Zombae

Banshees - Look like normal humans. Unless you see them wailing, in which case you might see a dozen or so spirits of the dead. If their eyes are open, you’ll notice they turn a glowing white.

Sirens - A tail in water for some, while others have legs even in the water. Sharp teeth. Retractable claws, but even retracted they remain harder and sharper than a humans.

Cambions - Wings with velvety skin that come to points at the tips, some very powerful families (like Theo’s) have the ability to transform into their wings, making them easily hidden. When they transform, their eyes have black sclera surrounding their irises.

No cambion has horns unless they come directly from a demon (i.e. one of their parents literally came from Hell). If you see a cambion with horns…use your own discretion! They might not fuck your shit up, but they totally could if they wanted.

Nephilim - Wings covered in soft feathers. Again, some have the ability to transform into their wings (the Riveras) but most don’t. Most nephilim have tan wings, but pure white are the most coveted in high society. Other colors (black, raven blue) are considered unusual, though some few find them more appealing than white because of their rarity.

Nephilim have a ring of white around their pupil. Urban legend says the better they get at seraphic magic, the more the white covers their iris.

Draca - Definitely the most obvious not human species. Only the strong bloodlines have wings (Vik’s dad) and they can’t transform into them, they stick around always. Draca typically have horns of varying sizes (like Vik’s) and their canines are razor sharp but not long like the fangs of a basilisk. They also have retractable claws.

Draca sometimes have patches of scales covering skin that was recently wounded. For example, Vik’s sister Sofia accidentally burned his cheek with a curling iron. So while that heals, his cheeks has a few patches of scales.

Sorcerer - Mostly look human unless they’re using magic that’s draining. Then they get temporary impressions of the magic on their hands and up their arms (temporary lightning scars for lightning elemental magic, burn scars for fire, visible bulging veins for water, frostbite scars for ice, etc). Overuse of healing magic is…particularly brutal.

This goes for all species, though, not just sorcerers. This is just the only time they look non-human.

Theodore Parker (he/him)

Theodora Parker (she/her)

Lucien Rivera (he/him)

Lucia Rivera (she/her)

Amrit Singh (he/him)

Amrita Singh (she/her)

Viktor Orlov (he/him)

Harlow Mitchell (he/they)

Harlow Mitchell (she/they)

Charles Ortiz (he/him)

Charlotte Ortiz (she/her)

Penny Eliades (she/her)

Cameron Fletcher (he/him)

Cameron Fletcher (they/them)

Cameron Fletcher (she/her)

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