Changeling names are very short, with 2 syllable names being an exception, and 1 syllable names being the norm. They do often take names part of the culture of the beings they change into, assuming they're part of those changelings who wish to blend in.
A changeling is typically identifiable via a number of traits; in Irish legend, a fairy child may appear sickly and will not grow in size like a normal child, and may have notable physical characteristics such as a beard or long teeth.
Most changelings don't know they're changelings.
Though they may always feel somewhat different or removed from human life, most changelings are too young to understand who they truly are.
Síofra is a feminine given name of Irish origin meaning elf or changeling.
Changeling names are very short, with 2 syllable names being an exception, and 1 syllable names being the norm. They do often take names part of the culture of the beings they change into, assuming they're part of those changelings who wish to blend in.
Changelings born from two changeling parents are born in their natural form: pale, slender, with colorless eyes and white hair.
They have large colorless eyes circled by thick black rings. Their hair color is most commonly a light shade of silver followed by platinum and blonde. In rarer cases, their hair can be pale shades of green, pink, and blue. Similar to elves, changelings lack body and facial hair.
The new child—the changeling—is characterised by unresponsiveness, resistance to physical affection, obstreperousness, inability to express emotion, and unexplained crying and physical changes such as rigidity and deformity. Some are unable to speak.
Changeling blood is green, unlike most other animals. Changelings, despite their thinly and seemingly fragile frame, are capable of surviving otherwise fatal injuries thanks to their magical abilities.
Unlike doppelgangers, which are entirely genderless, a changeling does have a default gender that manifests in adolescence, but each changeling can adapt his or her form to be of either gender, hermaphroditic (both genders simultaneously), or entirely genderless.
Changelings are a species of elf-like demons with pale skin and pointy ears. They are connected to the forests in which they dwell. Changelings are known to place their young in the homes of mortals so they can grow up in safety.
Changelings were fairies who had been left in place of a human child or baby who had been stolen by the fairies. The child was taken for one of three reasons; to act as a servant, for the fairies to receive the love of a human child, or for malice/revenge.
Changelings are thought to be an uncommon race—though their true demographics remain unknown, as may live their entire lives masking as other sentient races. Many places in the world fear changelings for their unique ability to assume the form, or 'profile', of nearly any person, indefinitely.
The short version is that a Changeling can shapeshift to a form that can produce sperm to impregnate someone, and can shapeshift to a form with a uterus and eggs to get pregnant, but a pregnant Changeling cannot shapechange to a form without a uterus without ending the pregnancy.
Changeling Traits
Age: Changelings reach adulthood at the age of 16. Their fey heritage allows them to live much longer than humans, up to 200 years.
If a savvy investigator gets suspicious of you, there's a method available to them that allows them to determine your guilt with certainty: the blood test. Changeling blood is different from human blood. It reacts to strong heat. If someone is allowed to draw your blood and heat it, you'll be revealed as a changeling.
Changelings mature slightly faster than humans but share a similar lifespan—typically a century or less. While a changeling can transform to conceal their age, the effects of aging affect them similarly to humans.
As for being tattooed, changelings can definitely be tattooed, and they can just as easily erase the tattoo with a moment's thought.
The true form of a changeling is a bit paler than a typical human with slightly elongated limbs. Their eyes are colorless and ringed by black as pictured in the artwork above by Julia Zhuravleva. They have no body hair, but the hair on their head can be platinum, white, or silver.
You can't increase or decrease the number of limbs you have, and their basic arrangement needs to be in roughly the same location on your body (2 near the head and 2 near the rear). So, you can't, become a winged demon or angel, as the wings of those forms are additional limbs.
In their true form, changelings are generally extremely pale, showing features devoid of distinctive details, with colorless eyes and silver-white hair.
Appearance. In their true form, or their form "at rest", changelings have pale skin, colorless eyes that can be completely white or completely black, and white or silver-white hair.
Languages: Changelings begin play speaking the primary language of their host society and Common. Changelings who have high Intelligence scores can choose from among the following bonus languages: Aklo, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Gnoll, Goblin, and Orc.