| Werewolf | |
|---|---|
| Species information | |
| Sentience |
Sentient |
| Skin colour |
Varies |
| Eye colour |
Varies |
| Hair colour |
Varies |
| Related species |
Humans |
| Distinction |
Creatures able to take the form of a human or a wolf |
| Status |
Extant |
| . | |
- "Because according to Gervase of Tilbury a werewolf who hasn't been bitten himself needs to be initiated. That means you can have the werewolf virus all your life but never even know it because it's never activated. Generations of Smallwoods have lived and died, but the virus was dormant in them because they didn't know the secret of waking it up."
- —Stefan Salvatore[src]
A werewolf is a supernatural being with the power to shift from the form of a human to that of a wolf. The virus (also known as lycanthropy[1]) can be passed by two ways; being bitten by a werewolf, or inheriting the virus from a parent.[2] A woman who becomes pregnant with a werewolf's children shifts form uncontrollably before obtaining the power to choose to be fully human or fully wolf.[3]
Notable werewolves
- Jacob Smallwood (bitten)
- Thomas Holloway (unknown)
- Tyler Smallwood (activated)
Inactivated
Notes and references
- ↑ Gwen Sawicki: But that horrid disease wasn't lycanthropy – being a werewolf, right? (The Return: Midnight - Chapter 22)
- ↑ Stefan Salvatore: Because according to Gervase of Tilbury a werewolf who hasn't been bitten himself needs to be initiated. That means you can have the werewolf virus all your life but never even know it because it's never activated. Generations of Smallwoods have lived and died, but the virus was dormant in them because they didn't know the secret of waking it up. But the man in the raincoat knew. He knew that you have to kill and taste fresh blood. After that, at the first full moon you can change. (Dark Reunion - Chapter 10)
- ↑ Elena Gilbert: Damon says that having a werewolf baby turns you into a werewolf even faster than if you're bitten, and that at some point in the pregnancy you gain the power to be all wolf or all human, but before that point you're just a mixed-up mess. (The Return: Shadow Souls - Chapter 1)