When transformed, unless they have access to the wolfsbane potion, all werewolves will try to tear apart any human they see. It's not under our voluntary control.
The rest of the month, werewolves are like anyone else, which is to say, some are the sort who'd join the Death Eaters, some are the sort who'd join the Order, and the vast majority would quite prefer to just live their lives and be left alone.
For those who've been partially transformed out of the normal lunar cycle -- well, they marched in that parade. That's not something a transformed werewolf would normally do. There are techniques for influencing the behavior of a transformed werewolf, if you're an animagi, but they're not entirely reliable and certainly don't rise to the level of 'persuading them to march in orderly ranks until it's time to eat people.'
I would guess, and it's hard to know without better information than I have, that the werewolves who are partially transformed physically are also partially, but not entirely, transformed mentally. So they can control their behavior, but the usual inhibitions most people feel against violent behavior are lower. The fact that your mother is involved suggests that the werewolves' participation in this business is not entirely voluntary, and bringing in someone who can intimidate people into falling into line -- that was helpful. (But not so necessary that they brought her in months ago -- though certainly there are other Death Eaters capable of, and willing to, coerce people with violence and fear. It's just that your mother is exceptionally good at it.)
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Date: 2015-04-11 09:57 pm (UTC)The rest of the month, werewolves are like anyone else, which is to say, some are the sort who'd join the Death Eaters, some are the sort who'd join the Order, and the vast majority would quite prefer to just live their lives and be left alone.
For those who've been partially transformed out of the normal lunar cycle -- well, they marched in that parade. That's not something a transformed werewolf would normally do. There are techniques for influencing the behavior of a transformed werewolf, if you're an animagi, but they're not entirely reliable and certainly don't rise to the level of 'persuading them to march in orderly ranks until it's time to eat people.'
I would guess, and it's hard to know without better information than I have, that the werewolves who are partially transformed physically are also partially, but not entirely, transformed mentally. So they can control their behavior, but the usual inhibitions most people feel against violent behavior are lower. The fact that your mother is involved suggests that the werewolves' participation in this business is not entirely voluntary, and bringing in someone who can intimidate people into falling into line -- that was helpful. (But not so necessary that they brought her in months ago -- though certainly there are other Death Eaters capable of, and willing to, coerce people with violence and fear. It's just that your mother is exceptionally good at it.)