Werewolf: The Forsaken - The Shapes of the Uratha
It is advised that you read the previous blogs before this as this will otherwise contain alien referrences. The Legend of Father Wolf
The Shapes of the Uratha
Shapeshifting, the power gifted to the Uratha by Mother Luna, the spirit of the moon. The Uratha are able to draw on the supernatural power that infuses their bodies with protean properties, allowing them to force muscle and sinew into five distinguishable shapes.
The Shapes of the Uratha
Shapeshifting, the power gifted to the Uratha by Mother Luna, the spirit of the moon. The Uratha are able to draw on the supernatural power that infuses their bodies with protean properties, allowing them to force muscle and sinew into five distinguishable shapes.
- Hishu - The human: The Uratha's natural form indistinguishable from a normal human. Legends are told about people being able to distinguish a werewolf in Hishu form from fingers being the same length or eyebrows growing together, however these features are no more common with the Uratha then with regular humans. A Uratha will general appear as a lean and healthy human while in the Hishu form.
- Dalu – The near-human: Stronger and tougher, but only barely small enough to pass for a human, the Dalu form is the form many Uratha favours in brawls involving normal humans. The Dalu form adds 10-15 centimeters in height and approximately 10-25 kilos of musclemass in compareson to the Hishu form and their senses improve to a lesser degree. Body hair thickens and facial hair becomes prominent even with the female gender. Facial features become angular and lupine and the Uratha gains subtle wolf-like features including elongated fingernails and canine teeth. In the dark the Dalu form would appear as a large person with unusually angular features, however in plain sight the Dalu form may be enough to instil terror into the hearts of weaker men.
- Gauru – The wolf-man: The form of the nightmarish fury and might of the Uratha. The romantic legends of Father Wolf and Mother Luna seem ever so far away in the shadow of this terrofying flame of pure rage, the form of the Uratha which holds closest to that of Father Wolf and that which holds his rage. A werewolf in Gauru form gains around 60-90 centimeters in height and 90-120 kilos of musclemass, truly creating the ultimate hunter. The body is covered in fur in the same coloration as the Urhan form, the head takes the shape of a monstrous wolf, the arms elongate and the hands end in large claws though the werewolf still retains opposable thumbs. The Gauru is able to bite a mans arm clean off with it's enormous jaws, yet it lacks the perceptive senses of the Urhan form. This form is often referred to as "the war form" and with good reason, the Gauru form fills the Uratha with rage to a near-frenxied state, clouding his mind to reason, danger and pain. The Uratha becomes a frenzied monster and will attack anything of hostile nature till the victim is dead or he himself is.
- Urshul – The near-wolf: The Urshul form is another intermediary form of the Uratha, appearing as a large wolf standing at around 1-1,5 meters in height. The Urshul retains many of the features of the Gauru form, though the canine features become even more prominent with less powerful muscles and losing opposable thumbs.
- Urhan – The wolf: The Urhan form usually appears as a normal red or grey wolf, though werewolves from bloodlines from areas with no indigenous wolves may take a shape resembling other canines which are common to their birthplace. The Uratha gains the wolfs perception and even allows him to communicate with other wolves by instinct. The Urhan form is that of a wild beast and can only be mistaken for a domestic dog by people who don’t know the difference between a feral-looking dog and a wolf.
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