Werecheetah

### Info

* Glowing yellow eyes, cheetah print pattered skin, retractable claws and fangs.

**Werecheetahs**, are a species of shape-shifters that were introduced during Season 5 of *MTV's Teen Wolf*. Werecheetahs are related to all werecats, epically Werejaguars. They can be born or bitten just like any other Supernaturals can do. They are really known for the great speed. The only known werecheetah is Selena Romero as she posses great strength, agility, and was on the track team before being bitten by Adella McCall.

## History

Werecheetahs are originally come from Africa. Same thing like there other relatives in the Were 'family'. Werecheetahs also change when the full moon is out. When the full moon is out, it's kinda hard to control themselves not to attack others. A cool trait about the Werecheetah is that there hunting rate is a 50% chance of actually getting what it wants or not getting what it wants. It's kinda luck base, because if the animal or human takes to long to catch they give up. Werecheetahs have been around the same time Werewolves have been. The Werecheetah does trust as many of the were species as other can do.

## Physical Appearance

When they turn, they turn into into a full Cheetah. They slightly, but you can't really notice it, longer tails then cheetahs. One unique trait that the Werecheetah has is when you can, your hair actually stays with. They're eye color is a Honey/Hazel. They do have claws, sometimes when the Werecheetah is super angry their claws will grow even longer then they usually are.

## Powers and Abilities

A Werecheetah possesses a number of physical and passive powers.

* **Super Strength:** Werecheetah's 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.
* **Super Speed:** Werecheetah can run much faster than even the most athletic human beings, Werewolves, and 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 Werecheetah form.
* **Super Agility/Reflexes:** Werecheetah's 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 Werecheetah's have been seen performing impressive gymnastic routines with no training.
* **Super Durability:** Though Werecheetah's 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 Werecheetah's 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:** Werecheetah's, like their 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 Werecheetah's can even sense sexual desire through scent. These abilities help Werecheetah's fight at night, hear approaching enemies, and locate missing people by scent. A Werecheetah'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:** Werecheetah's 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 Werecheetah's, 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. Werecheetah's 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 Werecheetah's can heal this damage faster than the effects can be felt. The only toxic substances that Werecheetah's are not immune to are yellow 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 Werecheetah's rapid cellular healing prevents them from contracting any human illness or condition and replaces aging cells at a constant rate, Werecheetah's have a tremendously extended lifespan. It is unknown what the average life expectancy of a Werecheetah's is.
* **Shapeshifting:** Werecheetah's 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, Werecheetah's 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.
* **Pain Absorption:** Werecheetah's 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 Werecheetah's veins darkening as their body processes it. Initially, a Werecheetah's can only essentially "take the edge off" of a person's pain level, but with practice, they can eventually learn to take it completely.

## Weaknesses

* **Mountain Ash**: Since Werecheetah's are supernatural creatures, they are vulnerable to rowan, both in its wood form and its incinerated form known as mountain ash. As a result, not only can they not touch or handle it, but they can also be barred from entering an area that has been warded with an unbroken circle of it, and can also be trapped within a circle in the same way.
* **Wolfsbane**: This could possibly be because cheetah's are a feline species, not a canine species like the aforementioned shapeshifters, making them less vulnerable to the herb. It is unknown what effects, if any, other forms of wolfsbane, such as the blue and purple varieties, would have on Werecheetah's.
* **Full Moon**: Werecheetah's, like Werewolves and Werecoyotes, are beholden to the full moon, as it is the source of their powers. During a full moon, a Werecheetah's powers will be enhanced to even stronger levels, but also come with a cost of enhanced agitation, aggression, and bloodlust that they will need to learn to control to prevent exposing their supernatural identity to humans and Hunters. Werecheetah's without training will be overcome with such rage and aggression that they will be compelled to attack any living creature they cross who crosses their path.
* **Intense Emotions**: Like their Werewolf and Werecoyote counterparts, Werecheetah's transformations can be triggered by increased heart rates, which means that intense emotions such as anger, fear, stress, or lust can cause them to transform if they do not learn how to control their pulse. While pain usually helps shapeshifters remain human instead of transforming, it can have the opposite effect if the pain causes the shapeshifter to become angry.
* **Lunar Eclipse**: Since Werewolves and Werecoyotes, who are beholden to the moon just like Werecheetah's, lose their powers during the phase in a lunar eclipse when the moon is in the Earth's umbral shadow, it can be assumed that Werecheetah's will also lose their powers during this lunar phase as well.
* **Electricity** **(possibly)**: Electricity is a weakness that seems to be shared by most animalistic shapeshifters, such as Werewolves and Werecoyotes, indicating that it could be a Werecheetah's weakness as well.