Werejaguars

## Werejaguar

**Werejaguars**, also known as the Nagual, are a species of shape-shifters that were introduced during Season 4 of *MTV's Teen Wolf*. The lore behind the Werejaguar is based on the Aztec legend of Tezcatlipoca, a god who had a strong connection to jaguars. Kate Argent was the first Werejaguar seen in the series.

Hayden Romero was a part-Werejaguar Chimera prior to being bitten and turned into a Werewolf by Scott McCall, but demonstrated very few Werejaguar abilities. They also have some form of bond with Berserkers, as Kate Argent had an army filled with them and actually turned Scott into one until he was saved due to his brotherly love and relationship with Liam Dunbar.

## Berserker Connection

Werejaguars have a special connection to Berserkers for an unspecified reason. Wear jaguars can sense when Berserkers are near or closer to dying. This was demonstrated with Hayden Romero when she was a werewolf/Werejaguar Chimera who could sense Noah Patrick, a part-Berserker Chimera. It is also why Kate Argent was called "La Loba” or "The Bone Woman,” because she could turn people into Berserkers with the bones of a bear. Kate's Berserkers then began acting as her bodyguards and helped her survive while she was on the run from the Calavera family of hunters.

## Powers and abilities

**Werejaguar physiology:** Werejaguars are shapeshifters who were turned by the claw marks of a powerful Alpha werewolf, if the claws go in deep enough. However, sometimes the person you are is the reflection you take. Due to Kate Argent's need to be powerful and being a homicidal sociopath, she transformed into a Werejaguar after her throat was clawed out by Peter Hale. Additionally, The Temple beneath La Iglesia also appeared to give her some boost in her powers, which is why she could easily turn Scott into a Berserker and survive a yellow wolf's bane bullet shot into her by Chris at La Iglesia.

* **Shapeshifting:** Werejaguars can shift between human form and a feline form. This form is usually bluish-purple skin with black patches, glowing bright green eyes, long and sharp fangs and claws, and a ridged brow.
	+ **Glowing Eyes**: The werejaguars can shapeshift their eye color to bright green. However, whether their eye colors change since they took a human life or indicate a hierarchy of some kind is unknown due to Kate being the only Werejaguar in existence.
	+ **Claw retraction** Werejaguars can summon their claws from their fingernail tips.
	+ **Fang retraction**: Kate could retract her fangs by having them grow from her human teeth. However, they are more elongated.
	+ **Skin Color Shift**: Kate was able to turn her white skin into a bluish-purple skin with black patches.
* **Superhuman Strength:** A werejaguar's strength is so powerful that they could fight against even a True Alpha. However, Kate was only able to beat Scott McCall because she had the upper advantage in a fight. However, it’s also possible Scott was not trying to hurt her, as he still possessed great love for Allison and Chris. However, her strength cannot be rivaled by an Evolved Beta Werewolf, as Derek easily mauled her.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Werejaguars possess superhuman speed, enabling them to run faster than even the most athletic human beings. Veteran Hunter Chris Argent confessed that he was struggling to track his sister Kate and her Berserkers. He stated that they were too quick for him to keep up with.
* **Superhuman Agility:** Werejaguars possess superhuman agility, which enables them to jump extremely high and far in a single bound and perform various gymnastic and acrobatic feats. Kate exemplified this enhanced agility when she jumped through the wall of windows in Derek's loft. They can also Dodge attacks from gunshots or arrows.
* **Superman Durability:** Although Werejaguars are susceptible to lacerations and scarring, they possess remarkable resistance to blunt impacts. This enables them to withstand powerful blows without suffering significant harm. Kate demonstrated this durability when she leaped through a wall of plate-glass windows without any noticeable reduction in speed.
* **Accelerated Healing:** Werejaguars have accelerated cellular regeneration which allows them to heal from mild to moderate wounds almost instantly. This ability is even more advanced than the average shapeshifter. They also have immunity to human illnesses and conditions and cannot get drunk or high due to their rapid healing.
	+ **Longevity:** Werejaguars and other shapeshifters have an enhanced healing ability that constantly replaces aging and damaged cells, which results in an extended lifespan and youthful appearances.
* **Super Senses:** Werejaguars have very sharp senses of sight, smell, and hearing. They can see things that humans can't, including supernatural things like a Kitsune's aura or a concealed Nemeton. They can also see in the dark, track scents for miles, even distinguish between different human scents, detect approaching enemies, and find missing people. They can also hear sounds that humans can't, like whispers from far away. All these senses make Werejaguars skilled in battle. They are also nocturnal, which is why they can as they fight in the dark.
* **Jaguar Instincts:** As an animalistic shapeshifter, Werejaguars possess the same animal instincts as their jaguar counterparts, giving them intuitive instincts as to how a real jaguar would behave.
* **Magic:** Werejaguars apparently can generate magic or perform some version of it.
	+ **Ritual magic:** Kate Argent is the only Wear Jaguar in the series who had the ability to perform certain rituals.
		- **Age Manipulation:** They can use rituals that manipulate a person's age. Her first ritual was one involving wolfsbane. Kate Argent used a ritual to magically de-age Derek from his mid twenties man into a 16-year-old boy again. Not only did his body decrease, his mental capacity did as well. Derek didn't remember Scott or any of his pack mates, the fire or how to control his transformations during a full moon.
* **Berserker Conversation:** She performed a ritual to turn Scott McCall and presumably several other innocent people into Berserkers. She performed a ritual to turn Scott McCall into a Berserker despite him being an alpha werewolf. The ritual also includes wolfsbane and a special room in La Iglesia, where she used a bear skull.
	+ **Power Granting:** turning a person into a Berserker also gave them the Berserker's powers.
* **Accelerated Healing:** Werejaguars have accelerated cellular regeneration which allows them to heal from mild to moderate wounds almost instantly. This ability is even more advanced than the average shapeshifter. They also have immunity to human illnesses and conditions and cannot get drunk or high due to their rapid healing.
	+ **Longevity:** Werejaguars and other shapeshifters have an enhanced healing ability that constantly replaces aging and damaged cells, which results in an extended lifespan and youthful appearance.
* **Super Senses:** Werejaguars have very sharp senses of sight, smell, and hearing. They can see things that humans can't, including supernatural things like a Kitsune's aura or a concealed Nemeton. They can also see in the dark, track scents for miles, even distinguish between different human scents, detect approaching enemies, and find missing people. They can also hear sounds that humans can't, like whispers from far away. All these senses make Werejaguars skilled in battle. They are also nocturnal, which is why they can as they fight in the dark.

## Werejaguars

    Kate Argent was once a human woman who was from a wealthy and powerful family of werewolf hunters, the Argents. She was Gerard's only daughter and Chris's younger sister. Just like her father Kate had no regard for the Code and became an arrogant and sociopathic woman. Her disregard for the code led her to manipulate Derek Hale into a romantic relationship. She burned down the Hale house, killing humans and Werewolves in the Hale Family. However, her acts led to Derek's Uncle Peter finally getting his revenge when he clawed out Kate's throat in front of her terrified niece, Allison.
The claw marks ultimately killed Kate; however, the approaching full moon enhanced her healing abilities, allowing her Werejaguar within her to emerge and she started to heal. The Calaveras took Kate back to Mexico, where they gave her a knife and told her to take her own life in adherence to the Code. However, Kate chose to live as a Werejaguar and killed all her captors. She stumbled upon the temple of Tezcatlipoca underneath La Iglesia, where she found a special connection with the Berserkers. She later plotted her revenge against the McCall pack, whom she ultimately blamed for the decimation of her family. She later learned how to control her transformations by Peter Hale and plotted with him against Scott and the McCall pack. Despite this, they attempted and failed their plans with turning Scott into a Berserker and stealthiest power. Kate was forced to go on the run when her Berserkers were all killed. She was shot with yellow Wolfsbane by her brother, who now believed his sister was beyond saving. However, she continued to escape her brother and the Calavera Family.
 Hayden Romero (Part Werejaguar; former)

**Hayden Romero**  was a human girl the Dread Doctors experimented on and turned into a Chimera due to her kidney transplant. Introduced as a sophomore at Beacon Hills High School and former Rival turned lover of Liam Dunbar, Hayden got a job at Sinema helping her sister, Valerie Clarke, to pay for overpriced hospital bills from her kidney transplant. Like most of the other Chimeras, Hayden initially rejected her transformation and began bleeding modified mercury from her nose and eyes. The Dread Doctors killed Hayden after she overdosed on their mercury. Liam tried getting Scott to turn her into a werewolf; however, Scott feared that the bite would only kill her as it did Derek's girlfriend, Paige Krasikeva, so he refused. However, she was ultimately brought back to life by Theo Raeken and joined his pack after Jordan Parrish carried her body to the Nemeton.
Since she had both traits of a werewolf and a Werejaguar, Hayden retained the jaguar's connection to Berserkers because she could sense when Noah Patrick, the chimera who was part Berserker was near and sensed when he was near dying. After realizing her love for Liam was stronger than her loyalty towards Theo, Hayden left the Chimera pack and joined Scott's instead. After sustaining multiple injuries given to her by Sebastian Valet, Scott finally gave Hayden the werewolf bite, transforming Hurt into his second beta werewolf and negating any Werejaguar powers Hayden possessed.