What are the traits of a werewolf?

They are not easily intimidated and seldom care what others think of them. Because of their“Keep to myself” tendencies and their stoic attitude, they are often viewed as unfriendly and cold. In reality, werewolves are very loyal to the select few they accept into their circle.
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What are the symptoms of a werewolf?

During 1563, a Lutheran physician named Johann Weyer wrote that werewolves had an imbalance in their melancholic humour and exhibited the physical symptoms of paleness, "a dry tongue and a great thirst" as well as sunken, dim and dry eyes.
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What are the physical characteristics of a werewolf?

Werewolves were said in European folklore to bear tell-tale physical traits even in their human form. These included the meeting of both eyebrows at the bridge of the nose, curved fingernails, low-set ears and a swinging stride.
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What are werewolves known for?

Werewolves (literally "man-wolves") are shape-shifting creatures with unusual speed, strength, reflexes, and senses. They can be found in countless books, films, and television shows, from the horror classic, "The Wolf Man," to the "Twilight" and "Underworld" series.
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What are the strengths of a werewolf?

Strengths
  • Speed: One of the greatest strengths of a werewolf is its speed. ...
  • Reflexes: Werewolves have incredibly fast reflexes. ...
  • Strength: Werewolves are much stronger than humans. ...
  • Teeth: When a human changes into a werewolf their teeth will lengthen, sharpen, and harden. ...
  • Durability: Werewolves have very thick hides.
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What are werewolf weaknesses?

Weaknesses. Silver - A werewolf's main weakness is their vulnerability to silver or any object containing silver, as they can be killed or harmed with a variety of silver objects like silver stakes, knives, bullets, axes, letter openers, handcuffs, spoons, forks, etc, even the mere contact with silver will hurt them.
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Are werewolves good?

In many depictions, werewolves are evil -- they kill animals and innocent people, sometimes for fun. But in some books and films, werewolves are good, or at least sympathetic. They stir the audience's compassion, largely because of their struggles to accept or control their lycanthropy.
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How is werewolf created?

According to the legend, Lycaon, the son of Pelasgus, angered the god Zeus when he served him a meal made from the remains of a sacrificed boy. As punishment, the enraged Zeus turned Lycaon and his sons into wolves. Werewolves also emerged in early Nordic folklore.
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How does someone become a werewolf?

To become a werewolf, it is necessary to be bitten by a werewolf in their wolfish form at the time of the full moon. When the werewolf's saliva mingles with the victim's blood, contamination will occur.
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What does the werewolf symbolize?

Often associated with untamed energies, trickery or deceit, and the underbelly of primal human instincts, the werewolf can be interpreted as the struggle between (and the integration of) both "good" and "evil" within a human being - the inescapable and uncontrollable nature of our raw emotional urges, whether sexual, ...
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Do werewolves have powers in human form?

Even in human form, they appear to possess all of these abilities, though not as powerful as other supernatural creatures. Some werewolves have shown the ability to sense illness and, in one case, the onset of an epileptic seizure.
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How does a werewolf become an Alpha?

In order to become an Alpha, a Werewolf has to kill another Alpha to attain their position as leader of a pack or form a new pack by gaining the loyalty of other Werewolves. But also, Omega, Betas, and even Purebreds an become Alpha Werewolves without having to steal or take that power and status.
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What is a female werewolf called?

In mythology and literature, a werewoman or were-woman is a woman who has taken the form of an animal through a process of lycanthropy.
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Can werewolves talk?

Assuming the rest of the vocal apparatus is human-shaped and has comparable features, yes, they would be able to talk. Vocal resonation would be quite off, and the pitch would likely be higher - rather than growl, your average werewolf would tend to yip (but that may vary as it depends on several other factors).
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What do werewolves like eating?

They'd hunt animals for food and return that food to their friends. So what do werewolves in folklore eat? We see werewolves eat animals (cattle, sheep, etc.) a lot, but we virtually never get an actual depiction of a werewolf eating a person from these time periods.
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How do I get the werewolf curse?

* A person could become a werewolf in a number of ways: if he was cursed, drank water from a wolf's pawprint, ate the meat of an animal killed by a wolf, wore a girdle made of wolfskin, or used a magic salve.
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What types of werewolves are there?

They have two forms: that of a human and that of a human/wolf hybrid. The method of changing is different from other shapeshifters as they cannot, for the most part, control when they transform.
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Are werewolves immortal?

In the Underworld franchise, Werewolves are biologically immortal transgenics, as opposed to supernaturally immortal creatures of pop culture. In the novelizations, all Werewolves have cobalt eyes and foam at the mouth, much like rabid animals.
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Are you a werewolf?

Are You A Werewolf? is a deception party game for 7-15 players. Players are assigned roles secretly. Most players are Villagers, two or three will be Werewolves. The Villagers try to figure out who the werewolves are during the day, and the Werewolves eat the Villagers at night.
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What are werewolves afraid of?

Werewolves dislike the smell of a plant called wolfsbane and will stay away if it's nearby. They also hate to be around objects made from silver or iron.
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Who was the first werewolf in history?

One of the earliest known werewolf legends comes from Greek mythology. According to the legend, a man named Lycaon angered Zeus, the Lord of the Gods, when he served Zeus a meal made from human flesh. As punishment, the enraged Zeus turned Lycaon into a wolf.
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What does a werewolf look like in human form?

When in human form, werewolves look and act like any normal human being, although they usually appear to be ill around nights when there is a full moon. When in wolf form, the werewolf does keep the mind of human but will only attack those who anger it or take a member of its pack.
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Are there friendly werewolves?

Some werewolves are friendly and easy to get along with. Advertisement: How and why a certain werewolf, or pack of werewolves, acts with kindness varies, although at least some of it may be traced back to mankind's longstanding relationship with dogs.
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How tall is a werewolf?

In Glabro form, the near human form, a werewolf would be up to 7.5 feet tall and 400lbs. In Hispo form, the dire wolf form, you're 4-6 feet tall (at the shoulder) and up to 800lbs. Now, throw in the Huge Size merit and your Homid form goes up to 7 feet / 400lbs.
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