In the Hallowedspell Universe there are 2 known Spirit Warriors.
The first is the more typical one: a Navajo named Tommy Whitefeather. The second is a Chinese boy by the name of Bai Nian Chen. Both possess the ability to shape shift into various animals.
Thomas Whitefeather, a.k.a Tommy, is a survivor of a demon massacre. His tribe were all spirit warriors who battled dangerous supernatural beings. But as they had become powerful, they drew the attention of the Unseelie Court, and they raided his village. His uncle and Tommy were some of the very few who had escaped. Tommy ended up at Gulinger Private Academy long before the main characters of the stories got there, and he had graduated long before Rick Deacon had arrived.
After graduation from Gulinger, Tommy went to college, leaning towards recreational management and forestry...but he continued to train in the ways of his people as a demon hunter. He later joined the SRA (Supernatural Regulators Association) as a demon hunter, and he is one of the most recognized hunters in the SRA since the McDillans. Tommy holds a lot of prejudice towards anyone with demon blood. In fact, Tommy generally hates anyone connected to the Unseelie Court, which is the main reason he disliked Tom Brown on sight (Tom is an unofficial member because of his half-imp blood). But after meeting Michael Toms of the new Holy Seven he has relaxed some.
Bai Nian Chen was born in mainland China but was smuggled to the United States by witch to China Town, New York where he grew up in isolation. The witch had taken him from his parents at a young age and had lied to him to control his gift. She told him it was a curse, which she could control and use to tell 'fortunes' while also blackmailing people. Chen is able to read the pasts of people he touches. Also, if hugged or accidentally bumping hard into someone, he turns into their year of the Chinese Zodiac. He was rescued from the witch by Officer Johnson of NYPD homicide when he was sixteen and taken to Gulinger Private Academy before going on to college. The kids at Gulinger taught him that his ability was a gift and not a curse. He learned how to transform at will to any of the animals within the Chinese Zodiac he wished while also limiting his accidental transformation rate considerably. Chen's ended up defeating the witch that had kidnapped him by transforming into a Chinese celestial dragon and eating her in one bite. His people had combatted the Chinese New Year demon for generations.
Spirit warriors in the Hallowedspell Universe are human beings who probably have elf blood in them, going far back. Their gift is natural, and cultivated by their people. They are some of the more powerful ghoulies in the Halloweedspell universe, as they have more control of their natures than most.
