Corvid

Bird-born Corax tend to have their First Change after eight to 10 months of life, and after that, live the normal human span of years. Corvid-breed Corax are a trifle cliquish, sometimes finding excuses to dismiss homid Corax as airborne wannabes. The bird-breeds are also more easily distracted by bright objects than are their earthborn kin, but make up for this with a keener eye and more grace in the air. Bird-born Corax are loquacious, but more so in bird form than in human. Most are equally at home in bird-talk or human speech, but claim to find the Corax tongue so much more expressive and detailed than any human language could ever be. Corvids also have less of a sense of personal property than do their homid cousins, and full-blown kleptomania is rampant — particularly theft of shiny things. Unfortunately, this category covers things like gems, jewelry, watches, and other items that humans normally hold pretty dear, and that means that corvids don't need any help getting themselves into trouble when trying to deal with humans. No Corax suffers the adverse effects of gold in Homid, but corvid-breeds are able to soak damage from gold while they're in their breed form. Of course, gold still causes aggravated damage to any Corax in Corvid, and they still suffer Gnosis loss from contact with gold as usual.