Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25237036-20140831010531/@comment-25222572-20140903004207

Lonewriter018 wrote: So, What? the Matriarch of the Family is always an Alpha, By inheritance and not Killing? Plausible. Maybe the whole ability to turn into an actual wolf is a thing that comes with being a Born Alpha? or is just a thing with Hale Females. Talia, Laura, Explains why Malia Turns into an Actual Coyote and Coyote Like creature as with Werewolves. The full wolf form is apparently something that comes with total control of their werewolf nature/shift.

And considering that most of the Alphas we've met so far have been male, the whole "Matriarch of the Family" shtick seems a little off. Maybe for family's of born wolves the Matriarch/Patriarch can designate who their chosen successor is somehow? No idea, but there HAS to be a way of doing it.