Werewolf Physiology

Werewolf Physiology
Rage under the Moon.
Power/Ability to:	Use the traits of werewolf.

"Legend tells of creatures - sometimes cats, sometimes other beasts, but most often, wolves - that can change shape, and walk as men. Legend says that this gift, or curse, granted them the reason of men, the instinct of wolves, and a strength far surpassing either species. Legend states that this fusion of man and beast, immune to all harm save silver or fire, who towers over mere mortals, powerful beyond imagining - Damn, I wish I was that guy!"

― Peter Stubbe, Peter Is the Wolf

"Even a man who is pure in heart

And says his prayers by night

May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms

And the autumn moon is bright."

― Maleva (The Wolf Man)

"Little girls, this seems to say,

Never stop upon your way.

Never trust a stranger-friend;

No-one knows how it will end.

As you're pretty, so be wise;

Wolves may lurk in every guise.

Handsome they may be, and kind,

Gay, or charming — never mind!

Now as then, 'tis simple truth —

Sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth!"

― Charles Perrault, Little Red Riding Hood

The power to use the abilities of a werewolf. Variation of Mythic Physiology and Canine Physiology. Opposite to Wolfwere Physiology.

Also Called

• Homo Lupus Physiology (Human Only)
• Lycan Body/Form/Physiology
• Lycanthrope Body/Form/Physiology
• Lycanthropy
• Lycanthropy Body/Form/Mimicry/Transformation
• Werewolf Body/Form/Mimicry/Transformation
• Wolfman Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology

Capabilities

User with this ability is a werewolf, a human or humanoid being with the ability to transform into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse and/or lycanthropic affliction via a bite or scratch from a werewolf, or some other means. This transformation is often associated with the appearance of the full moon.

The user gains the traits of werewolves, most obvious being ability to change into a wolf with the natural characteristics inherent to both wolves and humans, including senses, stamina, agility, etc. In addition werewolves are often attributed strength and speed far beyond those of wolves or men and may have them in lesser amount even when untransformed.

Other than this, details vary considerably: some are limited to single form which ranges from completely animal to man-wolf (humanoid with fur, claws and fangs); some can shift between human, wolf-man (humanoid wolf) and pure wolf; while others are able to choose to what extent they want to change, including what parts. Their wolf-form may be completely natural wolf in form, something resembling a Dire Wolf, or even something directly from the darkest dredges of human fear for wolves. Although some wolf instinct is likely to influence a werewolf in transformed state, this varies from completely animal mind to perfectly aware human, even to the stereotypical monster lusting for blood.

Although it is very commonly linked to werewolves, they aren't all vulnerable to silver or other traditional weaknesses. For some these are no more or less harmful than any other metal or substance, some are essentially un-killable for anything else.

Applications

• Canine Physiology
  • Enhanced Bite
  • Environmental Adaptation
  • Fur Generation
  • Predator Instinct
  • Temperature Regulation
• 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
• Claw Retraction
• Contaminant Immunity
• Feral Mind
• Invulnerability
• Regenerative Healing Factor
• Weather Immunity

Variations

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

Werewolf Types

• Mystic Werewolf Physiology
• Rougarou 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.

Associations

• Mythic Physiology
• Qutrub Physiology
• Transcendent Werebeast Physiology
• Undead Physiology; in some depictions.
• Vampire Physiology; Mythic Version Only.
• Werebeast Physiology
• Werebeast Lord Physiology
• Werepire Physiology
  • Werepire Lord Physiology
  • Transcendent Werepire Physiology
• Wolfwere Physiology

Limitations

• Applied electricity, medicine or enzymes may prevent transformation.
• Can be outmatched by Supernatural Hunter Physiology.
• May be connected to the phases of the Moon (Full Moon in particular) and either only be able to transform or be involuntarily forced to change during one.
• May be vulnerable to silver, wolfs-bane and/or other traditional werewolf weaknesses, or be harmed only by them.
• May cause changes of mental abilities/personality.
  • May include loss of memory of human emotion and life.
  • May include loss of self-control.
  • May include shift towards canine level of intelligence/instincts.
• May be vulnerable to other Lycanthropes natural attacks.
• If werewolves and vampires are natural enemies, may be vulnerable to their bite.
• May be vulnerable to various canine weaknesses such as high pitch or loud noises or foul smell.

Known Users

See Also: Werebeast Tropes, especially Our Werewolves Are Different.

Folklore/Mythology

• Werewolves (Mythology/Folklore); near global
• Lycaon (Greek Mythology/Folklore)
• Luison (Guarani Mythology)

Anime/Manga

• Sajin Komamura (Bleach)
• Wolf (Blood Lad)
• Sasha Dejanstahl Voban (Campione!)
• Hiroshi Inaba (Cuticle Detective Inaba)
• Werewolf (Dance in the Vampire Bund)
• Bete Loga (Danmachi)
• Gabumon (Digimon Adventure)
• Ai (Dragon Crisis)
• Olivier/Loup-Garou (Heartcatch Pretty Cure! Movie)
• The Captain (Hellsing)
• Loup Garou (Highschool DxD)
• Nate Mitotsudaira (Horizon In The Middle of Nowhere)
• Batanen Fujioka (Hyper Police)
• Shiho Shishido/Shirō (Jitsu wa watashi wa)
• Chain Sumeragi (Kekkai Sensen)
• Werewolves (Luger Code 1951)
  • Yonaga
• Kotaro Inugami (Negima! Magister Negi Magi)
• Elbia Hanaiman (Outbreak Company)
• Lupusregina Beta (Overlord)
• Riza Wildman (Princess Resurrection)
• Ginei Morioka (Rosario + Vampire)
• Kiss (Sorcerer On The Rocks)
• Free (Soul Eater)
• Holo (Spice and Wolf)
• Jinrou (Shiki)
• Hank (To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts)
• Kaito (UQ Holder)
• Ame (Wolf Children)
• Yuki (Wolf Children)
• Akira Inugami (Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest)
• All wolves (Wolf's Rain)
  • Darcia (Wolf's Rain)
• Reus Silverlion (World Teacher)
• Lyca (Zombie-Loan)

Live Television

• Werewolves (Being Human)
• Alcide Herveaux (True Blood)
• Werewolves (Supernatural)
  • Garth Fitzgerald IV
• Werewolves (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
  • Daniel Osbourne/Oz
  • Veruca
  • Nina Ash
  • McManus
• Werewolves (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
  • Niklaus Mikaelson ; via Vaewolf Physiology
  • Werewolves
    • Mason Lockwood
    • Tyler Lockwood
    • Hayley Marshall-Kenner
• Werewolves (Teen Wolf)
  • Deucalion
  • Liam Dunbar
  • Cora Hale
  • Derek Hale
  • Ethan and Aiden
  • Peter Hale
  • Isaac Lahey
  • Scott McCall
  • Erica Reyes
  • Hayden Romero
  • Jackson Whittemore
• Werewolf (Bitten TV Series)
  • Elena Michaels
  • Clayton Danvers
  • Jeremy Danvers
  • Nick Sorrentino
• Werewolves (Shadowhunters TV Series)
  • Luke Garroway
  • Maia Roberts
• Wolfbloods (Wolfblood)
  • Maddy Smith
  • Rhydian Morris
  • Aran
  • Jana (Vilkas)
  • Terrence "TJ" Cipriani
• Dyson (Lost Girl)
• Mason Greyback (Wizards of Waverly Place)
• Leon (The Curse of The Werewolf)
• Peter Rumancek (Hemlock Grove)
• Werewolf (The Gates)
  • Brett Crezski
  • Lexie Wade
  • Lukas Ford
• Lupine wavelength haemovariform/Werewolf (Doctor Who)
• Tommy Dawkins (Big Wolf on Campus)
• Werewolves (The Order)
• Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Ruby (Once Upon a Time)
• Ethan Lawrence Talbot/"Ethan Chandler" (Penny Dreadful)
• Various Werewolves (Power Rangers/Super Sentai)
  • RJ (Power Rangers Jungle Fury); formerly
  • Gou Fukami (Juken Sentai Gekiranger); formerly
• Ross Feratu (Freaky)
• Wolfie Westenra (Young Dracula)
• Bobby (Summer in Transylvania)
• Rolf (Summer in Transylvania)
• Pete Twist (Round the Twist); one off via bite from Count Dracumite

Movies

• Ted (Bad Moon)
• Jordan Sands (The Boy Who Cried Werewolf)
• Hunter Sands (The Boy Who Cried Werewolf)
• Wolfman (Cirque du Freak)
• Quentin Collins (Dark Shadows)
• Werewolves (Dog Soldiers)
• Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy's "Hombre Lobo" film series)
• Leng Linqi/Cold Blood (The Four)
• Ginger (Ginger Snaps)
• Werewolves (The Howling series)
• Tony Rivers (I Was A Teenage Werewolf)
• Michael Corvin (Underworld); vampire-werewolf hybrid
• Lycans (Underworld)
  • Lucian
  • Raze
• Werewolf (Underworld)
  • William Corvinus
• Gabriel Van Helsing (Van Helsing)
• Velkan Valerious (Van Helsing)
• Wolfman/Lawrence Talbot (The Wolfman)
• Sir John Talbot (The Wolfman)
• Cayden Richards (Wolves)
• Will Randall (Wolf)
• Lou Garou (Wolfcop)

Comics

• Werewolves (DC Comics)
  • Anthony Lupus/Werewolf (DC Comics)
  • Mikola Rostov (DC Comics)
  • Warren Griffith/Wolfpack (DC Comics)
• Gary Hampton/Wolf-Man (Image Comics)
• Elder Brood (Image Comics)
• Massey Wolf Spirit (Martin Mystery)
• Phantom Werewolf (Martin Mystery)
• Werewolves (Marvel Comics)
  • Jack Russel/Werewolf by Night
  • Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane
  • Vic Marcus/Warwolf
  • Martin Reyna via Warwolf Gene Package
  • David Haller/Legion; via The Wolfman personality
  • Lou Hackett
  • Raymond Coker
  • Ursula Beers
  • Cheryl Lansing
  • Hugo von Stahl
  • Kenneth Long
  • Layla Linski
  • Lydia Varadi
  • Tom Burke
  • Peter Snubb
• Tristan (Vampirella)

Cartoons

• Lawrence Talbot (Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman)
• Werewolves (American Dragon: Jake Long)
• Blitzwolfer (Ben 10)
• Bashmouth's Species (Ben 10: Reboot)
• Ty Parsec/Wirewolf (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
• Wolfie (Casper's Scare School)
• Wayne & Wanda (Hotel Transylvania)
• Wayne's & Wanda's Kids (Hotel Transylvania)
• Werewolves (Monster High)
  • Clawdeen Wolf
  • Clawd Wolf
  • Howleen Wolf
  • Romulus
  • Silvi Timberwolf
• Bernard (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
• Colleen (Road Rovers); one off
• Winnie Werewolf (Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School)
• Papa Werewolf (Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School)
• Shaggy Rogers (Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf)
• Werewolves (Tara Duncan)
• Cody (Total DramaRama); Episode 3 only
• Weredad (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Fangface (Fangface)
• Wolf (Monster Mash)

Literature

• Remus Lupin (Harry Potter)
• Fenrir Greyback (Harry Potter)
• Luke Garroway (The Mortal Instruments)
• Maia Roberts (The Mortal Instruments)
• Woolsey Scott (The Infernal Devices)
• Jordan Kyle (The Mortal Instruments)
• Bat Velasquez (The Mortal Instruments)
• Werewolves (Shadow Falls)
  • Lucas Parker
  • Fredericka
  • Will
  • Mrs. Parker
  • Mr. Parker
  • Monique
• Chameleons (Shadow Falls); via Species-Shifting
  • Kylie Galen
  • Mario Esparza
  • Malcolm Summers
  • Francyne
  • Hayden Yates
  • Roberto Esparza
• Grubbs Grady (The Demonata)
• Wolf Woods (Megaman Star Force)
• Peter Rumancek (Hemlock Grove)
• Nicolae Rumancek (Hemlock Grove)
• Eddie Quist (The Howling)
• Masha Quist (The Howling)
• Werewolves (Bitten)
• Werewolves (Discworld)
  • Angua von Überwald
• Women of McDonaldland (Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland)
• Lycaon (Percy Jackson)
• Will Blake (Goosebumps)
• Werewolves (Demon Accords)
  • Stacia Reynolds
• Werewolves (ONSET)
  • Michael O'Brien

Video Games

• Sabrewulf (Killer Instinct)
• Jon Talbain/Gallon (Darkstalkers)
• Free/The Man with the Demon Eye (Soul Eater)
• Warwick (League of Legends)
• Yugo the Wolf (Bloody Roar)
• Wolfgang (Skylanders)
• Valkenhayn R. Hellsing (BlazBlue)
• Volf (Ninja Gaiden)
• Akira Inugmai (Wolf Guy)
• Undead Werewolves (The Elder Scrolls: Online)
  • Faolchu (The Elder Scrolls: Online)
• Werewolves (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
  • Arnbjorn (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
  • Sinding (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
  • Members of The Circle (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
    • Last Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
    • Kodlak Whitemane (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
    • Skjor (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
    • Aela the Huntress (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
    • Farkas (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
    • Vilkas (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
• Kevin (Seiken Densetsu 3)
• Father Gascoigne (Bloodborne)
• Kagerou Imaizumi (Touhou Project)
• WereGarurumon (Digimon)
• Fenrir (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Kagenui (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Sirius (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Lycan (Dota 2)
• Wolf Woods (Megaman Star Force)
• Werewolves (The Sims 2/3)
• Maritima Malcolmia (Libra of the Vampire Princess)
• Mackenzie Hunt (Havenfall is for Lovers)
• Wulvers (God of War 2018)
• Wolf Demon (Tekken Tag Tournament)
• Werewolves (Veil of Darkness)

Tabletop Games

• Lythari (Forgotten Realms)
• The Garou (Werewolf: The Apocalypse)
• Skin Wolves (Warhammer Fantasy)

Known Objects

• Moonbeam Torchlight (Doraemon: Nobita's New Adventure into the Underworld)
• Hircine's Ring (Elder Scrolls Series)

Gallery

Due to his werewolf nature, The Captain (Hellsing) possesses superhuman senses, strength, speed, reflexes, agility, dexterity, coordination, balance, durability, stamina, regenerative healing factor, etc., as human...

...in his hybrid form...

...in his werewolf form.

Free (Soul Eater) in his human form...

...changes into his werewolf form.

Komamura is an cursed werewolf.

Remus Lupin (Harry Potter)

Wolfgang (Skylanders Trap Team)

Oz (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Scott McCall (Teen Wolf)

Derek Hale (Teen Wolf)

Little Red Riding Hood/Ruby (Once Upon A Time) has a dual role as both Red and the Big Bad Wolf

Wolfie (Casper's Scare School)

Nina Pryce (Marvel Comics) was born a werewolf.

Olivier (Heartcatch Precure! Movie) real name is 'Loup-Garou' meaning 'Werewolf', due to the fact he's an actual werewolf. Although....

....Olivier's human form....

...Is not that different from his werewolf form.

Wayne (Hotel Transylvania)

Wulf (Danny Phantom) is a werewolf ghost.

Lucas Parker (Shadow Falls)

Josh Levison's (Being Human) werewolf transformation.

Werewolf (Being Human)

Lycans (Underworld)

William Corvinus (Underworld), the very first werewolf.

Ai (Dragon Crisis) was turned into a werewolf from a Lost Precious implanted inside her as a child

Elbia Hanaiman (Outbreak Company) is a young werewolf from the alternate world of Eldant

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Due to a parasitic agent developed from the food in McDonaldland, all of the women from there (Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland) gain wolf-characteristics - as well as super strength, super senses, etc. - when experiencing orgasm.

Kagerou Imaizumi (Touhou Project) can transform into a wolf on the night of the full moon.

WereGarurumon (Digimon)

Yuki and Ame (Wolf Children) are the children of a werewolf father and human mother.

The Werewolf (Doctor Who)

A Werewolf Oddbod (The Oddbods Show).

Clawdeen Wolf (Monster High)

Werewolves (Tara Duncan)

Wolf (Blood Lad) is a half human, half werewolf hybrid

Jon Talbain (Darkstalkers)

Werewolves (Dance in the Vampire Bund)

Werewolves (Shadowhunters)

The Garou (Werewolf: The Apocalypse)

Skin Wolves (Warhammer Fantasy)

Wulvers (God of War 2018)

Tristan (Vampirella) is the werewolf lover of Vampirella.

Fangface (Fangface)

Jinrou (Shiki)

Ty Parsec/Wirewolf (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)

Bashmouth's Species (Ben 10: Reboot)