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INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHANGE AND SHIFTING
From Chat Transcripts: most disabilities would be healed by the changeChat 2008-04-05
From Moon Called: most people don't survive the Change if they're already too sickMC-104 usually when a wolf lives through the Change but doesn't survive his first year, it is because the human cannot control the instincts of the wolfMC-110 any person bitten by a werewolf doesn't turn into another werewolf; it takes an attack so vicious that the victim lies near death to allow the magic of the wolf to slip past the body's immune systemMC-21 in the US, most werewolves are brought over by friends or familyMC-21 there are occasional attacks by rogue werewolves; it is one of the duties of a pack to kill rogues and find their victimsMC-21 werewolves can take as much as fifteen minutes to shift shapeMC-13 shifting is not easy or painless at the best of times, and it was worse without the aid of the moon's callMC-46 sometimes the shift helps werewolves heal faster; usually the shift from human to wolf but the other way works as wellMC-95
From Alpha&Omega: There are rulesAO-31 First is that no person may be changed against their willAO-31 Second is that no person may be Changed until they have been counseled and passed a simple test to demonstrate that they understand what that Change meansAO-31
From Cry Wolf: usually when a wolf Changed someone, it was drawn back to the new werewolf for a while; some genetic imperative to make sure that an untaught, uncontrolled werewolf wasn't going to draw too much unwanted attentionCW-201
From Blood Bound: John Hopkins has a whole team looking for a virus or bacteria that could cause the ChangeBB-03 females don't survive the change as well as malesBB-111