Holy Warriors

The Holy Warriors, also called Shape Shifters, Changers, and Chosen Warriors, are elite warriors of the Germanic tribes, that have the ability to transform into animalistic forms.
== Anointing ==
There are two methods by which a Holy Warrior is "Anointed": 
# Living Vitae: they live and hunt with the Holy Beast for years, while one drop of blood is injected to them at a time. This is the slower, but superior method, as it allows the Holy Warrior to gradually get used to, understand, and control the transformation, allowing them to change back.
# Dead Vitae: they have a deceased Holy Beast's solidified essence grafted on and arm or leg. It then spreads across the rest of their body. This is the faster but more dangerous method.
=== Risks ===
* Attempts at using Elemental Beasts instead of Holy Beast have been disastrous, and is one of the reasons the Elemental Magic is viewed as corrupted, unnatural, and tainted by the Germanic tribes.
* Placing a Dead Vitae directly inside someone's flesh, result in it spreading through the blood and resulting in a slow and painful death.
== Training ==
Holy Warriors can train to progress and regress the transformation, both methods require meditation, however as standard practice, a Holy Warrior will usually first complete the transformation before then learning how to retract it. As with First Order Elemental Mages, it usually takes months to learn how to meditate and gather mana within themselves, before they can really start making progress in their transformation. As Marcus was already a second order mage, he could skip this step and rapidly complete his transformation.
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