Most wizards and witches that suffer from lycanthropy are just regular people like you and I. They don’t want to hurt anyone and before the invention of Wolfsbane potion, took great measures to protect their family, friends, and general populace from themselves during the full moon.    Put yourselves in their shoes. There is a full moon coming, and the Wolfsbane potion hasn’t been invented yet. How would you go about protecting the people from your werewolf form?   You can co