Outside of those infected with the lycanthropy virus, there are others who are born with the ability to shapeshift. This group is not bound to changing with the full moon and they have full control over their transformations. Their skills focus on enhancing one's senses, manipulating their shifts into various forms, and using offensive and defensive gifts found on animals in nature.

Shifters

In days of myth and legend, certain powerful magicians and witches were able to transform people into animals with curses. Over time, the bloodlines of these victims were able to re-aquire their human shapes and now this potential for shapechanging has been passed down, resulting in four 'bloodlines' of shifters which have a single animal form. These shifters cannot take any other animal form, but do benefit from some unique abilities resulting from their inherited form.

• Owls

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• Swanmanes

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• Selkos

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• Wolfhounds

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Skinwalkers

Just as Shifters passed down the power to change shapes, the nature of genetics and time have also diluted their family lines and the abilities that go with it. These people, called Skinwalkers in modern parlance, come from all walks of life, from all nations and peoples across the world. These rare beings are born as normal humans and retain most of that normalcy until they hit puberty after which they undergo a unique change. They discover they have the power to change their bodies.

For Skinwalkers, the range of animal forms available is more diverse than for Shifters while the skills and abilities are essentially the same. Most take the forms of animals which they admire or find beautiful, and others have learned how to take on multiple animal forms.