Changelings

Subject: Changelings Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:18 am

Changlings are children of Fae blood who were switched with a human child sometime after birth. This usually takes place in the infant's crib and the parents have no clue; they usually just believe their child is a little strange and hungrier than most. In most cases the two children are switched back when the fairy child gets bored of pretending to be human after a couple months but some prefer the human life and never go back.

Fairies are not all tiny people. They come in different varieties. The human sized kind usually have shape shifting abilities that come in various levels: most can become tiny at will, hide their wings and pointed ears, and hold the shape of various animals in times ranging from a few minutes to a few hours. These abilites can be strengthened with training.

Subject: Re: Changelings Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:35 am

As a species, changeling fairies are typically selfish and cowardly. Their natural reaction to danger is to fly away and avoid conflict. This is because despite their abilities they have no unnatural resistance to pain and illness, and in some cases are even weaker than humans. In their small form, changelings are especially vulnerable as they can be squished easily by the average person.

Since they posses the ability to switch genders as well as species (although not the ability to change race or coloring so they couldn't be a blue antelope for example) changelings usually pick the gender they most identify with at birth and stay like that for the rest of their lives. It is not uncommon for the gender confused to switch back and forth however. Also, fairies are able to tell if their babies are also born as changelings due to the fact that they are not born in the humanoid shape but rather as a random animal based on the child's genetic predisposition towards that species.

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