Races

Summary: The infection process for a Lycan is not pretty. Lycans have tons of bacteria living in their mouth and one of them is the bacteria that is responsible for turning a human into one of their kind. In order for the turning to work, the Lycan must spend a long period of time biting and exposing their victim to their saliva. From then on, the transformation time takes about a week. The victim will become deathly ill and will begin to gain slitted eyes. (which go away after a while) Their nature during this time will change to being extremely aggressive. It is also during this time that the newly infected is at a higher risk to die. Unlike the vampiric transformation, which occurs over just a few days, the lycan one takes much longer, sometimes leading to the starvation or dehydration of the individual.

Once the Lycan transformation is complete, the new creature gains a hunger for raw flesh. Most when they turn are unable to control themselves during this time and they go on a rampage, killing any living thing that gets in their way regardless of if they finished the last thing they killed. After they had eaten their fill, the new Lycan will fall into a deep sleep, only waking up the next day. The weeks following are a struggle for control between the beast within and their human side. Eventually, most are able to reign the beast in.

Lycans receive heightened power and strength from the horrendous transformation that took place in their body. After a human has been bitten by a Lycan they do not immediately gain the ability to transform. In order to do so, they must go through a long and tedious ritual in which they must ingest both Human, Lycan, and Vampire blood. The ritual is one of the last forms of magic left in the world, having been taken partially from the very spell that created the species. It also must be preformed under the light of the first full moon of the year, limiting many to being unable to use the Lycan's most powerful ability.

Age Range: The age range for Lycans is twice as long as a human's. The oldest recorded lycan was well over 200.

Abilities: Lycans possess increased strength and speed along with heightened senses. These heightened senses allow them to imprint and familiarize scents and hear extremely well. Their increased speed only allows them to run slightly faster and preform actions slightly faster than a human. In comparison, they are much slower than a Vampire. Some lycans may have all of these traits or they may be more specialized in one area or another.

With the rest of the lycan's abilities is what has been dubbed "Berserk." It is a moment of time when they lose all control and go berserk. During this time, all of their senses are heightened, they become uncontrollable, and their healing rate is much faster than normal. Going berserk can happen multiple ways: hitting their max threshold for pain, inducing it through the use of drugs and other narcotics, etc.

Weaknesses: Lycans have become amazingly resilient to pain and damage inflicted by human devises due to their fast healing rate. Injuries inflicted by silver however can prove to be fatal if hit in the right spot. As lycans age they begin to gain a certain immunity to the metal.

Wolfsbane is also highly deadly to these creatures. Many people use it as a poison coating for their weapons and as a lycan repellent of sorts on their clothing. The most common way to use it by far is to put it in food or drink that a Lycan is going to consume. The plant when crushed and dried is odorless and tasteless.

Important Notes: Just remember to keep in mind that lycans cannot transform into their hybrid form unless they have gone through the ritual.