Wereshark
A Wereshark is a kind of lycanthrope that changes between a humanoid form and the form of a shark. Lycanthropes are creatures that can shift between their original humanoid form and an animal form, most often a wolf, as with the werewolves, or another predator.1
Two forms
In humanoid form a wereshark looks like a person with sharp features, often with keen eyes, sleek hair and perhaps something faintly of the sea about them. Weresharks may be drawn to coastal regions and may swim exceptionally well.1
When the change comes, the limbs stretch and become powerful fins, the skin takes on the texture of shark scales and the teeth turn razor-sharp. The eyes go a cold, predatory black, and the senses sharpen for hunting under water.1
The curse
Like other lycanthropes, weresharks are bound to the phases of the moon and change against their will during certain lunar cycles. Much like the werewolves of the northern lands, though, they can win full or partial control over the curse through the wisdom of the Fraza. A victim who already carries the blood of the Fran gains control of the change naturally.1
CHOMPS
One night, as moonlight spilled across the waters of Dark Water Bay, CHOMPS went into the bay and met a wereshark there, a savage blend of man and shark. Its saw-like teeth sank deep into his flesh, and the curse of lycanthropy passed to him.2
Notes
Sources
This article draws on:
- MCMercenary Compendium(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 38-39
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