We interrupt this program, again, for the sole purpose of annoying you and keeping you in suspense about what happens next while we force you to read our explanation about werewolves.
The first thing you ought to know about werewolves is that, all that information you've heard or read about them only being vulnerable to silver, silver bullets, and/or wolfsbane? Stuff and nonsense. Eating recently buried corpses? Myth. Unibrows, curved nails, red hair and blue eyes? Not necessarily signs of one. In fact, the only things mythology and classic horror pictures seem to have gotten right are that werewolves become wolves every full moon, their eyes and hair are the same colors as in human form, and they transmit the curse through biting others. Another few symptoms that makes them easier to recognize are longer canine teeth, lessened inhibitions, hyperactivity on the day of the full moon, and a strong preference for having their meat cooked rare. Other than that, they can typically fit in with normal human society.
There seems to be no cure for lycanthropy, and it can be kind of dangerous. For example, if a werewolf bites someone while still in human form, it can lead to the bitten person turning into a biped, hybrid wolf-human creature during the full moon. Regardless of whether they become a full or a half wolf, the transformation process is very painful, and makes them become very savage in wolf form. The best thing for werewolves to do during the full moon is to go deep into any nearby forest, so that they won't bite anyone, except maybe a few deer and rabbits. The only known incident of a werewolf-deer or -rabbit was after the Tunguska explosion, when a whole lot of things went haywire. Thankfully, the deformed animals were soon tracked down and taken care of by the monster world-no, that doesn't mean killed, it means taken to a monster community and hidden from the humans.
Some werewolves let their new species control them, and can become very out of hand. They start acting on instincts more, and can get together and form packs of savages, because they ignore the fact that wolves are generally peaceful creatures.
Mages and alchemists have struggled to find a cure, but lately, there has been some protest about their efforts. Many werewolves in this era have begun to see it as a difference in life, not a disability. They argue that to try and get rid of werewolves is to get rid of a way of life, which they have become accustomed to, and even enjoy. Their senses and physical strength increase as a result of being bitten, they suddenly have their own 'packs' who understand what they are going through, and all it takes is a small sacrifice of a little pain, and one night every month that is not their own. To them, it's worth it. Weirdos.
And now, back to our program.
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