Aurora

WHAT'S THE HISTORY OF LYCANS (WEREWOLVES)? Imagine: it's a dark night. The moon is full. Across the water, you hear howling. Do you feel your hands shaking? Probably. Why? Because, naturally, our superstitious minds turn to lycans, or werewolves. But where did werewolves come from? Who-- or what-- are they? What do the stories say about how they're created? And, perhaps most important in our timid imagination, how do you tell if someone's a werewolf? How would you defeat one? Well, I'll tell you. Read on, and I will prepare you for the dark world of the lycanthropes.

Lycans are curious creatures, also named lycanthropes, werewolves, and werwolves. You see, there are many ways to become a werewolf: being bitten or scratched by one, to have a curse placed upon you, to be given the power through sorcery, or to be born a werewolf. According to legends, a silver bullet will kill one. According to legend. I find this very hard to believe. And, I'm sorry folks, there is no cure for lycanthropy. Werewolves constantly regenerate their physical tissue, so they are practically immortal. But there are some ways to kill one. Any wound that completely destroys the heart or brain will kill one, like decapitation. Some interesting facts about werewolves are that they have a mental link between them, a form of telepathy, which enables them to hunt and perform more efficiently. Because of this psychic link, if one of them dies the others feel it. Christian things like holy water, crosses, and the bible will NOT kill one. They find this prospect offensive. And they do NOT have to transform into a wolf on the full moon, despite popular belief, though some have to transform at certain points in lunar cycles and the call of another wolf.

Despite what others would have you believe, it is very easy to tell if someone's a werewolf. If they have an increase in violence and aggression, unprevoked rages, insomnia, and increased restlessness, chances are the person is a lycan. But these symptoms can be brought under control over time.