Metis condition

A metis condition, variously referred to in the books as a metis disfigurement or metis deformity, is a term applied to the mutated inborn flaws that are characteristic to the Metis breed of the fera.

Examples[]

Canon examples of the metis condition are listed below:

• Albinism: Complete forms only. The character will stand out, burn easily in the sun, and have vision problems. ^[1][2] (Aeschylus, Cormac Mac Eire, First Metis, H'ualorph, Grek Twice-Tongue)

• Allergy to light: (Amanda Withers-in-Sun)

• Anthropomorphic Battle Form: Your Crinos form isn't distinctly lupine. It's as huge and frightening as normal. It just doesn't look wolf-like.^[3][4]

• Barred Shape: You are unable to take at least one of the five forms.^[5]

• Big Head: Your head is twice its normal size.^[6][7]

• Blackened Eyes: Your eyes turn black in darkness or twilight, creating a menacing appearance and making vision difficult.^[8](Screams-of-Nightmares)

• Bestial reflection: You reflect your Crinos form on all reflective surfaces. Some Theurges might see this as favorable, indicating an honest character.^[9] (Sings-for-the-Beast)

• Blindness^[10][11]

• Brittle teeth: (Cracked Teeth)

• Clawlessness^[12] (Heckles-the-Wyrm)

• Conjoined twin^[13]

• Crippled Nose: No sense of smell.^[14]

• Crustacean-like arm (Fellwar the Cursed)

• Deafness^[10]

• Deformed jaw: (F'foeg S'sap)

• Deformity^[10] (Li Kw'ei)

• Disfigurement^[10]

• Dogface: Lupine face in all forms.^[15][16]

• Extremely large birthmark^[17] (Bright Moon's Shadow)

• Feral Talons: Sharp claws that are always visible in all forms.^[18][19]

• Fragile Claws^[1] (Claws-of-Clay, Cracked Teeth, Ioba Fareye, Pustulent Claws)

• Harelip: (Terdak Lingba)

• Hemophilia, rendering the Metis unable to regenerate.^[13] (Grekko Goodheart)

• Hirsute^[20]

• Hooves^[1] (Darren Mate-of-the-Wyrm, Hoofpaw)

• Horn(s): A unicorn-like horn may be considered favorable among the Children of Gaia, as they revere Unicorn, whereas stag-like antlers may be seen as a favor from Stag by the Fianna. ^[9][21] (Bonehead, Bookta Banjabo, Cernonous, Cries Havoc, Darren Mate-of-the-Wyrm)

• Human face in all forms: (Julio Achilli, Passer)

• Hyper senses: Your senses are extremely acute, to the point where you easily suffer disorientation and sensory overload. ^[1]

• Severe Intellectual disability^[22]

• Intersex condition^{[23][24][25][26]} (Banana Split, Lore-speaker Gron, Voula Kostikidas) This may leave the character especially reviled by the Black Furies, as Voula Kostikidas is.

• Kyphosis (hunchback)^[13][27][28] (Gere, Leeds Quick-to-Anger, Sprints-to-the-Wind)

• Lameness (walking at significantly reduced speed due to leg problems)^[10] (Crookpaw, Rorgrath, Teiresias)

• Loose teeth^[9]

• Malformed jaw: (Barough, Kooasca-Ki,)

• Mental illness^[29][30] (Morgan the Unworthy, Sister Mary McMartin/Cavorts-in-Blood, Thunder’s Roar, Victoria Anne)

• Monstrously ugly in all forms^[10][31][32] (Truthseeker)

• Muteness^[10]

• Nervous Transformation: You transform into Crinos under stressful situations.^[33]

• No ears: (Luthul)

• No hands (Stumpy McGee)

• One arm^[10]

• One ear: (Lummox)

• One eye^[10] (Hot Eye, Kills-the-Weak, Danny O'Doul)

• Permanent foul odor^[34] (Hugin, Meat Pudding, Nepolos)

• Puny (small with severely underdeveloped muscles)^[9][35][36] (Billy Mabson, Fengy, Phreak)

• Seizures^[13][37]

• Serpent's Tongue^[9]

• Severe silver allergy, to the point of blistering when even near it^[9]

• Shrunken limb^[38] (Owl Eyes)

• Sparse hair/hairlessness^[17][39][40] (Aeschylus, Bright Moon's Shadow, Hacktalon, Jacques Lapointe, Iguana Moonrunner, Kooasca-Ki, Sparsefur)

• Tailessness^[41][42] (Johnny)

• Tender feet (feet too tender to walk on while barefoot) (Tenderfoot)^[43]

• Terrifying presence^[44] (Sonya The Iron Maiden)

• Third eye. This may be seen as a sign of wisdom by Stargazers. ^[9] (Tara Spiritrunner, Willstrad)

• Transparent skin (Tina Clear-Skull)

• Tough, itchy, thick skin^[9][45]

• Two tails (Two Tails)

• Unnaturally Colored Hide^[46]

• Unusually long limbs: (Shag Gut)

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