Post by WaT on Jan 1, 2010 13:47:51 GMT -7
The Shape Shifters
A Shape Shifter has two forms. A human form, and an animal form. They may converse in both forms. In their human form, they have no more strength than a normal human, however their senses of hearing, sight and smell are heightened and in their animal form, they have no more strength or ability than that animal would posses. An animal form could be anything, from a lion to a mouse. But one thing always remains, both human and animal form share the same eye colour. This does not change. In human form, Shifters are barely clothed, if clothed at all. They have body types that reflect their animal form. For a lion, it would be a toned, strong body, for a deer, it would be slender and small.
Shifters are ruled by their emotions, as in order to speed up the rate of transformation, which appears to be like a blue fire consuming them and they emerge as another, they must be emotional in some way. Whether it be extremely happy, extremely sad, or extremely angry, it all makes for a more efficient change. To calm a Shifter is a difficult thing. To cure them of their pride is another.
A Shifter ages, but extremely slowly after the age of 16. One year shows on them physically after about 3 years. Thus, they can live for an extended amount of time. When a Shifter gives birth, they give birth to a human formed child. They remain that way for 3 years until they gain the ability to transform. When two shifters come together it is important that they share similar animal types, otherwise their child may have a strange animal appearance.. If they mate with anything else other than a Shape Shifter, their child's power to shift will decrease. For example, for a wolf Shifter and a Night Crawler produced a young one, it would only be able to grow a tail and a set of ears at will, not fully transform into a wolf. It may possess some wolf abilities, but not at all as strong as it could be.