Lycanthropy

Lycanthropy was an abnormal condition that has occurred all around Indarus affecting man and elf alike turning them into 'were-beasts', mostly a werewolf. It was thought to effect one in every thousand, and it was also thought to be transmitted by touch.

Lycanthropy causes the infected to transform into a horrifying were-beast every full moon. It has also been documented that lycanthopes can change into their beast form at will, leading to the deaths of many after being detained in human form.

By 1623, the Silver Reapers had been though to have successfully detained and killed many lycanthropes, and records of were-beasts being encountered dramatically decreased.

Lycanthropes were thought to have silver weapons as their only weakness, this is why the Silver Reapers and other werewolf-hunting guilds carry silver swords. There are some accounts of lycanthopes only truly being dead once slain with a silver weapon, most notably the 'Ballad of Jon Vaen'.