- For non-humans, see Changebeast.
A changechild is a human who undergoes extreme magical modifications to its body. This can be caused by deliberate use of magic, or by changecircles caused by Mage Storms following the Cataclysm.
Human-based changechildren may have conducted the modifications themselves. The type of magic involved is similar to that used by the Tayledras and their Kaled'a'in fore-bearers to create the Shin'a'in Battlesteeds and the Tayledras bondbirds. However, in the creation of a changechild the technique is taken to an extreme that the Shin'a'in and Tayledras consider to be obscene.
Other human-based changechildren are created by accident, melded with other creature(s) when they are caught together in a Changecircle. This is what happened to Ree, who acquired many physical characteristics of both the rat and the cat he had been near when a Changecircle caught them. The Eastern Empire considered all changecircle victims to be dangerous, and they were to be killed on sight, human or not.[1]
When no human is involved, the resultant merged creature is called a changebeast. In some cases, such creatures were much larger and more dangerous, especially if they were given an intelligence boost as well. Few of these changebeasts survive, and those that do usually cannot reproduce.
Notable changechildren[]
- Mornelithe Falconsbane - deliberately modified[2]
- Nyara - deliberately modified[2]
- Ree - changecircle victim[1]
- Kitha shena Tale'sedrin - changecircle victim[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hobgoblin Ree Miniseries by Sarah A. Hoyt and Kate Paulk
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Mage Winds trilogy
- ↑ Gryphon Hadara Miniseries by Jennifer Brozek