Worgen



This information pertains to the breed of Skinwalkers known as the Worgen or Witchwolves. For the playable race, see Worgen (Playable).

The Worgen are descendants from the Werwulves or they could be new of the Generation themselves. Known as Worgen in Anglish, they are children who have received the gift of transforming into werewolves. In the lands of the Caliphrate they are known as the ''hombres-lobo. In the land of the Sovereign Mages, they are known as the loupe garou''. And in the lands of Hellas, they are known as the Lycanthropes. In Deutschland, they are known as the Werwulves.

At first, the werewolves, men who changed into wolves, were thought of as tales to scare children and old wives. However, with the Saxon, Angle, and Jute invasion of the Blessed Isles, everything had changed. People have witnessed men and women change into wolves. At first, people thought that they were supernatural, but some found out that some of these werwulves would apply an herbal salve that contained ergot rot and shapechange while wearing wolfskins. Others, it was found out, made pacts with demons or the fae to gain the powers to shapechange into animals. Wolves being the most common (among the Giants of the North, it was the power to change into bears).

Somehow, the curse passed on to their descendants and they've become the Worgen. Lately, the Worgen of Hastings have developed a partial cure to the curse that was passed down, allowing them to retain their sanity even while transformed. These worgen have formed a pack known as the Hastings Worgen.

Appearance
The worgen of Caithness can alternate from human and their humanoid lupine forms after being "infected" with the curse. As humans, they can appear as humans do, but anytime they feel intense emotion (including love) the wolf is unleashed that they become humanoid lupines. Apparently, the worgen form becomes the baseline form, and the human form the transformation.