Werewolf Yokai

**Werewolf Yokai** are a variation of the Werebeast Yokai, Wolf Yokai and Canine Yokai who has the ability to transform between their human form during the day and their wolf forms during the night. Opposite of Wolfwere Yokai.

## Physical Appearance

Werewolf Yokai has two forms. They become humans during the day. Being able to blend in with the other Humans living in the Surface World. But when night falls, they transform into their true Yokai forms. They're anthropomorphic wolves who has sharp claws, fanged teeth, and their bodies are completely covered in fur. Their eyes also changes color during the night. The most common are red or golden eyes.

## Description

Werewolf Yokai are extremely common in the European and American Hidden Continents. Like all Werebeasts, these yokai can transform during the day and during the night. Their human forms appear in the day when the sun is out. They look human in every way. But they maintain their enhanced powers like strength, speed, agility, endurance, smell, taste, etc. Once night falls, they transform into their wolf forms. Their senses and abilities increases when the moon is out. Making them one of the most powerful yokai in the Hidden World.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that Werewolf Yokai can have in their arsenal:

* Claw Retraction
* Conditional Transformation/Transformation
* Contaminant Immunity
* Enhanced Body/Supernatural Body
	+ Enhanced Agility/Supernatural Agility
	+ Enhanced Durability/Supernatural Durability
	+ Enhanced Endurance/Supernatural Endurance
	+ Enhanced Leap/Supernatural Leap
	+ Enhanced Reflexes/Supernatural Reflexes
	+ Enhanced Senses/Supernatural Senses
		- Enhanced Hearing/Supernatural Hearing
		- Enhanced Smell/Supernatural Smell
		- Night Vision
	+ Enhanced Speed/Supernatural Speed
	+ Enhanced Stamina/Supernatural Stamina
	+ Enhanced Strength/Supernatural Strength
* Feral Mind
* Invulnerability
* Lunar Mind
* Regenerative Healing Factor
* Weather Immunity
* Wallcrawling via claws
* Wolf Physiology
	+ Compass Sense
	+ Environmental Adaptation
	+ Fur Generation
	+ Powerful Bite
	+ Predator Instinct
	+ Tail Manifestation
	+ Temperature Regulation

### Variations

* Anger Empowerment
* Enhanced Mauling
* Enhanced Roar
* Immortality/Semi-Immortality
* Lunar Empowerment
* Lycanthropic Infection
* Muscle Mass Enhancement/Muscle Armor
* Mutant Physiology/Mutated Beast Physiology
* Partial Transformation
* Zoolingualism

### Werewolf Types

* Mystic Werewolf Physiology
* Rougarou Physiology
* Segben Physiology
* Superior Werewolf Physiology
* Vaewolf Physiology

Depending of what is the cause of the condition:

* **Curse Transformation**: via magical influence, usually a curse.
* **Genetic Condition**: inherited condition.
* **Spiritual Possession**: possession by wolf spirit, becoming one being.

## Pop Culture

The werewolf is a widespread concept in European folklore, existing in many variants, which are related by a common development of a Christian interpretation of underlying European folklore developed during the medieval period. From the early modern period, werewolf beliefs also spread to the New World with colonialism.

Werewolves are one of the most common monsters that are seen in the horror genre. In Halloween, many people would dressed up as the werewolf. Werewolves have appeared in many cartoons, movies, anime, and more. Jon Talbain from Darkstalkers is a werewolf. Danny Phantom has two characters who are based on werewolves (Wulf and Empress She-Wolf). Sajin Komamura from Bleach is a cursed werewolf. There very common in these types of media and their influence still continues to this day.

## Variations

### Wolfwere Yokai

Wolfwere are the reverse werewolf. Instead of a human transforming into a werewolf during the full moon, wolfwere was a normal wolf who gain the ability to transform into a human.

### Wolf Yokai

Werewolves are the anthropomorphic version of the normal wolf. They gain the same abilities as a wolf when being in their werebeast forms.

### Canine Yokai

The wolf (Canis lupus ), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, and gray wolves, as colloquially understood, comprise non-domestic/feral subspecies.

### Rougarou Yokai

The Rougarou is a legendary creature from Laurentian French communities linked to European notions of the werewolf. They commonly live in the Louisiana Region of the Hidden City.

### Segben Yokai

A Segben is an extremely powerful and dangerous werewolf-like monster found in Philippine mythology that is not only a fearsome predator with a taste for humans but has the ability to instantly kill anything it touches with its tongue, even a single lick will cause its victim to die and allow the beast to feast on their lifeless bodies.

### Vaewolf Yokai

Vaewolves are the hybrid between a vampire and a werewolf. They gain equal amount of powers from both parents. For instance, most vaewolves still need to consume blood regularly and may still be affected by the presence of a full moon.

## Life in the Hidden World

Werewolf Yokai lives in the North America and Europe Hidden Continents. While the image of the 'lone wolf' is popular among the Humans in the Surface World, they actually prefer communal living in the form of packs. While most monster species are affected by the Full Moon, werewolves can prove even more trouble due to their pack social structure and their great physical strength. Thus being one of the most powerful yokai in the Hidden World. Because of them being able to turn into humans during the day, they can live in the Surface World and lead a regular life. Even marrying a human and producing werewolf children in the process.

## Symbolism

Werewolves are humans who turn into savage beasts. This transformation is a symbolic portrayal of humans, who inwardly harbor such hatred towards others that they secretly seek to snatch away any goodness and innocence in others, to tear it apart and devour it. A “werewolf” represents someone who allows this hatred to manifest outwardly in action towards others.