House Fang, also known as The Pack of Shadows, is a noble lineage of warriors renowned for predatory instincts, immense physical strength, and unparalleled pack coordination. Their history as lycans and survivors of near-extinction has shaped them into a people whose feats often surpass mortal comprehension.
Members of House Fang, even outside of combat, display traits far beyond normal humanoids, reflecting centuries of adaptation, predatory evolution, and the lingering influence of Alpha lineage.
Enhanced Strength:
Most Fang are capable of feats far beyond ordinary humanoids. Adult members can:
Lift or throw trees several meters away, using raw muscle and technique.
Break through barriers—walls, doors, and barricades are often trivial obstacles.
Endure punishment that would cripple normal humans; bones are denser, muscles denser, reflexes faster.
Alpha Strength:
Within a pack, Alphas elevate themselves and their kin:
A pack under a powerful Alpha operates with amplified strength and stamina, allowing coordinated feats of power.
Some legendary Alphas have been known to throw small ships or dismantle siege equipment, though such feats are rare.
Strength scales with Alpha presence; a lone Fang can match elite soldiers, but in pack formation, they can achieve superhuman synergy.
Speed & Agility:
All Fang members exhibit:
Lightning-fast reflexes, capable of dodging multiple strikes simultaneously.
Unparalleled parkour ability in forests, ruins, or urban environments.
Exceptional balance and climbing ability, scaling vertical surfaces with ease.
Endurance & Recovery:
Fang metabolism allows:
Rapid recovery from fatigue or minor injuries.
Tolerance to extreme climates, pain, and environmental hazards.
Resilience against diseases that affect ordinary humans, though magic- or virus-targeted anomalies (like the ancient mana virus) can bypass this.
Alpha Ascension:
A Fang achieves Alpha status by defeating the current Alpha in single combat and consuming their heart, symbolically and magically binding the fallen Alpha’s strength.
Ascended Alphas cannot form a new pack while remaining under another Alpha, but they serve as secondary Alphas, further boosting the Alpha’s strength and authority.
Legendary theory holds that a pack composed solely of Alphas could exist, but it has never been attempted, as the social and physical strain would be immense.
Pack Bonding:
Fang operate best in tightly-knit packs; their physical and sensory abilities amplify when coordinating with other members.
Pack synergy allows for coordinated hunting, ambush, and battle strategies, often overwhelming larger, disorganized forces.
Loyalty is absolute; betrayal or weakness within the pack is met with swift punishment or exile.
Heightened Senses:
Exceptional vision, hearing, and smell give House Fang advantage on all perception rolls, allowing them to track prey or detect danger with uncanny accuracy.
In darkness or obscured terrain, Fang can navigate without hindrance, interpreting subtle environmental cues instinctively.
Animal Communication:
Pure-hearted Fang can communicate with animals, using subtle gestures, vocal tones, and empathy.
This allows for coordination with wildlife for hunting, scouting, or defense.
Evil-natured Fang members cannot speak to animals but can instead use a penetrating glare to intimidate even their own kin, asserting dominance within packs or subverting rival factions.
Instinctive Combat:
Fang are naturally tactical hunters, reading enemy movements before they occur.
They excel in hit-and-run tactics, ambushes, and environmental combat, using terrain to maximize advantage.
Pack Augmentation:
An Alpha can boost the strength, speed, and endurance of all pack members, making the whole unit exponentially more lethal than the sum of its parts.
Fang packs are capable of feats such as:
Coordinated assaults on fortifications.
Overpowering elite military squads with superior mobility and tactics.
Synchronizing attacks to throw massive obstacles or objects with near-perfect precision.
Residual Lycanthropic Heritage:
While House Fang no longer transforms into dire wolves, their predatory instincts, reflexes, and endurance remain as echoes of that heritage.
In rare cases, a Fang with an exceptionally strong Alpha bond can manifest temporary, heightened physicality, almost wolf-like in speed and perception.
Alpha Influence:
A Fang under an Alpha experiences subtle psychological and physical enhancement, feeling intense clarity, focus, and reflex synchronization during combat or survival situations.
Strength: Lift and throw massive objects (trees, boulders); elite Alphas can throw ships.
Speed & Agility: Parkour master-level movement through any terrain, predator-level reflexes.
Endurance: High tolerance to pain, fatigue, and environmental hazards.
Senses: Advantage on all perception rolls; can navigate and track effortlessly.
Animal Communication: Pure-hearted Fang can speak with animals; evil-natured Fang gain intimidation aura.
Pack Dynamics: Alphas boost pack members; multiple Alphas amplify power; coordination allows near-superhuman feats.
Predatory Instincts: Enhanced tactical foresight and combat anticipation.
House Fang members are living embodiments of predator packs: fast, strong, intelligent, and bound by loyalty. Their feats make them feared not just for raw power, but for the precision, coordination, and cunning with which they execute their dominance.