Otherkin

Basic Information

Otherkin are a subculture of people who believe themselves to be reincarnations of mythological creatures.

Sources

Bibliography

1. Elven Like Me - Article on Otherkin @ The Village Voice

2. OtherKinDating.Com - what it sounds like.

3. Wikipedia entry

Game and Story Use

• Perhaps mythological creatures are staging a comeback to the modern world - but they can only do that by possessing and eventually transforming human host bodies. So the "Otherkin" only think that they have memories of former lives - in reality, these memories are of alien entities who will slowly take them over.
  • Unless someone can exorcise them. And most Otherkin likely won't be cooperative unless they can be convinced of the true danger.
• Even if the otherkin are not what they believe themeselves to be, such a delusion could make an interesting character trait for an NPC. (Or an annoying one for a PC).