Shape Shifting

[close] For like minded indivuals to locate, review and share books on the paranormal and related phenomenon in an open and multi-faithed environment.

[close] ❝ Sᴀᴏɪʀsᴇ ᴛʀí ᴇᴏʟᴀs, ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ! ❞ "What you see isn't always what you get." This is true for the students at Eoghan Academy of Magic, which is located in the 'ruins' of a castle in the Scottish Highlands. The students that attend this school are not entirely 'normal.' Their souls aren't that of a human, and each are linked to an ancient and powerful force of nature. The current Headmaster had devoted this school to a sacred cause: to locate long lost artifacts of magic and bring them into the school, to strengthen the school's power in the world of magic. But there are consequences, because when objects of power are brought together in masses, they generate a beacon, a beacon that now stirs a sleeping evil. What fate awaits you here, at the Academy of Magic?

[close] Numerous different types of shapeshifters exist in the world. There is a distinction between lycanthropes, which include solely persons infected by contact with another lycanthrope's bodily fluids, and shapeshifters, a class that includes both lycanthropes and persons who are able to shapeshift as a result of magic, such as a personal or family curse. In this universe, lycanthropes are barred from certain professions and can in fact still be killed on sight in some states. The status of non-lycanthrope shapeshifters, being far more rare, is less clear. To what extent, if any, human society recognizes the authority of lycanthrope social groups (packs, pards, etc.)--whether criminal acts undertaken at the order of one's alpha might be regarded as actions taken under duress, for instance-—is similarly unclear.