Shifter reproduction

They can make babies! the child will inherit their parents personality and psychic powers but not their element, genes nor looks. it's quite popular to combine the soul merging act with traditional biological mating among lovers.

How to
Se also; Psychics

This is the most common psychic power as all shifters have it. it's the ability to merge one's souls and to become one being in two different bodies. as the shifters souls are merged they share feelings, thoughts and opinions. For most shifters it requires physical touch but skilled, powerful and trained psychics can also do it on a short distance. While the shifters souls are connected they both get an arousing feeling and they get the feeling of possessing the other shifters element. the connection can be broken by sudden changes of opinions, feelings or if the shifters disagree on something.

While their souls are connected The shifters swap eye colors with each other and their eyes glows a lot more than usual.

If the connection between their souls is strong enough their merged soul essence can grow outside their bodies often concentrated in their palms (if they are in human form) it will eventually form a soul embryo created by their merged beings unless the shifters decides to end the love act. when the embryo is created both of the shifters will automatically separate and will feel tired as most of their energy went into the embryo.

Soul embryos
A soul embryo is more or less a soul without a body. It will seek a female animal womb to possess and use as a surrogate mother. Shifters can carry soul embryos I'm their palms and help them to find a suitable surrogate mother. the shifters birth form will resemble the surrogate mother in looks.

Shifters can carry soul embryos in their palms

Hosts
To transision from the state of a soul embryo into a shifter the soul needs a surrogate mother to help form a biological body. The host animal of the new shifter can either be picked by the parents, who plant the soul embryo in a sutable surrogate mother, or the soul embryo can be sent of to find one by itself.

There are some physical limitations to an host animal. The society have  a few practical rules about which animals you can use as a host. After a normal gestation period the shifter will be born, at first looking like a typical member of the host species, but as it grows demon traits and powers become apparent.
 * 1) The animal cannot be smaller than a rat
 * 2) It must be an animal. It cannot be a mushroom, plant or any other organism.
 * 1) The animals should have 4 limbs (4 legs or 2 legs and 2 arms/wings.)
 * 2) The animal should not be a water living animal.
 * 3) The host should not be a human.