Post by ADMIN on Jul 1, 2011 4:44:07 GMT
------------ SHIFTERS
Are those with the ability to take the form an animal. Shifters range in different forms. Example: Wolves, Bears, Foxes, Dog, Cats, etc. Shifters are able to shift at will or their transformation is often brought on by a great deal of aggression. Shifters CANNOT take forms of humans or extinct animals (unless they have seen them alive. Please talk to the admins if you are going to do this though).
A shifter is able to turn into any animal that they like, they are not assigned to one creature like a were is. They are able to change freely, unless they are scared or angry upon which case a shifter will tend to be forced to change into their most used shift. Also, as where as weres are bigger in size when they turn into their animal form, shifters change to the exact size of the animal they turn into.
In their human form shifters have heightened senses like weres and are just as vulnerable to death, etc. Shifters are able to heal fast, but can be fatally wounded. Often times in their human forms shifters carry their animal instincts with them.
Shifters pass down their genes only to their first born child. Typically shifting is usually triggered during adolescence. Before their first shift, shifters will experience moodiness, aggressiveness, and notice a change in eye color. Shifters have more control then weres. The more a shifter shifts, the more they are able to control themselves.
Shifters can turn into weres if bitten; the gene inside a shifter, however, does not allow a vampire to change them.
Some shifters are known as metamorphs but this is a talent that not all shifters have. Metamorphs have the ability to not only shift into an animal but they can shift a certain part of their body into a body part of an animal, for example, a metamorph could shift their arm into that of a gorrila's. They also have the ability to change an aspect of themselves at will, for example a blonde haired female could change her hair color to pink just by thinking about it. (If you want a metamorph then speak to the admins. We won't allow a mass number of them, as even in other mythologies, metamorphs are rare.)