Guardian animal

Guardian animals are companions to elementalists. They assist them in combat and everyday tasks, similar to a kind of familiar. An elementalist can combine their body and soul with their animal, taking the form of the creature's body but having their own separate thoughts.

Combat Mode

Upon joining their guardian animal, an elementalist can enter combat mode by sending angry thoughts to them. In combat mode, the guardian animal grows more deadly and changes appearance, usually getting longer claws, wings, spikes, etc. Breeze, Avia's kitten grows large dovelike wings and sharper claws, which is actually very common. During combat mode, the animal and elementalist share combined power, making them more powerful as one.

Cross-Transformation

Cross-Transformation is one of the hardest skills for an Elementalist to preform. It occurs when they join with the guardian animal in a way that they become something else entirely and turn into a different being that shares traits from both sides. Quixie applies it prematurely, and as a result she had to slowly undergo transformation into her hummingbird in A Path to Flight and Unity.