# Please help me ID a fantasy character. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-id-a-fantasy-character/464045 "2008-09-17T21:27:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-id-a-fantasy-character/464045/1 "2008-09-17T21:27:54Z")
There’s a guy who’s been cursed, so that part(all?) of him is always shapeshifting randomly into some other creature: a dog, as spider leg, ect. I was going to try and write a story about this but I’m sure it’s not an idea I had but a character I read somewhere. Anyone have any idea who I’m thinking of? Not a lot to go on, I know. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-id-a-fantasy-character/464045/2 "2008-09-17T23:40:04Z")
In the Thieves’ World series, one of the wizards (IIRC) was cursed with random shape-shifting. He was able to go out on the street on occasion when he cycled to a form not too far from human. ETA: Enas Yorl ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-id-a-fantasy-character/464045/3 "2008-09-18T00:18:42Z")
I was going to suggest Morpheus from _The Lord of the Crooked Paths_. But **DrFidelius** had a better answer. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-id-a-fantasy-character/464045/4 "2008-09-18T00:56:31Z")
The above is probably correct, but there’s also [The Oddity](http://www.wildcardsonline.com/characters-o.html) from the Wild Cards series. It’s three lovers merged into one being, and its body parts are constantly moving and shifting. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-id-a-fantasy-character/464045/5 "2008-09-18T01:18:53Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > In the Thieves’ World series, one of the wizards (IIRC) was cursed with random shape-shifting. He was able to go out on the street on occasion when he cycled to a form not too far from human. > > ETA: Enas Yorl I don’t know that I’ve ever read a Thieves World book, yet that sounds exactly like it. Odd. Thank you.