Changeling

Changelings are the natural result of humans adapting to a life in the shadows over multiple generations. Originally, humans were stolen from the mortal lands to serve their shadow fey masters—or just on a whim—and many more humans simply got lost on a shadow road or abandoned and ultimately became stranded in Shadesmere. And that new life in shadows must ultimately change a mortal.
Changelings resemble their cousins from the mortal lands but with the hallmarks of a life in the shadows, similar to how shadow fey differ from other elves. Their skin color tends toward alabaster white, ebon black, or subtle grays. Some have even grown rudimentary horns, like shadow fey. Their appearance may change further in generations to come—perhaps constantly evolving and even drastically diverging in some ways.

Changeling Umbral Human Traits

You are a changeling, a human adapted to the shadows, thriving in its embrace. You are as changing as its tides.
Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.
Cover Story. You gain proficiency in the Deception or Persuasion skill.
Shapechanger. As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of the changes, including your coloration, hair length, and sex. You can also adjust your height and weight and can change your size between Medium and Small. You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, though none of your game statistics change. You can’t duplicate the appearance of an individual you’ve never seen, and you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs that you have. Your clothing and equipment aren’t changed by this trait.

Changeling Names

Changelings typically take on the naming customs of the dominant peoples in the communities they grow up in. Where umbral humans are concentrated, the newcomers will often retain naming customs from the mortal lands from whence they originated—if their memories remain—while long-settled umbral human families use an amalgam of naming customs. For those communities of long standing within shadow, the naming follows a blend of styles in a linguistic melting pot.

Male Umbral Human Names: Abradal, Dalid, Haggar, Hosano, Juns, Korim, Masoosh, Obrax, Ulaf, Woldemar.
Female Umbral Human Names: Analinda, Breck, Cloria, Helgamet, Linnet, Maswen, Nuriam, Ranna, Siffar, Soffy, Ulsa.