Lycans

While Lycans share many characteristics, there are 4 distinct stages to the transformation.

Characteristics:
All Lycans have a second set of black gums, containing large, sharp fangs. With the exception of the Failed transformations, they are able to retract their gums back into their skull, helping them to maintain their camouflage. Likewise, when they experience a rush of adrenaline, their eye color changes to a shade of orange, coupled with a neon glow. Additionally, each stage of Lycan has numerous differencies in appearance:

Failed Lycans have large scabs covering their skin, the most obvious sign of a failed transformation. Their limbs may also grow at different rates, leaving them deformed, and as a result, the other Lycans will usually euthanize the Failed members, in part due to the need for camouflage, and in part because the Failed Lycans present no use, and are usually in pain.

Partial Lycans shed their skin when they transform, growing a second muscle-skin under the first. The muscle membrane is dark grey or black, hairless, and supports a set of wolf-like ears. Partial Lycans, as well as Full and Original Lycans, can also extend and retract their fingernails, turning them into long, black claws. They do regrow their human skin, although the process can take several hours.

Full Lycans, like Partial Lycans, also shed their skin, but their muscle-skin may support hair, and their snout will extend up to 3 inches, in which case it must break through any human skin while transforming. They are also capable of growing up to a foot during the transformation process, and their muscle mass increases substantially.

Original Lycans cannot be created through any form of infection, and can only be made through natural reproduction. They possess power which far surpasses the other stages of Lycanism. Similar to Full Lycans, Original Lycans grow when they transform, except they are able to grow up to 3 feet, and their snout can grow up to 8 inches. They can also expand their compacted muscle and fatty tissue, making it appear like they trippled in weight.

Personality:
All Lycans are animalistic, a trait which generally presents more in the higher stages of transformation. Regardless of the emotional state imposed by the Empress and Field Marshal, most Lycans have neutral personalities, rarely displaying emotion, and neither good nor evil. They are however, widely feared due to the 0 Hour invasion.

Abilities:
The Lycan species has a wide variety of improvements over traditional humans, commonly including strength and aggression, speed and dexterity, coordination and agility, augmented intelligence, camouflage abilities, inability to feel pain, and immunity to virtually all diseases.

However, there are also several less common abilities, such as extremely heightened senses, returning from the dead, demonic possession, clairvoyance, and empathic projection.