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Werewolf Physiology

"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 wolfsbane 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 possess the traits, attributes or abilities of transform into or be/is a werewolf. Variation of Werebeast based on Wolf Physiology. Opposite to Wolfwere Physiology.

Also Called[]

  • The Beast/Monster of the Moon
  • The Beast/Monster under the Moon
  • Garou (Werewolf: The Apocalypse/World of Darkness) Body/Form/Physiology/Transformation
  • Homo Sapien Lupus/Lupi Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology/Transformation (Human Only)
  • Lupine Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology/Transformation
  • Lycan Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology/Transformation
  • Lycanthrope Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology/Transformation
  • Lycanthropy Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology/Transformation
  • Werewolf Body/Form/Mimicry/Transformation
  • Wolfman/Wolfwoman Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology/Transformation
  • Wolf Therian Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology/Transformation
  • Lycanthropy

Capabilities[]

Users possess the traits, attributes and/or abilities of, can transform into, or be/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. In myths and legends, this transformation is often associated with the appearance of the night and the full moon.

The user gains the traits of werewolves, the most obvious being the 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 to 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[]

Variations[]

Werewolf Types[]

Depending on what is the cause of the condition:

Associations[]

Limitations[]

  • Applied electricity, medicine, or enzymes may prevent transformation.
  • Can be outmatched by Supernatural Hunters.
  • 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. However, in most depictions, werewolves don't possess this sort of weakness, allowing them to transform freely.
    • May have Lunar Independence in recent depictions.
  • Metal Aversion: Most werewolves have been known to be vulnerable to silver, in which it can greatly harm, burn and even kill them.
  • Fire Aversion: May be vulnerable to fire.
  • May be vulnerable to 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.
  • Decapitation - and as a bonus point, this one isn't exactly exclusive to werewolves; it conveniently works on almost any supernatural creature, and humans too. Then again, so does a burn from fire.
  • If werewolves and vampires are natural enemies, may be vulnerable to their bite/scratch.
  • May be vulnerable to various canine weaknesses such as high pitch or loud noises or foul smell.
  • Transformation may be long and painful.
  • If transformation is interrupted, may result in body horror.
  • Transformations may become permanent.
  • Users of Conversion Negation can cure those of lycanthropy, back to what they used to be.

Known Users[]

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

Folklore/Mythology[]

  • Qutrub (Arabian Mythology/Folklore)
  • Gizotso (Basque Mythology/Folklore)
  • Lobishomen (Brazilian Mythology/Folklore)
  • Galipote (Dominican Mythology/Folklore)
  • Loublin (French Mythology/Folklore)
  • Lycaon (Greek Mythology/Folklore)
  • Luison (Guarani Mythology)
  • Farkasköldus (Hungary Mythology/Folklore)
  • Jé-Rouge (Haiti Mythology/Folklore)
  • Werewolves (Mythology/Folklore); near global
  • Bruxsa (Portuguese Mythology)
  • Pricolicis (Romanian Mythology/Folklore)
  • Varcolac (Roman Mythology/Folklore)
  • Volkodlak (Slavic Mythology/Folklore)
  • Vilkolakis (Slavic Mythology/Folklore)
  • Vrykolakas (Salento and Greek Mythology/Folklore)
  • Wulvers (Scottish Mythology/Folklore)

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa[]

  • Werewolves (All Saints Street)
    • Vladimir Elliot Kirilenko/Damao
  • Sajin Komamura (Bleach)
  • Wolf (Blood Lad)
  • Sasha Dejanstahl Voban (Campione!)
  • Hiroshi Inaba (Cuticle Detective Inaba)
  • Werewolves (Dance in the Vampire Bund)
  • Bete Loga (Danmachi)
  • WereGarurumon (Digimon)
  • Ai (Dragon Crisis)
  • Jihoon (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
  • Olivier/Loup-Garou (Heartcatch Pretty Cure! Movie)
  • The Captain (Hellsing)
  • Loup Garou (Highschool DxD)
  • Nate Mitotsudaira (Horizon In The Middle of Nowhere)
  • Werewolves (The Hunters Guild: Red Hood)
    • Dodou
    • Lycaon
    • Mialli
    • Naraoia
  • Batanen Fujioka (Hyper Police)
  • Shiho Shishido/Shirō (Jitsu wa watashi wa)
  • Chain Sumeragi (Kekkai Sensen)
  • Hairo (Kimetsu no Yaiba); via Plunder Cavity - Ravaged War Formation Wolf
  • Yaku (La Blue Girl)
  • Werewolves (Luger Code 1951)
    • Yonaga
  • Aki (Monster Soul); in his soul form
  • Werewolves (Monster Stein)
  • Kotaro Inugami (Negima! Magister Negi Magi)
  • Elbia Hanaiman (Outbreak Company)
  • Lupusregina Beta (Overlord)
  • Riza Wildman (Princess Resurrection)
  • Ginei Morioka (Rosario + Vampire)
  • Jinrou (Shiki)
  • Ruhuya (Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!!)
  • Kiss (Sorcerer On The Rocks)
  • Free (Soul Eater)
  • Beast Monarch (Solo Leveling)
  • Holo (Spice and Wolf)
  • Hank (To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts)
  • Kaito (UQ Holder)
  • Ame (Wolf Children)
  • Yuki (Wolf Children)
  • Akira Inugami (Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest)
  • Akira Kaburagi (Dance in the Vampire Bund)
  • All wolves (Wolf's Rain)
    • Darcia (Wolf's Rain)
  • Reus Silverlion (World Teacher)
  • Lyca (Zombie-Loan)
  • Werewolves (The Werewolf Rebellion):
  • Jabra (One Piece); via the Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Wolf
    • Lycan Corporation:
      • Tsukiko Horimoto
    • Moon Samurai Forces:
      • Hisao Hanasaki
  • Werewolves (Beware the Villainess)
  • 008 (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
  • Werewolves (Witch Watch)
    • Keigo Magami
    • Wolf
  • Akira Inugmai (Wolf Guy)
  • Mashira (Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust)

Live Television[]

  • Werewolves (Being Human)
  • Tommy Dawkins (Big Wolf on Campus)
  • Werewolves (Bitten TV Series)
    • Elena Michaels
    • Clayton Danvers
    • Jeremy Danvers
    • Nick Sorrentino
  • Werewolves (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
  • Leon (The Curse of The Werewolf)
  • Lupine wavelength haemovariform/Werewolves (Doctor Who)
  • Ross Feratu (Freaky)
  • Werewolves (The Gates)
    • Brett Crezski
    • Lexie Wade
    • Lukas Ford
  • Various (Hemlock Grove)
    • Peter Rumanceck
    • Christina Wendall
    • Several Rumanceck family members
  • Werewolves (The Order)
  • Dyson (Lost Girl)
  • Ruby/Little Red Riding Hood (Once Upon a Time)
  • Ethan Lawrence Talbot/"Ethan Chandler" (Penny Dreadful)
  • Various Werewolves (Power Rangers/Super Sentai)
    • Gou Fukami (Juken Sentai Gekiranger); formerly
    • RJ (Power Rangers Jungle Fury); formerly
    • Western Yokai Wolf Man/Dreadwolf (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger/Power Rangers Ninja Steel)
  • Pete Twist (Round the Twist); one off via bite from Count Dracumite
  • Werewolves (Shadowhunters TV Series)
    • Luke Garroway
    • Maia Roberts
  • Bobby (Summer in Transylvania)
  • Rolf (Summer in Transylvania)
  • Werewolves (Supernatural)
  • Werewolves (Teen Wolf)
  • Alcide Herveaux (True Blood)
  • Werewolves (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals/Legacies)
  • Werewolves (Wednesday)
    • Enid Sinclair
  • Werewolves (Wolf Pack)
    • Harlan Briggs
    • Luna Briggs
    • Blake Navarro
    • Everett Lang
    • Baron
    • Kristen Ramsey
  • Wolfbloods ("Wolfblood")
    • Maddie Smith
    • Rhydian Morris
    • Jana
  • Mason Greyback (Wizards of Waverly Place)
  • Wolfie Westenra (Young Dracula)
  • Eddie ("The Munsters")

Movies[]

  • David Kessler (An American Werewolf in London)
  • 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)
  • Leng Linqi/Cold Blood (The Four)
  • Ginger (Ginger Snaps)
  • Wayne and Wanda (Hotel Transylvania)
  • Wayne's and Wanda's Kids (Hotel Transylvania)
  • Werewolves (The Howling series)
  • Tony Rivers (I Was A Teenage Werewolf)
  • Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy's "Hombre Lobo" film series)
  • Weremacht (Puppet Master: Axis Rising)
  • Michael Corvin (Underworld); vampire-werewolf hybrid
  • Lycans (Underworld)
  • Werewolves (Underworld)
  • Werewolves (Van Helsing)
    • Velkan Valerious
    • Gabriel Van Helsing
  • Werewolf (The Cabin in the Woods)
  • Will Randall (Wolf)
  • Lou Garou (Wolfcop)
  • Lawrence Talbot/Wolfman (The Wolfman)
  • Sir John Talbot (The Wolfman)
  • Cayden Richards (Wolves)
  • Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane (The New Mutants)
  • Werewolf (Viking Wolf/Vikingulven)
  • Thale Berg (Viking Wolf/Vikingulven)

Comics[]

Cartoons[]

  • Lawrence Talbot (Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman)
  • Werewolves (American Dragon: Jake Long)
  • Loboans (Ben 10/Omniverse)
  • Bashmouth's Species (Ben 10: Reboot)
  • Werewolf (Big Top Scooby-Doo!)
  • Ty Parsec/Wirewolf (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
  • Wolfie (Casper's Scare School)
  • Werewolves (Danny Phantom)
  • Fangface (Fangface)
  • Jake/Captain Jake (Jake and the Never Land Pirates/Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates)
  • Weredad (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
  • Werewolves (Monster High)
  • Wolf (Monster Mash)
  • Bernard (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
  • Wolfy Kids (PJ Masks)
  • 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)
  • Lobo Howler (Super Monsters)
  • Catalina/Red (Tangled the Series/Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure)
  • Werewolves (Tara Duncan)
  • Eerie (Telemonster)
  • Cody (Total DramaRama); Episode 3 only
  • Steeljaw (Transformers: Robots in Disguise 2015)

Literature[]

  • Various Werewolves (100% Wolf); via Transwolfation with the Moonstone
    • Freddy Lupin via Were-Poodle transformation
  • Werewolves (Bitten)
  • Werewolves (Demon Accords)
  • Grubbs Grady (The Demonata)
  • Werewolves (Discworld)
    • Angua von Überwald
  • Wolfy (Geronimo Stilton: The Dragon of Fortune)
  • Lupine therianmorphs (The Dresden Files)
    • Werewolves
    • Hexenwolves
    • Loup-garous
    • Lycanthropes
  • Will Blake (Goosebumps)
  • Remus Lupin (Harry Potter)
  • Fenrir Greyback (Harry Potter)
  • Werewolves (Hemlock Grove)
    • Peter Rumancek (Hemlock Grove)
    • Nicolae Rumancek (Hemlock Grove)
    • Christina Wendall (Hemlock Grove)
    • Hermilla (Hemlock Grove)
  • Werewolves (The Howling)
    • Eddie Quist (The Howling)
    • Masha Quist (The Howling)
  • 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 (ONSET)
    • Michael O'Brien
  • Lycaon (Percy Jackson)
  • 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
  • Women of McDonaldland (Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland)

Video Games[]

  • Luke Custer's As Werewolf (Project Altered Beasts)
  • Valkenhayn R. Hellsing (BlazBlue)
  • Father Gascoigne (Bloodborne)
  • Yugo the Wolf (Bloody Roar)
  • Mordex (Brawlhalla)
  • Werewolves (Castlevania series)
  • Cornell (Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness)
  • Lycanthropes (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
  • Werewolf Cookie (Cookie Run series)
  • Jon Talbain/Gallon (Darkstalkers)
  • WereGarurumon (Digimon)
  • Jack Howl (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland)
  • Lycan (Dota 2)
  • Werewolves (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
  • Undead Werewolves (The Elder Scrolls: Online)
    • Faolchu (The Elder Scrolls: Online)
  • Muzaka (Fantasy War Tactics)
  • Jack (Fantasy War Tactics)
  • Wulvers (God of War 2018)
  • Mackenzie Hunt (Havenfall is for Lovers)
  • Roquefort (Hi-Fi Rush)
  • Sabrewulf (Killer Instinct)
  • Warwick (League of Legends)
  • Link (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
  • Maritima Malcolmia (Libra of the Vampire Princess)
  • Wolf Woods (Mega Man Star Force)
  • Wolfgang (Monster Legends)
  • Scott Howl (Monster Prom)
  • Volf (Ninja Gaiden)
  • Lycanroc Midnight Form (Pokémon)
  • Scarlet, the Red Hood (Ravenswatch)
  • Kevin (Seiken Densetsu 3)
  • Gido (Shadowverse)
  • Itsurugi (Shadowverse)
  • Werewolves (The Sims 2/3/4)
  • Wolfgang (Skylanders)
  • Wolf Demon (Tekken Tag Tournament)
  • Werewolves (The Quarry)
  • Kagerou Imaizumi (Touhou Project)
  • Fenrir (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Kagenui (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Sirius (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Werewolves (Veil of Darkness)
  • The Garou (Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood)
    • Cahal
  • Werewolves (The Sims 3: Supernatural)
  • Lunagaron (Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak)

Tabletop Games[]

  • Lythari (Dungeons & Dragons: The Forgotten Realms)
  • Werewolves (Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Werewolves (Pathfinder)
  • Skin Wolves (Warhammer Fantasy)
  • The Garou (Werewolf: The Apocalypse)

Web Animation/Comics/Series/Original[]

  • Werewolves (Alpha Luna)
  • Werewolves (Peter is the Wolf)
  • Hellhounds (Helluva Boss)
    • Loona
    • Vortex
  • Jennifer Barclay (Modern MoGal)
  • Wendy Barclay (Modern MoGal)
  • Ace Wolfhart (Pixie Trix Comix - Eerie Cuties)
  • Beowolves (RWBY)
    • Alpha Beowolves (RWBY)
  • The Hound (RWBY)
  • Lupians (Strays)
  • Werewolves (Zoophobia)
  • Theo (ZomCom)

Known Objects[]

Gallery[]

Videos[]

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