Xigbar is a were! Most specifically, he's a Corax, or were-raven. Whether he was hatched or born is a fact that he doesn't much talk about, but he is absolutely the best person to go to if you want information - especially if it happens to be information about someone else.

However, he is no less irritating than his canon self. Part of this is because he always knows everything (and tends to the trickster besides) but also because the Corax are one of the very few shifters to not be affected by silver, and so he has something of a habit of wearing silver.

He is also excessively fond of shiny things and may or may not have stolen anything that catches his eye regardless of who it might have belonged to.