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Lycanthropes are one of the three main races/groups lead by the Lords of Shadow. They are ruled by the Lycanthrope Dark Lord Cornell.
Background
When the spirit of Cornell left his body, all of his strength and anger was left behind giving birth to the Lycanthrope Dark Lord.
Lycanthropes come about in two possible ways. The first are humans that have been poisoned with an infectious disease known as the 'werewolf influenza', which is transmitted, in most cases, by the bite of another Lycanthrope. There is an old saying that goes like this, 'If you are bitten by a Lycan, better to let it gnaw,' and like most proverbers, it is probably true. Once infected with the disease, the transformation processcan be completed in only a few minutes, after which the victim's mind whill have been replaced with the savage intrincts of a ruthless predator.
The second are those spawned from the Dark Lord himself, the Greater or 'pureblood' Lycanthropes. In these cases, their condition is not considered a disease, as the tranformation process has been deliberately chosen. The endowment of lycanthropy, however, is given to just anyone by the werewolf Dark Lord, and only a handful of his more loyal accolytes hve received such a gift. The Dark Lord keeps these elite guards for special missions, and they are not only fearsome but incredibly intelligent and formidable foes in combat.
Types
- Greater Lcanthrope
- Great Warg