A shapeshifter is a person or being that can change its shape or form and become or appear to become something else. This is typically an animal.

All lycanthropes are shapeshifters but not all shapeshifters are lycanthropes. In the AB universe there are four main types of shapeshifters.

1. Weres: Humans infected by a virus that forces them to shift with the full moon. Weres come in many different animal varieties.
2. Inherited: Humans born with the ability to shapeshift. This ability is not affected or governed by the full moon.
3. Cursed: Humans who were cursed by a witch or other magical being.
4. Spell: An additional type of shapeshifting is accomplished by dark magic and the skin of a true were.

All of the many different species of shapeshifters in St. Louis have banded together and created a Coalition that function is to provide a single point of contact for assistance and support to the were community.

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