[Kasolyna]

Each werecat only has 9 lives, after that they're gone. Also, after a certain point for each life the laws of universe conspire to end a life because having things be too easy is just no fun, lol. There is a maximum limit on the island, and if you go with the whole 'fate' idea then one werecat dies forever just when another soul that is compatible can come by.

A werecat has to be taken in and named by a human, wizard or no, to become enslaved. It is very simple, but it had to be otherwise Tom might've realized what was going on if they tried for something too complicated. An enslaved werecat must do whatever his/her master wishes, including change their human form, however painful that might be to the werecat. Some werecats in their travels away from the island have had masters, with mixed results. Some are good, some are bad, and others are just... interesting. The only way for a Master/Slave bond to break is for one of them to die/lose a life.