Lycanthrope

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Lycanthrope
Race Information
Japanese	ライカンスロープ
Romaji	Raikansurōpu
Type	Werewolf
Race	Heteromorphic Race Beast
Dominion	YGGDRASIL
Debut Information
Light Novel	Overlord Volume 1
Manga	Overlord Chapter 11.5
Anime	Overlord Episode 1

Lycanthropes (ライカンスロープ) are a race of werewolves from YGGDRASIL.

Appearance

In the Web Novel, Ainz described a Lycanthrope as some sort of beast-man.

Abilities

There are some monsters who were able to nullify attacks through their special qualities. Among them, lycanthropes and the like for instance, are considered nigh-invulnerable if the enemy did not use silver weapons against them.

On the other hand, there are even werewolves like Lupusregina who has the ability to transform into a wolf. For instance, in the Web Novel, she could turn herself into a four-legged wolf.

Known Lycanthropes

• Lupusregina Beta

Trivia

• Lupusregina Beta is the only known female lycanthrope introduced in the Overlord series.
• As a lycanthrope or werewolf, Lupusregina has five racial levels in total dedicated to it.
• In the Web Novel, there were methods that allowed one to change into a lycanthrope.
• There is also a game called Werewolf played in Nazarick.
• The moon is associated with werewolves being able to change and become beasts. Likewise in the New World, there is a unique variant slime that is similar to werewolves.
• According to Aura Bella Fiora, werewolves were said to have better taste in food.

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