Shapeshifter/Fringe

**Shapeshifters** are inorganic, human hybrids from the Alternate Universe. Also known as the First Wave, the shapeshifters were created with the aid of William Bell to infiltrate the Prime Universe and lay the groundwork for a full-scale invasion that would result in the destruction of the Prime Universe in favor of saving the Alternate Universe from complete destruction. The Alternate Universe, believing that Walter's initial actions in 1985 that caused devastating destruction were the first actions in a coming war that would see one of the universes completely destroyed, deployed the shapeshifters to ensure that it was their universe that survived.

## Contents

* 1Biology
* 2Deployment
* 3Known Shapeshifters
* 4Successors

## Biology

Shapeshifters, in their very first state, resemble humanoid monsters with mucus covered skin, partially exposed ribs, and misshapen heads. Their blood is made up of 50% mercury, causing their blood to take on a silvery-gray color. Shapeshifters have unusually high stamina and can perform seemingly impossible feats, such as jumping from and to incredible heights, as well as enduring several gunshot wounds.  The technology also allows transfer of memories and experiences from the victims, allowing them to take the place of their victims without raising suspicion; this also allows the shapeshifters to attain skills that were learned and attributes from their victims aswell such as changing clothes in just a few seconds or shedding their bodies to make clones.

## Deployment

Shapeshifters are sent to the Prime Universe in embryos that glow. Each embryo is provided with a shapeshifting device that allows the shapeshifters to take on the identity of anyone. Once the shapeshifters hatch, they find victims to kill. They then insert one end of their device into the soft palate of their victim, which leaves behind a signature three-hole pattern. They also insert the other end into their own mouth. Flipping a switch allows the shifter to take on the likeness of their victim. This technology allows the shapeshifters to be anyone at anytime, making it nearly impossible to identify them. They receive orders via a typewriter located in the back of a typewriter shop in Manhattan that is quantum entangled with another similar typewriter in the Alternate Universe.

## Known Shapeshifters

* Shape-shifter (A New Day In The Old Town)
* Thomas Jerome Newton
* Smith
* Kurt Larsen
* Shape-shifter (Grey Matters)
* James Van Horn
* Shape-shifter (The Man from the Other Side) 1
* Shape-shifter (The Man from the Other Side) 2
* Shape-shifter (Northwest Passage)
* Ray Duffy
* Joseph Feller
* The Librarian
* Michael Baird
* James Falcon
* Jackie Bermudez
* Zach Alpert
* Luke

## Successors

The First Wave of shapeshifters were used in the Original Timeline. After David Robert Jones crossed over the Other Side in the Alternate Timeline however, he and William Bell began working on a new species of shapeshifter, Human Shapeshifters .

**Human Shapeshifters** are the next generation of Shapeshifters. They were discovered by Fringe Division. Several Human Shifters appeared in the Prime Universe one week after both worlds began working together.

Human Shapeshifters differ from Shape-Shifters in that they are part human. They were created by David Robert Jones and William Bell.

## History

The Human Shapeshifters were discovered by Fringe Division when investigating a case. A Shifter killed Robert Danzig, the partner of Lincoln Lee. While investigating the case, Fringe Division dubbed the perpetrator the Translucent Man, as his skin was see-through, much like the effects of the Flight 627 contagion that killed notable people such as John Scott and Morgan Steig. Olivia Dunham and Lincoln Lee tracked the Shifter down to a train yard, where they discovered that there were more than one. While examining the corpse of a shifter that Olivia shot, Walter recognized the data disks from the traditional Shifters, noting that this specific machine was part human.

Because the original Shapeshifters were under the employ of Walternate, Olivia took the storage unit to Fauxlivia, who, unaware of their origin, agreed to find out more information about them. It turned out the David Robert Jones was behind their creation. He kept an entire lab full of shapeshifters and demonstrated that he was willing to kill them to incite fear in Fauxlivia. Jones, working with the Alternate Nina Sharp and William Bell, created the Shapeshifters to advance William Bell's agenda, namely a Neogenesis plan that would result in the destruction of both worlds and give rise to a new universe.