A classified overview of Changelings from the Church of Soleil
Changelings are a now rare type of Daemon thanks to our church's ceaseless efforts in their eradication, but as they are not just brought about from two encountering each other they cannot be fully eradicated until the daemon scourge is fully wiped from the world.
Changelings are Daemons who can change their appearance at will, but very rarely possess the ability to change into animals
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Origins
There are four ways Changelings are born. For the rest of this overview we will be referring to them as types 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the order listed below.
A normal Human being Blessed by certain nature Daemons (commonly referred to as Nature spirits") and that individual proceeding to copulate with another Human of the opposite gender after the standard nine months the child will be born with certain distinct features and behaviour which will be noted later.
Through two adult Changelings meeting (gender does not matter as at this stage they can often change it at will.) a new one can be born in around four months.
Through a Changeling copulating with a Human, it will very rarely produce a child even rarer another changeling but as with all entities found to be born with any Daemon, the child no matter how human looking or acting will be eliminated as soon as possible
And possibly the child being born from an individual copulating with a Hellish Planar Daemon. (as we have found little to no evidence of this occurring and us having no knowledge of such daemons with any form of nature magic we are merely keeping this information logged as a possibility.)
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On newborn Changelings
Changelings are most easy to deal with in this form as they do not yet display any knowledge of their abilities
Type 1: this is the type you are most likely referring to this overview for curing or eliminating them, as for the cure there is none, report the abomination to the nearest church official immediately.
Characteristics, The Daemon is born with long black hair if cut the hair will regrow to full length within two days, green sclera while not exclusive to Changelings it is extremely rare for a normal Human to possess this trait therefor any Human who displays it is not to be trusted as are any who do not display our Gods desired traits and are generally much more temperamental than a normal child, also of note is they do not adequately respond to punishments to correct this behaviour.
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Type 2, and 3: Through extensive testing on captured Changelings we have determined various facets of their anatomy and we have determined that strangely the newborn possesses all the same features and behaviour of one born of a normal human pair, the only difference being an increased connection to the Changeling parent rather than the human one, once again demonstrating that despite appearances they are not Human.
Type 4: unknown
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Developing Changelings
All types of changelings follow the development cycle of a human, we will be describing the development of their powers.
Type 1: powers begin to develop at the age of eight generally stopping development at the age of twelve.
Type 2: Powers begin to develop at the age of five generally stopping development at the age of twelve.
Type 3:Powers begin to develop at the age of six generally stopping development at the age of twelve
Type 4: unknown
Outlier Type 1: powers allow them to change into animals, this has only been seen in the the orc territory
Outlier Type 2: powers never stop developing this has only been observed once and allows them to change race, sex, speices and turn into objects for small amounts of time.
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Mature changelings
A changeling is considered mature at the age of twelve where they commonly gain a light form of regeneration which is capable of healing any scar tissue they gained over their life, but major wounds will still exterminate them, other than that no further changes are known to take place.
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Elderly changelings
Not much is currently known about elderly changelings as any captured ones die by using their powers to disconnect major organs during their captivity, and as they can change form at will they tend towards younger apearances.
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Powers
They can potentially change race, sex, speices and turn into objects for small amounts of time but only one case has demonstrated all of these abilities at once.
They are known to have an affinity towards nature magic but are unskilled in anything else.
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How to deal with them
Newborns can easily be disposed of, it is also necessary to eliminate both parents to prevent more from being born.
Developing ones can be disposed of in the same way and are in most cases easier to identify due to them not yet knowing how to hide their powers.
Mature Changelings often know how to conceal their powers fortunately they cannot stop their healing so to test if they are one physical harm must be existed on them to the point of scarring on various parts of the body and be held in captivity for no less than two months if the scars shrink at all in this time they are to be executed immediately.
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Other information
The only remaining public Changeling settlements are in the Orcish federation, and as our religion classifies Orcs as a type of animal we have no influence on them to remove this threat.
Some "sanctuary" settlements also are located in elven territory but as we consider anything other then our divine's chosen impure we are often rejected by the species as a whole.
Dwarves, Gnomes and Goblins are not known to birth Changelings the reason for this is unknown.