ABILITIES & SPECIES INFO ----
Daeyeon is a shape-shifting fox. One of Dae's mothers was a kitsune, while the other was a kumiho; he considers himself the latter, as he majorly took after his kumiho mother.
Kumihos have very long life spans, and after reaching their late teens age very slowly - although a kumiho will rarely, if ever, show their true age anyways. Given their shape-shifting abilities they can look as young, or as old, as they want. In order to survive, they must consume the raw livers and hearts of human beings and often have a taste for blood.
Traditionally kumihos are known to seduce human men (and women) into lowering their defenses, or take the place of their lovers, in order to take their liver/heart, which is very much true; although the practice isn't as common now.
Strengths:
Shapeshifting -- Dae is capable of shifting his features to look as he desires. It requires a lot of concentration and often is much easier to either stick with a 'base', and change his features around that, rather than starting fresh, or base his appearance off of someone else, making himself their exact lookalike.
-- He is not only capable of superficial changes, but physiological ones as well, such as changing his gender, changing his voice and theoretically changing his scent. This requires incredible concentration and impeccable knowledge of human anatomy and can be quite dangerous and painful if done wrong.
Enhanced Senses -- As a predator, Dae has incredibly enhanced senses, particularly his sense of smell and hearing. He can hear your heart beating in your chest, and the couple having a screaming match two blocks away. He can sniff out the peanut butter and jelly sandwich you ate for lunch that still lingers on your breath, and the subtle nuances of the pheromones you emit. Which, means he can pick up on certain basic emotions, like arousal, fear, anger, excitement, etc - only the most basic ones.
-- Dae has learned to take his ability to smell pheromones, specifically those related to arousal, and turn it into a useful tool for his trade. He has learned how to pinpoint the sexual desires of others, by using other information, such as other sensory information, well-aimed inferences, past experience, and often, trial-and-error - something he is also used to, and knows how to do covertly. Often, he can read other people like a book, particularly when it comes to what gets them hot and bothered.
-- His eyesight is almost exactly like that of a fox. He has pretty sharp vision, particularly if things are moving, and can see well in the dark. Because of this, his eyes reflect light.
Enhanced Strength -- On an average day, Dae is no stronger than a regular human. However, when his predator instincts are triggered, he becomes just slightly stronger. During this predator state, he is strong enough to break through a human rib cage with his bare fist, to rip out their heart, or delve his bare hand into their abdomen to tear out their liver.
Hunter's Gland -- Thanks to his kitsune mother, Dae possesses something called the Hunter's gland. Akin to an eel's Hunter's organ, of which it is named, a kitsune's Hunter's gland can emit an electric charge. As Dae is not a full-blooded kitsune, and majorly takes after his kumiho mother, his gland is somewhat smaller and less developed. He doesn't have much control over this, and the maximum voltage he has been capable of generating along his skin, has really only been akin to a strong static charge - the type where you've rubbed your socked feet on the carpet for a while and then touched someone. While it might be uncomfortable, it won't actually hurt you.
Weaknesses:
Shapeshifting -- When you are constantly changing your face, however, it is difficult to remember which one is your own. Dae no longer knows what his face is supposed to look like. It haunts him sometimes. He can never be sure if his face, the current 'base' he wears is actually his own or one of his making.
-- Dae is only capable of having a humanoid form. As previously mentioned, somewhere in his lineage, his particular ancestors lost the ability to shapeshift into a fox form like some of his kind are capable of doing. Most likely this is due to some human blood somewhere in his family, not that he likes to think about it very much.
-- Shifting isn't always painless. Should he open up holes in his ears for piercings, for example, it would hurt as if he was actually piercing his ears. Changing his height causes something akin to 'growing pains'. Physiological changes, such as gender and vocal changes, ache, and itch. They can also be detrimental to his health if done wrong, so it's important that his concentration is not broken and he doesn't attempt this when low on energy.
-- At the moment he is incapable of affecting his scent glands; more so because his mothers never got a chance to teach him and he isn't confident he wouldn't fuck it up if he tried it on his own.
-- Should he be attempting to take the form of someone else, he would have had to see them/hear them beforehand in order to emulate them correctly.
-- Shapeshifting requires a fair amount of energy. Small things like changing hair color or eye color aren't a huge deal as long as it's done sparingly, but the greater and more complicated the change, and the more frequent the changes, the more energy he expends.
-- It also burns a ridiculous amount of calories, especially the more complicated changes (body shape, weight, height, gender, etc), and he eats a ridiculous amount to keep up with it.
Diet -- He can eat 'human' food, and it can help boost his calorie intake, but raw liver and heart (not necessarily that of a human, although that is the best tasting) is the true sustenance he requires. Without either he would starve.
Hunter's Gland -- His 'abilities' with lightning should scarcely be considered an ability at all, as he has no real control over this, and it is incredibly weak. He is only charged when he is extremely angry, agitated, or upset, and in order to get it back under control, he has to control those emotions. He cannot do it on command, and he cannot make it stop on command, and it is uncertain whether he will ever be able to control it.
-- While electricity is running along his skin, he is unable to shift. Not only are the emotions that coincide with it bad for concentration, but he is unable to control his features with the interference of the electricity.
Healing -- He is not capable of healing himself. In fact, because of his longer lifespan, he heals at a much slower rate. When it comes to certain injuries, such as bruises, he can change the pigmentation of his skin to cover it, however, the bruise will still be there underneath.
Senses -- Because his eyesight is particularly fox-like, he has trouble focusing on stationary objects, specifically those up close and at a distance, so in order to read anything at either length, he requires some form of vision correction.
-- He also has a very poor sense of taste. His ancestors have literally developed a taste for blood - only blood. He can taste salt and iron, but all other senses of taste are muted. He cannot taste sourness, bitterness or spiciness at all, and his taste for sweet and savory is considerably muted.
Strength -- His enhanced strength, as mentioned previously, only makes it's appearance when his predator response is triggered. This can happen when he smells human blood, and/or when he has not fed on raw hearts and/or livers recently enough. There are a variety of factors (such as how close the blood is in relation to him, how hungry he is, etc) that can affect this, but it is sometimes an uncontrollable response. If he is hungry enough, and the human blood is pure enough and near enough, he risks going feral, so to speak. Tearing into the human without second thought or restraint, regardless of who it is or who or what might be in the way.
-- As kumihos take a near-human form, when at full-strength they are quite liable to hurt themselves. They can tear a muscle, or burst a vein, or something along those lines. Not to mention, if in a feral state, they will have no regard for their physical safety, meaning they could impulsively punch through a wall to achieve their target, and shatter their fist in the process. Combined with the bucket-loads of adrenaline their pumped up on, they often don't realize, nor would they care at the moment.
