Shapeshifter

> Let's kill every bean in Polus!
>
> Fortegreen in one of Rodamrix's tweets

* Normal
* Ghost Form
* Parasite Form
* Disguise (Olive)
* Bandaged (Olive)
* Enraged
* After Resurrection

Alternate Series

* Eliminate the Polus Crew (Success)
* Steal the two Sabotage Device pieces from Red and Purple (Failed)

Alternate Series

* 4

Alternate Series

* Active

Alternate Series

* Part 3 - "Uneasy"

Alternate Series

* Part 6 - "Red 2/2"

Shapeshifter is one of the main antagonists in the Alternate Series, while possessing a more of a supporting character in the Main Series. Shapeshifter is known to be a powerful impostor from Polus and is capable of manifesting seemingly sentient tentacles and shapeshifting into others.

(We do not call Shapeshifter *"Fortegreen"* here, as to avoid any readers from having trouble figuring out whether or not we are talking about Shapeshifter or the Polus crewmate, Fortegreen.)

## Appearance

Shapeshifter appears as an odd-green coloured round-bodied astronout figure with a gas tank behind the back of their suit, accompanied by a visor on their head that changes shape to express emotions in the series. Shapeshifter, like the others, have short legs, floating hands, and because they are an impostor, has a mouth with razor sharp teeth and a barbed tongue that they are capable of hiding and showing at will. Shapeshifter is able to manifest black tentacles with red eyes from their body (notably their gas tank), or from any other surface. Whenever feeling enraged or killing someone, Shapeshifter is often seen with their visor, tongue, and inside mouth glowing and turning a menacing red color.

In the Main Series, Shapeshifter falls into the lava pit in Polus by Yellow and dies before becoming a ghost impostor, thus making Shapeshifter have a ghost tail and appear translucent upon death, with their visor, tongue, and mouth now white colored.

Shapeshifter would then shapeshift into a new color variation of a more darker odd-green colored suit, taking in the name "*Olive*". They use this form to disguise and blend in with the Polus Crew.

Shapeshifter is seen to possess a full parasite form, where they are fully black colored with tentacles poking out, while possessing multiple red eyes and mouth just like their tentacles along the way.

## Personality

Shapeshifter is someone who's personality is widely one of manipulation, calculation, and ruthlessness. They have a huge habit of lying to people to get what they want, whether to crewmates or even their fellow impostor, Red. They are a promise breaker and has broken Red's promise of not killing crewmates, and has gotten into fights with their ally because of it.

Shapeshifter is easily described as selfish and apathetic towards others, killing the Polus Crewmembers in violent ways, even resorting to eating Orange alive. In their second encounter with Red, they both engaged in a fight. Shapeshifter's goal was to kill Red in this situation, but their mind was quickly changed after realizing that Red is an impostor like them, which brings Shapeshifter to guilt trip Red with a made up story of them formerly being a crewmate until they were attacked by a horde of monstrous tentacles that then turned them into an impostor, just so Red would feel bad and spare them.

Shapeshifter's cunning and selfish personality is followed with cleverness and decision planning and this is proven when Grey tells Shapeshifter to step up on the medbay scan platform, with Shapeshifter stepping up and lets the machine scan them, only for them to secretly summon a small tentacle that then chomps down onto the two wires that was responsible for turning the medbay scan on, allowing the screen display of Shapeshifter's stats and true impostor identity to turn static.

One of Shapeshifter's weaknesses is trusting in others, with this being shown when Red tries to warn them that Brown was in their location, but Shapeshifter brushes it off and says that Brown is not there, only to bump into the Polus leader seconds later. Another weakness of Shapeshifter is being impatient, not able to go great lengths when waiting, with this behavior being shown when Shapeshifter has enough with Red's reluctance in killing crewmates and ends up destroying the parasite container tubes in Decontamination, with Shapeshifter saying that they are running out of time in killing the crewmates and calling Red an idiot to their face.

Despite these setbacks, one of Shapeshifter's traits is being persuasive, which is seen when they manage to urge Red to use their Sabotage Device to turn the death text from "Yellow was a crewmate." to "Yellow was an impostor." when Yellow was thrown into the lava pit, so they won't get voted out next.

Shapeshifter, in the end of Season 1 in the Alternate Series, kills Brown, Fortegreen, and Orange in violent ways with no mercy whatsoever, and also attempted to swallow Mini Yellow alive like how they did to Orange, showcasing Shapeshifter's apathetic and brutal mindset. Shapeshifter kills every Polus Crewmember except Grey, whom they kept alive to take advantage of so they'll force the medic to heal their injuries in the future. When one of Shapeshifter's tentacles manage to hit the ship that Grey was holding on, causing Grey to lose grip and fell down into space, some of the tentacles tried to reach down to grab the crewmate, but wasn't fast enough. This behavior could either be because Shapeshifter might of have some affection for them, or its still because of Shapeshifter's selfish plan on using the medic to their advantage.

## Abilities

* **Shapeshifting** - Shapeshifter is able to change the color of their suit and appearance, even having the ability to chape the shape of their body in the making.
* **Retractable Claws** - Whenever Shapeshifter shows themselves as an impostor, the tip of their fingers turn into sharp-edged claws, which is a trait that every impostor has.
* **Tentacle Manipulation** - One of Shapeshifter's most known abilities is their ability to summon and manifest appendages that take the appearance of black tentacles with multiple red eyes and mouth. The edges if these tentacles can be shaped to have sharp pointed ends which are able to pierce through a living being—this technique is seen when Shapeshifter stabs Red through the chest with one of their tentacles in the Alternate Series, injuring the red iimpostor. another example is Shapeshifter, in the Main series, piercing a tentacle at Brown's hand and rendering their hand useless.
* **Barbed Tongue** - Like every other impostor, Shapeshifter possesses a barbed tongue that can extend far in distances.
* **Lunar Magic** - In the latest episode of Season 1 in the Alternate Series, the moon emits a red glow upon Shapeshifter going on a killing spree and killing three of the Polus Crew members. This unique ability has a likely possibility that when activated, enhances Shapeshifter's other abilities and allowing them to summon more tentacles than usual.
* **Conversion Parasite** - In the Alternate Series, Shapeshifter was able to infect Red with their parasite tentacles by piercing through their chest using their tentacles. In the newest episode of Season 2, Red becoming infected by the parasite tentacles became massively clear, with the black red-eyed tentacles slowly coming out of Red's injury through their wrapped bandages, and Red's dream of the tentacles gripping on them in the same exact episode.

## Skillset

* **Combat Skills** - Shapeshifter in the Main Series appears as an impressive fighter, having handled Glitchy's glitchy tentacles and upcoming attacks with ease and being able to nearly win in a 1v7 fight. Shapeshifter, in the Alternate Series, is quite the same, just a bit more less better in hand-to-hand combat than the other main impostors.
* **Gunmanship** - Shapeshifter is shown to know how to use a gun, despite rarely seeing them use one in both series's.
* **Lying Profiency** - Shapeshifter is known for their cunning and two-faced personality, being experienced in coming up with lies and make up stories to deceive others.

## Trivia

* When Shapeshifter died, they came back alive with the tentacles coming out of the hole in their broken visor, which could mean that the tentacles are capable of resurrecting them back from the dead.
* Rodamrix said that Shapeshifter was never a crewmate to begin with.