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This guy here had been a kind of weird thought I had. You know, the original Werewolf wasn't anything more than a man (not a woman!) who transformed into a wolf with the help of a magical belt made from wolf fur. Nothing more. There was no influence of the moon, no half-man-half-wolf-hybrids, no gruesome transformations. Just a guy putting on a belt and turning into a normal-looking wolf. And, unlike modern depiction, the Werewolves were not mindless beasts- they were humans in the shape of wolves, so they were really smart (and usually tore up chicken coops or killed the livestock of people they didn't like).
On another sidenote, Werewolves and Vampires had nothing to do with each other, with the exception that slightly more modern vampires were able to turn into wolves at will too.
Eventually, the idea with the full-moon transformation came up, but it had been Hollywood that created the idea of this hybrid form, of Werewolves that transform only under the influence of the moon and turned into mindless monsters that could only be killed with a silver bullet, and that were able to transmit the curse via biting (or having others drink their blood).

So I thought: What if you'd draw a Werewolf that comes from a disease?
I designed these Werewolves in a way, making the 'Werewolf' disease like a sort of rabies that creates a form of atavism. Atavism- a modification of the genetic structure that has ancestral traits re-appear.
Which is why my Werewolves are actually man-like baboons. Because no matter how you twist and turn, you can not make a human into a dog. But you can make a human into a monkey- but explain this to some peasants in Europe that have never heard of monkeys that this guy here is not a wolf.

Also, in my version, the person affected with the Werewolf virus can be helped with drugs following the initial infection to prevent a transformation. If not, then the virus will change its host over a long period of several months up to years, turning them into feral-looking baboon-like creatures. Only that most victims do not turn feral. It is painful and fully-formed Werewolves have to suffer through exclusion and stereotypes, though they are absolutely fine mentally.

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Eastern Dragon
Mermaid
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Wyvern

Description
This guy here had been a kind of weird thought I had. You know, the original Werewolf wasn't anything more than a man (not a woman!) who transformed into a wolf with the help of a magical belt made from wolf fur. Nothing more. There was no influence of the moon, no half-man-half-wolf-hybrids, no gruesome transformations. Just a guy putting on a belt and turning into a normal-looking wolf. And, unlike modern depiction, the Werewolves were not mindless beasts- they were humans in the shape of wolves, so they were really smart (and usually tore up chicken coops or killed the livestock of people they didn't like).
On another sidenote, Werewolves and Vampires had nothing to do with each other, with the exception that slightly more modern vampires were able to turn into wolves at will too.
Eventually, the idea with the full-moon transformation came up, but it had been Hollywood that created the idea of this hybrid form, of Werewolves that transform only under the influence of the moon and turned into mindless monsters that could only be killed with a silver bullet, and that were able to transmit the curse via biting (or having others drink their blood).

So I thought: What if you'd draw a Werewolf that comes from a disease?
I designed these Werewolves in a way, making the 'Werewolf' disease like a sort of rabies that creates a form of atavism. Atavism- a modification of the genetic structure that has ancestral traits re-appear.
Which is why my Werewolves are actually man-like baboons. Because no matter how you twist and turn, you can not make a human into a dog. But you can make a human into a monkey- but explain this to some peasants in Europe that have never heard of monkeys that this guy here is not a wolf.

Also, in my version, the person affected with the Werewolf virus can be helped with drugs following the initial infection to prevent a transformation. If not, then the virus will change its host over a long period of several months up to years, turning them into feral-looking baboon-like creatures. Only that most victims do not turn feral. It is painful and fully-formed Werewolves have to suffer through exclusion and stereotypes, though they are absolutely fine mentally.

More Monsters:
Eastern Dragon
Mermaid
Western Dragon
Wyvern