regardless, Druid Emissaries continue to act as advisers to Alphas and their packs in real life to this day, though in most cases, only the Alpha knows who the Emissary is. In some cases, such as that of the Hale Pack, the Emissary is not a Druid, in the case of Stiles Stilinski.

In the mid-18th century, the most famous and monstrous Werewolf in history, the Beast of Gevaudan, began to ravage France, reportedly killing anywhere from 100 to 500 people before it was finally slayed by a human villager, Marie-Jeanne Valet, who eventually became the progenitor of the Argent line of Werewolf Hunters. This werewolf was nearly slain, however by Werewolf-Witch Hybrid, and wealthy man, Conri Tlanta, who had been getting tired of the untamable beast, who was on his way to revealing the supernatural to the world, but he was stopped from his mission by the human hunter who killed the beast instead.

One of the most well-known Werewolf families is the Hale family, whose bloodline is known to go back several centuries. Their most notable Alpha was Talia Hale, who possessed the rare ability to shapeshift into a true wolf, a trait that was also inherited by her eldest daughter Laura (who had inherited her Alpha spark upon Talia's death) and her only son Derek, who managed to evolve to full-shift despite only being a Beta at the time. After the formation of the new Hale Pack, more Hale werewolves were able to shift into full wolves, including Talia's brother, Peter Hale, her youngest daughter, Cora Hale, and her grandson, Eli Hale, who was born in wolf form, and shifted back to human as a baby, and never shifted into a wolf again.

## Culture

There is a relatively strong culture among the international community of Werewolves, particularly those who are born into the species, which, for most, includes the belief that their lycanthropy binds them all together as a family. For this reason, peaceful packs often see each other as siblings, regardless of their blood ties, and older, more experienced Werewolves tend to take it upon themselves to protect and teach those who are recently turned how to adapt to their new lives.

Despite the camaraderie between Werewolves of all bloodlines, they are still a predatory species, and battles among and within packs for either political or territorial reasons are not uncommon; this was evidenced by the conflict between the Alpha Pack and the allied Hale and McCall Packs in which the Alphas attempted to convince Derek and Scott to join them. However, alliances between packs to fend off a common enemy is also a frequent occurrence, particularly when it involves Werewolf Hunters.

For example, the Hale Pack, Deucalion's original pack, Ennis' original pack, and Kali's original pack all gathered in Beacon Hills to determine how they would react to the Argent Hunter family going after the Werewolves in the region in the early 2000s. Because of the threat the Werewolves face from the Werewolf Hunters, all Werewolves are trained to know what to do if they are confronted by Hunters—fight their way out, hide somewhere away from the rest of the pack so as to not lure the hunters to their den, and heal. This puts enormous pressure on the individuals in the Werewolf community to do everything possible to learn control over their transformations so they don't risk exposing themselves to the human population and Hunters alike.

There are several rituals used by Werewolves that are unique to their species that can be used for various effects. One is a memory manipulation ritual that is typically only performed by Alphas, due to the amount of control and experience necessary to do it without paralyzing or killing the person whose memories are being accessed. To perform the ritual, the Alpha (or, in some rare cases, an especially experienced Beta or a part-Werewolf Chimera) stabs the back of the target's neck with their claws, piercing their spinal cord and making a metaphysical connection to their minds.

In most cases, this ritual is used to search through a person's memories and see specific events so that the Werewolf performing the ritual can experience a particular memory through the target's eyes, especially in cases where the target has been through a trauma and cannot reliably recall what happened on their own, or when their true memories have been mystically manipulated in some way. This can also work in the reverse, as well, with the Werewolf performing the ritual to share their own memories with the target, such as when Peter Hale shared his memories of the Hale House Fire with Scott.

However, some especially skilled Alphas can also use this ability to suppress or entirely remove memories, such as when Talia removed her brother Peter's memories of his daughter Malia Hale's existence, or when Talia removed the memories of the Nemeton's location in both Derek and Peter to ensure they would not return to the powerful tree. Because of the amount of risk involved, this ritual, regardless of their intent, is usually performed on supernatural creatures with healing abilities who can recover from the damage much more quickly than regular humans. However, the ritual has, on several occasions, been done to Banshees, though in Lydia Martin's case, this caused her to become temporarily catatonic, since the person who performed it on her was an inexperienced Chimera who did not perform the ritual correctly.

Another ritual, which, unlike the previous ritual, can only be performed by Alphas, is one that can transfer their Alpha "spark" to a dying Beta in order to heal them, at the cost of their own Alpha powers. When performed, the Alpha absorbs the Beta's pain to the point that the ill Beta absorbs the Alpha's extra spark of power, allowing them to enhance their preexisting healing factor to a high enough level that they can overcome their illness or injury. This ritual has only been demonstrated once in the series, when Derek gave up his Alpha powers to heal his younger sister Cora from the mistletoe poisoning.

Finally, there is one last ritual that can allow a Werewolf to communicate with the spirit of a deceased Werewolf, though this is a risky ritual that is not commonly done. To do this, a Werewolf needs the claws of the deceased Werewolf in question, along with another Werewolf who is willing to push the claws into their cuticles to act as the conduit. The assisting Werewolf will then pierce the back of the other Werewolf's neck with the claws of the deceased in a modified form of the memory-sharing ritual, which will mystically form a connection with the deceased's spirit inside the main Werewolf's mind. Derek Hale performed this ritual with Peter Hale's assistance and Talia Hale's claws, which allowed him to talk to his mother, who informed him that the Hales not only lived in Beacon Hills, but they protected it.

## Full Moons

Because a Werewolf gains their power from the moon, full moons (and especially on supermoons, when the full moon is even closer to the Earth than it normally is) are when they are at their strongest. However, this also means that their animal instincts and heightened aggression are at their peak as well, which makes them much more likely to lose control and harm or kill someone by accident. This makes Werewolves vulnerable to exposure and also makes it easier for them to be captured or killed by Hunters, which is why Hunters do the majority of their hunting on full moons when Werewolves are most likely to make a mistake. Due to this risk, most werewolves are trained to control themselves on a full moon, typically by using an "anchor" to help them remain connected to their humanity. An anchor can be a person, a relationship with a person, an emotion, an object, a mantra, or even just a Werewolf's own sense of self.

Werewolf packs may also have their own methods of training their Betas to maintain control over their lycanthropy. For example, Talia Hale used a sacred object to the Hale family, a Triskelion medallion, in combination with the mantra "Alpha, Beta, Omega" as a tool to help her daughter Laura gain control, and attempted to use it for Derek as well, with little success in the latter case. Similarly, Satomi Ito's pack recites a Buddhist mantra to help them stay human-- "Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, the truth." To them, the meaning of "the truth" is the fact that Werewolves themselves are inherently violent creatures, and they must remember this truth in order to keep themselves under control to prevent unnecessary violence against others.

Until Werewolves gain full control of their transformations on full moons using their anchors, they are typically restrained in some way to prevent them from running wild and attacking people. Ideally, this involves locking the wolf in a secured room, like a boiler room, which has a strong enough construction to withstand the Werewolf's heightened strength, which has been even more enhanced by the moon's effects. Another method involves tying them up with large amounts of heavy chains, though this is still not always strong enough to keep a full-moon-crazed Werewolf at bay and is not ideal for long-term use.

Werewolves who already had anger issues prior to being turned, such as Liam Dunbar (who was diagnosed with intermittent explosive disorder before he was bitten by Scott) can often have a much harder time learning to control their shifts than the majority of Werewolves because a Werewolf's anger is already heightened to begin with, and it is usually the trigger for an involuntary transformation. As a result, Liam took around eight months to finally learn control over his shifting on full moons as a result of his pre-existing anger issues, while other shapeshifters only needed two or three full moons to finally get a handle on it.

Supermoons, or full moons that are especially close to the Earth, only make Werewolves even stronger and more bloodthirsty and aggressive than on normal full moons; they can feel the effects strongly even during the day when exposure to moonlight is at a minimum, increasing the amount of time during this moon phase that a Werewolf must work to resist the moon's influence.

Conversely, a lunar eclipse will suppress a Werewolf's powers for the duration of time when the moon is in the earth's umbral shadow, which usually lasts between ten and twenty minutes. During this time, a Werewolf will essentially be human, making them vulnerable to Hunters or anyone else who may try to take advantage of their lack of powers. Jennifer Blake, also known as the Darach, attempted to use a lunar eclipse to kill Deucalion, a self-proclaimed Demon Wolf who ordinarily was far too strong for even her immense powers to defeat.

## Pack Hierarchy

The majority of Werewolves belong to a pack, due to being social creatures who also benefit from the additional power they gain from the support of their packmates. However, even those Werewolves who chose to remain alone still respect the Werewolf hierarchy, which breaks all Werewolves down into three different groups, similarly with another species of Werewolf, otherwise known as Genetic Shifters.

* Alpha
* Beta
* Omega

Alphas are physically the strongest of the Werewolf species and are typically the leaders of their respective packs. Alphas are distinguishable by their glowing crimson-red eyes, and their abilities are exponentially greater than those of most Betas and Omegas; not only do they possess immense individual power, but they also draw on the shapeshifters in their packs as well, giving them additional strength with every Beta they turn or have joined their pack. In addition, there are many different kinds of Alphas who take various forms. Werewolves can gain the rank of Alpha in several different ways, including by inheritance, by killing another Alpha and stealing their powers (which is one of the most common methods). It has also been implied that it is possible for Werewolves to be voluntarily given someone else's Alpha powers as well, though how this is done has yet to be revealed.

Alphas are the only Werewolves who can turn a human into a Werewolf via a bite or a deep scratch, and they also have the ability to use their Alpha Roar to force Betas and Omegas into submission or motivate them.

Shapeshifting-wise, an Alpha can either assume the form of what is a typical description of a lycanthrope—a large bipedal wolf with human-like qualities—or, in rare cases, the actual form of a wolf. However, the latter is not always limited to Alphas or even real Werewolves; for example, Derek Hale evolved to full-shift into a wolf despite being a Beta, before regaining his Alpah Spark, and Theo Raeken, the Dread Doctors' first Chimera, was able to full-shift into a wolf due to the combination of his Werewolf and Werecoyote genes despite not even being truly supernatural.

Beta Werewolves are Werewolves who belong to a pack and who are one rank below an Alpha Werewolf. Betas are usually loyal to their Alphas and to each other, and will defer to their Alpha's judgment in most cases, though there have been instances when a Beta has risen to the occasion and defied their Alphas' orders, sometimes even going so far as killing their Alpha due to lack of confidence in their leadership or out of thirst for power. Beta Werewolves possess the same supernatural abilities and physical characteristics of the average Werewolf, including a pronounced brow, pointed ears, sideburns, fangs, and claws. However, Beta Werewolves' eyes can be either one of two colors: gold, or blue. Betas with blue eyes are believed to be Werewolves who have taken an innocent human life, whereas Betas with gold eyes have not. The strength level of Betas' powers can vary as well, with some Betas, such as Liam Dunbar, who has intermittent explosive disorder, being much more physically strong than their peers due to channeling their anger into augmenting their raw strength.

Omega Werewolves, also known as "lone wolves," are Werewolves who do not belong to a pack. There are many reasons why a Werewolf may not have a pack, such as being kicked out or abandoned by their former pack, being the sole survivor of a pack who had been killed by Hunters or other supernaturals, or, in rare cases, having chosen solitude over the security of a pack. Because Werewolves are naturally drawn to be in packs due to the additional power they gain from it, Omega werewolves are known to be the weakest and are extremely vulnerable to Hunters and other creatures.

In some rare instances, such as with Ethan and Aiden, Omegas will technically run with a pack without fully being a Beta within it; Ethan once described their status in their first pack as being "the bitches", as in the wolves who are the last to eat and who are always at the mercy of the Betas and Alphas above them. However, aside from being nomadic and solitary creatures, Omegas are physically indistinguishable from Beta Werewolves—they will still have either gold or blue eyes (and, on rare occasions, Alpha red) and will have the same general Werewolf form as any other lycanthrope. Since an Omega is a lone wolf, any Alpha without a pack could technically be considered an "Omega" but would certainly be more powerful due to their additional Alpha "spark" of power.

Although Peter Hale is no longer an omega, due to joining the Hale Pack, he was for a long time and had pretty bad separation anxiety because of the isolation.
## Powers and Abilities

A Werewolf possesses a number of physical and passive powers, and the strength of their individual powers are generally based on their rank, though it can also be influenced by other factors. In terms of the Werewolf hierarchy, Alphas are the strongest, followed by Betas, and then Omegas at the weakest end of the spectrum. An Alpha Werewolf also typically possesses additional powers not seen in the lower ranks.

* **Super Strength:** Werewolves possess superhuman levels of strength that allow them to break through chains and deadbolt locks, punch through brick and marble walls, and throw grown men across a room with ease. Werewolves have been seen using their strength to snap a person's neck with one hand, flipping overturned vehicles back on their wheels, and bending rebar with their bare hands to use as weapons.
* **Super Speed:** Werewolves can run much faster than even the most athletic human beings, being able to keep up with vehicles such as motorcycles that are driving at top speeds. They can also run on all fours (hands and feet) in both human and in Werewolf form.
* **Super Agility/Reflexes:** Werewolves possess supernaturally enhanced agility and reflexes that allow them to leap very high and across large distances, jump from several stories up and land lightly on their feet, and perform a multitude of acrobatic, gymnastic and martial feats such as flips, handsprings, and spinning kicks. They can also process moving objects much better than humans can, allowing them to catch projectiles in mid-air and dodge speeding bullets before they can be hit. Their use of this power is usually instinctive, and newly turned Werewolves have been seen performing impressive gymnastic routines with no training.
* **Super Durability:** Though Werewolves can still sustain open wounds like any other creature, they are much more durable to blunt force trauma than the regular human, allowing them to be thrown through walls and fall from tall heights without fatal injury. They can also endure a great deal more physical damage for a much longer period of time than an ordinary human, as Werewolves have been known to fight through dozens of gunshot wounds, stab wounds, burns, and broken bones that would normally incapacitate a regular person.
* **Super Senses:** Werewolves, like their wolf counterparts, have extremely sensitive senses of sight, hearing, and smell. They can see in total darkness and across large distances with great clarity, track scents for up to several miles and can hear whispered conversations across great distances and from outside of buildings with ease. Using their sense of smell in particular they can interpret the chemosignals that indicate identity and emotional states, a skill that, with practice, can be developed to the point of a supernatural sense of empathy; it has also been revealed that Werewolves can even sense sexual desire through scent. These abilities help Werewolves fight at night, hear approaching enemies, and locate missing people by scent. A Werewolf's glowing eyes can also be used to see mystical or supernatural phenomenon that cannot be perceived by human eyes, such as a Nemeton, or a Kitsune's aura.
* **Accelerated Healing:** Werewolves possess an extraordinarily enhanced healing factor that allows them to heal from most mild to moderate wounds within moments. They have been shown to heal quickly from gunshots, stab wounds through the chest, abdomen and extremities, and broken arms, legs, and spines, though most cannot heal from a broken neck; while varying among different ranks of Werewolves, broken bones can usually heal instantly after they've been reset, and depending on the severity, stab wounds and gunshots can usually resolve themselves in minutes to hours based on how deep the wounds are and whether or not vital organs were damaged in the process. Werewolves are also immune to the majority of human illnesses and conditions such as colds, cancer, epilepsy, asthma, etc. For this reason, they cannot get high on drugs or drunk on alcohol—because the "high" is technically caused by the substance inflicting some kind of damage on the body, the Werewolf can heal this damage faster than the effects can be felt. The only toxic substances that Werewolves are not immune to are wolfsbane, mistletoe and the modified canine distemper virus that was specifically designed to kill supernatural creatures. They are also vulnerable to the paralytic effects of Kanima venom, though, with concentration, their accelerated healing ability will allow them to process through the toxin and overcome its effects much more quickly than a normal human.
	+ **Longevity**: Because a Werewolf's rapid cellular healing prevents them from contracting any human illness or condition and replaces aging cells at a constant rate, Werewolves have a tremendously extended lifespan. It is unknown what the average life expectancy of a Werewolf is, but the oldest known Werewolf is Satomi Ito, an Alpha Werewolf who is over 110 years old and who maintains the physical appearance of a woman in her late 50s to early 60s. As a result, it can be assumed that Werewolves could potentially survive decades into their 100s so long as they are not injured or killed first.
* **Shapeshifting:** Werewolves have the ability to shape their features into that of a partially lupine form, which involves glowing eyes, fangs, claws, a ridged brow, pointed ears and large sideburns. With practice, Werewolves can learn how to only transform a few selective features as needed, such as only extending their claws to cut something, their fangs to bite something, or simply making their eyes glow to enhance their eyesight or display their supernatural nature.
	+ **Advanced Shapeshifting:** Some Werewolves, typically Alphas (though occasionally Betas and Omegas as well), can shapeshift into more animalistic forms, such as transforming into a full wolf, or into a more bestial humanoid form.
* **Pain Absorption:** Werewolves have the ability to absorb pain from animals, humans, and other creatures through tactile contact. This is usually done by touching the person who is in pain, or the injured body part and drawing the pain into themselves, which manifests as the Werewolf's veins darkening as their body processes it. Initially, a Werewolf can only essentially "take the edge off" of a person's pain level, but with practice, they can eventually learn to take it completely.
* **Memory Manipulation Ritual:** All Werewolves technically have the ability to perform a memory-sharing ritual, but it is most commonly performed by Alphas due to the level of control and practice required to avoid harm or death towards the target. By sticking their claws into the back of a person's neck, they can view the person's memories, share their own memories with the target, or even suppress or remove memories entirely.
* **Animal Instincts:** Werewolves are apex predators, and, as such, they can assert dominance over other animals such as dogs, cats and deer. They can use this ability to force them to be quiet or leave the area, or to stand down if they are acting aggressively. As a result, these animals can often be frightened by the presence of Werewolves. They also have natural animal instincts that allow them to think as true animals do, though some Werewolves are more in-tune with these instincts than others.

### Unique Alpha powers

* **Merging:** Alpha twins have shown the ability to merge into one Super-Wolf. However, this ability was unique to the twins themselves as no other Alpha has this ability.
* **Healing:** Alpha Werewolves can perform a ritual to heal others, but at the cost of losing the spark of power that makes them Alphas to begin with, demoting them back to Beta or Omega status.
* **Power Granting:** Alphas have the ability to turn regular humans into Werewolves by biting them (or, in some rare cases, by scratching them very deeply with their claws). However, this transformation is not always successful, and depending on the condition of the human, there is a risk that they could die instead of becoming a Werewolf. It is also possible that an Alpha bite or scratch can cause a human to turn into a different kind of creature, such as a Kanima or Werejaguar.
* **Alpha Roar:** Alphas have the ability to roar so powerfully that they can scare away weaker creatures and force Betas and Omegas to submit, to transform into their Werewolf forms, or to return to their human forms. This roar can also empower the members of their pack, allowing them to fight through torture, serious injuries, or other painful experiences enough to access their powers, which are often weakened or inaccessible when the Werewolf is in extreme pain.
* **Healing Disruption:** Alphas possess a mystical energy that causes injuries they inflict on lower-ranking supernatural creatures with accelerated healing abilities to take much longer to heal than a normal wound would.

## Weaknesses

While incredibly powerful, Werewolves possess a number of weaknesses which can be exploited by hunters, humans and other creatures.

* **Wolfsbane:** Wolfsbane, also known as aconite, is an extremely toxic herb for Werewolves, though different strains have different effects. Most forms of wolfsbane will kill a Werewolf if the infection it causes reaches their heart, though there are ways of expelling the herb from their bodies, such as ingesting ashes of the strain in question, literally burning the wolfsbane-infected wound, or surgically excising the vapor from their chests.
* **Electricity:** Werewolves are incredibly vulnerable to electricity, which, for unknown reasons, seems to interfere with the nature of their abilities. For this reason, Hunters have been known to use cattle-prod tasers to incapacitate wolves in order to capture them, and will hook them up to car batteries with electrical wires in order to torture them. Lower voltages will simply prevent a wolf from transforming or healing, while higher voltages can easily knock out or even kill a Werewolf.
* **Letharia Vulpina:** *Letharia Vulpina*, a species of lichen known as "wolf lichen," is a neon-green moss that has been used for centuries to poison wolves, foxes, and coyotes by mixing it in with their food. Though this lichen does not appear to be fatal to Werewolves, Werecoyotes, and Kitsune, it does seem to weaken them considerably for several days until it wears off.
* **Modified Canine Distemper Virus:** An assassin in the Deadpool named The Chemist invented a modified version of the canine distemper virus that can weaken and kill Werewolves. Those who are exposed to this virus will begin to sweat before slowly losing control over their transformations, either because they can't transform into a Werewolf or because they can't transform back from the Werewolf form into their human one. It then starts to cause them to begin bleeding black blood from their noses, ears, mouths, and nail-beds, and to develop darkened veins around their eyes, mouth, and temples. From there, the Werewolf is then stricken completely blind, after which point they will only have minutes to live. Fortunately, it has been discovered that ingesting wild purple reishi mushrooms are both a cure and a vaccine for this virus.
* **Full Moon:** Though being a Werewolf is considered a gift in the supernatural community due to the increased strength, speed, durability, and stamina, and healing abilities that it provides, it also comes with a price, which is that the Werewolf becomes extremely feral, bloodthirsty, and easy to anger on the full moon, when they are at the height of their power. For this reason, Werewolves must be trained to control themselves on full moons in order to prevent harm and exposure to bystanders and to avoid the wrath of the Werewolf Hunters who patrol wooded areas during the nights of the full moon for just such a loss of control.
* **Intense Emotions:** The transformation into a wolf can be easily triggered by intense emotions such as anger, fear, stress, or any other sensation that increases the heart rate, which, especially for newly bitten Werewolves, puts them at risk of losing control and can result in harm to innocent civilians, exposure to the human world, and can also put the Werewolf at risk of being killed by a Hunter as punishment for anything they did while transformed.
* **Loud Noises**: Because of a Werewolf's very heightened sense of hearing, they can be incapacitated by noises at extremely loud decibels, as well as sounds at ultrasonic and subsonic frequencies. Examples of the former cases would be a Banshee's scream *("The Girl Who Knew Too Much")* or microphone feedback *("A Credible Threat")*, and examples of the latter would be the ultra-sonic emitters used by the Argent Hunters to disorient and lure a Werewolf into a trap *("Chaos Rising")*, or the subsonic music used by the Deadpool assassins that made Liam, Malia, and Scott behave as though they were drunk. *("Perishable")*
* **Lunar Eclipse:** During the phase of a lunar eclipse where the moon is completely covered by the Earth's umbral shadow, Werewolves will be cut off from the source of their powers and will be subsequently reverted the state of a normal human for the duration. Though this phase typically only lasts ten to twenty minutes, it is still a very vulnerable period for Werewolves, which makes it an excellent opportunity for hunters and less-powerful supernatural creatures to attack, as a Werewolf will be unable to access their enhanced strength, shapeshifting, and healing abilities.
* **Mountain Ash**: Rowan wood, or the ashes that result from burning it (known as mountain ash), are effective barriers against the supernatural, including Werewolves. If a building is surrounded by rowan or mountain ash in an unbroken circle, a Werewolf will be unable to enter it, nor will they be able to leave it if they are in the building when the circle was created. For this reason, many Druids, Banshees, Chimeras, and other humans who are "in the know" and can safely handle mountain ash use it in order to protect themselves or to create traps for Werewolves and other supernatural creatures.

## Known Werewolves

 Derek Hale is an Evolved Werewolf. He was born into the legendary Hale Family and their equally-respected Hale Pack. His mother was the renowned evolved Alpha Talia Hale, though his father's identity and species remains unknown. He left Beacon Hills after losing most of his family in the Hale House Fire that was set by Kate Argent but returned when his older sister Laura Hale was killed. He soon becomes an Alpha after he killed his uncle Peter Hale after he was revealed to be Laura's killer. Derek would soon give up his Alpha status to save his younger sister Cora Hale.
He took Cora back to South America with the shared company of Werewolf-Witch Hybrid, Conri Tlanta, who he ended up sleeping with, and fathered a son, Eli Hale, before regaining his Alpha powers, and moving to Long Island, New York in order to rebuild the Hale Pack, raising Eli alongside Conri, while welcoming many of his former betas into the pack, including Peter Hale. He is almost killed in 2026 by the Nogitsune, had Conri and Stiles Stilinski not come to save his life, and destroy the kitsune for good.

 Peter Hale is born Werewolf apart of the legendary Hale family he also the brother of the renowned and very respected Alpha Talia Hale, whose power and authority Peter was always jealous of as a young man. He was one of two survivors of the Hale House Fire, but he suffered third-degree burns on at least 75% of his body, This experience caused Peter to be overwhelmed with madness. However, after six years, he finally healed enough to kill his niece Laura and absorb her Alpha power, He then started getting revenge, Peter then gave the bite to Scott McCall. He was ultimately killed by Derek Hale.
He manipulated Lydia Martin into performing a ritual to resurrect him. It was later revealed that he resented his former Beta Scott McCall for having the True Alpha powers that Peter believed he did not deserve, and he attempted to kill Scott. After forming a bond with his daughter, he becomes an ally to the pack that his nephew, Derek rebuilt on the East Coast.

 Cora Hale is a born Werewolf. She is the daughter of Talia Hale, the younger sister of Laura and Derek Hale, and the niece of Peter Hale also the Cousin of Malia Hale. She was eleven years old at the time of the Hale House Fire, she was also one of the two sole survivors. Believing her entire family to be dead, Cora fled to South America where she settled down with a Werewolf pack there. She soon heard rumor that her family survived and she immediately traveled back to Beacon Hills, only to be captured by the Alpha Pack and locked in the vault of First National Bank for three month as leverage against Derek, who they sought to recruit to their ranks. After escaping and reuniting with her brother Derek and uncle Peter, she returns to her former pack in South America, since Derek's return to Beta status meant that the Hale Pack was essentially disbanded.
She remained in South America until 2013, when Derek called her, telling her that the Hale Pack was rebuilt and stronger than it had ever been, and they had relocated to a safer place in Long Island. This prompted Cora to make the trip to New York, where she moved to Queens, after becoming an official member of the new pack, and went to school, before becoming a personal trainer.

 Eli was born as a **Shifter Werewolf** and **Werewolf** hybrid, but has never activated his Werewolf gene, as he has not killed anyone, but was born with the genetics of a Shifter Werewolf, which didn't appear until he was a teenager, and manifested when he was put in danger from the Nogitsune that was trying to kill him and his father, Derek Hale, and this was the turning point for him to activate his powers. Up until now, Eli has never killed a human, which is why his eyes are still gold, due to his Shifter Werewolf status, and if he killed a human, his eyes would turn blue, but his Werewolf gene would activate.

 Jackson was the first to be turned by Derek Hale. Jackson grew up to be entitled, arrogant, and extremely self-absorbed, he strove to become the best at everything he tried. After Scott McCall became a Werewolf, he vowed to find out what the cause of Scott's impressive athletic abilities at any cost. When he learned Scott was a Werewolf, he blackmailed Scott into helping him become one as well, Jackson then went after Derek, who had recently killed Peter and became an Alpha. Derek decided to give him the bite, hoping that it would end up killing him. though Jackson didn't transform into a Werewolf, he had actually transformed into a Kanima, a shapeshifter considered to be a mutated version of a Werewolf. Fortunately for Jackson, the Beacon Hills supernaturals were able to successfully turn him into a real Werewolf, and while Jackson is now a Werewolf, he is still part Kanima and has retained some of his former abilities, such as his tail, reptilian eyes, and paralytic venom in his fangs.

 Before being bitten, Erica was a shy human girl with a severe case of epilepsy, which made her life miserable as she was bullied by her peers. However, her life changed when she met Derek Hale and went through the transformation into a **Werewolf** to be finally free of her sickness, even after Derek made her aware of the threats that she would face. Her newly gained lycanthropy gave her a new sense in fashion and personality that she never had in her life, bonding with her new pack, and becoming fiercely loyal to Derek, her alpha.
After several battles and injuries, Erica and Boyd decided to leave Derek's pack to find a better one and attempted to flee from town until they had the misfortune of running into the Alpha Pack, who abducted them as well as Derek's younger sister Cora Hale to get Derek to join their pack. After spending nearly four months in the vault of First National Bank, Conri Tlanta, who was one of those keeping an eye on her came in when she had injured herself, and fed her his blood, to heal her, only for Erica not even two minutes before he left, deciding to fight for her freedom and engaged in a fight with Kali but the malicious Alpha came out on top and left Erica to die in front of her friends and fellow hostages. Her body was locked in a supply closet afterward, when Conri disposed of what he thought was her corpse as she was transitioning, and woke up in the dumpster behind the bank months later, after a lengthy transition and healing process. She rejoined the newly formed Hale Pack and lived close to the pack house, working at a tavern and diner, before going to school to become an ophthalmologist, specializing in neurology.

 Isaac Lahey was turned by Derek Hale, He was a student at Beacon Hills High School and a member of the lacrosse team who was horrifically abused by his father, Mr. Lahey, whose preferred punishment for Isaac was locking him in a freezer in the basement when he "misbehaved." Because he felt powerless his entire life, Isaac very much enjoyed the strength he gained from lycanthropy Isaac was the first to officially join Dereks pack. Upon seeing that Scott McCall was a different kind of Werewolf than what he had experienced, one who wanted to use his powers to do the right thing and help others. After the Nogitsune was defeated, he moved to France.
Though he was not part of the war between werewolves and hunters, Isaac was aware of it, and traveled to Long Island, to help the pack take care of themselves, and Eli Hale, until the alpha returned, along with the rest of the pack which had gone to fight. He met the entire pack aside from Conri and Malia, whom he had met in Toulouse, France, when they came to extend an olive branch to him in the spring of 2013.
He joined the pack when they returned, and was overjoyed to learn that Erica Reyes was in fact alive, and hadn't been killed completely in the bank vault, by the Alpha Pack. After meeting Theo, and the rest of the pack, including one of the honorary members, Diana, Isaac formally pledged loyalty to Derek as his alpha, but returned to France in order to finish university, before moving to New York and starting an internship at an art institute.

 Ethan lost his alpha status, alongside his twin, Aiden, and both became omegas. Aiden was killed by the Oni, and Ethan left Beacon Hills shortly after, being directed by Derek Hale to go to London, where he could meet and ally himself with Derek's former beta werewolf, Jackson Whittemore. Ethan gratefully left Beacon Hills, and when he arrived in London and met Jackson, sparks flew, and they soon began dating in the fall of 2012.
They were met by Conri Tlanta in the spring of 2013, who extended an olive branch to both of them in an invitation to join the Hale Pack. They didn't accept until after the war between werewolves and hunters in Beacon Hills, where they were both captured, later swearing loyalty and allegiance to the Hale Pack, before returning to London, with all of their airfare covered by Conri.

 Deucalion has been a friend of Conri since the 1970s, when they partied together. Their friendship never faded, even as the alpha got older, and was eventually blinded in the early 2000s. They met at a café after Deucalion killed the first of his betas, and gained their power, and he told Conri how he didn't need his eyes, even though his friend offered to heal him, and that he was going to gain all the power he could and destroy the hunters, so he would never be scared into a corner, helpless ever again.
Conri joined Deucalion as an ally when trying to get Derek Hale to join the Alpha Pack, and aided them in their schemes, until Deucalion destroyed Jennifer Blake, and his eyes were restored, and he left Beacon Hills. They kept in touch, and when Conri realized that Deucalion had been captured by a chimera, who wanted to take the power of the Beast, and captured Deucalion because he knew how to take another supernatural creature's power.
Conri and Deucalion worked together to get the chimera, Theo right where they wanted him so that Conri could take him to Long Island and rehabilitate him, while Deucalion stayed behind to explain to Scott McCall, what happened to Theo; who he had initially been working with to catch Theo, but changed sides as soon as his old friend came into the picture with a better plan.
During the war, Deucalion was called by Scott for help again, to teach him and his betas how to fight without their eyes, as the Anuk-Ite could kill with a look, turning you to stone after it merged, and Deucalion had the best experience in the field. He met with Conri to relay information, and when he was teaching Scott at night, the hunters began the true battle, shooting at them, hitting Deucalion multiple times in the chest, and he started to bleed out and die, since it was yellow wolfsbane in one of the bullets. He was saved by Conri, who fed him his blood, per Deucalion's consent previously, and slashed the nerves in his neck, cutting them off from his brain and killing him to transform him.
Waking up as an immortal werewolf, and still an alpha, Deucalion went on to reform himself, moving to Canada, after meeting with the pack to pledge his loyalty, and meet Conri's son, before he moved to Canada and built his own pack, his alpha status still allowing him to turn people into **werewolves**, just not immortal ones, like him.

 Liam Dunbar is a bitten Werewolf turned by Scott McCall, After being attacked by a Wendigo he was given the bite in order to save his life. He reveals to Scott that he has I.E.D, which made it difficult to control his anger. However, Derek Hale informed Scott that LIam was one of the strongest Betas he had ever seen at That age as a result of his anger empowering him. Liam has finally managed to control himself on full moons and seems to be able to use his abilities to great effect.
Liam's case in the Hale Pack is a special one, as he is loyal to that pack, while also being a part of the McCall Pack. He was put under the protection of Conri when he first came to Beacon Hills, and when Liam asked about his own alpha, in comparison to Derek Hale, Conri did not hold back on his experiences with the teenage alpha, laying out his morals and flaws on the table for Liam to see. Liam was in a gray area for a long time, until Conri arrived once again, and took Malia, Peter, and Stiles out of Beacon Hills to keep them safe, while quietly taking Theo out to rehabilitate him.
When Liam visited, wanting to see Stiles, he saw Theo, and how much he had changed since manipulating him to kill his alpha, and saw him work on Thanksgiving dinner with the twins, Nixie and Naeomi. He had changed, and Liam felt comfortable to sleep in the same building as him for the rest of his visit, where he learned about Theo's new interests, and some gossip about the rest of the pack.
Liam returned to Beacon Hills, where he was put under house watch by Scott, before the Ghost Riders arrived, and he called Theo for help, not expecting him to come, but was surprised to see him in the station, killing a Ghost Rider with Nixie. Theo saved Liam's life, in order to prevent him from being taken by the Wild Hunt, and afterwards, when they said goodbye, they had a newfound respect for one another, which only grew when Theo and his pack came back for the last time to fight against the hunters.
Together, Liam fought with Theo against the hunters, and they said goodbye at the hospital after Theo took the pain away from a dying hunter, who had been caught in the crossfire. Liam saw how much Theo had changed, and smiled when he gave the chimera a hug, and a lingering glance, telling Theo just how much he didn't want him to go as Theo left with Conri, Peter, and Luke. Liam visited the pack in early 2014, when Theo was at university, and pledged his loyalty, not leaving his original pack, but becoming somewhat of a double agent in the Hale Pack, and the only reason his alpha didn't find out about it was that the only bond they had was tethered to Liam's life-force, and would only be broken if Liam died, so he could join another pack without Scott knowing about it, which was what he did, but since he still meets with Scott's pack, he is not a full member of the Hale Pack.

## Werewolf Chimeras

There are also a handful of Chimeras—humans with two sets of DNA who have been turned into hybrid creatures with supernatural powers with scientific means, and who are thus not technically supernatural—who have at least partial Werewolf genetics. As a result, though they are not real Werewolves, they may have some or all of the abilities of a Werewolf, including their shapeshifting abilities (golden or blue eyes, claws, fangs, etc.), enhanced physical abilities such as super strength and healing, and/or the ability to take pain.

 When Theo originally arrived in Beacon Hills, he pretended to be a real Beta Werewolf in order to get close to Scott McCall and infiltrate his pack. At first, it seemed he simply wanted to avoid being an Omega, but it was eventually revealed that he was, in fact, a Chimera with both Werewolf and Werecoyote traits who wanted to kill Scott, take his Alpha powers, and become a real Werewolf before taking the McCall Pack as his own. However, when Liam (who, at the time was Scott's only bitten Beta and thus the only person who could take his Alpha spark) failed to kill Scott, Theo was unable to steal Scott's powers by killing Liam, and he became so enraged that he killed Scott out of anger. He then used the Dread Doctors' green serum to resurrect four of the dead Chimeras (Hayden Romero, Tracy Stewart, Josh Diaz, and Corey Bryant), who then became known as the Chimera Pack, with Theo as their self-proclaimed Alpha.
Unfortunately for Theo, Scott was resurrected through CPR from his mother and the power of the supermoon, and his pack remained on guard for another betrayal from Theo while they also tried to defeat the Beast of Gevaudan. One by one, Theo's "Betas" began to defect, either by helping the McCall Pack or by simply no longer wanting to help Theo, leading Theo to fight back by killing and absorbing Josh and Tracy's powers for his own, gaining the ability to secrete Kanima venom from his claws and to control and absorb electromagnetic energy in the process. He was eventually overpowered by Conri Tlanta and Deucalion, and his powers he stole were stripped from him before he was thrown into an underground dungeon on Hale Pack lands on the East Coast, in New York state.