Changelings

Humanoids created in the Feywild, Changelings are pieces to a puzzle, creatures that are often bestowed upon mortals of Valdesoth by fey of the Feywild. Changelings are created in all of the fey courts and are often easy to put into the seelie and unseelie subgroups, though are only particularly considered to be part of a specific fey court if they remained in the Feywild and were not placed in Valdesoth or elsewhere.
The nature of Changelings means that their appearance is often mysterious, though what is considered to be a natural form is rather nondescript—hair, eyes, and skin the same shade, like a blank slate. Shifting and changing is an entirely biological change, bones shifting and cracking and separate, muscle and sinew changing as it is customized—something that many would consider to be deeply unnerving to witness but that causes the Changeling no pain. 
== Different States ==
Changelings exist in two states, the traditional shapeshifters, ever changing and then those who have settled. Many changelings truly never get to know their identity as a changeling, and will end up “settling” into the form that they were given as they were placed with a humanoid family. Once settled, they will not be able to transform—this settling occurring in their adolescent phase.
Changelings that do not settle often have troubled childhoods, strife occurring that leads to an instability that causes them to maintain their ability to shift, often a large emotional outburst bringing the discovery of said ability. This instability causes them to often feel unstable in their forms, and therefore will cause them to shift relatively frequently.
Life cycles for Changelings are somewhat extended due to their transformative properties—Changelings that settle will have a lifespan similar to that of the race that they become while Changelings that do not settle typically have a lifespan of 150-250 years, though are known to have a general lower life expectancy.
== True Names ==
True names are considered those that describe the being at it’s core, and while Changelings may often identify with many different names and identities, there is always one that is considered to be the singular, definitive name.
== Known Changelings ==
====== Kef Potweed ======
A settled seelie Changeling who now takes the form of a half-elf.
====== Voyager ======
A changeling who frequently switches between forms.
Category:Denizens of the Realms