Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5983727-20130112120518/@comment-90.197.48.0-20130123010412

it was clearly stated in gmae, through dialogue with kodlak, that this isn't technically lycanthropy, \t least in the traditional sense, a previous harbinger sought power, and had the witches of glenmoril gift him with a unique strain of lycanthropy, giving the afflicted the ability to totally control their transformations. this strain is onnly available from a companion. any other strain would relate to the type from bloodmoon, traditional transforming with every full moon. the problem sinding had was that he stole the ring of hircine, so hircine punished him by cursing the ring, making transformations uncontrollable, and totally random, not requiring the light of a moon. the ring was also cursed so that whoever wore it, could not remove it.