Werewolves by Graeme Davis

Author:Graeme Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Werewolves a Hunter’s Guide
ISBN: 9781472808608
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

A depiction of an 18th-century obsessive werewolf from Sweden. Since stories of werewolves were often used in centuries past to justify the actions of cannibals and serial killers, it is often difficult to determine actual accounts of an obsessive werewolf. (Mary Evans)

Lone Werewolves

Like wolves, werewolves are instinctively social beings, and the lone werewolf of horror literature and films reflects a small minority of actual cases of lycanthropy.

When a lone werewolf is encountered in the field, it is usually a newly infected viral werewolf. The individual was usually infected by accident, having survived an attack that was intended to be fatal, and has received no post-infection care or training. Ignorant, confused, and frightened, the werewolf becomes a solitary drifter, living on the move in order to avoid detection.

These untrained werewolves are usually a danger to themselves and others, transforming uncontrollably at the time of the full moon and unable to resist the instinct to attack humans and livestock. While they can be extremely dangerous when cornered, they pose a far greater threat by leaving human survivors who become werewolves in their turn. An outbreak can spiral out of control very rapidly if left unchecked.

A few shamanic werewolves live alone through choice, normally choosing remote locations in sparsely inhabited forests or mountains. These individuals are usually more shaman than werewolf, using a number of animal avatars and with no particular preference for wolves. Shamans who favor the wolf form tend to form packs of their own, or associate with wild wolf packs, preferring remote locations in both cases. In recent decades, though, some urban shamans have formed packs in a few of the larger cities, including San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon.

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