Werewolf

Werewolves are a clan of people who can turn into wolf-and-human hybrids on the full moon. They are also known as lycanthropes. These werewolves reside in the village Garoh, located in southeastern Osenia, below Air's Rock.

The people of Garoh tend to not communicate with the outside world, especially the during the night, due to their fear of people shunning the werewolves. According to legend, werewolves were once burned in the belief that it would "purify" them. During the full moon, the people would cloak themselves in case any tourists would travel by.

The people of Garoh are ruled by their chief, Master Maha.

Characteristics of werewolves
Werewolves have certain traits to take note of. At a young age, it is much more difficult for werewolves to control themselves, especially during childhood. Also, in werewolf form, speaking the human tongue is much harder to do. Master Maha is the only known werewolf thus far who can speak the human tongue in his werewolf form fluently.

Origins
Though the exact origins of werewolves are not explicitly confirmed, two theories are put forward. Firstly was the theory posed by Master Maha, who, having been forced to live in his werewolf form for many years, had thought long and hard about the causes for his transformation. He believed that the reason for their people's transformation was simply evolution, in much the same way a caterpillar would transform into a butterfly, or in the same way a humans would don armor to change their form into a more sturdy one. Thus, by becoming werewolves, he believed, the residents of Garoh were simply showing and acting upon their natural survival instincts.

The other major theory is that associated to Alchemy, and was theorised by Kraden, Maha and, to a lesser extent, Sheba. They believed that the wind picked up particles of Psynergy Stone deposits in Air's Rock and blew them over Garoh, endowing the people of that town with Adept-like powers of varying potency. This mutational influence could thus be the cause of both the residents of Garoh's use of Whirlwind and their form-changing behaviour.

On a related note, the moon is, according to Contigo legends, the City of Anemos, an ancient and powerful tribe of Jupiter Adepts, this may have some bearing on the werewolves (being Jupiter Adepts who are influenced by the moon), though this is entirely speculative and may simply be a coincidence.