Alphas+Roar
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Alphas+Roar
{{314image28|size: medium; margin-right: 10px; float: left}}The alpha's roar is their primary supernaturalfeature. ability. By roaring, an alpha asserts their dominance, rank and power over fellow shapeshifters or pack mates. The roar can also be used for a number of different effects against other beings.creatures.
 
Using their roar, an alpha can empower and stimulate their [[betas]] so they can accomplish high level tasks, heightening their strength, power and fortitude in dangerous situations such as being able to fight back against enemies. AnThe alpha will also roar in to restrain potentially aggressive shapeshifters, or those who are rulled by their bloodlust by forcing them into submission or weakening them.
 
In [[1x07 - Night School]], [[Peter Hale]] was able to force Scott[[Scott McCall]] - his werewolf progeny - to shift into his werewolf shape by roaring. PeterHe was then able to place himScott under a form of [[mind control]]. [[Deucalion]] also roared to force Scott to shapeshift in [[3x12 - Lunar Ellipse]]. In [[2x02 - Shape-Shifted]], Derek Hale roared at his newlynewly-turned turned beta [[Isaac Lahey]] who was under the sway of the full moon and Isaac became rational again.
 
OnceAfter Scott becomesbecame a [[True Alpha]] and gains a pack comprised of members of several different species (werewolf, coyote, human, banshee, kitsune), his roar has specifically been shown to work in the manner of a clarion call as well as for the usual effects.
 
Scott was able to force [[Malia Tate]] to shift from her full coyote form to her human guise with his roar in [[3x14 - More Bad than Good]]. Simultaneously, his voice affected and empoweredstimulated Isaac allowing the latter to break free of a bear trap. His roar was also clearly heard by his packmates [[Stiles Stilinski]] and [[Lydia Martin]] despite both of them being miles away from Scott's location at the time and theythem simply being only a human and banshee respectively. For weeks afterwards, Malia was unable to accesstrrigger her shifting afterward until Scott stepped up to mentor her.
 
In [[3x22 - De-Void]], Scott roared while [[The Mind Meld|inside Stiles' subconscious]]. Stiles responded to Scott's voice and was then able to break free of the Nogitsune's possession.
 
In [[5x15 - Amplification]], Scott let out a roar while he and his beta [[Liam Dunbar]] were being electrocuted by [[Eichen House]] security guards. His roar boosted both their preternatural strength and endurance, and both werewolves overcame the electricity and single-handedly knocked the guards unconscious. His roar also affected his pack members: Malia responded with her werecoyote eyes glowing brighter and he was clearly heard by Stiles and [[Kira Yukimura]].