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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8340201" data-attributes="member: 30538">Dreadwolves<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-vtn42MX/0/20833a16/M/1080-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Dreadwolf<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-STLcS2T/0/4b6dd56a/M/EUMwqNPXYAAvELn-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Lycaon (with Dreadwolf inset for size reference)There is some dispute in the gigantological community as to whether the species dubbed dreadwolves (tentatively dubbed aenocyon horribilis) actually constitute a kaiju species. While they fit the profile of resembling an extinct species, and that of being significantly larger than any documented examples of that species, they are not (with one exception) giant-sized in comparison to humans, and lack the energy absorbing powers of other well-known kaiju. That said, the term 'kaiju' is generally (though often incorrectly) used to describe any large animal to be found on Dread Island, and they certainly fit that definition.By and large, dreadwolves are secondary consumers within the Dread Island food web, feeding on smaller, primary consumer species (and occasionally on producers) and are themselves fed upon by tertiary consumers, including many smaller carnivorous kaiju. Like mundane wolves, they gather in packs of around twenty or more dreadwolves, consisting of up to three interrelated families of mated pairs and their young. They mark their territory in the same way that wolves do, and it is rare for a dreadwolf to cross into territory claimed by a different pack. The exact number of packs on Dread Island is not known with certainty, but believed to be less than ten.All of the above fails to describe the single largest known dreadwolf, the being named Lycaon (after the Arcadian king transformed into a wolf.) It should not come as a surprise that there is very little definitely known about this creature, as observations have been difficult. Lycaon sometimes attacks and even kills other dreadwolves, but has also protected other groups from other predators. For an extended period, it was believed that Lycaon must be a female, as most mundane lone wolves are females who have eitheer left or driven from the pack. After an extremely uncomfortable close encounter with the creature, the surviving member of a Morrison Institute research team was unequivocal in declaring Lycaon to be male. This raises more questions than it answers.All dreadwolves, including Lycaon, are capable of generating sound at a specific frequency that includes some ultrasonic tones, which can cause other creatures to be rendered incapable of movement or response, with this ability typically used as a prelude to an attack. This ability is sometimes misrepresented as a howl that induces fear in the subject; whatever emotional response is provoked by the 'song' is ultimately secondary, as it appears to directly affect the subject's neurochemistry. Dreadwolves of the same pack are unaffected by each others' song -- this serves as a secondary territorial marker -- while Lycaon appears to be immune to that of all of the packs, raising further questions as to this being's nature.As the dreadwolves are perhaps one of Dread Island's unique species which is closest in makeup to a living species -- and leviathans, the other one, are significantly harder to study -- the researchers of the Morrison Institute remain highly interested in studying them in general, and Lycaon in particular. It is hoped that understanding how Lycaon developed from the dreadwolves will lead to a better understanding of how the daikaiju develop from the kaiju, and in turn how the kaiju themselves develop. This might lead to a further understanding of how superpowers develop in many species, including humanity ... and how to deliberately induce that development.Dreadwolves -- PL 8Abilities:STR 6 | STA 7 | AGL 3 | DEX 0 | FGT 6 | INT -4 | AWE 2 | PRE -2Powers:Bite: Strength-based Damage 2 - 2 pointsLoping Movement: Enhanced Advantages 2 (Evasion, Uncanny Dodge); Leaping 2 (30 feet); Speed 3 (16 MPH) - 7 pointsSize: Permanent Growth 2 (Strength +2, Stamina +2, +1 Intimidation, -1 Dodge, -1 Parry, -2 Stealth) - 6 pointsSong of the Wolf Pack: Auditory Perception Area Affliction 8 (Resisted by Will; Dazed and Impaired, Disabled and Stunned), Extra Condition, Limited Degree; Immunity 1 ('songs' of other members of the same pack) - 17 pointsWolf Senses: Senses 5 (danger sense, low-light vision, acute tracking olfactory, ultrahearing) - 5 pointsAdvantages:All-out Attack, Diehard, Evasion, Fast Grab, Great Endurance, Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Startle, Teamwork, Uncanny Dodge.Skills:Athletics 2 (+8), Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+8), Insight 5 (+7), Intimidation 7 (+6), Perception 6 (+8), Stealth 6 (+7).Offense:Initiative +7Unarmed +8 (Close Damage 6)Bite +8 (Close Damage 8)Defense:Dodge 7, Parry 9, Fortitude 8, Toughness 7, Will 5Totals:Abilities 28 + Powers 37 + Advantages 7 + Skills 14 + Defenses 13 = 100 points Complications:Survival--Motivation. Pack Dependent. Physical (no hands, no speech with humans.) Note: At least one dreadwolf has been somewhat tamed and serves as the Sidekick to one of the best hunters of the Mahani people, herself also PL8.Lycaon -- PL 11Abilities:STR 12 | STA 13 | AGL 3 | DEX 0 | FGT 6 | INT -4 | AWE 2 | PRE -2Powers:Bite: Strength-based Damage 2 - 2 pointsLoping Movement: Enhanced Advantages 4 (Evasion, Improved Initiative 2, Uncanny Dodge); Leaping 4 (120 feet); Speed 5 (60 MPH) - 13 pointsSize: Permanent Growth 8 (Strength +8, Stamina +8, +4 Intimidation, -4 Dodge, -4 Parry, -8 Stealth); Impervious Toughness 8 - 32 pointsSong of Lycaon: Auditory Perception Area Affliction 11 (Resisted by Will; Dazed and Impaired, Disabled and Stunned), Extra Condition, Limited Degree; Immunity 2 (songs of all dreadwolves) - 18 pointsWolf Senses: Senses 5 (danger sense, low-light vision, acute tracking olfactory, ultrahearing) - 5 pointsAdvantages:All-out Attack, Diehard, Evasion, Fast Grab, Great Endurance, Improved Initiative 2, Improved Trip, Power Attack, Startle, Uncanny Dodge.Skills:Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+8), Insight 5 (+7), Intimidation 7 (+6), Perception 6 (+8), Stealth 10 (+5).Offense:Initiative +11Unarmed +8 (Close Damage 12)Bite +8 (Close Damage 14)Defense:Dodge 7, Parry 9, Fortitude 14, Toughness 13, Will 8Totals:Abilities 28 + Powers 69 + Advantages 7 + Skills 15 + Defenses 21 = 140 pointsComplications:Survival--Motivation. Loner. Physical (no hands, no speech with humans.) Temper.</blockquote>

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