ALPHA

Often seen as the most territorial and dominant of the types, male or female alphas are differentiated, physically, by several key characteristics: ruts, knots, and possessive scenting.

Ruts are seasonal cycles often occurring every couple months unless otherwise triggered by an Omega-typed individuals estrus cycle. During a rut, an Alpha is more aggressive or territorial, but does not biologically need to mate.

Oftentimes, ruts are the time periods where Alphas feel an increased need to find a mate, often unconsciously showing themselves and their skills off in attempt to get attention.

For younger Alphas, they are more susceptible to the negative side-effects that a rut brings, while older and more experienced Alphas have the ability to ignore them, often simply being mistaken for being grumpy or in ill-spirits.

Knots , similar to what one might find in popular werewolf AUs, are an anatomical bulge found at the base of an alpha’s cock, often unnoticed and until the Alpha is aroused or near orgasm. Only then will the knot thicken and swell, as its biological function is to lock the alpha’s cock inside their mate while they release semen.

They don’t occur with every sexual encounter, and are the most common during an Alpha's rut cycle or if responding to an Omega-typed individuals estrus cycle.

Alphas, male and female, are generally the most virile when they knot, often being unable to help a mate conceive without it. In other words, an Alpha has a far smaller chance of impregnating a mate without knotting them.

Alpha Male Specifics

Alpha males can sire young, but have no biological ability to give birth to young. They go through ruts every couple of months normally, but will never undergo heats.

Alpha Female Specifics

Alpha females have a cock-like structure in place of a clitoris, and can both sire and give birth to young, but have a lessened fertility in the latter regard. They go through ruts every couple of months normally, but will never undergo heats.