Lycanthrophy
Lycanthropy is a curse that can afflict individuals granting them shapeshifting as well as new traits and abilities.
On a daily basis, those afflicted will have to confront the curse and the desires it brings. Most cursed humanoids will give in and allow themselves to be permanently changed by the curse allowing it to turn them into predators always looking for a weak target.
Some will try to suppress it and ignore it, but will always be tormented by nightmares of the times they lost control. A small few will grapple with and master their curse, able to fluidly move through their human, animal, hybrid forms as they see appropriate and live mostly normal lives.
Those that master their curse are the rare exception.
All Lycanthropes face a test every month when the moon is full and the beast inside is at its strongest. This is when those who fail to control it are stripped of their humanity and do whatever their nature guides.
There are even Lycanthropes who are unaware of their condition that go out to prowl on the night of a full moon who experience fugue-like symptoms when they become human again. They may even try to invent stories to justify the gaps in their memory.
Transmission & Vectors
The Curse of Lycanthropy spreads two ways: bite and tusk attacks as natural weapons inherent to a Lycanthrope’s transformation or being born into the curse as the child of a Lycanthrope.
The risk of being infected with Lycanthropy is decided by the victim's overall physical health. Lycanthropes can spread their curse quickly, but each subsection of the curse has its own set of feelings about that, which we’ll discuss further.
Treatment
The most common remedy for lycanthropy is a potion called "Midnight", made by crushing ebony flowers, Duskweed, and a piece of Agni Mani, a rare pitch-black gemstone made from meteorite glass. The resulting powder is then mixed with a strong alcohol such as Absinthe or Vodka. However, there are folk tales of Lycans being cured by magical methods or by prayers to the gods.
Type
Supernatural
Origin
Mutated
Rarity
Rare
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