[OctaviusHunter]

you folks crack me up. :D totally.

I took the werecougar from work done by laurel hamilton in her anita black vampire hunter series in which there are many forms of lycanthropes, but some that are more prominent than others.

for instance the werewolves are very prominent, well organized, and very contagious. She also has wereleapards, who are less organized and prominent; wererats who seem to be second only to the wolves; werejaguars for when her characters travel to the southwest part of the country; and even a wereswan a condition brought on by a witch's curse.

the theory seems to be that there will be some forms of lycanthropy that will be found everywhere and there are other forms that are regional and even local. generally these lesser known forms are much harder to contract and predict.

Part of why I chose the werecougar is because it is a silent, solitary hunter, who is very smart, strong, willful, and can be found in all the areas that my characters will be traveling to.