As time passed, these narratives transformed into what we know today as the story of men transforming into wolves. Werewolf, on the other hand, is a folkloric creature of English origin. The English folklores described Werewolf as a man who transformed into a wolf at night and gobbled humans, corpses or animals. However, during the daytime, they transformed into human beings. It is a mythological character that can turn into a wolf from a human.
Such a transformation is deliberate can occur at any time or place. In other words, a Lycan can shapeshift at its will. Some people consider Lycans to be of Transylvanian origin. But its first mention can be traced back to the times of Greek city-states. In Greek folklore, Lycan is referred to as a naked man running on the streets and biting anyone whom he meets on his way. Some other Greek narratives describe it as lunacy. It is also used to refer to a viral disease called Rabies that is transmitted to humans through animal bite, especially of stray dogs.
As the narratives of Lycans were passed from one generation to another, the form of the original stories were altered. Consequently, the story of a man turning into a wolf was born. A human being turns into a Lycan when he is bitten by another Lycan.
When a Lycan bites a person, the person feels excruciating pain in his body, as if his body is on fire. But the pain lasts only for a few minutes.
Lycans are smart, muscular and difficult to kill. In the films, Lycans' eyes are shown to change into a cloudy deep blue when they are partially transformed. In the novelizations, their eyes are described as changing into a solid cobalt blue, the same as the original Werewolves.
In Underworld: Endless War , they are shown to turn a feral yellow. In Underworld: Awakening , they are all shown with solid black eyes, similar to the Hybrid forms of Michael Corvin and Marcus Corvinus.
This may have been either a production goof, a design change by the producers, or these individuals had been given some of Antigen's so-called "antidote. As with all Immortals, Lycans become stronger and more powerful with age, both physically and socially. Other factors can also affect their strength, such as feeding. A well-fed Lycan will recover faster than a Lycan who has not fed for some time. Lycans who regularly overindulge will usually take mere moments to recover depending on the severity of the wounds.
Lycans display inhuman physical strength, speed, reflexes, endurance, and agility comparable to their vampire counterparts. These traits seem to apply to Lycans even when in human form, as Lucian was seen to be able to catch up to a moving car, and subsequently survive being hit by it head on.
Even in their human forms, Lucian and other Lycans also demonstrate other feats of superhuman strength, speed, and agility, such as catching crossbow bolts in midair, jumping extremely high and overpowering both humans and vampires in physical combat.
It is very likely that they can enter a state of hibernation and survive without blood or oxygen for centuries. They possess enhanced senses of smell, hearing, and sight that are superior even to those of wolves, not just humans, and are also able to sense Vampires in close proximity to themselves. It should be noted that when in their Werewolf forms they are stronger than when in human form, able to break through solid concrete walls, and seem to be stronger than most young Vampires, as every hand-to-hand confrontation between the two races under normal circumstances has ended with a Lycan victory, the few exceptions being the Vampire Elders Viktor , Selene , and David.
Lycans can also use their claws and strength to scale sheer surfaces, having been seen to crawl along walls at great speed in pursuit of prey. They possess the ability to land on their feet without harm when falling from great heights, as evidenced by both Lucian and Michael Corvin. Other abilities include the ability to turn humans into Lycans through their bite, or possibly through blood transfusion.
Some subjects of this do not survive, as the infection or damage caused can worsen due to the turning process. Lycans also display the ability to share memories through their bite, possibly through the virus affecting their brain and nerves and making their other tissues and fluids be obtaining bio-organic signals and information, which could explain the bodies healing ability.
Their most unique ability is their ability to turn at will, though they usually turn at night. The moon could only affect and forcibly transform a Lycan that had not yet learned to control their transformations, though they could use the moon's influence to change when weakened, such as when Lucian was restrained in silver for a day and escaped when the moon rose in the night sky.
Their transformations are quick and painless when they are in control but when the Lycan has not learned such control, the transformation is slow and painful, taking several minutes to finish instead of a few seconds like other Lycans.
Lycans also possess superb physical resilience and remarkable regenerative abilities: both Lucian and Raze are wounded by silver bullets and Selene's shurikens respectively, yet they bear no marks or scars when they reappear later. Their recovery abilities are hampered by the presence of silver in their bodies. However, to older Lycans, the silver is rarely fatal. Lucian displays the ability to force Selene's silver bullets out of his body through muscle strength, although it is mentioned in the first film that the silver is fatal if it penetrates the internal organs.
Silver is the Lycans' only weakness, as they seem to be violently allergic to it. A new variation on this is the use of silver nitrate bullets to inject the silver directly into a Lycan's bloodstream. In Underworld: Rise of the Lycans , a wild Werewolf dies after taking two shurikens with silver blades from Sonja in the chest, whereas Raze not only survives four silver shurikens thrown by Selene but continues to walk in his human form with the shurikens stuck in his chest for quite some time in Underworld.
This may imply that Lycans possess greater resilience and healing abilities against silver than their Werewolf predecessors, possibly due to the greater human portion of their genome, or it could be due to more exposure and acquired resistance to silver, or question of the Werewolf being younger than Raze was in the first film, or a continuity error. Although originally Lycans could only transform at the full moon, it is explained that the older a Lycan becomes in age, the more control they can exert over their transformation, to the point that they can change at will, possessing full mental control of their wolf form.
In , Len Wiseman released the first installment of the action horror film franchise, Underworld and presented a unique mythos for vampires and lycans werewolves. Now comprised of five films, with potential for more, and a video game, the franchise is known for its unique take on vampires and werewolves.
The first film introduces the essential concept for the others expand upon, the vampire versus lycan war wages on and true histories are exposed. Starring Kate Beckinsale as the main vampire character Selene, the progression of series reveals just how extraordinarily different vampires and lycans in it are from any others in horror history. In the third film, Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans , the franchise delves into the history of their werewolves.
Unlike the classic creature features such as The Wolf Man and more contemporary werewolves like David in An American Werewolf In London , the lycans do not exhibit human-like qualities.
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