Lycan the Wolf, Lycan of Merinita
Hermetic Name: Lycans ex Merinita
Rhine Tribunal
Reputation: Fae-drunk braggart 2 (Rhine)
Preferred Topics: Muto, Animal
Lycan of Merinita was a wild feral-born Merinita who lived in the Rhine. Common stories and many beliefs claim he was a were-wolf, and the forefather of a tribe of roaming werewolves still in the forests near Dankmar. Other stories claim that he was not at all a Lycanthrope, but was trying to create a faerie-based line of werewolf servants. Either way, when alive, Lycan was known as an influential troublemaker during his time.
Blood of the Wolves by Lycan of Merinita, Animal Summa in Latin, Level 17 Quality 10
While this book's description often reads like a study on wolves and beasts, rather than an exhaustive animal text, it actually uses a wolf-pack as a point of view in the full ecological web of the forests. It studies prey and predators, the differences between different forests, hereditary wolf-pack traits, and more. It grants a surprising insight into all sorts of variation in different animal forms.
Transformations of Man by Lycan of Merinita, Muto Summa in Latin, Level 19 Quality 10
This rarer tome is a fully in-depth work involving transformation, shapeshifting, and mutation. The techniques used in spell design are fair on brilliant, and applicable to not only the work of human-beast shapeshifting, but to any sort of living being to other form. This work even has a section on the physical, emotional, and mental side-effects of prolongued shapeshifting.
Sight Beyond Sight by Lycan of Merinita, Second Sight tractatus in Latin, Quality 11
A number of these books were in Irencillia and given to exiting magi as gifts when they left to other tribunals. While a number of magi in House Merinita possess the Second Sight, tomes that adequately describe its varied uses and techniques for improvement are surprisingly rare.
Beast and Flesh by Lycan the Wolf, Shapeshifter tractatus in Latin, Quality 11
A rare book that has been seen by a few in Irencillia, and Dankmar has claimed was stolen from its library. While many might say the book is nothing particularly important, it had become a sore point between certain members of the Rhine tribunal as to its disposition and posession, before the trouble faded into memory along with many other things. Irencillia claims the book was written by their House member Lycan, and Dankmar claims the book was not written by a magus but by one of their servants.