Baird's Entry - Werewolf (Patreon)

Werewolf

The vicious lycanthrope, the man-wolf, cursed to walk among beasts. But a nibble or a scratch from a lupine soul is all it takes to contract the scourge. Beneath the light of the moon, the offending affliction mutates… both the scar and the man. The claws come first, then the full body hair, the long canine teeth. There soon appears the midnight beast, the wild dog created by ferocity, to breed more destruction.

Unlike the Wulver, the Werewolf is not born of any condition other than human. Once changed, he will hunt new prey. How does one avoid attack, ye ask? Keep alert at dusk and nightfall, watching out for the glowing yellow eyes of a lycan on the prowl. Ne’er disturb four-legged creatures of the night.

Werewolves will find like creatures, oft disappearing into the woods to live as packs, always desperate to return to humanity. A lucky few might find salvation through the warmth of the sun's rays, the dignity of their own clothes, or a brew of petal of azuchroma. Others, like the damned souls of Ossory, are doomed to forever walk the earth as monsters.

There comes a time in a man’s life when he has to decide which of the fairytale legends will haunt him forever, and which of those he will leave behind in his childhood nightmares. Hold tight to the knowledge that Werewolves are real. Believe not the horror stories of the Wulver’s attacks, and risk having your life fall from two legs onto four.

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