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Myth


The Fae

Invisibility.

Minotaur—The Beast

Increased strength and endurance.

Centaur

Enhanced vision.

Phoenix

Immunity to fire, and marginally increased life-span.

Huldra

Gives a rusher the ability to seduce or coerce people.

Kelpie/Water nymph 

Rushers can breathe underwater for short periods of time.

Dragon

Impenetrable skin.

Elf/Wood nymph

Rusher becomes extremely light of foot.

Dwarf

This shade grants the ability to bend metal and withstand heat.

Giant

Increased strength and size.

Troll/Golem—Stoneskin

Gives a rusher skin as tough as stone.

Goblin

This shade grants a rusher the ability to see in the dark.

Sphinx

Rushers have the ability to temporarily transfix and stun enemies with a single look.

Banshee

Rushers of this shade can fade the skin and howl in a mesmerising fashion.


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Mockinghawk

Rushers can change skin and clothing to imitate almost anybody.

Thunderbird

This shade electrifies the skin and causes it to crackle.

Rainbirds

This shade grants rushers the ability to control and manipulate rain.

Wisps

Rushers are able to manipulate fog, mist and smoke.

Kee-wakw/Draugr

A very special shade that should be treated with absolute caution. Rushers can use other shades for a limited period of time, emulating a leech. Should it wear off whilst rushing a foreign shade, it can have disastrous consequences.

Nimerigar

Rushers can shrink to less than half their size at will.

Piasa bird

This shade turns the rusher’s skin colour into a hypnotic, ever-changing rainbow.

Wampus cat

Rushers can growl with intimidating ferocity and volume.

Mermaid

A curious shade that allows rushers to understand the minds of fish and aquatic beasts.

Sleeping Tree/Oracle

These shades give a rusher visions of truth and the future.

Chupacabra

This shade gives certain rushers the ability to steal and empathise another rusher’s powers, replacing their own until finding another victim.

Lupus

Turns a rusher into a creature similar to a lupus itself, though decidedly more human.

Sprite

Control and manipulation of fire.

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