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A pack is a group of therians and/or otherkin who all know each other and make a point to regularly communicate, in person or online. A pack is typically a group of wolf therians/otherkin, but a group of horse therians/otherkin, may be called a herd, and a group of feline therians/otherkin may be called a pride or clowder, and so on. A group that has no specific species may be called a Constellation.
Hierarchy and pack terms[]
| Hierarchy level | Rank name | Roles in the pack |
|---|---|---|
| 1[1] | Leader/Alpha[1] | Dictates decision to the pack[1] |
| 2[1] | Advisor/Beta[1] | Advisor to alpha, maintains discipline in the pack[1] |
| 3[1] | Caretakers/Outlookers/Delta[1] | Watching over the territory boundary, caretakers of ill and wounded pack members[1] |
| 4[1] | General Pack Member/Omega[1] | Obeys other dominant pack members, eats after all the dominant pack members[1] |
| Term | Part of Speech | Definition | Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mate | Noun | each a pair of animals; a partner | My mate and I shared some turkey at the meeting. |
| Herbs/Herb | Noun | any plant with leaves, seeds or flowers used for medicine | Do you know where the herbs in my den went? |
| Den | Noun | a wild animal's lair or inhabitation | Yes, Vix is in her den. |
| Howl or gathering, meet | Noun | a planned gathering of alterhumans in real life[2] | Are you going to the howl on the full moon? |
| Camp | Noun | a location within a territory in which oneself develops a spacious lair or inhabitation for more than one alterhuman to rest | In my past life, our camp was invaded by rabid dogs. |
| Territory | Noun | a location within a forest, creek, or other land formation in which oneself develops a spacious lair or inhabitation for more than one alterhuman to rest and hunt | Why is there another pack's scent on our territory? |
| Scent | Noun | a distinctive smell usually distinguished by a certain territory | When me and Ro went out on our patrol, he picked up another pack's scent. |
| Patrol | Noun | an expedition to keep watch over an area within a pack's territory | Is Feather or Ari going on the patrol? |
Non-Therian/otherkin packs[]
The concept of "therian packs" and the "alpha/beta/omega model", is a popular game that young teenagers like to play on the Internet, that has no real relationship to therianthropy. The concept is extrapolated from the fact that wild wolves form family units that are called packs. However wild wolf packs do not have the strict social hierarchy typically associated with online therian packs. And there are many very human reasons why people might want to hang out in these groups, that typically serve as a kind of mutual support group.[3]
Packs as experienced by therians[]
Some wolf therians feel the emotions that are associated with the tendency to stay in a pack in wild wolves. Internet therian packs usually seem like a group of people who understand these emotions and therefore these wolf therians sometimes end up associated with them. However the same wolf emotions can just as easily be applied to any other group that the person is emotionally involved with and does not require the strict status-based hierarchy associated with Internet therian packs. Then again some therians also join the pack experience.
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Premo, A. (23 October 2020) The Connection of the Pack. Oregon State University Blogs. https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/wolves/2020/10/23/the-connection-of-the-pack/
- ↑ CchristianTehWazzit (8 June 2007) Howl. Therianthropy Wiki - FANDOM. https://therian.fandom.com/wiki/Howl
- ↑ "What is an Alpha? What are packs? etc" post on Therian Guide forums. August 12, 2017. https://forums.therian-guide.com/Thread-What-is-an-Alpha-What-are-packs-etc