Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5983727-20130112120518/@comment-200.41.47.155-20130210220148

The Companion's Lycanthropy is really a blessing from Hircine given to them by the witches to gain unimaginable power, beacause of that, they can control transformations and their actions while in Beast Form.

The normal Lycanthropy is neither a curse nor a blessing, just a kind of "power" of Hircine worshippers or victims, they can't control their actions but at least the time of transformation is fixed: the full moon nights.

The Lycanthropy of the cursed ring is basically that: a curse to anyone who offends Hircine, they cannot control any aspect of their transformations.