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 Shifters
Serafina Donovan
Posted: Aug 20 2008, 07:18 PM


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Listed below are two different types of shifter forms a character can be. Please read each description carefully and follow the rules that are applied. If there are any question, please ask. Thank you.
  • Shifter -animal, plant, inanimate object, alter appearance
  • Werewolf
ORIGINS OF SHIFTERS

Shifters are seen as the neutral party and will help anyone who asks. The only time a shifter is violent is when he or she feels like his or her life is in danger.

In a sort of definition, a shifter is a human-looking species who can transform into an animal, plant, or an inanimate object. The shape the shifter can take on depends on what the parents can choose. There are some cases where some shifters can alter their appearance for a certain amount of time during the day. Though, that type of shifter is rarely around. As a shifter, your character can only choose one of the three options. They cannot transform between all three. A shifter does not need the aid of a full moon or talisman to change. They can change freely whenever they need or want to. Shifters also age and will die when they get old enough. However, because of the constant cell replication, the body tends to not age as fast. Shifters may live a few years longer than the average human, but not by much. The more they use their shifting powers, the longer they can postpone aging regularly.

One of the main problems with being a shifter, is that if the person stays in the form they mutated in for too long, they would stay in that state until they died.

ANIMAL SHIFTER

An animal shifter is a person who can take on the appearance and characteristics of an animal by a touch. Once the shifter touches the animal, it only takes one transformation and the shifter has enough information to copy the process again without the animal. The person can continue thinking like a human for a certain amount of time.

The person can remain in animal form up to 24 hours, but soon after the time limit the shifter must become human again. If the shifter remains animal for much longer, he or she will begin to think like the animal and will forget how to transform back.

An hour or two after transforming from animal to human, the shifter will still carry on the animal's characteristics. The side effect eventually fades away.

PLANT SHIFTER

A plant shifter is a person who can take on the appearance and characteristics of a plant by a touch. Like an animal shifter, a plant shifter only needs one touch and one transformation in order to copy the information needed.

Since a plant doesn't share the same brain waves like humans and animals, the shifter can only spend up to an hour as a plant. Any longer and the normal train of thought will cease to exist.

A plant shifter is known to be extremely thirsty and have the desire to be in light after transforming back into a human.

EXTRA INFORMATION

A shifter who can transform into an inanimate object has to follow the same rules as animal and plant shifters do.

How do I become a shifter?

You are born into a shifter family. There is no curse or special way if you get bitten, scratched, pricked etc. You are a shifter or you aren't.

What can harm or kill a shifter?

Shifters are as weak as humans and whatever they can transform into. Anything can harm or kill a shifter. If someone has a problem with killing a "human" looking shifter, they could always trick the person into transforming into something the killer could harm or kill.
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Serafina Donovan
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WEREWOLF

Werewolf Form

Unlike their cousin shifters, werewolves are originated from a pack of cursed wolves that were turned into human. The curse began when the pack were forced to attack a nearby village for food. When the humans of the village had settled in their territory, the men would hunt animals that were the main source of food for the wolves. After weeks of starving, the wolves had no choice but to go towards the village and reclaim what was theirs. However, overcome with the need to feed, the wolves went after the humans themselves and killed many. The pack so happen to raid the village of where a certain Dijana had settled in. Wanting revenge for the lives they took, Dijana cursed the pack into a human form. The witch wanted them to feel the full meaning of "you are what you eat".

For several long years, the wolves learned how to speak, dress, and live as a human did and resented every moment of it. However, they were getting older and the need to find companionship outside of their pack grew. The cursed wolves found that they could easily imprint on the humans they came in contact with. Soon, it was hard for the wolves to even remember being the animal they once were. Seeing this, Dijana waited to extend the curse. As a custom in this village, the couples were married and spent their honeymoon the night of the first full moon. When the moon’s light was high in the sky, the original wolf pack members were horribly transformed into much larger beast that resembled their animal form. Their first victims were their significant others. The wives and husbands survived the attack, but were forever changed. By biting their partners, the wolves extended their curse onto them as well. As time went on, the curse was passed on from generation to generation.

An offspring of a werewolf can be born in any form. The baby can come out looking like a human or pup.

In later generations, the werewolves learned they could take on three forms: a human, a werewolf, and a wolf-like form. Their third and newest form was a means to protect themselves against others when they could not transform into the beast. The wolf-form looks much like any natural wolf, only much larger. The wolf-form takes on the size of the werewolf in human form. The werewolf form is ten times as large age the human form. Members of the werewolf family can go back and forth between human and wolf.

How do I become a werewolf?

The thing about being infected by a werewolf is that it is a miracle. If the human actually survived an attack, consider them lucky. It is extremely rare for a werewolf, in their primitive form, to control their actions. The werewolf must have purposely chosen the victim and kept focus. Any other way, and the human would have been dinner for the evening.

In order for a human to become a werewolf, the beast must bite the human. Blood has to come in contact with the werewolf’s saliva. This is how the contagion enters and instantly changes the human body. The bite is not simple and clean cut. Remember, this is a tiny defense-less human against a large wolf-like beast. A werewolf’s body is created in order to protect itself from other harm. The would will be deadly.

Over the next month, the victim will experience a great matter of difference. The physical body will become stronger, faster, and better. It is less likely for the person to become sick or injured during the first month. Their psyche will also begin to transform to that of a wolf. The victim will be able to focus and see ten times more than they ever have. They can begin to hear sounds from a distance and even pick up beats, such as a person’s heart beat or the blink of an eye. The sense of smell also starts to distract the person.

In almost every way, the victim will start to think like a wolf. They will become more territorial and fierce. Easy to set of an extreme emotion. The closer they are to the full moon, the more they will act like a predator.

At this time, the werewolf who attacked the victim should present themselves. It is only responsible to explain the rules of the game. Otherwise, the effort was wasted and a life is lost.

Rule One: Only the Alpha or Beta of the wolf pack can infect a human. There can be exception to those who break away from the pack and become loners. There is also an exception if the Alpha or Beta gives permission to another wolf. The reason behind this is that it is much too dangerous to allow just any werewolf to infect a person. For one, the Alpha and Beta have more control, because they need to in order to run a pack. With their control, they will have better control and knowledge so a person isn’t killed. Also, werewolves are like any other paranormal. They do not want their identity to be out in the open. As of lately, it has become more of a problem, but no one wants a fight.

Rules Two: In order to make the transformation complete, the victim must taste blood before their full moon ends. It is simple, really. During the first month, the victim has the choice of becoming a werewolf. They have until the third day of their first full moon to kill a living being. Blood of a human or blood of an animal, it does not matter. Once there is blood in the mouth, there is no going back.


What is the werewolf transformation like?

A member of the werewolf family can only transform into their beast form three times a month under a full moon. There are only a select few who can transform without the aid of the full moon.

The transformation is very painful. The beast is much larger than the human and in order to come out, the bones of the body must break and rebuild into a different shape. The skin must be ripped off and a new, thick, darker skin must cover the new bones and muscles. Fur, of course, must grow thick enough to keep the beasts’ bodies warm or to keep outside threats from getting a mouthful of skin. Claws and fangs are grown out and sharp enough to protect themselves if their strength does not do the job. Eyes, ears, and nose are adjusted much like a wolf in order to get a better sense of their surroundings so they can hunt in a more proficient way.

Once the full moon disappears, the transformation must revert. The bones break once again to reconstruct a human form. The fur and skin from the beast are torn off by their claws and everything else is readjusted.

This three day process usually wears the werewolves out. After these three days are done with, it will take at least another day to recuperate.

What is the wolf-form transformation like?

The wolf transformation is much like the werewolf transformation. The only difference is that the humans do not change body size. They adjust their head, hands and feet…grow fur and a tail. This process is a lot more comfortable than the beast.

What can harm or kill a werewolf?

Anything can harm or kill a werewolf…

The best bet to kill a werewolf is to catch it in human form or regular wolf form. Do not wait until it is in beast form. The wolf and human can be killed like any other living creature. However, if it comes to killing a werewolf, the person wants to aim for the head. Two or three bullets to the brain will take it down, or chop off the head. To make sure, burn the body so that the werewolf can not revert back to human. If it reverts back, the healing process will take place and push out the bullets and heal any damage.

Be careful going after wolves. Remember they travel in groups of two or three. If you kill one, you will have to kill all of them at once. It is not an easy process and most likely, the person will die first.

What is the difference between a werewolf and a wolf-shifter?

A wolf-shifter is a human who is a descendant of a witch tribe that decided to abandon their powers for the ability to only shift. A human cannot become a wolf-shifter by a bite.

A werewolf is a descendant of the original wolf pack that was cursed to transform into a human. They can take on human form, wolf form, and a beast form. The curse passes on to significant others and children once bitten.

EXTRA INFORMATION

The same rule applies to werewolves as they do regular shifters. They do not age constantly. The werewolves have to change once a month forcefully and any other time on their own, and because of that the cell replication is in overdrive. They live at least twice as long as humans do. They heal within two or three days if injured.

If they are wounded in one form, they can take on the form of another in order to heal quicker.

The werewolves are much like any other wolf pack. There is an Alpha and a Beta. Unlike most folk lore, it is actually a female who is the Alpha. The Beta can be any one the Alpha chooses. The partners of these two positions are also considered Alpha and Beta.

If someone wishes to become Alpha or Beta, they must first challenge that person who is already in the position wanted. For example, if another woman wanted to be Alpha, she would challenge her leader. In a fight, if the woman won, she would become Alpha automatically and no one would question her authority.

The Alpha and Beta can choose whoever they wish to be their partner or mate. If that person is already taken, well that is too bad. When the Alpha or Beta chooses someone, no matter what, that person is their mate.

During wolf or beast form, the pack can communicate telepathically to each other. Alphas and Betas from different packs can communicate with each other telepathically, but only they can. No other pack members can communicate with another pack.
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