The Hidden Realm of the Werewolf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In The Begining | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the begining there were the lush fields and forests of Europe: Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Poland and Austria were their territory. Life was far simpler and conflict was rare. Each pack knew its territory and observed and respected the territory of the other packs within their alliance. The only conflicts arose either when a member of one pack strayed from his land and hunted within the territory of another ally or when packs from one alliance openly infringed upon a rival pack. In the case of a single intruder, this was often dealt with quickly and severely. The offender became a warning to others, a lesson to all, of what happens when one becomes careless and forgets the rules. Contrary to human behavior, the death of this intruder was accepted by his pack as being the consequence of his actions. They fully realized that, if a member of the other pack had ventured into their territory, he or she would have met the same fate. In the case of forays against rival packs, the risks were great. Often times, many members of the raiding pack would be destroyed, severely weakening the pack and leaving it vulnerable to attack by the rival pack. In the case of attack, the outcome could be the driving off of the weaker pack from the area or the absorption of its members into the raiding pack after the leaders had been driven off or destroyed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The rules governing the behavior of the pack were clear and strictly enforced. The actions, while they may have appeared cruel, were necessary for the continuation of the pack and cohesion among its members. Much like their relative, the wolf, they prowled for food, moving in teams through the woods, their heightened senses keen to the scent of prey, the electricity of anticipation coursing through their blood long before the attack had begun. As in the case of the wolf, there were werewolves who existed beyond the pack. They had transformed in an area in which he or she had no relationship with others who were within a pack, had been driven off from the pack or was a survivor of a pack that had been destroyed. In any circumstance, a werewolf that ventured forth without a pack was considered an intruder by any pack it encountered and risked attack by any and all members of the pack. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rarely were humans attacked. Even then, the attack was the result of the absence of other prey. Unlike the characters in low-budget films of Hollywood, the werewolf did not consider a human to be a normal source of food. The werewolf considered humans to be a presence to be reckoned with. A creature to be avoided if possible, for it knew Man possessed weapons that could kill without physical contact. The werewolf realized that the human form was the origin of its own being. That friends, relatives and loved ones existed within human form and it continued to carry the emotional bonds that had been formed during the times of its own humanity. Moving Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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