Monster

**Monsters** are the children and descendants of Eve, and other supernatural creatures. Although referring to many different species, some share a point of origin, and traits. They are supernatural creatures with extraordinary strength and powers and abilities. They commonly prey upon humans.

## Becoming a Monster

Monsters are made in a great variety of ways. While this is not a complete list, it shows some of the more common methods of monster reproduction.

### From Eve

The original and most effective method is by tactile contact with Eve, the mother of all. She had the ability to turn humans into monsters or hybrids with a mere touch.

### From Other Monsters

The most common method, is however simply be sexual reproduction between monsters, which Djinn's, Kitsune, Ghouls, Vetala and presumably all other monsters, whose method hasn't been stated do. Werewolves mostly reproduce by biting, but they can also reproduce sexually with other werewolves.

* **By Biting** - Werewolves, Skinwalkers, Arachnes, and Nachzehrer can pass on their curse by biting a human.
* **By Genetics** - Some monsters reproduce genetically without having to turn or infect humans. This is not the same as sexual reproduction between monsters, as in some of these cases their monstrous nature remains dormant for years, making them appear completely human before it emerges. Rugarus, Shapeshifters and Sirens reproduce in this way. Werewolves can as well though they more commonly reproduce through biting.
* **By Transfusion** - Introduction and admixture of Vampire blood with a human's blood turns humans into vampires.
* **By Ingestion** - A significant amount of vampire blood taken orally by a human causes him or her to turn into a vampire.

## Reversing a transformation into a monster

While exceptionally rare, its possible for a monster transformation to be reversed.

* **Vampires** - Using a cure, a vampire that has not yet fed can be returned to humanity. However, that newly-turned vampire cannot drink even a single drop of human blood or it won't work and they need the blood of their sire.

* **Nachzehrer** - Killing the Nachzehrer pack alpha will reverse the transformation of everyone they have turned.
* **Werewolf** - Using an experimental cure, a werewolf transformation can potentially be reversed in the early stages of lycanthropy. However, the newly-turned werewolf must not feed and the sire's live blood is required. Of the two people this cure has been tried on, it has only worked a single time with the other person dying in excruciating agony instead. Prior to the development of this cure, it was believed that a werewolf transformation was irreversible by both werewolves and hunters.

## Common Attributes

Many monsters share traits and attributes:

* **Feeding on Humans** - Most, if not all, monsters feed on humans - either human flesh, blood, certain organs, souls or all four. Only Phoenixes don't seem to eat humans, they just kill them outright. Shapeshifters have never been seen eating people, or having any intent to; in effect, Tsubaki once compared Shapeshifters and the Leviathans, noticing that the latter can be distinguished from the former for not only being more resistant but also for having more of a preference for human flesh. However, it was implied by a Leviathan that at least some Shapeshifters do feed on humans, as, like other Monsters, they were included in the elimination plans of the Leviathans, who wished to have a monopoly on the consumption of human flesh. Some Monsters also have certain preferences in types of humans; Okami each eat a certain type of human, down to preference.
* **Non-human Eyes** - Shapeshifters, Werewolves, Kitsunes, Skinwalkers, Vetalas, Dragons, Rugarus, can all be identified by their strange or unusual eyes, though some require certain conditions to be noticed (such as a Shapeshifter's eyes flashing yellow when seen through a camera).
* **Claws** - Werewolves, Kitsune, Skinwalkers (in dog form), Dragons, Lamia and Wendigos, all have razor sharp claws.
* **Fangs** - Vampires, Werewolves, Okami, Skinwalkers, Rawheads, Crocottas, Nachzehrer and Vetala possess monstrous fangs. Vampires and Vetala use them to suck the blood of their victims, for others they are used to tear and devour flesh.
* **Super Strength** - All monsters typically possess some degree of superhuman strength, ranging from just stronger than humans, to being able to lift a man with one hand, throw a man several feet with great effort or none, rip through flesh with some to great ease, or snap steel chains. While some monsters need to exert greater effort to access superhuman strength other more powerful monsters can destroy objects with a light movement or gesture. Human hunters can fight off, stun, sneak up on, catch off guard and outmaneuver most monsters by using their weaknesses, such as damaging their bodies with a special object or in a certain way, therefore allowing a hunter equipped with their weakness to kill monsters that are stronger than them. The best way to kill monsters with great strength is to catch them off guard.
* **Super Speed** - Many monsters are much faster than humans so they can sneak up on humans unnoticed or outrun them in a chase. While weaker monsters seemingly have normal human speed or have the speed of the best human athlete, others can move at the speed of certain animals and can easily catch up to humans. Skinwalkers, Rugarus, Werewolves, Vampires, Kitsunes, Djinns, Wendigos and Dragons (while flying).
* **Shapeshifting** - A common power of many monsters is the ability to change their form. Some, such as Shapeshifters and Sirens, can change into whatever they want, while others are more limited. Dragons, Phoenixes, Kitsune, Skinwalkers and Djinns can only change between their true form and a human disguise. Some monsters have certain requirements or limitations to their transformations, such as Werewolves, the only monsters that can't control their ability to transform (however, pure blood werewolves can shape shift at will,) or Ghouls, which are able to change into anyone, but only if they eat the person's flesh.

## Interaction and Society

### History

Monsters have hunted men since the beginning of time. Eve created the first monsters, the Alphas, who in turn went on to father the rest of their species. Although powerful (at least in the modern era), most monsters preferred to hide from humans or blend into their society, taking great care to avoid detection, especially by hunters. Because most of them could assume human form, they could easily pass as a regular human to the untrained eye. Additionally, although some could be detected through video footage in security cameras, most people disregard the anomalies they see as a technical problem or malfunctioning of the device.

Many monsters targeted isolated locations and communities as their hunting grounds. In some cases, they would attempt to reproduce, in addition to simply hunting men for food.

## Weaknesses

Although there is no universal weakness that applies to all monsters (except God, Death or Amara), many share weaknesses:

* **Decapitation** - Vampires, Ghouls etc. can be killed by having their heads removed. This might work on most, if not all, monsters such as Nachzehrers. Werewolves also have this weakness as seen with the enhanced werewolves created by Michael.
* **Inability to Pass as Human** - While most species can pass as human, some species cannot do so.
* **Fire** - Several types of monsters are vulnerable to and can be killed by fire.
* **Mirrors** - Sirens and Wraiths true forms can be revealed by mirrors.
* **Silver** - Several monsters are vulnerable to silver. Some of these include Werewolves, Skinwalkers, Wraiths and Shapeshifters.
* **Electrocution** - Electrocution is shown to be able to kill Rawheads and the original version of the khan worm. However, the variant species of the khan worm lacks this weakness.
* **Vamp-Tonite** - As well as dumping down humans, a side effect of the Leviathan Corn Syrup additive, is it makes the blood toxic to any non-Leviathan monster (Vampires, Werewolves, Ghouls, Shapeshifters etc.) who drink it. This is to wipe out the monsters, so that the Leviathans don't have to compete for food resources.
* **Shredding** - Logically, shredding a monster destroys it, regardless of the type.
* **Extreme Brain Damage** - Djinn, Wraiths and Ghouls are able to be killed by significant damage to their brains.
* **Death's Scythe** - Death's scythe can kill any being.
* **The First Blade** - Being powered by the Darkness, this blade can kill any monster.
* **Primordial entities** - Beings such as Amara, God, Death and Archangels can easily annihilate them. Michael was able to overpower a werewolf with no problem and effortlessly made himself leader of an army.
* **Celtic Monster Trapping Sigil** - According to Tsubaki it could trap monsters. However, to date, it has only worked on Lost Souls.