Title: The Blood Variants of Hircine
Truth: Hircine did not create one kind of lycan. He created a spectrum, each tied to a different lesson of the hunt.
Most tribes operate like:
extended families bound by blood rites
territorial packs tied to sacred lands
cultural codes enforced through dominance and tradition
Tribes vary from civilized city aligned to barbaric and isolationist.
Civilized Packs: live near towns, enforce secrecy, trade, sometimes adopt law codes
Frontier Packs: roam, sell protection, act as mercenaries or monster hunters
Wild Tribes: isolated, ritual heavy, often brutal, distrust all outsiders
Gaia Tribe (Lyssara’s Origin)
spiritually driven, land bonded, protective of wild places
views civilization as a tool, not a goal
respects strength, but honors restraint and balance
tends to tolerate outsiders if they honor the land
Bearfeud Tribe
aggressively loyal Hircine worshippers
interprets his words literally and violently
raids settlements under the belief that fear strengthens the world
uses brutality as “purification of weakness”
dangerous because they believe they are righteous
Weretiger Variants
disciplined solitary hunters or small pride like groups
refined combat focus, stealth, and lethal precision
often clash with wolf packs due to pride and territorial style differences
some align with monk traditions, others become assassins
Werebear Variants
slow, unstoppable, defensive powerhouses
built for siege fighting, guarding sacred places, and holding territory
often become protectors of isolated communities or tyrants of them
Wereboar Variants
rage driven shock troops
built for direct impact warfare, breaking lines, and relentless pursuit
often used as enforcers in wild tribes or as mercenary battering rams
Old lycan politics are defined by:
purity vs integration
Hircine worship vs Hircine rejection
secrecy vs open dominance
cooperation with Elsir vs total isolation
negotiate peace between tribes that hate each other by instinct
stop Bearfeud raids before humans retaliate with silver and fire
uncover a tribe selling its bloodline to human researchers for protection
recruit a variant tribe into Elsir’s alliance at a moral cost