Here're my notes on shapeshifters. This is a fairly rough outline.
* Celandran Shapeshifters: Humans who transform into animal forms. The
animal and human forms must respect conservation of mass.
* Lycanthropes: Persons who involuntarily change from human to
animal form under the influence of certain lunar configurations. The
lycanthrope may have voluntary control during other lunar
configurations, and may be unable to change form at all in still other
lunar configurations. Typically found in wilderness regions; possibly
contaigious. Always take predatory forms.
* Skinwalkers: Persons who use magic items, typically enchanted
animal skins, to change from human to animal form. Usually tribal
shamans from the far north or far south. Almost always take predatory
forms. Skinwalkers may under certain circumstances become trapped in
their animal form.
* Dreaming Shapeshifters: Non-humans who can transform into a multitude
of different forms. Prolonged stay on Celandra will cause a gradual loss
of shifting powers. 'Prolonged stay' can mean anything from years to
centuries, but is at least a year and a day of uninterrupted residence
on Celandra.
* The Fae: Nearly all Fae have some power to affect their form.
Sometimes, the change is merely illusory, as in the glamours of the
Seelie and Unseelie Courts; othertimes, the change is real, as in the
pookas and selkies.
* The True Shifters: Servants of the goblin-god Ertoslator the Liar,
True Shifters are amorphous blobs in their base state. They are capable
of duplicating the form and functions of nearly any living thing,
including humans if given sufficient time to observe their target.
Utterly amoral, if not downright evil.
Andrew
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I think we could add the bonded demons to this list. Not shapeshifters as such, but there features of both that are the same (concealment, disguise). Andrew Janssen wrote: >Here're my notes on shapeshifters. This is a fairly rough outline. > >* Celandran Shapeshifters: Humans who transform into animal forms. The >animal and human forms must respect conservation of mass. > > * Lycanthropes: Persons who involuntarily change from human to >animal form under the influence of certain lunar configurations. The >lycanthrope may have voluntary control during other lunar >configurations, and may be unable to change form at all in still other >lunar configurations. Typically found in wilderness regions; possibly >contaigious. Always take predatory forms. > > * Skinwalkers: Persons who use magic items, typically enchanted >animal skins, to change from human to animal form. Usually tribal >shamans from the far north or far south. Almost always take predatory >forms. Skinwalkers may under certain circumstances become trapped in >their animal form. > > A rather nasty idea i just had - practicioners of dark magicks who could use specially enchanted human skin to disguise themselves, be it in a specific form (the victim's) or many (perhaps the enchanted skin is a base ingredient, the final ingredient being a lock of hair or something similiar from the person to be impersonated). Such a thing would fit into the sorcery of Ertoslator. > > * The True Shifters: Servants of the goblin-god Ertoslator the Liar, >True Shifters are amorphous blobs in their base state. They are capable >of duplicating the form and functions of nearly any living thing, >including humans if given sufficient time to observe their target. >Utterly amoral, if not downright evil. > > How many are there? Are they only in Celandra, or the Dreaming, or both? Regards, Ibrahim ================================ Confidentiality Statement and Disclaimer ================================ This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and contains information that is privileged and confidential. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete the original message. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
ibrahim wrote: > I think we could add the bonded demons to this list. Not shapeshifters > as such, but there features of both that are the same (concealment, > disguise). > > Andrew Janssen wrote: > > >>Here're my notes on shapeshifters. This is a fairly rough outline. >> >>* Celandran Shapeshifters: Humans who transform into animal forms. The >>animal and human forms must respect conservation of mass. >> >> * Lycanthropes: Persons who involuntarily change from human to >>animal form under the influence of certain lunar configurations. The >>lycanthrope may have voluntary control during other lunar >>configurations, and may be unable to change form at all in still other >>lunar configurations. Typically found in wilderness regions; possibly >>contaigious. Always take predatory forms. >> >> * Skinwalkers: Persons who use magic items, typically enchanted >>animal skins, to change from human to animal form. Usually tribal >>shamans from the far north or far south. Almost always take predatory >>forms. Skinwalkers may under certain circumstances become trapped in >>their animal form. >> >> > > A rather nasty idea i just had - practicioners of dark magicks who could > use specially enchanted human skin to disguise themselves, be it in a > specific form (the victim's) or many (perhaps the enchanted skin is a > base ingredient, the final ingredient being a lock of hair or something > similiar from the person to be impersonated). Such a thing would fit > into the sorcery of Ertoslator. Well, the way I originally envisioned it, most skinwalkers use Obeah rather than sorcery to change into animal form. However, your idea definitely fits in with the demonspawn and Ertoslator. I like it. > >> * The True Shifters: Servants of the goblin-god Ertoslator the Liar, >>True Shifters are amorphous blobs in their base state. They are capable >>of duplicating the form and functions of nearly any living thing, >>including humans if given sufficient time to observe their target. >>Utterly amoral, if not downright evil. >> >> > > How many are there? Are they only in Celandra, or the Dreaming, or both? Well, that's the real question, innit? Nobody knows exactly how many there are. The other gods do know that most are imprisoned with other demons in Demerhaze's Halls of Nightmare, and most of the rest stay in the Dreaming, but from time to time they interact with Celandra--usually "replacing" persons to advance Ertoslator's schemes. Andrew > > Regards, > > Ibrahim > > ================================ > Confidentiality Statement and Disclaimer > ================================ > This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and contains information that is privileged and confidential. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete the original message. Thank you. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
