WEREBEAST

History:
During the first age of Aabahran, chaos ruled. In this time that became 
known as The Bloodletting, vast hoards of demonic beasts and undead roamed
unchecked throughout all the four corners of the world. In the wake of 
this terrible march, all that was once fertile and populous was left as a
blighted, scarred wasteland where no plant would grow, nor spring appear
from the earth. The ancient forests that once thrived between the peaks of
the Dragon's Teeth mountains and Miruvhor were all but destroyed, replaced
by a hostile and festering waste. The inexorable armies of death and chaos
marched tirelessly on, moving towards the Emerald Forest in the southeast,
Drkshtyre Wood in the southwest, the Woods of Banor in the north, and the
ancient Haon Dor in the west.
 
With every step the armies of Chaos took, Gaia cried out in anger, sadness
and pain. The Earth Mother, and essence of Nature itself, was growing ever
weaker. With each life that was extinguished, with each patch of earth 
that was defiled, with every stream that was befouled - Gaia's life force
grew dimmer and dimmer. Those who resisted the armies of evil were divided
and afraid, their numbers dwindling. It looked as though none could halt
the fell tramp of doom.
 
In this moment, Gaia feared for her own existence.
 
So, after the forests west of Miruvhor were completely overrun, the Earth
Mother wrought a great and powerful magic, the likes of which had never
before been seen in Aabahran. The briefest of tremors passed through all
life in the world, as Gaia spun the web of magic that divided her own life
force into four pieces. After the spell had been cast, the remnants of
Gaia's consciousness fled into the recesses of the earth to await the day
of rebirth.
 
The four pieces of Gaia's soul each took the form of one of the Earth
Mother's favored beasts; the bear, the wolf, the tiger and the falcon. It
was in these forms that these forest spirits travelled to the four corners 
of the world to appear before the most stalwart defenders of nature. In
the Emerald Forest, a hermit turned chieftain named Erigoth was infused
with the spirit of a great wolf. It is said an enormous, ghostly falcon
circled the rambling boughs of Drkshtyre Wood before descending upon
the humble home of Shreev, an ancient druid woman. Acorns were shaken 
from their branches in Elium as a bear of impossible proportions roared
it's way through the lines of battle to grant Gaia's blessing to Korga,
a fierce and loyal berzerker. Anistja, the leader of a small band of
huntresses who lived beneath the eaves of Banor appeared ready for battle
one morning astride the back of a fearsome tiger.
 
Each of these warriors found themselves blessed not only with the spirit
of Gaia, but with the ability to change form into the beast that had 
visited them. When transformed, they found that all the physical powers
and attributes of their particular beast were at their disposal.
 
The progeny of these four chieftains were also blessed, but as the blood
line was often diluted with common humans, it is no longer possible for
the descendants of these warriors to have any say in which beast's form 
they are granted.
 
Usual Height:
Werebeasts, when not transformed, share the same proportions as humans.
When transformed, however, they can be larger or smaller depending on
which form they have taken.
 
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