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-Shift magic is the fifth most common type among the [[chosen:|Chosen]], with around twelve percent of the population being solely or primarily of this type.
+[[chosen:magic:shift|Shift]] magic is the fifth most common type among the [[chosen:|Chosen]], with around twelve percent of the population being solely or primarily of this type.
 Shifters are, simply, shapeshifters, able to alter their bodies from their natural form. The following rules of thumb apply:
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   * **Others within a limited range can be subjected to Shift magic.** With practice and effort, a shifter can change others in the same way and subject to the same rules. The further from the caster the target is, the more difficult this becomes, and in general the target cannot be further away than five meters.
-Shifters have one of the highest survival rates in the world beyond the [[avishraa:community:citadel|Citadel]], simply because - if they survive long enough to get a grasp of their powers - they can pass for ordinary takmar for long stretches of time. Regardless, the need to lead a double life - and to sleep somewhere that no one will find them - often drives them into criminal niches, where an ability to change one's appearance within seconds is an invaluable asset.
+Shifters have one of the highest survival rates in the world beyond the [[geopolitical:Citadel:]], simply because - if they survive long enough to get a grasp of their powers - they can pass for ordinary takmar for long stretches of time. Regardless, the need to lead a double life - and to sleep somewhere that no one will find them - often drives them into criminal niches, where an ability to change one's appearance within seconds is an invaluable asset.
 In the Citadel, shifters' powers lend advantages in many legitimate occupations but are uniquely suited to few. Overall, therefore, shifters are economic generalists; most of them find work in some kind of manual labor, where they can alter their bodies to perform tasks that other Chosen might find physically awkward or difficult. Shifters also tend to be natural actors, and theater troupes with shifter players and illusionists providing scenery are a sought-after form of entertainment. It is perhaps unsurprising that many also find roles as sex workers or companions of one form or another, since they can conform themselves closely to the desires of others.
-(It is also possible for a shifter to conform someone else more closely to their //own// desires. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_dysphoria|Gender dysphoria]] is somewhat better understood in the Citadel than most Avishraan societies, due to the ability of mentalists to directly perceive the distress caused by the condition. While permanent sex reassignment is only possible through [[chosen:magic:life-magic|lifegiver]]-shifters and represents considerable expense and difficulty, it is much easier and more common to have a shifter perform a kind of temporary reassignment.)
+(It is also possible for a shifter to conform someone else more closely to their //own// desires. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_dysphoria|Gender dysphoria]] is somewhat better understood in the Citadel than most Avishraan societies, due to the ability of mentalists to directly perceive the distress caused by the condition. While permanent sex reassignment is only possible through [[chosen:magic:life|lifegiver]]-shifters and represents considerable expense and difficulty, it is much easier and more common to have a shifter perform a kind of temporary reassignment.)
 Among the less acceptable occupations, the wealthy are known to employ shifters as spies and bodyguards; and criminal pursuits are only slightly less common in the Citadel than in the outside world, especially since many shifter immigrants find it difficult to transition to a legitimate occupation. This association with the unsavory make shifters rather less trusted as a group than most other magic types. Their association with sex work also tends to draw a certain amount of derision onto personal relationships involving a shifter.
-Shift magic is particularly potent in combination with several other types. [[chosen:magic:substance-magic|Alchemist]]-shifters have somewhat wider latitude in their transformations than others in their ability to use non-natural tissues, being able to incorporate minerals into their bodies and internally produce a number of strange substances. [[chosen:magic:mind-magic|Mentalist]]-shifters are rare, but make peerless spies, operatives, and manipulators. Lifegiver-shifters are even rarer, but can make their tamer guises permanent, and can on a temporary basis take guises much further outside the takmar norm than is usually safe.
+Shift magic is particularly potent in combination with several other types. [[chosen:magic:substance|Alchemist]]-shifters have somewhat wider latitude in their transformations than others in their ability to use non-natural tissues, being able to incorporate minerals into their bodies and internally produce a number of strange substances. [[chosen:magic:mind|Mentalist]]-shifters are rare, but make peerless spies, operatives, and manipulators. Lifegiver-shifters are even rarer, but can make their tamer guises permanent, and can on a temporary basis take guises much further outside the takmar norm than is usually safe.