Alp
Alps are a unique form of mamono. They are generally androgynous and, as most are the result of transsexual humans being filled with demonic energy (usually from an attack from a Succubus or intentionally from a mage), the more an Alp looks like one gender the more likely they are to have been the other in their life as a human.
Alps can also be born directly as an Alp if the father or mother was an incubus or succubus respectively. Such Alps rarely identify as one gender or the other, using their shapeshifting to look as masculine or feminine as they wish on any given day.
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Alps range in power wildly, some having no spiritual energy at all, what little they produce focused instead on maintaining their bodies while others are frighteningly powerful, able to drive men and women to madness with horrific nightmares, kill them with rushes of magic through the heart, or claim entire towns for their harem with intense, burning lust.
A man or woman who is transsexual may become an Alp, their inner wishes brought to reality through the demonic energy. Alps of this kind, male and female, are known for their intensely lustful and cheery demeanor, happy to finally be themselves and eager to try out their new bodies.
Older Alps who have sown their wild oats so to speak will be much calmer, but no less happy to take someone new to bed if they strike their fancy. Alps that are born of a Succubus or Incubus seem to be gender fluid, and able to look as they wish even easier than the formerly human Alps, who is unable to change their gender.
Alps physical appearance with their bodies cannot change drastically, such as having a new face. But they will alter to meet their desires. Those who wish to be more and more masculine will grow more aggro or hairy or chiseled; large muscles and long members.
Those who wish to be more feminine will develop more feminine traits as they see fit; curvy figure and large breasts. Their default bodies are always quite androgynous, making it near impossible to tell what gender a newer Alp is until they begin altering to their desires; though many choose to keep the androgynous look.
They can also alter conceptually. Beauty is in the eye of the behavior of course. Some wish to look classy, others wish to make themselves look whorish and slutty, some dapper, others dangerous and risky, some like a girl/boy next door, others an innocent little sister/brother.
Alps who work hard can learn to use their magic to shapeshift even more, looking like animals or humans or household objects; though they always keep their horns, hence them needing to hide them with a hat or long hair.
Stealing this hat or cutting off the hair removes all magic from the Alp, leaving them completely at the mercy of whoever has taken it until it's returned. It is considered cruel and distasteful to do this to a non-hostile Alp, but as with all monster girls, there are some that are feral or even actively evil.
While it takes energy to shift their bodies, once a shift has been made, it requires no energy to maintain. Their magic can also be used to affect the minds of others, usually in the forms of dreams. They can generate emotions in others, making them more afraid, angrier, more excited or lustful (used to great effect in bed of course).
Malicious or even outright evil Apls will occasionally attempt to make entire towns their harems, by force or trickery if necessary.
They enjoy talking among each other in a sort of communal lounge their minds take them to in their dreams. They swap stories, inspiring, amusing, and seducing one another. The one who has the best story is rewarded with a night full of pleasure in the lounge before they wake.
Trivia
- The Alp is the only monster to originate from a (living) human male.
- A detailed entry of the "alpification" process was published in World Guide I: Fallen Maidens.
- While most alps are succubi, in some situations an incubus can become an alp version of other sorts of monsters (source: Kenkou Q and A tweet referring to alp slime carriers, and another to how a man can become the liliraune’s partner liliraune though it is not easy).
- It’s not unheard of for an alp who has embraced her femininity to retain her “boyish” looks. Conversely sometimes an alp that has retained a male personality will still gain a voluptuous body (source: World Guide 1 Sex Change article).
- If a man has both the qualities to become an alp and a desire to remain with monsters as a man, then the stronger desire will win out (source: Kenkou’s Japanese Q and A).
- Monsters generally will recognize ahead of time if a man has the qualities to become an alp (source: Kenkou’s Japanese Q and A).
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Hey, I've become a girl for you? So why not use me more? For your sake, I'll change myself to suit your tastes even more closely ♥ I'll become a much, much naughtier girl ♥
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