The curse and Non-humans

Summary:

Does the curse affect Elves?

The curse and Non-humans

Nobilis 26 May 2009 17:24

Does the Curse affect Elves? Are there any other "demi-human" races that would be affected by the Curse?

Re: The curse and Non-humans

RavenB 26 May 2009 18:10

You have to be at least part human for the Curse to affect you. This was due to the tactical purpose of the Curse: most of Nasoj's infantry was composed of non-humans at the time the Curse was used, and he didn't want to worry about his own troops getting caught in the blast.

Half-Elves (including Silvaan) are a special exception to the rule that human crossbreeds are affected. This is because Elves have ambient magic in their auras that resists changes to their nature. It's possible to create a transformation spell that affects Elves and half-Elves, but it has to be specially designed to target them.

Re: The curse and Non-humans

Ryx 18 Jul 2009 01:14

Historically the Curse did not affect humans that had mixed ancestry (i.e. Lutin, Elf, ect).

Any non-human constituent in the blood was enough to prevent the curse affixing itself to mixed-bloods though it did catch a few by some unknown means (a mixed human/lutin was affected, as was a Kitsune).

The Curse is strange and fickle… that's the hard and fast rule you should consider. It just does not act as one expects that it should in particularly strange situations.

And those anti-curse amulets/charms/tattoos/implants are only expected to hold it at bay under normal circumstances…. *evil laughter*

Re: The curse and Non-humans

RavenB 18 Jul 2009 07:06

As far as I know, half-Elves are the only half-humans we've seen who were not affected by the Curse. A pure-blooded kitsune shouldn't be affected, but the kamui have interbred a lot with humans over the years, so he may have been affected that way.

In any case, Elves and half-Elves are definitely immune.