Werewolves

"It'll be like nothing you've ever felt before... the pine needles underfoot, the air rushing over your fur, your brothers and sisters at your side. Your mind won't want to believe it. It will tell you a wolf is invading your body, trying to take over. And if you believe that, for even a moment, you'll black out, and lose control. Like you have every other night you've turned. But if you give into the wolf, you'll realize the truth. You are the wolf. And when you accept that, you will finally be in control."

- Anita to Red Riding Hood

Werewolves, also known as Children of the Moon, are a creature species featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. They are native to the Enchanted Forest, and first appear in the first episode of the first season of Once Upon a Time.

Biology
Werewolves are humans who uncontrollably shapeshift into a wolf during full moon. The clothes on their body are transformed as well, and reappear when they return to human form. If the werewolf hasn't learned to control the transformation, they turn into wild, bloodthirsty beasts capable of harming or even killing the people they love. After transforming back into human form, the werewolf does not remember what happened. However, if the person learns how to master control of themselves while in wolf form, they remain in control of their actions, and will remember everything.

Werewolves are immensely strong, and their only known weakness is their vulnerability to silver. Silver and witchcraft are the only known ways to kill them. Werewolves are able to communicate telepathically whilst in wolf form. According to the Huntsman, they are emotional creatures.

A person becomes a werewolf if they are bitten and turned by another werewolf. The curse is passed down to their offspring; Red Riding Hood inherited it from her mother Anita, who inherited the curse from her own mother and father. The shapeshifting seems to begin during puberty, as Red was thirteen when she started turning into a wolf.

It also seems that shapeshifting to a werewolf ability is lost over time. But even though one losts it, their smell and hearing is still enhanced and marks that they had from being scratched by a wolf can still affect them whenever there is a full moon.

Known Werewolves

 * Adalyn
 * Adair †
 * Anita †
 * Granny/Granny
 * Quinn †
 * Red Riding Hood/Ruby
 * Red Riding Hood's grandfather

Trivia

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Props Notes

 * Ruby has a red wolf key chain inside her car.

Costume Notes

 * Ruby has ring with a wolf's head on it.
 * Anita wears a Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Wolf Pendant.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.