Changeling

• Laas
• Odo
• Vadic
• Female Changeling

• Dominion

• The Great Link

• Jem'Hadar

• Shapeshifter

• Immortal

• None

• Natural form was a gold colored gelatinous liquid
• Must revert to their natural form every sixteen hours, to regenerate
• Those Modified had a reddish, more gelatinous natural form

• Could take virtually any form
• Shared thoughts when they blended together with other Changeling
• Those modified could mimic the internal organs, fluids, & cellular biology of solids
• Could transmit their new abilities to regular Changelings by linking

• Gamma Quadrant

• Exist as the Great Link: the intermingling of many Changelings
• Gained a huge mistrust of humanoids, which they called solids
• No Changeling had ever harmed another,
• Odo became the first when he killed one to save the Defiant crew

• Evolved from humanoids, once limited to one form
• Were met with fear, rejected & hunted, due to their shapeshifting abilities
• Created & ruled the Dominion, a vast interstellar empire;
• Sent out one hundred infant Changelings into the Galaxy to gather information
• 2371: Targeted by a joint Tal Shiar & Obsidian Order attack;
• A Changeling infiltrator warned them, they relocated their homeworld before the attack
• Infiltrate the Alpha Quadrant, masquerading as important officials
• 2372: Section 31 infected Odo with a morphogenic virus;
• He unknowingly passed it to the Great Link, all changelings were dying
• 2373: The Dominion launched its invasion of the Alpha Quadrant
• During the war, Section 31 imprisoned ten Changelings at Daystrom Station;
• They were subjected to experiments under Project Proteus
• 2375: Dr. Bashir obtained a cure from Solan to save Odo
• Odo agreed to return to the Great Link & cure all of them, if they ended the war
• The Female Changeling agreed, ended the war & Odo returned to the Great Link
• Odo set about trying to reform the Dominion into a more benevolent society
• A group of Changelings broke off from the Great Link to seek revenge for losing the war
• They aligned themselves with the Borg & infiltrated the Federation to set up a Borg takeover
• The Borg was defeated, Dr. Crusher devised a way to detect Changeling infiltrators