Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25184427-20140805152939

I believe that True Alphas were the original alphas. I believe that the power of all alphas that obtained their status by killing originally came from a true alpha, even if it was many generations prior.

In the beginning, there had to be a way to obtain alpha status, and if there were no alphas to kill and take the status from, where did it come from? Also, how could there be so many alphas?

I think the only thing that makes sense is that werewolves became True Alphas, in the beginning, and then it was discovered that another werewolf could take that status by defeating the alpha. After that, challenges for alpha status would become increasingly common, until eventually, no True Alphas remained, and all alphas achieved that status by victory.

No, this is not officially canon...but it really is the only thing that made sense to me...otherwise, there would be no alphas at all.  