Werewolves in Skyrim?

Over the last year snippets of information kept hitting the internet about Bethesda’s upcoming open world RPG, the Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. One of the most regular of these ‘rumours’ was the addition of Werewolves to the northern province of Tamriel. This is one of the big points missing between Morrowind and Oblivion and the fans have been eager to see this gameplay element included once again. Obviously they were only included in the Morrowind add-on but they were a major part of the Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall too.

Anyway this rumour has been hinted at again on the Computer & Video Game magazine’s website that can be quoted below…

“Subterranean cave systems and warrens are plentiful and in a promising twist Skyrim is home to werewolves as well as vampires – we’re fully expecting the lycanthropy disease to make its long awaited return to the series”

Of course this is not a direct confirmation of werewolves to the world but is a good sign that these hairy beasts will at least feature somewhere. I’ve tried my best to put the paragraph ‘in context’ but the outcome is not clear. Obviously the author has encountered a werewolf on his Skyrim travels but whether lycanthropy is present or can be contracted by the player remains to be seen.

Obviously it is a fairly reasonably assumption that if there really are werewolves in Skyrim then we are probably contract the disease – I mean we all know that there are Vampires and we can become one of them. Unfortunately Bethesda remains tight lipped on the whole thing so this is still somewhat od an assumption.

It would of course be a shame to have these hairy beast excluded from the fifth game in the series especially as there was so much said about their exclusion from Oblivion. Lycanthropy is common in all the provinces of Tamriel too but some races are more or less immune to the disease.

Were-creatures are common in the lands of Tamriel and even the book ‘On Lycanthropy’ in Oblivion mentioned were-crocodiles, were-vultures, were-lions and even were-bears that are found in the province of Skyrim.

I for one really hope that Skyrim does have werewolves as I loved this element in the previous instalments. The gameplay changes with the disease and gives the whole experiences an edge of your seat rush.

What do you guys think….? Sound off in the comments below.