Hengeyokai

The Hengeyokai are an incredibly varied species of shapechangers descended from humans and shapeshifting animal spirits

Physical Characteristics
In general, most hengeyokai are more agile than the average human. They are alse quite long-lived - frequently

Abilities
Despite their variety of appearances, each subrace has one feature in common: They have three forms - their animal form, a human form and a bipedal form that shares features of both.

A hengeyokai's bipedal form gains some of the abilities and/or attributes of its animal form, such as a thicker hide or the ability to fly.

Unlike lycanthropes, which they superficially resemble in many ways, hengeyokai have no relationship with the moon, never change forms unless they want to and do not have to have a predatory animal form.