Kitsune

**Kitsunes** are a pseudohuman race that appear in Japanese folklore as intelligent beings that possess magical abilities to shape shift. They would usually gain their powers by living long and keep growing stronger as they age: the more tails a kitsune has (they may have as many as nine), the older, wiser, and more powerful it is. They are often tricksters, with motives that vary from mischief to malevolence, but some act as faithful guardians, friends, lovers, and even wives.

Kitsunes are mostly noticed for is their tails as a fox may possess as many as nine of them. Generally, an older and more powerful fox will possess a greater number of tails, and some sources say that a fox will only grow additional tails after they have lived for a thousand years. After that period of time, the number increases based on age and wisdom (depending on the source). However, the foxes that appear in folk stories almost always possess one, five, or nine tails, not any other number.

## Special Abilities

* **Shapeshifting** - Kitsunes can take human form by shapeshifting into a human. They can also shapeshift into their true appearance, a large fox creature.
* **Superhuman Strength** - Kitsunes are stronger than humans. They can easily knock down and overpower humans with little difficulty. Like with Werewolves, Skinwalkers, and other shapeshifters, a Kitsune's strength increases in its fox form.
* **Fox-Fire** - Kitsune can produce/create fire and lightning by rubbing their tails together. Kitsune can also create small balls of fire and even breathe fire. Kitsune are also able to absorb a large amount of electricity into her body. The foxfire appears to be more than just electrical. There is apparently a magical component as well as Kitsune was able to use lightning to repair a broken human.
* **Dream Manipulation** - Kitsune can cause willful manifestation in the dreams of others
* **Magic** - Like witches, Kitsune can study any normal field of magic.
* **Mind Control** - Similar to vampires, a kitsune can cause someone to see anything the kitsune wishes, or overlook anything the kitsune wants them to, similar to compulsion.
* **Superhuman Speed** - Kitsunes possess supernatural speed that is described as almost fox-like, making them faster than humans. Along with their strength, they use their speed to catch their prey or enemies off guard and kill them swiftly and expediently. In fox form, their speed increases.
* **Claws** - All Kitsunes have long talon-like claws that they use to tear at their victims with. Along with their strength and speed, their claws are mostly used to kill prey.
* **Healing Factor** - Kitsune exhibit accelerated healing, although it takes them some time to recover from several bullet wounds.
* **Superhuman Durability** - Kitsune are invulnerable to any form of harm. They can only die if they're stabbed in the heart, or starvation.
* **Age Empowerment** - Kitsunes can gain physical energy and exponential power as the user gets older, they essentially do not need to work to increase their power, as they become steadily stronger with each year the user is alive. With every passing year, the user's body and skills becomes more powerful and their abilities become even more advanced as their power increases as part of a trait of their physiology.