Unique and uncommon amongst the lycanthrope community, werehyenas tend to have a basic pack structure with only one alpha. Called the Oba, this alpha is almost always female or even, in rare occasions, a hermaphrodite exhibiting more feminine features than male. Even much of the gathered pack is female and this all due to the fact that, like their wild "cousins", werehyena females are bigger and stronger than their male counter-parts. To find a dominant or alpha male is extremely rare and almost unheard of. An Oba may have the occasional "titled" hyenas at her side. Bodyguards are called Baale, and the pack's combination of bogeyman and right hand is the Oba's Alakeh.

The dominance fights between the pack females are constant. Threats to the Oba's base of power are an all-too-common occurrence; most alphas do not live long, once they are past their physical prime they either run or are more commonly killed. As a result, the Oba will commonly surround herself with the strongest dominants (though they will never have an official title) to keep the in-fighting to a minimum and to keep her own rivals close. Most groups tend to underestimate the hyenas because of their fighting but this is hardly a justified case. Hyenas fight amongst themselves and no one else -- if any outsiders choose to get involved or threaten the pack they will be killed without hesitation.

Overall, hyena packs tend to be few and far between in the United States. The majority of hyenas and the biggest and largest packs tend to be located in Africa or India. The two largest in the U.S. are located in St. Louis and Nevada, with the St. Louis pack numbering a little over four hundred and the Nevada pack a little less than three hundred and fifty. There are reports of eight smaller packs with numbers of less than one hundred but reports of these cannot be confirmed or denied.