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SPECIES.
Dragons:
The dragons are the oldest and most powerful of the shape-shifters. They were put to sleep a long time ago by witches because they were considered too evil and destructive. Since the dragons were put to sleep, the First House has been commanding the shape-shifters of the Night World.

In Witchlight, a dragon known as Azhdeha was the first to be awakened since dragons were first put to sleep. Azhdeha was hired by the Night World Council to hunt down the third Wild Power, Iliana Dominick. Iliana used blue fire to kill Azhdeha but not before he gave renegade shape-shifters the command to kill the Crone of the witches, Edgith Harman.

The strength of a dragon depends on how many horns it has on its forehead. The more horns present, the more powerful a dragon is. An average dragon has no more than three horns while a powerful dragon like Azhdeha can have as many as five. The way to kill a dragon is by removing all the horns present on their forehead. When all the horns of a dragon have been removed, it is no longer immortal.

Azhdeha had a unique human form and a dragon form but he also had the ability to enter and control the body of another person.

Dragons are the only shape-shifters able to send out black energy. They also have the power of telepathy.

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Humans:
Humans are the creatures that live amid the Night World. Most humans know nothing about the Night World or about Night People. But some do. Night World laws state that if a human finds out about the Night World, all those involved in sharing knowledge must be killed. Therefore, the humans who are aware of the Night World know better than to tell other people. Night People are everywhere and there is no telling who is human and who belongs to the Night World.

Humans who have a Night Person as their soulmate, usually join Circle Daybreak.

Some humans who know about the Night World include Rashel Jordan and Hannah Snow. Hannah Snow is a different type of human, known as an old soul.

Some humans become vampire hunters.

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Lamia vampires:
Just as humans are born human, lamia vampires are born as vampires. They are not made into vampires by being bitten! Lamia vampires have a few advantages over made vampires, such as the ability to grow to whatever age they like (this is, they can choose when they want to stop growing), and, they can also reproduce, unlike the made vampires.

All lamia vampires have descended from Red Fern, the son of Maya, the ancestress of all vampires. Because of this, lamia vampires have greater potential to be more powerful than made vampires because they are the direct descendents of Maya. (Every vampire after Maya, born or made, has a bit of her blood. Her direct descendents though, have her blood in a less diluted fashion than made vampires.)

In the Night World series, each species of the Night World has a flower as their symbol and lamia vampires are symbolised by a black iris.

The most famous lamia vampire family in the Night World series is the Redfern family.

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Leopards:
Leopards are shape-shifters that can shape-shift back and forth between their human form and their feline form. Like other shape-shifters, leopards have extraordinary night vision and exceptional hearing.

Panthers are leopards with black fur. Like all other shape-shifters, leopards are governed by the First House.

Galen Drache, the Prince of the First House, chose the leopard as his animal to call in Witchlight.

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Lost witches:
Lost witches are those witches that do not know their heritage and thus do not practise the art of witchcraft because they do not know they have the power to do so. A lost witch may never discover his or her powers.

A lost witch who finds out about their heritage and tries to use their powers may have difficulty working with the art.

Iliana Dominick was a lost witch who refused to believe she came from a family of prominent witches until she was confronted by a powerful dragon called Azhdeha. When Azhdeha began attacking her friends, only then was Iliana able to awake the Wild Power within her witch blood. During the fight with Azhdeha, Iliana received guidance from the Witch Queen, Hecate, who has been dead for thousands of years.

Another lost witch in the Night World series is Poppy North. She found out that she was a specific type of lost witch, known as a psychic. Being a psychic, Poppy has excellent telepathic abilities.

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Made vampires:
A human who has been bitten by a vampire (made or lamia) and has exchanged blood with that vampire then transforms to become a made vampire. In the Night World series, only young humans can be transformed into vampires. Older persons cannot make the change. Made vampires stop growing as soon as they fully become a vampire. They are also unable to have children.

Converting a human to a vampire without obtaining permission from the Night World Council is illegal. Night People who do this can be punished.

In the Night World series, each species of the Night World has a flower as their symbol and made vampires are symbolised by a black rose.

The two most famous made vampires in the Night World series are Thierry Descouedres and John Quinn.

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Old souls:
Humans who have been reincarnated are known as old souls. Old souls are not immortal. They are able to die during their current life but are born again during a different period of time, as a completely different person.

Sometimes, an old soul may be born with identical appearances or even remember previous lifetimes. If an old soul is made into a vampire, they cannot be reincarnated anymore.

Hannah Snow is an old soul. She has been around since the beginning of time.

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Other creatures of darkness:
There are other creatures of darkness that are found in the Night World besides the typical types of species (vampires, witches, shape-shifters). One other such creature is the ghoul.

A ghoul starts out as a human who then exchanges blood with a vampire. However, as their body begins to transform, the human does not receive enough vampire blood to complete the change. Instead, they convert into the walking un-dead. They become brainless and hunt for only one thing; human blood. They also start decaying and smelling. A ghoul cannot survive for more than a few weeks because their body just degenerates.

Miss Emma – the nanny of James Rasmussen – became a ghoul.

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Panthers:
Panthers are leopards (shape-shifters) with black fur.

One panther in particular is Raksha Keller, a Circle Daybreaker who discovered her soulmate was the Prince of the First House, Galen Drache. They were engaged to each other in Witchlight.

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Shape-shifters:
Shape-shifters are Night People who can shape-shift back and forth from their human form to their animal form. The most powerful shape-shifters are the dragons. Other shape-shifters include werewolves, panthers, and leopards.

All shape-shifters have the senses of the animal they call, which are often extraordinary. They can smell differences between foods, feel things many times the intensity than humans, and can hear both higher and lower pitches. They also have excellent night vision. All shape-shifters are governed by the First House of the Shape-shifters.

Some famous shape-shifters from the Night World books include Jeremy Lovett, Galen Drache, Raksha Keller, and Azhdeha.

In the Night World series, the shape-shifters are treated like second-class citizens by the vampires and witches. The reason for this is explained in Witchlight. Over thirty thousand years ago, the ancient dragons succeeded in their attempt to destroy the first world because they did not want witches to gain control of the world.

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True witches:
True witches know their heritage. They know they have special powers within their blood that enables them to practise the art of witchcraft. They use herbs, crystals, candles, and other equipment, to cast spells.

Some famous witches that know the art well include Thea Harman and Blaise Harman.

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Vampires:
Vampires are powerful, blood-sucking immortals that can heal from any injury, except those inflicted by wood. Wood can seriously harm and even kill them. Burning is also deadly to vampires.

Vampires run faster, see better, and even hear better than humans. They can also control minds, even erase memory. Sunlight however, inhibits all vampire powers, especially in newly-made vampires.

Vampires need blood to survive. Quite simply, drinking more blood means being more powerful.

There are two types of vampires in the Night World. Lamia vampires are the vampires who were born as vampires. Made vampires are the ones who were born human but were bitten by a vampire. All vampires are governed by the Night World Council.

Some famous vampires from the Night World books include Ash Redfern, Maya, Hunter Redfern, and of course, John Quinn.

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Werewolves:
Werewolves are shape-shifters that can shape-shift back and forth between their human form and their wolf form. When werewolves hunt, they eat the internal organs of humans, such as the heart and liver. For this reason, Night World laws specifically state werewolves may only hunt and kill other animals. Werewolves who disregard this law are considered renegades, and Night People have the right to kill them.

Werewolves dislike silver and fire. Both can kill them.

In the Night World series, each species of the Night World has a flower as their symbol and werewolves are symbolised by a black foxglove. Like all other shape-shifters, werewolves are governed by the First House.

Jeremy Lovett was a renegade werewolf living in Briar Creek, Oregon. He was killed – among other reasons – for breaking Night World law.

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Witches:
The witches of the Night World are actually humans but humans with special powers in their blood. Witches practise the art of witchcraft. They use herbs, crystals, candles, and other equipment, to cast spells.

There are two types of witches in the Night World series. Those witches that know their heritage and practise the art are said to be true witches. Those witches that do not know their heritage and thus do not practise the art because they do not know they have the power to do so are called lost witches.

In the Night World series, each species of the Night World has a flower as their symbol and witches are symbolised by a black dahlia.

Recently in the series, most of the witches seceded from the Night World. Many followed their Maiden, Mother, and Crone and joined a Circle called Circle Daybreak. Only the darkest witches of Circle Midnight still belong to the Night World. These witches no longer answer to the Inner Circle; they are governed by the Night World Council.

The Harman family is the most prominent family of witches in the Night World.

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