General Facts

• Treaty with Richard and through him, the wolves (tKD, NiC)
• Agreement with Jean-Claude (CS, ID, DM, TH)
• Treaty with Hyenas? (NiC, CS, ID?)
• Anita (GP, BO, NiC)

Other Known Groups

Powers

• They can smell death on a person, if that person has almost died recently. Rafael tells Anita that "death has brushed you close tonight" in GP.
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Vampires Who Can Call This Animal

• Nikolaos (GP), Master of the City
• Padma (BO) Master of the Beasts, Council member
• Musette (CS) but her power over them is limited

Misc

• The rat virus is highly contagious. It, along with the wolf variant, is one of the easiest types of lycanthropy to catch. (??)
• Silver is very harmful to them and can cause permanent injury and death.(??)
• When in full rat form, they are about the size of a large German Shepherd with five-inch incisors. (GP)
• Fur colors vary and often seem related to the human hair color. (GP)
• Stronger and faster than humans. (GP)
• They can talk when in rat-man form (GP)
• Cries, moans, the popping of bone, a curious sliding sound like a knife drawing out of flesh. The wererats were changing from human to animal. It sounded like it hurt - a lot.
  
  Now the seven males were fur-covered and wearing jean cutoffs. Two wore loose t-shirts. The women wore loose dresses, like maternity clothes.
  
  The rats seemed designed for the tunnel, sliding along, flattening their bodies in a strange, scrambling grace.