Lycanthrope Society?
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:05 am
Always been wanting to ask this but since haven read in a Thread that Lycanthropes will be playable in the Dark City server I can't help asking how their society works on Avlis?
I mean there are several kinds of Lycanthropes of which the three most known are the Werewolves, Werecats and Wererats and somehow I cannot imagine them all having the same livestyle.
I for instance in a nutshell see their society like this (Lycanthrope fan so I did give this some thought):
- The Werewolves are savage brutes who prefer to live in packs where the strongest rules with an iron fist. They feel a great animosity towards anything not of their breed or pack and are prone to attack on sight. When they mix with other species (take Humans and the likes) they tend to keep with their own kind, within the rougher parts of the city...and drive anything else of with a heavy fist.
- The Werecats on the other hand are the loners and scholars of the Lycanthropes. They are well-manered and less prone to attack but like a cat they tend towards playful sadism when they get their claws around somebody 'interesting'. When amongst other species they tend to keep to themselves as always and visit the libraries or take up some culture.
- The Wererats are the most irregular bunch of the Lycanthropes. Their leaders change with the winds mostly by the murderous claws of one of his subjects. Oppurtunists and cowards by heart they would even sell their own nests to save their lives...or make a profitable deal. When mixing with other species they are cunning creatures, thieves and murderers, and are thus mostly found in the dark alleys and sewers...where they belong.
Is this short asessment of how I view Lycanthropic societies correct or am I looking at it completely the wrong way?
I mean there are several kinds of Lycanthropes of which the three most known are the Werewolves, Werecats and Wererats and somehow I cannot imagine them all having the same livestyle.
I for instance in a nutshell see their society like this (Lycanthrope fan so I did give this some thought):
- The Werewolves are savage brutes who prefer to live in packs where the strongest rules with an iron fist. They feel a great animosity towards anything not of their breed or pack and are prone to attack on sight. When they mix with other species (take Humans and the likes) they tend to keep with their own kind, within the rougher parts of the city...and drive anything else of with a heavy fist.
- The Werecats on the other hand are the loners and scholars of the Lycanthropes. They are well-manered and less prone to attack but like a cat they tend towards playful sadism when they get their claws around somebody 'interesting'. When amongst other species they tend to keep to themselves as always and visit the libraries or take up some culture.
- The Wererats are the most irregular bunch of the Lycanthropes. Their leaders change with the winds mostly by the murderous claws of one of his subjects. Oppurtunists and cowards by heart they would even sell their own nests to save their lives...or make a profitable deal. When mixing with other species they are cunning creatures, thieves and murderers, and are thus mostly found in the dark alleys and sewers...where they belong.
Is this short asessment of how I view Lycanthropic societies correct or am I looking at it completely the wrong way?