The Auger Worms were a thought experiment in to what the infection of a Lycan with parasites would be like. Dogs in our world are the target of numerous types of parasites and diseases like heart worms, mango worms, mange, ticks, fleas; the list goes on. These can range in their effects from uncomfortable to life threatening and are a constant fear of dog owners. As Lycans, surely there would be something similar that would affect them in such a way. This lead to the creation of the Auger Worms, vicious grub shaped parasites that infect humans turning some into Lycans and others into mindless drones to serve the Worm Queen.

Briefly: Augur Worms are small grub like organisms that infect Humans and Lycans. Burrowing into their victims skin, the worm begins to alter the host gradually hijacking control which begins the transformation. The process takes agonizing weeks, breaking down the host body and turning them into an infected Lycan or as mindless zombie like slaves to serve the colony. 

At the heart of each colony is a massive heavily guarded Worm Queen, whose sole purposes is to produce egg sacks filled with new worms. The Queen is heavily guarded deep within the colony where she controls her growing army. If left unchecked the colony will slowly spread, looking for more biomass to feed itself.

The Augur Worms relates as an add-on to the Occult Series. Done after the Vampire Series, this leans into the horror in occult-horror; exploring parasitism, body horror, and zombies in addition to Werewolves and Lycanthropy.