Shadow Mimics

One of the dungeon's shapeshifter families, and what Mordecai finally admits he is. He reduces shapeshifters to three basic kinds — changelings, doppelgangers and mimics — with everything else a variation on one of those. Mimics copy only the shape of a thing, where a changeling can pick up some of its powers, which is why a Moon Reaper's gaze keeps misfiring through him. Shadow mimics are the intelligent, generally evil branch, able to take the form of anything nearby. They and changelings are mortal enemies: touching a shadow mimic makes a changeling violently ill, while a shadow mimic considers changelings delicious.

Book 8 appearances

• Chapter 7 — Mordecai gives up the secret while explaining why his tenth-floor form glitches, and lays out the shapeshifter taxonomy and the mimic-changeling enmity for Carl.

Related entries

• Mordecai (Character)
• Changelings (Creature)
• Shapeshifter Taxonomy (Lore)
• Doppelganger (Race) (Notification)
• Mordecai's Moon Reaper Form (Creature)
• Katia Grim (Character)

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