Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-128.163.7.156-20140915023057/@comment-4091815-20140916200438

He knew the basics of how a true alpha became. That's not to say he knew then that he couldn't just kill Scott (when the opportunity arose) and take that power for himself.

As for her, I imagine you know about all the various departments at your school or job but you probably don't know all the inner workings of what they do.

If there is no True Alpha around - yes, you've probably heard of them but you wouldn't know everything about them because no one living has actually seen one. You would do what I had to do earlier, go and check the source material for the information once the question came up.