Shape-Shifters
- What is a Shifter?
- When do they turn into animals?
- What can kill them?
- What happens when they die?
- Are they loners, or do they travel in groups?
- Are their animal instinct carried over into their human halves?
- How can you be Changed into a shifter?
- How can you cure a Changed shifter?
- Can they have powers? If yes, what?
A human who has the ability to turn into an animal. Otherwise known as Werewolves, Leopard-men, Hyenamen, Mantigers, Turn-skins, Wendigos, Kelpies, Skinwalkers, Selkies, and so on and so on…
This question can be answered in many ways. If you are a werewolf then it is obvious that you shall be affected by the pull of the full moon. If you are a were-cat you will be affected by the scent of other felines. If you are a were-fox you will have the freedom of not being controlled by the moon cycle. And so on down the list. Each kind of shifter has their own set of shifting rules.
Silver bullets tend to be the favorite weapon against many types of shifters. Different conglomerations of herbs and other plant related drugs are often used to destroy them.
When a shifter dies they will resume their human body.
This depends. Many shifters are not privileged enough to live that close to another shifter, or so many are not sure how to go about approaching another of their kind. They are raised human with human outlooks on life. They will stick close to their human companions for as long as they can for any camaraderie comforts they may need. Because of this many shifters are often depressed.
Though Shifter’s do have animal instincts while in their animal bodies, they are not very honed and very few of them have taken the time to build upon their natural intuitive. When they resume their human bodies none of their instincts or senses will carry over. They will not be humans with super-human hearing or smelling senses. Not possible. To become completely animal you must start off completely human, and vice versa.
Again, this depends on the type of shifter. Obviously, werewolves pass on the Change through their salivating bites, while were-cats need only to scratch their victims. Sometimes the change can be achieved through curses or man-made salves. Other shifters, such as Kelpies and Selkies, do not have the ability to pass on their shifter capabilities. It all depends on the creature.
Normally by killing the shifter that bite you first off will destroy the curse, but not always. Death seems to be the only true way of being released from a bite of a shape-shifter.
No. They can only change between the form of a human and an animal. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Mad Cat
Panther
Cat Change
Lady and Wolf
Werewolf Change
Shadow of a Man
Puppy Wolf
Wolf Fur
The Change
Boo!
Aroo?
Wolf Eyes
Howling
Dead Dog
Moon
Hell Wolves
Fluffy?
Yugo Wolf
Wolf Button
Cool Wolf
Beast
Bat Creature
Smoker
I am...Bat Thing!
Cat Feet Change
Cat Eyes
Cat Eyes2
Wolf Eyes
Tiger Dragon Ying Yang
