Lycan



As the offspring of werewolves, the lycan still have to contest with the beast within, but being stuck with it their whole lives, they can resist the urge to transform even on the fullest of moons on the closest approaches. Lycan prefer human form, as they can wield weapons without their claws getting in the way, but they have been known to unleash the beast against insurmountable odds... and win. The fear they instill in the other races earned them an exile to the mountaintop ruins of the ancient order of unicorn riders. The Lycan have since rebuilt the beautiful halls to their former glory, and guard them jealously against the other races. Geniuses in architecture, sublime siege engineers, and devious hunters, the intelligence of the lycan has long been underestimated. Every lycan can fight with the precision of a professional soldier, although most prefer to fight their bestial nature, and their soldiers dominate the battlefield. The lycan are considered part of the nations that their territories are a part of, but their loyalty to the heads of state has never been tested. A fierce group of elite Lycan known as the Vanguard act as the watchmen in their cities, under their vigilance, no foe has yet to break their walls, though many have tried. The Vanguard are skilled in the art of the longbow, taught to them by a captured OLAC member, mastered on the unicorn horn longbows they found in a vault of the ruins, each vanguard member possesses one such bow and the skill to rival the orcs in it's use. Indistinguishable as a race, as they look like a human with the ears of an elf, the only thing setting them apart are their eyes... their glowing yellow eyes that children fear and heralds sing.
 * Brutally powerful
 * intelligent
 * prefer their mountaintops
 * loyalties untested
 * est. pop. 20000
 * est. Vanguard members 500
 * Life expectancy unknown, oldest known lycan is 3748 years old
 * 5-6 feet on average, taller and shorter lycan are not uncommon
 * fierce in close quarters
 * dominate long range combat
 * average mid range combat