by Chris | Nov 12 2007
Changeling is a game with a heady pedigree. Everyone from Shakespeare to Neil Gaiman have expanded on the cautionary tales that fill the folklore of nearly every culture in the world. This is the first in a series of entries that will cover a few bits of inspiration that you might have missed. Caitlín R. Kiernan’s work has always dealt with themes that stand front and center in most World of Darkness games, but her stories are especially apropos for Changeling: the Lost players.
In some way, ... Read more »
Tags: changeling, ctl, caitlin r. kiernan, low red moon, crk, daughter of hounds
You remember your home.
You remember what it was like,
before they took you.
The sound of your family's voices,
the smell of your home,
the colors of your neighborhood.
Even after the blinding glories
and pitiless dark wastes of Faerie,
you remember.
Your memories were a beacon.
Without them, you would never have found your way back
through the twisting maze of the Thorns,
to collapse torn and exhausted on the cool earth of the world you were born in once more–
to find that your home was no ... Read more »
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Taken from your home, transformed by the power of Faerie, kept as the Others’ slave or pet — but you never forgot where you came from. Now you have found your way back through the Thorns, to a home that is no longer yours. You are Lost. Find yourself.
Tags: changeling, core
by Christopher Lee Simmons | Sep 14 2007
I always wanted to be a fan of the original Changeling: The Dreaming. I fought tooth and nail to love that game, and to some extent even fooled myself into thinking I did. But the thing is, I loved the potential of Changeling, the idealized version that lived in my head, not the imperfect and jumbled game that actually stood before me. That's not to say there weren't brilliant spots, shining through the "whimsy" of the game line that Dreams and Nightmares told us we mustn't ever forget. Rich ... Read more »
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by Chris | Nov 29 2007
This story struck me as an interesting inspiration for a Changeling: the Lost character. Dede, an Indonesian fisherman, was hurt when he was fifteen, and since then, he has literally grown roots. It appears to be a rare conflux of an odd immune anomaly and HPV, but it could just as easily be one of the Lost with a fallen Mask.
Fascinating, either way.
Tags: changeling, ctl, weird news
