Evolved Werewolf

An **Evolved Werewolf** refers to the werewolves of the Crescent Wolf Pack, who were blessed with additional powers by the Unification Ritual between the pack's two Alphas; Hayley Marshall of the Labonair bloodline, and Jackson Kenner of the Kenner bloodline. These werewolves possess the gifts of each Alpha, such as enhanced speed and strength, but more importantly, they have also gained the unique powers possessed by Hayley, who was a non-original werewolf-vampire hybrid.

Evolved werewolves have full control of their abilities which includes transformation control, which means they now can control their transformation into wolf forms at all times just as Hayley can (including not turning on the full moon and partially transforming their eyes, claws and fangs during a fight). This also means that they can access the full potential of their wolf form, making them stronger, faster, and generally superior to average werewolves who are limited by their once monthly transformations.

## Creation

At the genesis of the werewolf species, each specific bloodline had distinct abilities, such as enhanced strength, enhanced speed, the ability to sense impending danger from miles away, etc. Over time, they learned to evolve by performing what is known as the Unification Ceremony, where two Alphas of different packs would be married by a shaman, causing all of the members of both packs to adopt the abilities of their new Alpha in addition to their old powers. After centuries of intermarriage, werewolves eventually ended up all possessing the same abilities (enhanced strength, speed, and accelerated healing), and instead of marrying two packs in order to evolve, their marriages became political alliances to collect territory.

Jackson would eventually learn of the Unification Ceremony and what it could mean to the Crescent Wolf Pack if he were to marry Hayley, a hybrid that could control her transformation. Eventually, he and Hayley realized that as the heirs to their respective bloodlines, their performance of the unification ritual would allow them to transfer her ability to control her transformation to the rest of the pack, which would allow the others in their pack to no longer be dependent on the moonlight rings provided to the pack by Esther and Finn Mikaelson in exchange for their loyalty.

Hayley and Jackson were married by werewolf elder Mary Dumas at the Mikaelson compound, which bestowed Hayley's ability of transformation control to every member of the pack in attendance. Afterward, the pack began to train each other to use the full potential of their new abilities, which included augmented strength, speed, and the ability to produce venomous bites at all times, allowing them to fatally bite vampires at will.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Super Strength:** Evolved werewolves are stronger than regular werewolves and humans, possessing strength powerful enough to even take on non-Original vampires in human form. This was shown when Jackson was able to beat multiple members of the Strix, and momentary overpower Lucien, a thousand year old vampire, long enough to bite him. They were also shown to be strong enough to face off against Klaus, the Original hybrid, in small groups although they were eventually outmatched. The full moon will also boost their strength and so will intense feelings of anger.
* **Super Speed:** An Evolved werewolf's intensified quickness, agility, reflexes, and endurance makes them faster than any regular werewolves and humans. Jackson was able to quickly surprise Elijah, an Original vampire, with a punch strong enough to knock him down from behind, although Elijah was initially caught off guard and soon overpowered Jackson when he attempted to bite him. Evolved werewolves can use this ability in both their human or werewolf forms.
* **Super Agility:** Evolved werewolves possess superhuman agility. They can move, jump, climb, and run incredibly fast without difficulty or exhaustion.
* **Super Durability:** Evolved werewolves can take far more trauma than humans and non-original vampires can without nearly as much discomfort or injury. They can also exert themselves for longer periods without tiring.
* **Healing Factor:** Evolved werewolves possess superhuman regenerative abilities, meaning that if they are physically injured, their bodies will heal rapidly. Evolved werewolves can heal from grievous of injuries, even in human form, though more slowly in comparison to non-original vampires. They, however, cannot heal from fatal wounds, such as a broken neck.
* **Super Senses:** Evolved werewolves have the extremely keen and heightened senses of smell, sight, taste, hearing and touch inherent in all canines. Because they are supernatural and have powers that excel their wolf counterparts, they can hear, see, and smell better than that of regular canines.

* **Lycanthrope Enhancement:** Evolved werewolves are capable of using their werewolf features to further supplement their powers. As such, they can grow claws from their fingernails and werewolf fangs from their teeth even when they are still in their human forms. Their eyes also change into those of their werewolf form, presumably granting them better eyesight.
* **Shapeshifting**/**Transformation Control:** Evolved werewolves have the ability to transform into their werewolf forms at will. Most of them avoid transforming at all due to the pain it causes. They can also perform partial transformations, manifesting single features of their werewolf forms. An Evolved werewolf can stay in werewolf form longer than a normal werewolf, who is limited to the peak hours of the full moon unless they have magical assistance, such as from a moonlight ring.

* **Werewolf Venom:** Evolved werewolves and regular werewolves have venom which is fatal to non-original vampires if it is introduced into their system. This is usually accomplished by the werewolf biting a vampire, but it has been demonstrated that werewolf venom can be extracted and used in darts and bullets or laced in drinks.
* **Full Moon:** An Evolved werewolf's strength, speed, agility, and all their powers are evolved and at their peak during a full moon.
* **Immunity to silver:** Evolved werewolves are immune to magic bonded to silver. Weapons made of silver might wound them, but the wound still heals at supernatural rates and will not be fatal to them.

## Weaknesses

* **Link to Alpha:** Because the source of an Evolved werewolf's power is through the link they share with the two alphas of their pack through the Unification Ceremony, that link can be exploited. This was demonstrated by Dahlia, who was able to curse the entire Evolved Crescent Wolf pack by casting a modified Crescent Curse solely on Hayley and Jackson.
* **Magic:** Evolved werewolves are susceptible to the powers of witchcraft. This is inclusive of mystical objects as well as spells that can speed up or slow down their transformations, or force them to transform on the spot. Siphoners can siphon magic from werewolves as well as the magic of a werewolf bite; this can extend to Evolved werewolves, though never shown.
* **Mortality:** Werewolves can die of old age and share many of the same weaknesses as non-supernatural beings (e.g. suffocation, extreme blood Loss, a broken neck, decapitation, fire, heart extraction, etc.)
* **Physical Trauma:** Minor physical injuries such as gunshots, stab wounds and broken bones will cause an Evolved werewolf pain and will also slow them down. However, this is only temporary, as they will heal completely within minutes.
* **Wolfsbane:** When ingested, wolfsbane causes an Evolved werewolf to become severely weak and feverish. Exposure to their skin will burn them.
* **First Transformation:** Evolved werewolves of the Crescent Wolf pack must undertake their first transformation, despite their ability to control shapeshifting. Klaus explains that this is a rite of passage and cannot be avoided.