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Shifters are a species of Vanir belonging to the House of Earth and Blood. There are many different types of Shifters.
General Information[]
Different shifter packs have different dominions in specific cities. Wolves dominate Lunathion, lions have come to rule in Hilene, tigers oversee Korinth, and falcons reign in Oia. Non-predatory shifters can head up a city's Aux, but it is rare.[1] Predator-born shifters have no choice in joining the Auxiliary. They are destined for certain Aux packs before they are even born, where they serve for a lifetime.
Physical Description[]
Wolf[]
Wolf shifters have a range of different fur colors in their animal form and retain their human intelligence, memories, and personality. Their animal form is that of a larger-than-average wolf, and are still capable of verbal communication. Like other shifters, wolf shifters are able to retain their clothing when in their animal forms beneath their fur coating, and still display the general characteristic behavior of their titular animal, even in human form. While their forms might be nearly identical to humans, there's no mistaking them for one. Wolf shifters are too tall, muscled, and still. Each movement is deliberate and graceful no matter what they're doing. They have an instinct to obey the dominance in commands from their Alphas.
Snake[]
Snake shifters exhibit the characteristics of their titular animals, even in their human form. Some have green eyes with golden highlights and have snake-like pupils to signify their species in their human forms. They are able to produce venom that can be used in and out of their transformations. Much like other shifters, it is presumed that their animal forms are much larger than the regular snake, as rumored of the Viper Queen, and it can also be presumed that they retain their human intelligence, verbal communication, and clothing in and out of transformation.
Known Shifters[]
Wolf Shifters[]
- Amelie Ravenscroft
- Bronson †
- Connor Holstrom †
- Crucius (half)
- Danika Fendyr †
- Faris Hvellen †
- Gedred †
- Gunthar Fendyr †
- Ithan Holstrom
- Katra Fendyr †
- Lars Fendyr
- Mordoc †
- Nathalie †
- Niklaus Fendyr †
- Perry Ravenscroft
- Sabine Fendyr †
- Sigrid Fendyr (formerly)
- Thorne †
- Vespasian †
- Zach †
- Zelda †
Deer Shifters[]
Ursine/Bear Shifters[]
Butterfly Shifters[]
Snake Shifters[]
Leopard Shifters[]
Swan Shifters[]
Powers & Abilities[]
Shifters possess the ability to transform into a magically enhanced animal form, with the animal depending on the type of shifter. They have enhanced speed, strength, reflexes, and healing abilities because of their Vanir status, and they also have more acute senses and faster regenerative abilities than a regular human. However, their animal forms are much stronger and faster, and possess keener senses than their human forms. More experienced shifters are able to perform partial transformations whilst in human form. For example, wolf shifters can shapeshift their hands into claws and reveal their wolf eyes and fangs, and snake shifters are able to produce venom from their glands. Upon making the Drop, Shifters have the potential to live for around five centuries.
Trivia[]
- Other shifters that are mentioned but not further described include: Asp, Coyote, Dingo, Dog, Dolphin, Equine, Falcon, Fox, Hyena, King Fisher, Jackal, Jaguar, Lion, Owl, Panther, Quail, Shark, and Tiger.
- It was revealed shifters are in fact another breed of Fae, although their more Fae features had been bred out of them down the generations by the Asteri before settling to their current states.
- According to Bryce, horse equine shifters have scents full of open skies and green fields.[2]
- Shifters and Fae have been at odds forever.
References[]
- ↑ House of Earth and Blood, Chapter 4
- ↑ House of Earth and Blood, Chapter 3