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Kushan
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Silver
Ok, I know this is a huge bump, but I really couldn't resist.
About the whole silver thing:
Silver is a very unique metal, as it has scientific properties that make it very useful.
First, Silver is the most reflective element on earth.
Second, it is the most conductive element on earth, of both heat and electrical current. (That's right, Silver wire > Copper wire)
But, these properties pale in comparison to the final property:
Silver's use as an anti-biotic, and for burn treatment. For some reason, Silver is the ultimate anti-biotic, it kills all bacteria it comes into contact with, but leaves the host cells alone. (Of course this is assuming that 1, you take it in very small doses and 2, you aren't a werewolf, of course!)
Despite this, Silver's most common use, medically speaking, is for burn recovery, this is because of it's anti-biotic properties. The biggest problem with burn wounds is that, because severe burns kill so many skin cells and potentially cutoff bloodflow to an area, they greatly increase the chance of infection. By using silver in burn dressings, infection-causing bacteria are eliminated, and as a result the wound heals at a remarkably faster rate than without.
Also, Silver has, throughout history, been seen as a pure metal, and even a holy metal, thus, if we assume that the werewolf is unholy (which is not necessarily true), then the silver should have an effect on a werewolf that is analogous to the effect holy water has on vampires.
In theory, it comes down to your definition, if a werewolf has no control over itself, it could be seen as unholy, due to it's nature.
But the Lycanthrope, on the other hand, can have control, therefore it can physically choose to be holy or unholy. Heck, if you want to go to extremes, you could have a Lycan as a firey Southern Baptist Reverend, holding a silver cross and blessing people, and him be completely unaffected by the silver. Or you could have a satanist lycan that gets the crap burned out of him whenever he even tries to eat with silver-plated silverware.
Of course this is assuming that silver really is holy. (which it isn't, unless you bless it)
Therefore, we must conclude that Werewolves and Lycanthropes alike are not vulnerable to silver in and of itself, but rather, blessed or holy silver. That is, depending on the Werewolf/Lycanthrope's lifestyle, of course.
Ok, I know this is a huge bump, but I really couldn't resist.
About the whole silver thing:
Silver is a very unique metal, as it has scientific properties that make it very useful.
First, Silver is the most reflective element on earth.
Second, it is the most conductive element on earth, of both heat and electrical current. (That's right, Silver wire > Copper wire)
But, these properties pale in comparison to the final property:
Silver's use as an anti-biotic, and for burn treatment. For some reason, Silver is the ultimate anti-biotic, it kills all bacteria it comes into contact with, but leaves the host cells alone. (Of course this is assuming that 1, you take it in very small doses and 2, you aren't a werewolf, of course!)
Despite this, Silver's most common use, medically speaking, is for burn recovery, this is because of it's anti-biotic properties. The biggest problem with burn wounds is that, because severe burns kill so many skin cells and potentially cutoff bloodflow to an area, they greatly increase the chance of infection. By using silver in burn dressings, infection-causing bacteria are eliminated, and as a result the wound heals at a remarkably faster rate than without.
Also, Silver has, throughout history, been seen as a pure metal, and even a holy metal, thus, if we assume that the werewolf is unholy (which is not necessarily true), then the silver should have an effect on a werewolf that is analogous to the effect holy water has on vampires.
In theory, it comes down to your definition, if a werewolf has no control over itself, it could be seen as unholy, due to it's nature.
But the Lycanthrope, on the other hand, can have control, therefore it can physically choose to be holy or unholy. Heck, if you want to go to extremes, you could have a Lycan as a firey Southern Baptist Reverend, holding a silver cross and blessing people, and him be completely unaffected by the silver. Or you could have a satanist lycan that gets the crap burned out of him whenever he even tries to eat with silver-plated silverware.
Of course this is assuming that silver really is holy. (which it isn't, unless you bless it)
Therefore, we must conclude that Werewolves and Lycanthropes alike are not vulnerable to silver in and of itself, but rather, blessed or holy silver. That is, depending on the Werewolf/Lycanthrope's lifestyle, of course.
