#were lore

Werepanthers are far more individualistic than werewolves. While being the alpha’s mate you should meet the clan, it’s not a priority; most of the panthers want to be left alone to do their own thing. So it’s not a priority for them. However, alphas approve all mates, so if it’s serious, at some point you have to present your SO to the alpha. Failure to do so can result in exile from the pack--or worse. The werewolves trust their alpha. They want to meet their alpha’s mate, but they don’t expect you to know them all especially as a non-were. While not being a were could be a big deal, this pack is newly formed and used to doing things differently than ‘tradition’ might dictate. Yay or nay is more of an archaic design. Charleston, for instance, is very much of the opinion that it’s none of the pack’s business who he dates--though the alpha always meets any significant others to judge if they are a liability or risk to the pack. For the werewolves it’s more of meeting the quirky, extended family--once you’re introduced, you’ve already been accepted. It’s getting past the alpha that’s the big step. A nay from the alpha does kill the relationship.

Full moon is still the easiest time for any weres to shift and the most difficult time to not shift–weres with poor control are incapable of not shifting. It tends to be a time for partying or celebration–clan meets are almost always held around the full moon as it’s the time weres feel closest to their wolf-half.Every were pack has different traditions. Out of all the weres, werewolves have the most unified governing body and thus shared celebrations. For the pack in Jericho City, it’s very suburban celebration for most full moons: a backyard barbecue and a pack hunt/run in the woods. The werepanthers in SoS tend to lock themselves away on the fullmoon–that’s when the alpha and his cronies are out and about causing the most ill. Solar eclipses have no significance to weres.

((Realize weres do not find nudity in and of itself scandalous or erotic.))

In summary, many weres of lesser power can only achieve a full beast form. Generally the beast form is a good deal larger than the non-supernatural beast. Ones who can control the shift can, to varying degree of success, do partial shifts. This includes a very powerful hybrid form that is often bipedal with human dexterity in the hands but supernatural beast strength and senses.

That being said, they won’t hesitate to ruin clothes if the need to shift and shift right now. It isn’t always worth the time to strip, and every were has ruined clothes at some point in their life.