Werewolf
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Werewolf
{{werewolfMain|size: large; margin-left: 10px; float: right}}Werewolves are the predominant species of werecreature in the Teen Wolf universe. They are also the first supernatural beings to be introduced in the series.
 
There are three known means to become a werewolf on theTeen show.Wolf. One can be born with the werewolf trait by inheriting their lycanthropy from their parents. A human can be turned into a werewolf from [[alphas+the bite|the bite of an alpha]]. or from being scratched. The third is by drinking rain water from a wolf's pawprint.
 
A werewolf functions best whenas being part of a pack. OnDuring the full moon, their abilities and animal instincts are at their peak even more so during the supermoon, while during a lunar eclipse, they lose all their power. A werewolf is the same class of werecreature as its [[werecoyote]] cousin. It is assumed they have a similar relationship with the [[lowenmensch]] hybrid.
 
Series
The main protagonist [[Scott McCall]] becomes a werewolf after being [[alphas+the bite|bitten]] in [[1x01 - Wolf Moon|the series' pilot]]. [[Derek Hale]] is a werewolf by birth, his lycanthropy passed down through his family line. [[Peter Hale]] is the werewolf responsible for biting Scott and a major antagonist. In later seasons, [[Liam Dunbar]] and [[Hayden Romero]] become new werewolves after both being bitten by Scott himself. [[Season 5]] features the most infamous werewolf thatin everhistory, lived, [[la bete du gevaudan|the Beast of Gévaudan]].
 
History
{{wolfOrigin|size: medium; margin-right: 10px; float: left}}According to legend, werewolves first came to be during the age of the titans. 
 
The Greek cannibal Lycaon was one of many who worshiped the titans rather than the gods of Olympus. Lycaon would also challenge the gods. One day, Lycaon invited the god of the sky and thunder, Zeus, to join him and his fifty offspring at a banquet. He tested Zeus by serving him a dish of human flesh. Zeus, disgusted, blew the banquet up with lightning then punished Lycaon by transforming he and his kin into wolves.
 
Afterwards, Lycaon and his sons sought out [[druid|druids]] with the hopes that the priests could cure them of their curse. It was rumored that the druids knew how to shapeshift. Though this wasn't possible the druids were able to teach them to shift back and forth between human and wolf form. Subsequently, the werewolf species was born. 
 
Because of this earlier relationship between the older Wolves and the druids, an alliance formed between the two people which persisted throughout time. Traditionally, druids served the packs as advisors.
 
{{beastMarie|size: medium; margin-left: 10px; float: right}}In eighteenth century France, in the province of Gévaudan, the most infamous werewolf in history, [[la bete du Gévaudan|Sebastien Valet]], a serial killer, transformed and began to ravage the surrounding area, killing his way up to hundreds of people. Finally, Sebastien was slain by his sister [[Marie-Jeanne Valet|Marie-Jeanne]] by a [[The Pike|mystical pike]].
 
From then on particularly, werewolves came to be vilified as monsters of legend. Marie-Jeanne became the progenitor of the Argent family line of werewolf hunters, whom then became the first organized group of [[hunters]] and a history of animosity and vendetta between the prominent clans of hunters and the werewolves occurred up to the present day.
 
Description

{{wolfCommunity|size: medium; margin-right: 10px; float: left}}"We're stronger in numbers. A pack makes the individual more powerful." - [[Derek Hale]]
"We all know a pack is strongest due to its individual parts. The stronger the individual parts, the greater the whole." - [[Deucalion]], the Demon Wolf

Having been in existence for generations, the werewolf community, alongside their neighboring shapeshifters, have their own culture and social customs, protocols and rituals.
 
Like the human population, werewolves are a social race. They have an instinctive camaraderie and kinship towards their fellows. The majority of the canine shapeshifter community are members of a pack. All members of the international community of the shapeshifters, even the lone wolves, respect this hierarchy. To some werewolves, the triskele symbol represents the three categories of their people: alpha, beta and omega.
 
There is a strong cultural belief among the international werewolf families that their lycanthropy and canine abilities bind them together in a strong sense of familial unity. Those who are born werewolves or the more relatively experienced of them have been shown to go out of their way to come to the aid of those who are former humans bitten by an alpha to help them learn control of their abilities and inherent aggression so as not to draw attention to themselves, whether from the general human population and by extension, hunters. This is exemplified by Derek's actions and words towards Scott explaining that the two of them were now brothers. Werewolves also demonstrate immense protective streaks towards those close and dear to them, and alliances between packs when fending off a common enemy also occur. [[Scott's pack]] and [[Satomi's pack]] immediately formed an solid alliance against a squad of hunters who were out for payment from the [[deadpool]] and remain on good terms. In a higher priority example, delegations from the packs lead by [[Talia Hale]], [[Deucalion]], [[Kali]] and [[Ennis]] all converged together to discuss the threat of the Argent hunter family operating in the region. 
 
It is also not unusual for lone wolves to seek out packs to join for refuge, for help in learning control of their animalistic aggression and blend in with human society more efficiently. In other cases, visitors could offer their aid to packs in need, though the primary reason will mostly be because of this instinctive need for companionship. It is uncommon for a werewolf to live and operate alone by choice.
 
Despite this code of loyalty, werewolves are still a predatory species. They are shown to be not just competitive but violent by nature.
 
In the earlier times, due to the active threat of the hunters, werewolves have sought to survive by loosening their ties to humanity and embracing, and indulging in their animalistic bloodlust to hone their abilities, evolve and become stronger. This survival-of-the-fittest mentality is steadfastly believed in by the more corrupt and depraved of them, like [[Peter Hale]] or [[the Alpha Pack]]. To evolve, the pack would carry out a rite of passage. The lead alpha would bite a human, then have the new beta progeny participate in a kill alongside the alpha as an initiation into the pack. This ritual was carried out by [[Peter Hale]] when he'd bitten Scott McCall so to have Scott "reach (his) full potential" whilst on his murder spree. [[The twins]] relayed they learned control of their lycanthropy simply by "giving in and letting go." Likewise, when Scott let his anger take over whilst about to savage an assassin that was about to execute preteen Lori Talbot out of injustice and anger. His violent action triggered a transformation into a more monstrous form but regressed when he regained control of himself and spared the man's life. 
 
Werewolves can also be drawn towards and aroused by the concept of having power. Specifically of gaining alpha rank, so killing an alpha to usurp his alpha spark is a common crime in the international community of werewolves. More to the point of gaining power, the three senior members of the Alpha Pack, Deucalion, Kali and Ennis eagerly indulged in the concept of wielding supreme power, augmenting their alpha powers by killing all of their pack members then forming a pack of alphas. Conflict and skirmishes between rival packs in the manner of a war between gangs for political reasons and survival also occur. This is displayed by the behavior of Deucalion's Alpha Pack when they took notice of responding to Derek's rise to alpha rank and their feud with the members of the Hale and McCall packs.

"Hide and heal. That's what we're taught to do when the hunters find us. - [[Cora Hale]]

The majority of werewolves generally do not get along with hunters of the supernatural as they are a prime target for hunters especially since the bloodbath by the Beast of Gévaudan. Most of them are erstwhile enemies of the hunters. Vendetta is also common occurrence amongst the werewolf population mostly due to the hunters' warning and threats and they will symbolize this with the spiral symbol. 
 
Transformation
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Real world mythology
In actual mythology, werewolves are susceptible to silver.