#shapeshifter verse tbt.

[m4rchellas]

“ a girl’s got to do what a girl’s got to do. ” effy stonem

the   𝖌𝖗𝖎𝖓   𝖔𝖓   𝖍𝖊𝖗   𝖑𝖎𝖕𝖘   at   the   comment   of   the   unfamilair   brunette   should   be   sign   enough   that   she   approved   of   her   statement   ;   even   if   march   hadn't   fully   heard   what   the   others   full   conversation   was   for   the   context   to   go   with   said   statement—   𝙱𝚄𝚃   𝙾𝙵   𝙲𝙾𝚄𝚁𝚂𝙴   ,   this   doesn't   stop   her   from   𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓁𝓎   chiming   in   ❝      i   agree   .   i   dunno   what   we're   discussing   ,   but   i'm   on   your   team      .   ❞   she's   sat   atop   a   table   in   the   middle   of   the   quad   with   a   mixture   of   other   ᶜʳᵉᵃᵗᵘʳᵉˢ   …   fingers   absent   mindedly   twirling   small   strands   of   her   cinnamon   colored   mane   around   her   fingers   before   brown   gaze   is   cast   back   towards   the   brunette   again   .   

    …   𝖊𝖞𝖊   𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖞   𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖒𝖕𝖙      (      accepting      )   

[setternine-a]

NAME:   Kageyama Tobio ╱ SPECIES:   Shapeshifter ╱ AGE:   21 years old ╱ OCCUPATION:   Professional volleyball player ╱ ABILITIES:   Transforming between wolf / human at will, acute sense of smell & sight, physical prowess, paralyzing gaze, enticing howl

     On two legs, he's a volleyball prodigy. With all-rounded skills, he's renowed for his control and strength. A quick-thinker, focused, driven by instinct. It contrasts with the image he displays outside of the court. Social cues confuse him, as if he doesn't truly belong. What comes so easily to others, proves itself a struggle to the young setter. Indeed, the life of a human hasn't always been his reality. No ━ Tobio was born a wolf. A rare birth somewhere between the mountains of Japan. They were thought to be extinct, but the canid family he was born into wasn't written in the records of history books. They were fantasy, a legend ━ a long forgotten lineage of SHAPESHIFTERS.

     On four legs, he's a feared alpha. Powerful, resilient, respected for his hunting and leadership skills. A characteristic that differentiates him from the common wolf is that a purebreed cannot have blue eyes ━ a shapeshifter, however, just might. They reflect a deep, ocean-like hue during the calm of the day, and shine in a blinding blue light at night. The few animals that have survived his attacks, both mystical and common creatures alike, say that it's Tobio's eyes one should fear the most ━ they are, quite literally, stunning. His gaze binds his victims to the ground from the moment their eyes meet, giving him just about enough of an opening to sink his sharp teeth into the flesh of their exposed necks and quickly maul them out of their misery. His body is a perfect black from snout to tail, coated by a thick and soft fur to protect him from the harsh winters of the land.

     His family name, Kageyama, is widely known throughout all territories. Those wolves were indeed like shadows cast over the mountains, high and low, expanding their reign beyond the horizons, farther than the eye could see. Unlike their reputation, however, they were quite benevolent. Sharing the carcass of a fresh kill and allowing lost souls to drink from their ponds, though it seems that fear still prevails over gratitude for the amount of kindness his family could offer. Tobio was often found wandering the forests in his human form ━ usually considered a display of weakness and submission by shapeshifters, who mainly choose to turn into humans only when walking into two-legged territory. Tobio refused to be bound by such rules and traditions. His trained human body is a proud achievement, and so is his wolf form.

     To avoid unwanted attention, shapeshifters tend to stray from taking flashy roles in human society. Tobio was one of the few exceptions. He had taken a liking to team sports when watching men from a distance, figuring the practice would aid him in his own journey as a pack leader. Before realizing it, he was branded a prodigy, receiving offers to play for all kinds of companies who owned a volleyball team. Perhaps it wasn’t too late to retreat and start anew somewhere else, but part of him wanted to see just how far one could go. Unfortunately, his duties as an alpha couldn’t be so easily pushed aside. After knowing of his newly-found obsession, Tobio’s pack forsook him. The young wolf fought to retrieve his position, but ultimately lost to their new leader upon noticing how fervently his former pack mates howled for his defeat, his emotional vulnerability being enough of a weakness to give his opponent a cue to strike a victory blow.

     Tobio barely escaped with life, opting to live mainly as a human. At least once a week, he visits the mountains that were once his home, allowing his lonely howls to pierce the silence of the night.

TRIVIA

Once, Tobio ate a chunk of uncooked meat in front of his teammates during dinner and they rushed him to the hospital. He was fine and very confused.

Animals can sense what he truly is and are naturally scared in his presence. Tobio likes them because they remind him of home.

Tobio is very polite and energetic, and despite his yearning for friends ( the human equivalent of a pack, he assumes ), he tries not to get deeply involved with others.

[dcputyrook]

just saying, alder did not get his animal shifts by killing the animals.

so if you’re imaging alder clark riding a deer/bear or chasing after a rabbit or getting attacked by an eagle

GOOD

[fatesought]

( open // quarth )

     “What was the point in asking for help if you’re only going to flinch away every time I try and get a good look at it? Hold still, I’m almost done.”

[cldest]

as  i  haven’t  made  a  proper  page  yet,  here’s  a  simplified  guide  to  murtagh’s  verses.  they  don’t  have  tags  either,  so  you’ll  find  them  tagged  as  “ [ verse ]  tbt. “  in  threads.

𝙼𝙰𝙸𝙽 :    follows  the  events  of  eragon  ( book ).

𝙳𝚁𝙰𝙶𝙾𝙽  𝚁𝙸𝙳𝙴𝚁 :    follows  murtagh’s  timeline  during  eldest  and  brisingr.  thorn’s  egg  hatched  for  him  and  he  is  working  for  galbatorix  as  his  rider.

𝙿𝙾𝚂𝚃 - 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙾𝙽 :    after  the  death  of  galbatorix,  murtagh  and  thorn  travel  alagaësia  to  find  his  place  in  the  world.

𝙼𝙾𝙳𝙴𝚁𝙽 :    murtagh  ( with  his  irish  setter,  thorn)  escapes  from  the  care  of  his  legal  tutor,  powerful  businessman  galbatorix,  who  he  hates  with  a  deep  anger.  in  this  verse,  thorn  takes  the  appearance  of  a  dog,  but  can  shapeshift  into  a  dragon  at  will.

𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁 :    non - specific  verses  include  --  childhood ;  a  verse  in  which  murtagh  gets  not  kidnapped  at  the  beginning  of  eldest  and  instead  keeps  on  being  part  of  the  varden ;  king ! murtagh  au,  after  galbatorix’s  death.

[dcputyrook]

also the number of dogs alder can turn into is uncountable.