As The World Twist and Turns

The world at large:

Lycans and Weres are prevalent throughout the world.

1.       The US has accepted them as viable citizens in the Magical World as well as the Mundane/Regular world.

2.       Great Britain’s Mundane/Regular world accepts them as viable citizens but their Magical world which is still mostly hidden does not. The British magical world for the most part treats them as second class citizens.

3.       The European coalition like the United States accepts them and has made accommodations that allow them to fit into everyday lift. (like some religions don’t allow you to work

Common Types:

Wolves- most common at least historically but by numbers Rats out number them.

Leopards - includes Jaguars and Panthers

Rats-

Rarer forms:

Lions

Tigers

Fox

Bear

Rarest forms:

Avian (any bird of prey)

Dragon

Snake

(Note: Selkie are natural beings and not considered Lycan )

Abilities and skills:

Increased Strength

Increased Hearing

Increased Smelling (and ability to determine and identify the scents)

Increased Speed

3 days a month (the day before, the day of, and the day after the full moon)the need or desire to switch to animal or half animal form is practically irresistible but if they’ve accepted the change there is little pain and no loss of self.  If one has not accepted the changes there is horrible pain which drives the human half of the psyche away for the duration of the change. The animal half is angry at being repressed and crazed at the pain from the change. This situation is where they crazed wolf-man stories come from and they aren’t far wrong.

The interesting physical aberration for these people is if they fully accept the changes to them, the lycanthropy disease disappears leaving all the blessings of the race behind. So long as they changes are not accepted the disease is still apparent and can be found/determined by blood test.

Vampires:

Vampires are real. No one knows how the first one came to be but they’ve existed for thousands of years by this point. 

Need Blood to live

   Can live off of animal blood but their abilities suffer so most will build a circle of humans they feed from or will hunt populated zones leaving false memories in place of the feeding.

   Do not have to kill their prey (only the very young or renegades will do this)

Sunlight kills the young immediately but the older the being the longer they can last in the Sunlight.

·         50 yrs old and younger sunlight = death. 

·         50-100 they smoke and start to burn 5 minutes = death.

·         100-200 add 5 minutes.

·         200-500 can go about 30 minutes but are in a great deal of pain the entire time.

·         500-1000 the pain lessens there is still a great deal of discomfort but can last about an hour in full sunlight