User blog comment:GSFB/Ulfhednar vs Werewolves/@comment-5232784-20120919035504

During this battle, it has been discussed as to whether anyone could fight if their guts where hanging out, other than someone who, like the Ulfhednar, who experienced no pain in battle, were capable of doing. Is it possible for humans who do feel pain, or even (as this battle involves) werwolves who also feel pain, to do so?

Ulfhednar's ability to not feel pain comes from adrenaline: with a full surge of it you can feel no pain at all (though such a surge is very, very rare). Werewolves, like other mammals (if not all animals) would have adrenaline as well, and if pushed to the limits, they could, albeit rarely, expererience such a surge, to the point that their physical prowess is greatly enhanced, and also that their sense for pain is rendered negligable to non-existent, until the surge passes.

Here is a link to a real life occurence, where a Vietcong soldier proved capable of doing so, being cut off by machinegun fire before he could do it.

http://books.google.com/books?id=CEYDySjS0UwC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=Fighting%2Bintestines%2Bhanging%2Bout&source=bl&ots=96nxv2BQxx&sig=t2uqdmISrwhsEQc3AftHWrE9q_Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sT5ZUID3K6al2AWOiIGYCg&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Fighting%2Bintestines%2Bhanging%2Bout&f=false

This is info about the above book:

http://www.amazon.com/Achilles-Vietnam-Combat-Undoing-Character/dp/0684813211/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348026472&sr=8-1&keywords=Achilles+in+Vietnam

Werwolves, though fast healers, could be potentially subseptible to dropping from such a grievous wound: Ulfhednars would not. It all depends on whether the werewolves can be pushed into an emergency situation as to "Hulk out" if you will, and thus become immune to the dropping pain that comes with have your intestines spill. Ulfhednars are already there, however, and as before said, naturally, such surges are rare...