Lycanis-Lupus

Lycanis-Lupus also known as Grey Lycans are a species of Lycanthrope. Lycanis-Lupus is the largest species of Lycanthrope acounting for over half of the worlds Lycan population. Resembling Canis-Lupus whilst in their Canine form these Lycans are what most people imagine a “Were Wolf” to look like. Lycanis-Lupus has lived alongside man for centuries and they have integrated seamlessly into human society, with many people walking past Lycanis-Lupus every day completely unaware. As their population has been so entwined with humanity its no wonder to see their population spread across the globe along side European colonisation.

Unlike other subspecies of Lycanthrope, Lycanis-Lupus has existed across multiple continents for centuries with native populations existing in North America before the arrival of Europeans. Though this being said many Lycanthrope packs founded by Lycanis-Lupus instances claim to be able to trace their history back to their packs creation.

### Physical Appearance and Attributes

Unsuprisingly a Lycanis-Lupus appearance resembles that of its name sake, a Canis-Lupus. This is mostly seen in fur patterns and pigmentation but certain small physical differences also occur. In general Lycanis-Lupus do not gain a massive amount of body mass when in their bestial form, remaining similarly sized and proportioned (Though twisted) to their human form. Though their size should not fool you as these Lycans make up for their stature in speed and intelligence. Though not easily measurable it seems as if Lycanis-Lupus retain modicum more of their cognition whilst in their bestial form than most other Lycanthropes. Much like the non anomalous Canis Lupus Lycanis-Lupus is spread out across Eurasia making it a truly global species.

With Lycanis-Lupus being the most common species of Lycanthrope its no wonder to see them being far more adept at hiding among the civilian populace than other species. This has displayed itself in the modern day with Lycanis-Lupus instances living alongside humans for generations. With this comes a large amount of integration, Lycanis-Lupus are disproportionately more likely to participate in human society and when asked regularly infer they prefer their human lives. Lycanis-Lupus also disproportionately represented Lycanthropes in Anomalous Organisations such as the Ministry of Anomalous Defence.

### Lycanis-Lupus Origins

Due to the widespread nature of Lycanis-Lupus its hard to pinpoint an exact origin of the Lycanis-Lupus sub species. In order to determine the origins of Lycan sub species we instead look at verified mass transformations of groups. These groups have often been transformed as a punishment for some form of abhorrent behaviour. The true number of these mass transformations is unknown with most of the historically verified information coming from Lycanthropes. One of the most notable of these mass transformations is the Founding of Rome event in which the followers of Remus were transformed into Lycanis-Lupus by the she wolf Lupa. Another is a tribe of an unknown name which is now known as Pack Yellowday, who by their account were transformed into Lycanthropes as punishment for eating the enemies they had slain in battle during a great famine.

These mass transformations only account for the creation of a few of the modern Lycanis-Lupus packs though do not explain their widespread nature. What we do know however is that due to the geographical location in which Lycanis-Lupus packs are found is similar to that of the Eurasian Wolf. This means that there was a large density on Lycanis-Lupus in Europe allowing them to piggyback off of colonisation efforts of European powers. The individuals involved in this mass transformations would often consider themselves to now be family, all turned by the same god at the same time many call this moment their rebirth.

These new Lycans often give their new family a name, often representing the common wolf of their geographical location. A fine example of this is Lycanthropes of the Italicus family, unsurprisingly this family claims to trace its linage back to the founding of Rome though of course these are just claims. Though the idea of such an ancestry alone has propelled the Italicus family into the limelight of the Lycan world.

### **Religious and Cultural Demographics of Lycanis-Lupus**

With Lycanis-Lupus being the largest population of any Lycan sub species its no surprise to learn that the relgious and cultural values of the sub species are incredibly diverse. Instances of Lycanis-Lupus partake in every major Lycan Organisation being it religious or governance. This willingness to accept and practice other values, beliefs, and customs is what has allowed them to fit so comfortably into human society. Within most Lycanthrope packs a number of important positions will be held by Lycanis-Lupus, this is the same for Lycan Religions and Organisations.

If there was one word used by the anomalous security community that describes Lycanis-Lupus more than any other it would be “common”. With their wide spread nature there’s no wonder as to why there’s a lack of homogeny among the subspecies with instances of Lycanis-Lupus historically fighting one another in wars.

### Lycanis-Lupus Common Form

You will not be surprised to learn that once more due to the widespread nature of Lycanis-Lupus that there is no real common form of Lycanthropy that is used. Almost all forms of Lycanthropy use Lycanis-Lupus as their bestial form meaning that your just as likely to see a Serkik-Lycanthrope as you are to see a Cynocephaly. This lack of common method of transformation has directly lead to the disproportionate representation as well as negative depictions of Lycanis-Lupus. With Lycanis-Lupus being so wide spread its no surprise to see the majority of Cursed Lycanthropes sporting this sub species.