Werewolves

### Distinction

Humanoids who can transform into half lupine/half human creatures, gigantic wolves or demonic bolts

The **Werewolves**, also known as lycanthropy, are humans/shapeshifters who have the ability to transform into lupine-human wolf forms, featured in Once Upon a Time, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Teen Wolf. Some are able to even transform into wolves actual wolves. Some werewolves also turn into gigantic wolves, a demonic wolf-man. Teen Wolf*.*

## Biology

The Werewolves, are humans/shapeshifters who have the ability to transform into lupine-human wolf forms, have incredible powers such as heightened senses and Superhuman powers. Because a Werewolf gains their power from the moon, each breed is different. In Beacon Hills, 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, they lose their powers on the night of a lunar eclipse. In *Once Upon a Time*, Werewolves only turn during the full moon, or "wolf's time." However, in *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* werewolves are active on three nights: they are wolves the day before, during and after a full moon occurs.

While some members are werewolves by blood, such as the Hales, there are more methods that can turn some humans or other werecreatures into a werewolf. In Ruby's family, her grandfather was the werewolf who attacked her grandmother's family many years before the curse passed onto Granny. However, for both Ruby and Anita, however (Granny's granddaughter and daughter) they were naturally born werewolves. 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. In Teen Wolf, only Alphas have the ability to grant powers to others. An ordinary human or any other werecreature can transform into a werewolf but only by an Alpha werewolf. Scott McCall and Liam Dunbar were once humans prior to being bitten against their will. In Season 5, Scott was able to transform his friend, Hayden Romero, from a Chimera to a true werewolf, showing it also works on humanoid species as well. Naturally-born werewolves consider "The Bite" to be a gift such as Derek Hale and Anita Lucas; however, bitten or scratched werewolves conisder it to be a curse. Some bitten werewolves like Scott McCall accept their abilities as time passes; however, some werewolves such as the Argent hunteras, Alexander and Victoria would rather take their on lives than accept their new lifestyle. At first, Ruby was afraid of her own powers because she would attack Innocent people and have no recollection of what she had done. However, after both Scott and Ruby got training from Derek and the need of respectively, they learned to accept this as part of who they are. Banshees, are immune to the Bite, as seen with Lydia Martin. Instead of turning her into a werewolf, it activated her latent banshee ability two years earlier than she was supposed to.

In incredibly-rare occasions, the claws of an Alpha can turn a human into a Werewolf if their claws go through the human recipient, though it is considered less effective than the Bite. Kate Argent wondered this to her brother, Chris, who confirmed that to be the case. Unfortunately when Peter did this to Kate in the last episode it's didn't turn her into a werewolf but a werejaugar, Myths have also stated that drinking rainwater from the pawprint of a wolf can change a human into a lycanthrope, according to Sebastien Valet. However, these methods are not guaranteed to be successful.

Werewolves can also reproduce with other humanoid species, but their offspring will not always inherit their abilities. For example, Peter's relationship with the werecoyote Corinne resulted in Malia inheriting her mother's powers instead of her fathers. Additionally, there were some members of the Hale family had human children, as both Derek and Chris claim that there were human children killed on the night at the Hale Family Fire.

## History

According to legend, werewolves first came to be during the age of the titans.

The Greek cannibal Lycaon was one of many who worshiped the titans rather than the gods of Olympus. Lycaon would also challenge the gods. One day, Lycaon invited the god of the sky and thunder, Zeus, to join him and his fifty offspring at a banquet. He tested Zeus by serving him a dish of human flesh. Zeus, disgusted, blew the banquet up with lightning then punished Lycaon by transforming he and his kin into wolves.

Afterwards, Lycaon and his sons sought out druids with the hopes that the priests could cure them of their curse. It was rumored that the druids knew how to shapeshift. Though this wasn't possible the druids were able to teach them to shift back and forth between human and wolf form. Subsequently, the werewolf species was born.

Because of this earlier relationship between the older Wolves and the druids, an alliance formed between the two people which persisted throughout time. Traditionally, druids served the packs as advisors.

## Weaknesses

* Silver: only wolves from Beacon Hills aren't harmed by silver, as only wolf bane can kill them.
* Mistletoe
* Wolfsbane

## Members

### Once Upon A Time

* Adalyn
* Adair †
* Anita Lucas †
* Granny
* Quinn †
* Red Riding Hood/Ruby
* Red Riding Hood's grandfather

## Trivia

* Ruby and Granny's last name Lucas comes from the Greek name "Lykos", which means "wolf."
* Lycaon was allegedly the first werewolf, according to legends, where he was taught by druids to shift between human and werewolf. It is where the term "lycanthropy" came from.

## See Also

* Werecoyotes
* Werejaguars
* Löwenmensch
* Werehyenas