Full Moon Grove

• Home of the Lycanthropes of Oroccid who cannot remove the curse (meaning BORN with the curse)
• There are also many who came here to get away from anti-human sentiments in Oroccid towns and accept Lycanthropic curse
• They live here most of the time, but all return here during FULL MOON to either hunker down or hunt in areas without active settlements nearby
• Most outsider people avoid the forest, and believe it is HAUNTED
• Location of the village IS SECRET to keep out Monster hunters
• OUTSIDERS have not found the Grove for many years, formerly they would turn any outsiders into Lycans and force them to join, now they are uncertain as Chieftain Perry Perry Draugluin - Human M - Weretiger - LYCAN TRIBAL LEADER has reformed a lot of their ways to protect the pact and the outside world from Lycanthropy
• Primary Language is SILVAN (though they also understand COMMON)
• MOST lycans are HUMAN in the Grove (but not actually human because they are lycans).

Lycanthropes

• Evil lycanthropes hide among normal folk, emerging in animal form at night to spread terror and bloodshed, especially under a full moon. Good lycanthropes are reclusive and uncomfortable around other civilized creatures, often living alone in wilderness areas far from villages and towns.

Curse of Lycanthropy.

• A lycanthrope can either resist its curse or embrace it. By resisting the curse, a lycanthrope retains its normal alignment and personality while in humanoid form. It lives its life as it always has, burying deep the bestial urges raging inside it. However, when the full moon rises, the curse becomes too strong to resist, transforming the individual into its beast form — or into a horrible hybrid form that combines animal and humanoid traits. When the moon wanes, the beast within can be controlled once again. Especially if the cursed creature is unaware of its condition, it might not remember the events of its transformation, though those memories often haunt a lycanthrope as bloody dreams.
• Some individuals see little point in fighting the curse and accept what they are. With time and experience, they learn to master their shapechanging ability and can assume beast form or hybrid form at will. Most lycanthropes that embrace their bestial natures succumb to bloodlust, becoming evil, opportunistic creatures that prey on the weak.

ADDING TO THE PACK

• When the pack encounters a new Lycanthrope, they demand they stay in the grove
• They want to maintain the secret of the grove so Monster hunters don't destroy them
• They also want to ensure the new Lycan can master their abilities before they venture into the outside world. If they cannot, they are forced to stay with the pack who can control them when they turn
• Want a larger, more powerful PACK to protect themselves, but also to hunt down wild/evil lycanthropes who have been entering Oroccid from an unknown source

THE OLD HUNTING PARTY - Followers of Malar

• Led by Blanca Blanca Colmillo - Human F - Weretiger - Hunting Party leader
• Group members were chosen because they were a bit more bloodthirsty and chaos/evil aligned, Perry thought it was a good outlet for them
• Relatively new group, founded to search surrounding area for threats and keep outsiders AWAY
• Came across a group of THE HUNTERS The Hunters - Cult of Malar while venturing upon the Plateaus, were intrigued by sect and talk of hunting god Malar
• Allied themselves with The Hunters, including their search for Aasimar who could lead them to Eldath's hidden city
• Blanca knew alliance with The Hunters would not sit well with Chiefton Perry, has kept it quiet, even while putting out feelers to see if any other Lycans from the grove might join them
• Stole Harkon's Bite and placed in woods as a trap for outsiders, hoping to create more Lycans to join ranks of Hunter aligned Lycans
• After events with THE RECOMPENSATORS, were executed by Chieftain Perry's soldiers
• Only Lobar was spared as he might be able to lead the Party to the Hunters (Malar Group), though Lyka wanted to see him killed for his crimes

SHIFTERS (often children of Lycanthropes and Humanoids)

• Shifters are sometimes called weretouched, as they are descendants of people who contracted full or partial lycanthropy. Humanoids with a bestial aspect, shifters can’t fully change shape, but they can temporarily enhance their animalistic features by entering a state they call shifting.
• Shifters are similar to humans in height and build but are typically more lithe and flexible. Their facial features have a bestial cast, often with large eyes and pointed ears; most shifters also have prominent canine teeth. They grow fur-like hair on nearly every part of their bodies. While a shifter’s appearance might remind an onlooker of an animal, they remain clearly identifiable as shifters even when at their most feral.

• Most shifters resemble a particular kind of lycanthrope. You can choose the kind of lycanthrope in your past, or you can determine it randomly by rolling on the Lycanthrope Ancestor table. The table also provides a suggestion for the Shifting option you might have as a result of your ancestry.

FEYWILD HISTORY (taken from Lycanthropes of the Feywild)

• Legend says that the first lycanthropes were mages that found themselves trapped in the Feywild, unable to return home. To survive in the strange new lands, where Fae magic was a constant threat upon their lives, and nature itself dominated all life, the mages sought to harness the power of the wilds around them, to enhance their forms with the unique abilities found in the creatures of the Feywild. Sadly, they did not fully understand the wild magic of the land, and when the first mage attempted to grant himself enhanced strength, agility, and durability to match the ever-present dire-wolves tarrying their every step, the spell grew out of control, and the mage not only was granted the feats he had wanted, but a beastiial spirit as well, one that took hold of his mind and his heart, turning him into the very creature he wished to dominate.
• The mages created the first werewolf, and as his allies attempted to control and fix their friend, they themselves were cursed with beastial spirits, not knowing wounds from their ally would transfer his curse.
• Despite the side-effects, the lycanthropes were now able to thrive in the Feywild, spawning many clans over millennia, abandoning the old spell-casting ways in favor of the power their new forms granted them.
• It is said the first lycanthropes crossed over to Terus from the Feywild hundreds of years ago, finding themselves in the Cram Forest near Chalinos
• The magic of the protection stones kept from entering or attacking the town, and the Elves of Lithserin, learning of the lycanthropes in their forest, sought to destroy them.
• Trapped between the barrier of the Chalinos Stones and the assault of the elves, the lycanthropes fled east toward the Nalied Desert, and most believed they perished in the desolate wastelands.
• Others say a group survived and established a sanctuary somewhere in Oroccid