ABOUT THE SPECIES & POWERS

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There are many mythical beings in this world, each a different species from the next, but each as powerful and special and worthy as the next. There is only one question.

what are you?

HUMAN

A human, considered weak by many but often underestimated. They may be in the dark but that doesn't mean they're going to lie back and just let the world crumble around them. They are mostly oblivious to the supernatural race, and rightly so, because when a human finds out that there is such a thing, they put themselves in danger. If they are unlucky enough to be a soul mate of a supernatural, they must learn to accept. They are really fragile, and clueless. They act brave, but under all that, they're just human, and the supernatural world frightens them to no ends.

POWERS

No special powers, they are merely human. Though there may be very rare exceptions of humans that are cursed by witches, or humans that are descendants of a witch in which case they may have extra powers such as a sixth sense or something along those lines. Not every human will have this though.

HUNTER

The hunters are the ones that the species should be afraid of. There aren't many of them, but they are good at what they do. They aren't scared for their lives, and have killed so many of the species. However they are not invincible, so they must be careful, they're only human. They kill all supernatural's, so all of them are well trained humans... good or bad... you're their enemy. There are few they can not kill, but through their skill and learning they can reach the absolute heights of their fighting. They are sharp and strong, but sometimes foolish and forget they are not invincible.

POWERS

The hunters don't have any powers per say, just that they can be trained to sense supernaturals. Better hearing than a normal human, more speedy, lithe in the way they move. Other than that, they are just normal humans with no special powers.

VAMPIRE

Perhaps a vampire, deadly and dangerous, dead only by a stake to the heart like the legends say. Their thirst is for blood, without it they die, and unlike the rumours, the sun doesn't harm them, so they are that much more dangerous. They don't sparkle either, so they could look like any human around you, and with an untrained eye, you will accept their humanity. They are strong, and most of them harsh and sadistic, loving the feel of fear as the blood of humans flows into their mouths. They are the ultimate predators, killers with the speed of lightning, eyes that see dark as light as well as extraordinary hearing sense. There's nowhere to hide from these beings, they'll hear the beat of your heart and come and get you anyway.

POWERS

Night Sight - Vampires can see better in the dark than most supernatural beings, unless they are werewolves, who are about the same.
Healing Factor - Able to heal from almost any injury, but bigger injuries would take more time to heal of course.
Immortality - Vampires live forever unless they are staked in the heart or burned.
Basic Telepathy - Can sense emotions and send pictures to a person when they are sharing blood.
Hypnotize and control minds - The older a vampire is, the easier it is to do this. However, if your vampire is a newborn, then they won't be able to at all as this takes practice and skill.

WEAKNESSES

Survival - They must drink blood everyday to survive.
Wood - Wood can hurt them, it is as if they are allergic to it. However, only a wooden stake to the heart can kill them. Even Metal bullets cannot.
Sunlight - This cannot hurt them. They are able to walk in the day like any other species without revealing who they are.

SHAPESHIFTER

Or a shapeshifter, who chooses an animal and is able to transform themselves into it, like an ordinary person with a special, secret super power. However, their choice must be wise, because it hurts to change, the feeling of limbs changing shape is nothing that a human should experience. They try not to do it if they can avoid it, but with practice it get's easier, as does everything. The bigger the animal, the easier it is to change because their bones don't have to stretch or shrink as much. However, when in the animal shape they can communicate mentally with pictures of what they want to say, not exactly words. They also inherit all of the powers of that animal, the speed, sense of smell, even flying if a bird, so being a shifter is not only a curse, but maybe also a blessing?

POWERS

Shifting - Able to choose one animal and shift fully into that animal, even if other members of the family are a certain animal, they still get a choice.
As humans - Able to gain small abilities of the one animal they can turn into in their human form. Such as extra hearing and sense of smell, depending on the animal. If they're a bird though, they wouldn't be able to fly in their human form.
Animal Speak - Able to send telepathic images to any animals in a way of communication.

WEAKNESSES

Death - Their death is human like. So they can be killed by anything, from bullets to poisoning.
Shifting - This is painful as hell, and if they change with their clothes on they get ripped, and they would have to buy new clothes.

WEREWOLF

A werewolf, feared by the human world as well as themselves. They do not choose what they do when the full moon is in the sky, nor do they remember. And silver frightens them, because it hurts them, and then kills them. If hit by a silver bullet, the death is slow and painful as the poison spreads around their bodies. They are as affected by it in human form as they are in their wolf form. The transformation is so painful, and then they want to kill. Anything that breathes, has a pulse excites them, and their animalistic instincts take control of them, and they can't tell themselves no. This is truly a curse for those who wake up the next day, naked, with, blood on their hands and absolutely no recollection of the night before, which is consequently the night of the full moon.

POWERS

Senses - When human, the person gets extra senses like better hearing, better sight and smell, they will also be faster too and their bodies better defined to be able to take the change.
Bite - If a werewolf bites a mortal being anywhere they will go through a transformation into a werewolf or a hybrid.
Healing - If injured, a werewolf can heal at a quicker pace than humans, there should be no scars left on healed skin.

WEAKNESSES

Transformation - When the full moon strikes, they have no choice but to change their forms with no free will to stop the change. It is very very painful, and lasts until dawn. But they can only shift at the full moon.
Silver - Silver in their bloodstream is a slow poison, so they'll die a slow and painful death unless it's directly to the heart in which case, it means instant death.

WITCHES & WARLOCKS

Are you a witch? Mixing cauldrons, masking enchantments with their bare hands. Their eyes, a deep a violet, miss nothing. They are crafty and clever, naive and notorious. They must choose their path before it is chosen for them. They can brew potions using herbs and other things, and make enchantments by focusing their power using gemstones. They also have other powers: seeing the future etc. but not every witch is capable of such strong magic. There are also undiscovered witches, ones who are psychic or telepathic, and untrained. They can be killed in a human like way, yet they can also be killed by magic. Some say that because witches/warlocks don't have the power of speed or strength, they are more vulnerable, but they are able to take care of themselves through voodoo or potions. But be careful, their line is long and powerful, their ancestors the most powerful witches and warlocks of the supernatural world, and if they're a pure breed, they inherit the powers too.

POWERS

Foresight - Able to glimpse into the future. This takes a while and it doesn’t always happen if the person makes a big decision that could change it. So it is always good to look at different alternatives. Not all witches can do this.
Magic - Varies between how strong and old the witch or warlock is. They can brew potions using herbs and other things, and make enchantments by focusing their power using gemstones and crystals.
Undiscovered - There are also undiscovered witches, ones who are psychic or telepathic, and untrained so they believe that they are humans, which is where the 'psychic humans' come from.

WEAKNESSES

Limits - Their power very much relies on physical things, like herbs and crystals and such while doing their magic.
Iron - This metal more than others affects them, and even a touch of it to the skin hurts them and leaves a mark.
Death - Because they are witches, they are nothing too extraordinary that means that they have a human like death in every way, including their own magic.

GUARDIAN ANGEL

Or a guardian angel, invisible to their human unless they wish to protect them by being their friend. And though they may be happy and sad, in awe and afraid, the gentle touch of another makes them feel less alone. Touch is important to them, since they never experienced it in heaven, as in heaven they do not have bodies; they were just light. They are the only ones that can kill the fallen angels, and vice versa. They are also not the targets for the hunters, because they have only one alliance. Protect humans, the moment they stray and become evil they become fallen, and must say goodbye to their wings. They are there to protect humans from evil, but not all of them are lucky enough to have their own guardian angel. But it is forbidden for them to fall in love with a human, because then it interferes with their job, and the heavens above can't have that. They can only die if their human dies of unnatural causes, otherwise they are immortal. Unless they become fallen.

POWERS

Flight - Since they have wings, they are able to use them to fly, but they must be invisible while they do it. Their flight will also take them to the pearly gates if the heavens need to meet with them for whatever reason.
Invisibility - They can be invisible in order to protect their charge. While invisible, they have to be careful as not to bump into anyone so they don't think they're bumping into thin air.
Immortality - They live forever, taking care of a different human generation after generation. They can only die if their charge dies. However, old age or illness do not count because it is out of their hands.

WEAKNESSES

Touch - They can feel touch, so whenever they hare hit, they do have a higher pain tolerance, but they would still hurt, and knives and guns would make them bleed. However, none of that can kill them unless it is by another angel, and they have a special blade from heaven.
Human Death - They die the moment that their human dies. They just disappear, and are no more, no trace of them having ever existed, but only living on in the memories od the angels and people who knew them.

FALLEN ANGEL

Then there are the fallen angels, once guardians who disobeyed their orders and fell from the pearly gates. Their wings are forever lost, only two long scratches in their place, and their memories waiting to be viewed by the brave human who touches their skin. The memories that engulf the human are so real, as if they experienced it themselves. As if they were there. And it is so scary for a fallen to let humans inside into their deepest secrets and memories because they have no control over what the humans see. They can only be killed by the hands of a guardian angel, otherwise they can be scratched and hurt by weapons, they can bleed and hurt but they can not die. They do have extra strength, but they do not have the ability to fly, and they miss that, if they miss anything about being a guardian.

POWERS

Healing Factor - Able to heal from any injury, deeper cuts can hurt.
Immortality - They live forever with a sense of damnation, which seems like more of a punishment from the heavens.
Sleep - Able to go without sleep. Though they must rest at least twenty-four hours in a week.

WEAKNESSES

Wings - As their wings were ripped out, they only have scars in those places and therefore are unable to fly.
Scars - If a human or any other species touch their scars, they can see a memory of the fallen angel that the angel cannot control, so they have no idea what the human might see.
Death - Can only be killed by another angel, Guardian or Fallen.

IMMORTAL

An immortal, those who live forever, young outwards and old inwards, frozen in time. They see your innomost thoughts, your secret desires, your unconscious wishes -- they read your mind and view your aura. And their death is only possible by a sharp pressure directly on the heart. Which may seem like an undignified way to die, but it's easier said than done, because you must get close first before you can kill them. They have lived for centuries, and so have the strength and agility of those centuries that they have lived. An immortal may only be immortal if you have give up your soul to satan, for an eternal life, whether it is for selfish or unselfish reasons, the price is just that. But just because they've sold their soul, does not mean that they can't feel. It means that their feelings are merely borrowed, and eventually they will have no feeling at all, but that will come over a millennium of using up the borrowed feelings. The less time they let themselves feel strong emotions, the more time they have left from being numb. Even pain is better than feeling nothing at all, so just think about whether it is worth it.

POWERS

Telepathy - Able to read peoples minds, but they can’t control their minds.
Immortality - They live forever.
Auras - Can see peoples emotions through their auras; which are based on colours. Love would be pink, anger would be red, green would be envy etc.

WEAKNESSES

Death - Can only be killed by a sharp pressure to the heart, including if their heart is ripped out from their chest.

FAERIE

Perhaps you are a faerie, far from the cheeky, pixie-dust carrying sprites of animation, but selfish and sly, with prayers for evil. Unseen to all but those who know of them, the mythical beings, they are invisible, though a touch of metals weakens them greatly. They feed on human feelings, and the bad and harsh feelings are the ones that satisfy them most. So anger, fear, loss, regret, they are just so tasty for these creatures. They may feed on each other, but they find the human emotions so much more tastier! They are also addictive, if you've been embraced by a faerie, you will not want to pull away, but you will want to come back again and again, it will be an obsession, so they must be careful, and they can drive humans mad with their obsession. The human looking body is only their glamour, but if you're able to see fey without them revealing themselves to you, you will see them as ugly, as monsters, but their glamour can not be kept intact when they are feeding. Their glamour let's them survive through human emotions.

POWERS

Empathy - Able to control and feed off of peoples emotions.
Glamour - From their ugly faerie forms, they are able to use glamour to create a human body for themselves to fit in with the humans.
Invisibility - Can turn invisible to everyone apart from the people that know that faeries exist and other faeries.

WEAKNESSES

Metal - Any metal takes away their powers for as long as they are in contact with it, and/or encased within in [so steel buildings would be an example]. It makes them feel sick and nauseous, and very weak.
Illness - In their human body they are not immune to illness, therefore they can develop deadly diseases like cancer etc for their human bodies of abused.
Death - And metal to the blood inside the body is instant death. So a stab wound in the arm with the knife still in it; instant death.

MERMAID & MERMAN

Or a mermaid, who you may have heard sing a song of unnatural beauty, enticing you from miles away. Blending into the human world flawlessly but for the fact that a single drop of water returns them to their natural shape. They have to be careful of any spillages, they can drink water but only from a straw. None of it must make contact with their skin. They are beautiful and as enticing as sirens. They can be both male and female, but they're more beautiful in their mermaid form. Their song is enchanting, and they can trick you into coming into the water, therefore drowning you because not all of them are as nice as the fairytales say, some of them want death, want blood, no they crave it, so you must be careful of which mermaids you see because their song may just end your life.

POWERS

Hypnotic Charm - Able to make themselves hard to look away from.
Sirens Song - Able to lure people or make them do what the person wants by singing a song which almost entrances them.
WEAKNESSES

Water - One drop of water and they grow a tail within ten seconds.
Death - Their death is human like.

FIRETAMER

And the firetamers, who can control the flickering flames that can do so much damage. But none to them, for they can create it, lather themselves in it and move unscathed, which all others are in agony, except their own kind, when protected by their own flames. They are mostly human though, they just have this rare gift which can be a blessing or a curse, whichever way you look at it, they are stuck with it. These creatures would be normal, apart from the rarity that is fire that flows through their veins. Neither of their parents have to be firetamers in order for the child to be, so that's what scares the human race, you never know who it could be. Their parents could not know whether their child is a firetamer, but their power can do great damage, as well as great good.

POWERS

Fire - Able to be imune to any form of fire or heat, and able to make it out of thin air and able to control it.

WEAKNESSES

Death - Human like. They are basically human but with fire in their veins.

DEMON

Oh the demons, Demons - like angels and fallen angels - are immortal. The original demons (and by original I mean straight from heaven to hell) were fallen angels who took it a step further. Those original demons reproduced to make a pure race - if you'd like to call it that. Original and born demons are told apart by the scars: original demons have the scars from missing wings while born do not. Like guardian angels, they can choose to appear invisible and also can't feel the touch of another. Born demons have the characteristic trait of black eyes. They're no constantly black, but they do flash black (especially when the demon is about to do something particularly evil). Original demons can only be killed by guardian angels but born demons can be killed by a special blade. As far as aging goes, original demons stay the same age that they were when they died, Born demons age until they reach their 20-30's and then stop.

POWERS

Immortality - They are able to live forever.
Possession - Able to possess a human body for a limited time, and this comes with age and strength and experience.
Emotions - They are able to push down emotions within them so that it seems like they don't even have any warm emotions.

WEAKNESSES

Death - original - by a guardian or fallen angel, or another demon | born - same as original; can also be killed by a special blade (in possession of hunters).

GHOST

The ghosts, are restless spirits of the dead. Ghosts are able to make themselves solid for a certain length of time. The longer you have been a ghost, the longer you can hold this. While solid, ghosts can touch objects and others. While a ghost, they can only be touched by other ghosts. They cannot be killed in the traditional sense because they're already dead, but can "move on" once they figure out what is holding them to the earth. Or they could forcefully be moved on through the salting and burning of their bones. Neither outcome of the war affects them, they base their decisions on whatever will cause more trouble, and as for the vengeful spirits, who haunt people. They are able to remain solid for a longer time with age as well as if they are close tot he place where they died. Charms are able to ward off evil spirits, especially those with bad intentions. Salt can keep them at bay and iron tends to deter spirits. They are here to cause chaos. Immortal beings (Vampires, immortals) cannot turn into ghosts when they die since many consider them not having souls and neither can those that are already "dead" (guardian/fallen angels and original/born demons). Everything else can turn into ghosts, but none retain their powers (witches have nothing, firetamers can't control fire, shifters can't shift, etc).

POWERS

Substance - Able to walk through anything that is solid.
Telekinesis - Able to move things without touching them.
Teleportation - Able to disappear whenever they please.
Solidity - Able to turn solid for a short amount of time, but this comes with age and experience.

WEAKNESSES

Death - Bones must be salted and then burned, or they move on.

HYBRID

These are mixtures of two of the species. However, you may only have a hybrid if you have 25 in character posts with your first character. Click the link provided to view the information on hybrids; LINK.


The info on Ghosts as well as Demons was written by our dear Kel!

Remember that your species does not dictate who you are. A fallen angel, a vampire, a faerie . . . they are not all dark, not all hateful of humans nor power hungry. But do not put your trust in the others as well -- the divisions of war are not black and white.

Choose your side carefully. Then try to win.

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