Lycanthrope

Nothing will tear apart a commune or village as fast as the threat of lycanthrope will. The mere mention of lycanthropy can send a village into pure hysteria, and people accused of having the curse have been hanged on the mere possibility of having it. This ancient curse festers inside a humanoid and pulls them down into savagery, a humanoid afflicted by this curse might be able to resist their bestial urges for a time being, but in the end, they all perish into depravity. The inhumanity of lycanthrope comes with the full moon, where all lycanthropes are forced into their bestial forms where they have been known to ravage villages and countrysides against their will.
A lycanthrope is created when a humanoid is bitten by another lycanthrope, they are cursed by a powerful being, or is born of two lycanthropes. Their humanoid nature can only be returned to them via powerful magics, like remove curse or wish. The longer a humanoid has been afflicted with lycanthropy they can grow small resemblances of their bestial forms, like intense eyes that might reflect in the dark, or grow hairier.
Some of those afflicted end up killing themselves to save those around them, some are hanged by the commune if their secret comes out, and some embrace their new darkened existence and hunt those they once loved. Lycanthropes often have to move around the world to stay alive, as once they have fed upon an inhabitant, the witch trials begin and they are likely to be found out.

Transmission & Vectors

The curse is transmitted with a bite from another lycanthrope. The wound will blister and burn for the next hour after the incident, the muscles around the wound will begin to spasm and after a while, the whole body will become tense and twitchy. An afflicted will experience an ever focusing sight, growing pains in their spine, and extreme headaches. Their smell might become heightened and their sight might change the color spectrum. Over the course of 24 hours, their bones will crack, their teeth will break and fall out, their muscles and skin will transmute and their eyes will begin to boil, slowly draining from the sockets. Once these 24 hours are over most of the transformation is done and the body has fully adapted the curse, though many have been known to take their own life from the pain alone.

Type

Magical

Origin

Divine

Cycle

Chronic, Acquired & Congenital

Rarity

Rare