Hathanta

Listen here, I'll tell you a secret: the moon walks the earth. There is a wolf who wanders forests, whose eyes flash yellow as the moon and gleam with lunacy. His fur is grey-brown like a lichen mottled stone, and when he lopes along a shimmering dust rises from it that will bring you dreams and madness. But beware the Moon Wolf's bite; his jaws are strong and his teeth are sharp and if he tastes your blood he will pass on his curse and give you an animal form, beast or bird or reptile that you can only shed with the waxing of the moon. Once a king hunted the Moon Wolf; people say he turned into a stag – and I've heard stories of a Nightin