So I drew reference for Amon, and thought, hey, I haven't drawn my other werewolf character in a while either. Might as well draw him! This sad werewolf isn't linked to Amon at all (though he is intentionally contrasting Amon but that's just design stuff, not story stuff) and why do both of my werewolves have a name starting with A? Anyway, André is an old character, but he used to have a different name and he wasn't a werewolf (just some sort of dog shifter whatever) and I feel like every time I refresh his design I make him more miserable. He is my experimentation into making "least internet sexy werewolf" (my other setting will have even less sexy werewolves if I ever get there btw, André is not the culmination of my experiments.)
André is basically an example of how it sucks to be a werewolf in this 'verse. I mean, I guess even Amon, the other named werewolf character, has to operate criminally if he wants to actually work his dream job, but compared to André, he has it pretty good, and unlike André, Amon actually knows fellow non-humans who kinda get how it is.
André was turned into a werewolf a child (though he didn't manifest as one until he was in his mid teens) and he really hasn't known "normal." When his family died in a "freak animal attack accident" (read: werewolf attack) he, lacking an extended family able to take him, was placed into the foster care system, which might've worked out if not well, then at least good enough, if he hadn't been a werewolf. His first transformation was messy, as even a juvenile werewolf can cause surprising amount of damage when catching people off-guard.
Ever since André has been mostly alone. Sometimes he takes refuge within the homeless population of the area he is staying in. Sometimes he is able to do menial work, taking payment under the table, and living in a seedy motel or something. Sometimes he spends periods of time in his "wolf" form, barely existing above an animal. He is terrified of making friends, afraid that one full moon he will lose control and kill them. He has a gloomy disposition, and generally gives off the vibe of someone who doesn't want to get noticed, which is doubly tragic as he is a rather big dude and even bigger dog. He has hard time letting go of material things he holds on to, particularly clothes, and has tendency to wear them threadbare. He dislikes harming people, and would rather get hurt himself, and he is something of a doormat normally, but he DOES have limits, and you don't really want to reach them, as hard as that is. André's self-esteem is quite low, and he has a very defeatist mindset, and he has largely given up on the thought that things will ever get better. If someone managed to maybe get him in therapy and maybe give him permanent housing and scrub him really clean and give him nice clothes, André would probably clean up pretty nicely!
As a werewolf, André can take a canine form. During the full moon (and the day before + after) he is forced to transform and let the werewolf demon take control. During this time he is actively dangerous to any human near him, and will attack and kill unprovoked. He can also willingly shift to his "wolf form" during other times. André prefers his human form, but his circumstances mean he often has easier time in his canine form, and such, André can be found in his canine form so often his eyes are almost permanently golden (see ref sheet for explanation.)
Like all werewolves, André has cravings for fresh meat, and especially human flesh. While he doesn't mind eating raw animal meat, his man-eating compulsion actively disgust him, and he has never taken a bite from anyone outside the times when he's not in control.
Copy pasting this explanation from before: in André's setting, werewolves are very dog-like in looks, on the logic of combining wolves with humans is what made dogs. And also because I think visually dogs are more fun than wolves. They can also partially transform if they want, but "top-heavy wolf anthro" isn't a shape they can take. Also clothes... don't transform with them, so if you need to shift a lot, you need to get real cool about being on the nude real fast.
André's toyhou.se profile is here.
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