Alpha Shapeshifter

The Alpha Shapeshifter was the very first shapeshifter and the progenitor of its species. Before its death, it turned Hammond Dale and other humans into Evolvers, before being killed by Milo Savile with the Colt.

## Powers and Abilities

The Alpha Shapeshifter has all the traits and abilities of all shapeshifters, although at unbelievable levels. It also has unqiue powers, which come with being an Alpha.

* **Shapeshifting**: It can morph its body to match any human appearance and have its voice match perfectly with those it takes form of. Unlike the majority of its children, it does not have to peel off skin, hair, teeth, nails, nor steal clothing to match a specific person’s appearance. Instead, the alpha can change its shape in seconds and can also copy clothing to perfection. Its shapeshifting ability was such that it was akin to its creators The One and Death.
* **Super Strength and Durability**: Its strength is monumental compared to that of all other shapeshifters. It can effortlessly overpower two or more monster hunters simultaneously. It can also lift and throw a fully grown adult into the air with one hand, and rip a steel door off its hinges in a fit of rage. The Alpha Shapeshifter was also able to choke Hammond into unconsciousness before turning him.
* **Regeneration**: Able to heal and/or recover from wounds caused by conventional and most unconventional weaponry quickly and without slowing down. Constant attacks only slow it down, but is near-impossible to stop it in its tracks.

### Alpha Abilities

* **Immortality**: Thanks to its regenerative powers, it can live forever, provided it is not killed.
* **Super Stamina and Endurance**: Its durability and pain threshold are extremely high, and able to even keep moving despite taking large tranquilizers and magic directly without flinching.
* **Immunity**: Unlike lesser shapeshifters, the alpha is immune to silver, iridium, and other known weaknesses associated with its race.
* **Telepathy**: Like all alphas, he has a telepathic link to its children, thus allowing him to locate them, regardless of where they are.
* **Invulnerability**: Like its children, the Alpha Shapeshifter is invulnerable to all normal forms of harm; however, its invulnerability is greatly enhanced as an Alpha, resulting in massive doses of tranquilizers and magic spells just to even slow it down. As an Alpha, its invulnerability is so great that the Alpha Shapeshifter possesses very few weaknesses.

## Weaknesses

* **The Colt**: Can kill all but The One, Death, The Darkness, and The Phoenix. The Alphas are vulnerable to the Colt as seen when Milo Savile used it to kill the Alpha Shapeshifter and Janet using it to kill the Alpha Vampire.
* **Iridium**: Can harm but not kill the alpha, as demonstrated with Kira using weapons and tools to torture the alpha. It told him that such things cannot kill it unlike its children.
* **Decapitation**: Kira pondered if decapitation would kill even the Alpha Shapeshifter; however, he was killed before he could put it to the test.

## Trivia

* Up to this point, there is an estimated 1,000 active shapeshifters left in existence that were directly created by the Alpha Shapeshifter before its death.
* The Alpha Shapeshifter is the first Alpha to be killed by the Colt, and later it would be used to kill the Alpha Vampire by Janet Dell.