Animus - Lusus Naturae
Description
In her travels and ever since she was born, Alphonse faced persecution from all, including her own kind. Lusus Naturae is the manifestation of Alphonse's inherent character flaws: escapism, and the belief in oneself as monstrous. This theme lends itself to forcing the mage to change, its mutations often making it harder to achieve any kind of symbiosis with society at large.
Apprentice - Transfiguran
Alphonse often felt she never fit in, wherever it may have been. Her attempts to be something were stifled by class, and superstition, for she was Rathor of Rakura, a pest animal associated with far too many negative concepts. Transfiguran is a sudden, harsh reality. It locks her out of her original body once undergoing her first Mold, such that she could never shift into it again. The implications for this mutation are severe and far reaching, making it hard for her to persist through society. All she retains is her capability for speech, which is nearly freely available in each of her forms by default for those with lungs and mouth. She cannot even access her original form partially for other abilities, save for being able to Imprint upon animals while within any of her forms. The benefit yielded to her is such that smaller animals down to the size of a mouse incur no additional cost, as there is no longer a mass difference to account for, and she no longer needs to be within her original form to imprint upon animals. Large animals will still incur a scaling cost difference.
