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Witches: Witches are essentially a subspecies of humans, and physical embodiment of the saying 'Jack of all trades. Master of none.' Very few actually decide to master one of their skills. Though all witches are are proficient in wordless spells and have slightly extended lifespans. There's a few different types of witches: Fire, Earth, Water, and Spirit. Fire witches can easily light fires and give off a lot of body heat. They also tend to smell like smoke. Earth witches can tell the weather with impressive accuracy. They tend to smell like the woods or fresh cut grass. Water witches can tell what direction there's water. They tend to smell like rain or fresh snowfall. Spirit witches can commune with the dead and know how long someone has before they die. They can smell like dirt or limes. Some witches are a combination of two of the types but it is rare.

Familiars: Familiars are a witch’s animal companion. Familiars can be almost any animal from cats and dogs to birds and reptiles. All familiars speak but only witches, vampires and werewolves -hybrids don't count- can actually hear the words. To everyone else it sounds like whatever noises that animal makes. The type of familiar matches the witch's personality. For example if a witch has a very friendly personality, their familiar with be something that comes across as a friendly animal. Same is said for the opposite. If a person is cold or has a very negative personality, their familiar with reflect that. Familiars slowly shift from just an animal to something more. Meaning that their thinking changes for the way that animal thinks to thinking more human like.

Werewolves: Werewolves are usually born from Werewolf parents. Very rarely are they born from a curse. In these cases, their parents can be human. A witch will curse their first born to be a werewolf. The cursed parents can and will try to not have kids but they will always fail. Werewolves are separated into three classes: Alpha, Beta, and Omega. They presented as class at 15.  Alpha werewolves are the strongest of the classes. They experience a rut in early to mid spring. The rut will usually last 6 to 8 days. Sometimes it can last up to 12 days. An alpha's rut can be triggered out of session if their newly bonded mate goes into their heat. Beta werewolves are the most average class, and the most human, minus the whole turning into wolf thing. They experience heats, and can mate with Omegas, though uncommon. Some are even mated with Alpha, also uncommon. Their heats can last 4 to 6 days. Rarely they can last up to 10 days. Beta heats occur twice a year. Once in late spring and again in late fall. Omega werewolves are the most fragile class. Their heats are more intense than Beta heats. They can last 6 to 10 days. Some even last up to 16 days. Omegas are the only ones that can get pregnant, regardless of gender. Most commonly bonded with an Alpha but can be bonded with Betas as well. Omega heats occur either every other month or every month. Puberty is usually what triggers the werewolf gene. They will be forced to change every full moon after the gene is triggered but after their first transformation they can change at anytime as well. All werewolves have increased hearing and smell. Their sense of smell is so good they are able to distinguish different species just by smell. Their heading is so good that they are able to distinguish any kind of abnormality in someone's heartbeat. They can even tell if someone is with child, ie pregnant. They are injured by silver and can be killed by it.

Shapeshifters: Shapeshifters are different than werewolves and hybrids in the simple fact they aren't forced to transform during the full moon. Shapeshifters also have, what they call, a "half form", unlike the other two species. Their "half form" is essentially a form in between their full forms. It's usually a mix between their human form and their creature form, i.e. human with creature features. Most shapeshifters pick a particular species, typically mythical species, to shapeshift into. Some common species chosen are dragons, basilisk, hippogriffs, and griffins. Some uncommon species chosen are unicorn, thestrals, and thunderbirds. Very few choose a non-mythical species. Every shifter has abilities tied to that species. Some things are small, like body temperature and bodily changes. Others are big like being able to understand similar species.

Hybrids: Hybrids are a mix between werewolves and vampires. They are usually born from a female werewolf and a male vampire. Rarely they are created by attempting to turn a werewolf into a vampire or vampire receiving the Werewolf Curse. They are attributes of both creatures. The main thing other supernatural people notice is their eyes. They glow gold when mad like werewolves and they turn a deep red when they haven't fed like vampires. Hybrids are faster, and stronger than both vampires and werewolves. Their sense of smell is as good as a werewolf's and their eyesight is the same as a vampire. They can only turn into a wolf seeing as their genes are a mix of both species. This means that there is no such thing as a Pure Hybrid. A few other things that Hybrids shares with vampires and werewolves is healing saliva, increased healing, increased hearing, being wounded by silver, and an immunity to the sun. A few things unique to them are they run about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than humans. Vampires run colder than humans, and werewolves run about the same temperature as humans. Their blood is also poisonous if injected or ingested by all supernatural creatures except for Witches and Pure Vampires.