[OOC]Changeling: The Dreaming.

[Hoid]

LOL Well...let’s bounce some ideas back and forth!

Such as:
Kithain?
Gallain of some sort?
Nunnehi or Menehune?
Adhene?
Inanimae?

Boggan, grump, male, accounting numbermancer (possibly with his grandaughter pooka, childling, female, wide eyed tomboy)

Sounds fun!

Eshu, wilder, female, monster hunter inspired by the Radioactive music video

A bad-ass teddy bear chimera? Sounds awesome!

sidhe (autumn), wilder, female, Snow White and her Seven Dreamers- would be better to be set in Orlando or Annaheim areas

Maybe make her a swan princess! Or would the whole ‘doomed love’ aspect of that kith be a bit much?
Plus, the evil queen could be a river hag with a Treasure mirror!

Slaugh, grump, ?, antiNoble terrorist/assassin

Eh, maybe.

Satyr, wilder, female, Cam girl

Not too enthralled with this one, sorry.

Troll, wilder, female, 'Pebble'- baby sister/daughter? to 'the Rock' (and now I'm feeling old)

I’d rather not have a character connected to a real world celebrity.

[nowhereman2]

Is this an expansion to M&M? If I don't have the book, can I still pitch character ideas?

If I am allowed, I have had two ideas. The first is a Ban Sidhe who has the unfortunate curse of getting omens of death from anyone she look in the eyes. To make this slightly less awful, she can also scream loudly and hurt people. The second idea I had was Pooka who has spent his life using his luck to live the easy life. I am not sure what sort of Sidhe are available in the expansion. I am largely working off of wikipedia.

(Aside: There are an amazing number of Sidhe listed who are omens of death. Apparently everything meant death back then...)

[nowhereman2]

Nevermind, this is its own system. I found the second edition online and am reading it now. Is there a specific rulebook you would suggest?

[Hoid]

The 2e corebook is sufficient. The 2e Players Guide (which is NOT the core rulebook, confusingly enough!) has Nunnehi (the Native North American changelings). Inanimae: The Secret Way has rules and setting for Inanimae (fae elementals). Denizens of the Dreaming has rules and setting for the Adhene.

Now, all of the above is for 2e. 20th Anniversary Edition contains all that in one book. I’d recommend the pdf, though, as a hard copy is insanely expensive.

[Hoid]

Now, in addition to all the crazy wonderful of Changeling: The Dreaming, the world also boasts werewolves, vampires, mages, ghosts and so on, each with their detailed societies and magics. Changelings and werewolves have ties going back millennia, thus, while players MUST be changelings, there’s a good chance you’ll at least hear of werewolves. A tribe of werewolves called the Fianna have been known to attend fae celebrations, and vice versa!

[Spectrum]

Thank you for the quick feedback. I look forward to hearing what other people come up with.

I'll need to double check, but I'm pretty sure that I have (near) complete writeups for the boggan, eshu and sidhe ready to go.

.. and the troll in their original Aztecan fae incarnation.

[Hoid]

A troll from the Kingdom of the Feathered Serpent? Ooo! Mexico has been a battleground between Concordia and the Nunnehi for decades! It doesn’t even have a fae king! Just a duke—-a troll duke!

[Spectrum]

Human Name: (Crazy) Annie/ Catherine White/ Snow White #2476
Fae Name: Lady Anastasia
Court: Seelie
Legacies: Orchid/ Rogue
Seeming: Wilder
Kith: Sidhe (Autumn)
House: Laenhaun
Liege Lord: (if any; required if you have a house)- TBD
Romantic Legacies: (Not required)
Political Tendencies: (Not required)
Apparent Age: 19
Actual Age: 19
Concept: Snow White

Attributes
--Physicals: (3)
Strength: 2
Dexterity: 2
Stamina: 2

--Socials: (7)
Charisma: 4 (Sweet)
Manipulation: 2
Appearance: 7(Ingénue)

--Mentals: (5)
Perception: 3
Intelligence:2
Wits: 3

Abilities
--Talents: (13)
Alertness:
Athletics:
Brawl:
Empathy: 3
Expression: 3
Intimidation:
Kenning: 3
Leadership: 3
Streetwise: 1
Subterfuge:

--Skills: (9+1)
Animal Ken: 3
Crafts:
Drive:
Etiquette:
Firearms:
Larceny: 2
Melee: 1
Performance: 4 (Character portrayal)
Stealth:
Survival:

--Knowledges: (5)
Academics:
Computer:
Enigmas: 2
Gremayre:
Investigation: 1
Law:
Medicine:
Occult:
Politics: 2
Science:
Technology:

--Other Abilities:

--Backgrounds: (5+3) Dreamers 3, Remembrance 1, Influence: Street 2, Title 2

--Arts:
Autumn:
Chicanery:
Chronos:
Contract:
Dragon’s Ire:
Infusion:
Legerdemain:
Metamorphosis:
Naming:
Oneiromancy: 1
Primal: 1
Pyretics:
Skycraft:
Soothsay:
Sovereign:
Spring: 1
Summer:
Wayfare:
Winter:

Realm Affinity:
--Realms:
Actor:
Fae*: 1
Nature: 4
Prop:
Scene:
Time:

Glamour: 7 (+2)
Willpower: 4
Banality: 3

Merits: (11) Surreal Beauty (2), Mass Appeal (4), Calming Presence (1), Nature’s Child (2), Voice of a Songbird (2)

Languages:

Flaws: (-9/-7) Amnesia (2), Bizzare Quality (2), Chimerical Magnet (5)

Birthrights/Frailties: Unearthly Beauty, Noble Bearing/ Adoration

Ravaging/Musing Threshold: Exploit Dependence/ Help Those In Need
Antithesis: Being exiled from a community

House Boon/Ban: (not all fae have a House) Charismatic/Rapid Aging

Freebie Expenditures: = 0/15 (0x4)+ (1x2)+(3x1)+0+0+(2x3)+(11)+(-7)=15

Description: (Both Human and Fae)
Mortal: The human mind is not meant to see such a thing. Vague impressions, hints, though the vision and the memories slip away from details.
“Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow.”

A Mona Lisa smile. Innocence to be despoiled or protected. A voice of an angel, capable of calling the birds from the trees. Beautiful, painful beauty, awe inspiring and nauseating in its radiance. (App 7, surreal beauty, bizarre quality)
Fae seeming:
“A Lovely maid I see. Rags cannot hide her gentle grace. Alas, she is more fair than thee.”
“Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow.”
It’s yet another pretty sidhe. Never seen one of those before, except for the countless other times. This one is styled to impress though, pushing the upper edge from fabulous to grotesque in her beauty. This one looks familiar though, the inspiration for Snow White? Probably not THE Snow White but the one that inspired old Walt and his boys back in the 1930s. ‘Magic mirror on the wall’… and all that jazz.
Her dress is simple, tattered, the waif, the vagrant, cast out from the castle and living among Pasadena’s homeless. She is rarely alone in the wild, her dwarfs, the homeless of the city flocking near her, basking in her radiated beauty.
Eyes are upon her, the mortal masses lacking comprehension, the chimera watching her in delight and furious envy. The beasts to devour her.
What of the wicked stepmother? What of the huntsman. Is this sidhe to be left to die?

Character Info:
Q: When and where was your character born? ‘you’ve never heard of it, outside of never heard of that one either, outside of oh, yeah.. I can stop naming places you’ve never heard of before’, Kansas. 2/14/2000

Q: Did your character know about Changeling society growing up, and that he or she might be one? No, not a clue. She’s always wanted to grow up to be a Disney princess at Disney World. Something has always struck her about the moving Snow White at the Seven Dwarfs, something familiar, something that resonated deeply.

Q: When and how did your character have their Chrysalis? What is this strange thing happening right now? Why am I seeing things? Why do my ears feel so different? Why do people keep looking at me so strangely? Have the streets driven me insane?

Q: What is your character's education, both in the human world and Changeling society? Human world: graduated from very small, very poorly funded public high school. Changeling- what’s happening to meeee? Why am I seeing these things? What is this?

Q: Who found and introduced your character to Changeling society? Work in Process! Causing a lot of noise but not aware of anything yet.

Q: What are your character's major goals? Find out who she really is and what that means. Doesn’t really have an idea how to get out of her life on the streets but has a family that look to her for guidance that she won’t let down. The definition of family will continue to grow.

Q: What are your character's major loves and fears? Loves- sunsets marking that her family has lived another day. The smile on the face of an innocent. The Disney movie Snow White; Fears- unexpected attacks, paranoia, stepmothers, apples, the fear of growing insanity as inexplicable disconnections from mundane reality grows around her.

Q: Who is your character connected with (loved ones, enemies, family, etc.) From being- close to her family, loving parents, annoying younger brother, uncle. Popular in school. Most recently- the family, about 13/14 members, men and women of a wide range of ages. A group of college/yuppie punks have been attacking them in the night. Her fae abilities have caused a growing number of people around her to act in strange ways. Some of them friendly, others very inappropriate.

Q: If part of a House but not a Sidhe, how and why did you come to join?

Q: If you have a title, how did you come by it? Was it hereditary, earned, or bestowed? Hereditary, a nearly forgotten legacy of her previous life in the early 1930s

Q: Do you remember any of your past lives? For that matter, do you HAVE any past lives? Are you Arcadian (returned) or Autumn (on the Changeling Way)? Yes (remembrance 1). Early 1930s, inspiring Richard Creedon in his development of the Snow White script.


Character Bio: Catherine, Katie, grew up in the great state of Kansas, deep among the fields. Things were working out for the family but it was a dead end life unless you got out. From a young age, she would watch old videos and put on the character, sometimes recreating scenes, other times looking to put that character into another situation. What would Snow White do with a dorky dad and three younger siblings instead of dwarves? Social life, what little of it, was more important than grades. What few opportunities to be on stage she took. Her dream was always to be hired as a character actor at Disney World. Even managed to get a job there and was living her Dream. And then The Event happened, being attacked and left for dead. She woke up in a hospital, no idea who she was, very few ways of knowing who she was. Ended up on the streets, doing little skits and songs to make enough money for another day. She started collecting people around her, people that she came to care for and if not protect than at least working to survive together. Most recently, she has started to have strange experiences, things that don’t make any sense. She’s terrified that the streets are getting to her and she’s sliding into insanity. The newest members are Ben, an infant, and Clifford- nice guy but stupid as a brick and looks like his face was caved in by one.

Notes:

[Spectrum]

Human Name: Maria Chan
Fae Name: Ītzpāpālōtl (Obsidian Butterfly)

Player: Lacunae
Email:
Court: Valley
Legacies: Warrior/Witch
Seeming: Wilder
Kith: Quinametzin http://wodcityofangels.com/page.php?98.1
House:
Liege Lord: (if any; required if you have a house)
Romantic Legacies: (Not required)
Political Tendencies: (Not required)
Apparent Age: early 20s
Actual Age: 17
Concept: Scion of a Dynasty of Warriors

Attributes
--Physicals: (7+ 5 free)
Strength: 6 Dominating
Dexterity: 2
Stamina: 4 Unyielding

--Socials: (5)
Charisma: 4 Working the crowd
Manipulation: 1
Appearance: 3

--Mentals: (3)
Perception: 1
Intelligence: 2
Wits: 3

Abilities
--Talents: (13)
Alertness:
Athletics: 3
Brawl:
Empathy:
Expression:
Intimidation: 4 (+2f) “The Look”
Kenning:
Leadership: 3
Streetwise: 2
Subterfuge:

--Skills: (9+2)
Animal Ken:
Crafts:
Drive:
Etiquette:
Firearms:
Larceny:
Melee:
Performance: 3 Wrestling
Stealth:
Survival:

--Knowledges: (5)
Academics:
Computer:
Enigmas:
Gremayre:
Investigation:
Law:
Medicine: 2
Occult:
Politics:
Science:
Technology:

--Other Abilities:
Might (T) 3
Martial Arts (S) 3- Cruz school of wrestling
Subculture (K) 3- Wrestling
--Backgrounds:
Dreamers 2- Fans
Totem 3- Granite/Jade
--Arts: (3+2, 10 freebies)
Autumn:
Chicanery:
Chronos:
Contract:
Dragon’s Ire:
Infusion:
Legerdemain:
Metamorphosis:
Naming:
Oneiromancy:
Primal: 4
Pyretics:
Skycraft:
Soothsay:
Sovereign:
Spring:
Summer:
Wayfare: 1
Winter:

Realm Affinity:
--Realms:
Actor:
Fae: 5
Nature:
Prop*:
Scene:
Time:

Glamour: 5
Willpower: 4
Banality: 3

Merits (7): Granite Skin, Increased pain tolerance, higher purpose- bring glory to her family name, language- Spanish

Languages: Spanish

Flaws (-7): slipped seeming 2, changeling eyes, bard’s tongue, recruitment target

Birthrights/Frailties:
Tlatocatezcatli –
Neximalitztlii
Teocuitlatlahuelli

Ravaging/Musing Threshold: Inspire Hope/Create Anger
Antithesis: Betraying the trust of a true fan

House Boon/Ban: (not all fae have a House)

Freebie Expenditures: = 0/15

Description: (Both Human and Fae)
Human: Not falling with the realms of traditional beauty, but the woman is certainly striking. soCal is known for all kinds, attracting the eccentric and the glamorous. Let’s start with the very basics and work out way out. A towering figure, she’s easily 6’4”, all of it pure slabs of muscle, not shaped into the careful presentation of a fitness model, rather flat out muscle all the way through, the build of a warrior. Deep mahogany skin shows every bit of definition. The clothing, what little of it, clings to her form almost as tightly. Between them, the woman is a piece of artwork. Nearly every inch covered in Aztec inspired scars or jade, obsidian, silver, turquoise piercings- leopards, hummingbirds, skulls, faces. How willing are you to stare at the woman?
Moving further out, we get to the face, hands and feet. The face is surprisingly young, an infectious enthusiasm that can quickly turn to an intense glare. The eyes are dark and engulfing, a shimmer around the edges that changes color as her mood changes. Hair is drawn back and tight, a single ponytail trailing down to her hips, more of the semiprecious gems dancing among it.
Her hands are well calloused, used to hard work, strong fingers ending in dark polish. Even then the dichotomy of the woman shows through, not unusual to see a ghoulish and girly pattern.
Fae:
A figure stepped out of the Aztec warrior display at the museum with the size and build of a troll. Yet there the appearance differs. While at rest, the stone flesh is the deep mahogany color of obsidian, that tone changes with the flow of elemental aspect, slipping through the reflective sheens of blue, golden, fire, and even more rarely a blizzard of small white snowflakes. Etchings constantly flow across the stony exterior, grinning skulls, the flutter of a hummingbirds wings, the challenging snarl of a warrior. There is little concealing the woman, seemingly more for your comfort rather than her own. After all, what do shame or hardship mean to one cast of the elements and stone?


Character Info:
Q: When and where was your character born? Chilpancingo (de los Bravo), Guerrero, Mexico. September 15, 2001 Teoltleco- Return of the Gods

Q: Did your character know about Changeling society growing up, and that he or she might be one?
Yes! Going back to the beginnings of time, her ancestors have been Quinametzin, including her grandfather, her father, all three of her brothers, several cousins. Growing up, it wasn’t unusual to see Duende and less common to see more westernized changelings- the occasional troll, redcap or satyr. She is the first female to follow in the family line.


Q: When and how did your character have their Chrysalis?
On the road, cheering on her father and brothers during a legacy match between the heroic Chan school Yay! and the villainous landgrabbing Hidalgos! Booo!

Q: What is your character's education, both in the human world and Changeling society?
Very little formal human education, growing up on the road, listening to the ancient tales, seeing the need for heroes in the people around her. Changeling history is largely lost as well, a world of companions and competitors, warriors and performers striving to put on a good show. On the other hand, she can talk about the history of wrestling matches, the faces and heels for hours.

Q: Who found and introduced your character to Changeling society?
She has never not known the lifestyle.

Q: What are your character's major goals?
To bring glory and honor to her family name, even if she is ‘only’ a girl! To put on a great show! To inspire the indigenous people of the old empires to take back their honor!

Q: What are your character's major loves and fears?
Loves: Family, wrestling, the cheer of the crowd, the exhilaration of a good match, the shining face of a fan
Hates: a bad show, being told that she can’t do things because she’s a girl

Q: Who is your character connected with (loved ones, enemies, family, etc.)
Father, brothers, cousins, family, the wrestling community, fans- the ‘hated’ Hidalgos


Q: If part of a House but not a Sidhe, how and why did you come to join?

Q: If you have a title, how did you come by it? Was it hereditary, earned, or bestowed?

Q: Do you remember any of your past lives? For that matter, do you HAVE any past lives? Are you Arcadian (returned) or Autumn (on the Changeling Way)?
No


Character Bio:

Notes:

[Spectrum]

Richard Heady / County Fingers
Concept: Grandfather with a wild history
Kith: Boggan
Court: Seelie
Legacies: Bumpkin/Knave
Seeming: Grump
House: None

Richard Heady (or County Fingers) is a Boggan that has lived a roller coaster life. In his earlier years, he was ‘the guy that got things done’ behind the scenes in frats and performances, making sure that wild parties and artistic endeavors came off. He was the detail guy to the big picture people. While never in the spotlight, he made sure that the spotlight was on the right people. Becoming an adult was a slow march towards death. The Dreaming survived in the way that numbers danced for him, sometimes telling of heroic quests, other times blatant lies, but always stories.
Recently, he has retired and come to live with his family in California. His son, Richard; his daughter-in-law, Veronica (never Ronnie!) and their precocious daughter, Samantha. Samantha has lit something in the old man’s heart, rekindling the Dreaming within his old soul, remembering old tales that he isn’t sure that he ever knew before.
I see several ways that he could get involved in stories: helping to run events behind the scenes, playing the fun old Grandpa, the more mature ear. He’s also getting quite talented and sewing to keep his old hands nimble.
 
Richard Heady / County Fingers
Concept: Grandfather with a wild history
Kith: Boggan
Court: Seelie
Legacies: Bumpkin/Knave
Seeming: Grump
House: None

1. Identity
A. Childhood
i. Poor growing up (mid1950s) , on the edge of real trouble. Single mother that was always looking for a big score and never accomplishing it, looking for The Guy
ii. Took over household finance, small jobs- lawns, paper delivery, lemonade stand
iii. Maths fascinating in school, seeing the beauty of numbermancy
iv. Starts taking background roles in school- Class treasurer, running school drives, box office for theatre
v. Always the best friend, never seen as dating material
B. College
i. Joins fraternity- coordinates parties
ii. The Road Trip- Summer break, Richard spends months preparing, where to stay, what to do, starts off being ignored, lack of planning doesn’t work, amazing trip, lots of places that the guys didn’t know they wanted to go to
iii. Meets Betty at party- date of other frat brother, rocky start, they challenge each other, why does everybody see it but them?!
iv. Works internships at accounting firms
C. Adulthood
i. Gets hired for accounting firm- starts off as goffer
ii. Discovers embezzlement at client- digs deeper, proves to be good at it, moved towards more investigative work
iii. Starts leading teams/ mentoring
iv. Not a great husband and father. Well-meaning but absent as he tilts at numeric windmills- losing himself in the numbers
v. Wakes up (Betty threatens to leave him/affair?), finds out how much he’s missing, slows down and works hard to fix things, fighting hard for it to not be too late, finds better balance
D. Retirement/ Becoming a widower
i. Betty gets and stays sick. Richard spends less time at work, ends up retiring to spend time together. Long, tragic, painful
ii. Not much reason to stay, Leonard invites him to move to CA and stay with the family
iii. Rocky start, R is used to independence, Veronica is very controlling
iv. Spending time with Samantha makes him see things as they Could be, gets involved in her stories, is this dementia?
v. Meets first changling- very recent. Who? Where?
2. Relationships
A. Family- living with son’s family in an in-law suite
i. Leonard- son, getting closer after estrangement. Librarian? Teacher?
ii. Veronica- daughter in law, antagonistic relationship. Richard is an old fool that endangers Samantha. Never Roni! Autumn person? High performance job
iii. Samantha- granddaughter and the source of all light and goodness in the world. Blossoming childling?
iv. Betty- deceased wife, constant supporter. He often still talks to her. Misses her dearly. Long suffering end of life.
B. Other people
i. Renee- desperately lonely and cat stinky next door neighbor, has an unrequited crush on Richard
ii. Bill- runs one of the local charities (low income financial services) that Richard does bookkeeping/mentoring at
iii. Ji Woo- young mother, thick language barrier, helps her with finance and English, they bring treats for each other’s families
iv. Cathy- runs Yarn World and wants to hear about R’s projects
v. Doctor O’Kelly- always with more pills! Know your age and settle down!
3. Motivation
A. Changeling traits
i. Ravaging threshold- Destroy Illusions. The world is a cold place, the sooner people realize it, the better off they’ll be- no, you will never get out of desperate poverty
ii. Musing threshold- Foster dreams- If people work hard enough they can achieve amazing things, more than they would ever realize- save and your dreams can come true
iii. Antithesis- spending time waiting for doctors- reminder of Betty’s decline, little worthwhile stimulus, seems to take forever.
iv. Mystery- has fun and uncomfortable memories of past lives and esoteric subjects, often surprised at what he can suddenly ‘remember’
B. Areas of interest
i. Spending time with Samantha
ii. Accounting and the stories that it tells, general numbermancy- digging into the mysteries
iii. Knitting- keeps the hands active, starting to attract local attention
iv. Encouraging people to work towards their dreams
v. Treats- doesn’t take health concerns very seriously, which make they worse- see antithesis
4. Potential hooks
A. ‘In a Kingdom by the sea’- Could Samantha be a student there? Does she have friends?
B. Playground time- Sam and Richard hang out, tries to introduce her cool Grandpa
C. The old man- grandfatherly type to those that need help
D. The wise man- His memories turn out to be helpful from time to time
E. Craftsman- his knitting has qualities in the Dreaming

[Hoid]

Human Name: (Crazy) Annie/ Catherine White/ Snow White #2476
Fae Name: Lady Anastasia
Court: Seelie
Legacies: Orchid/ Rogue
Seeming: Wilder
Kith: Sidhe (Autumn)
House: Laenhaun
Liege Lord: (if any; required if you have a house)- TBD
Romantic Legacies: (Not required)
Political Tendencies: (Not required)
Apparent Age: 19
Actual Age: 19
Concept: Snow White

Attributes
--Physicals: (3)
Strength: 2
Dexterity: 2
Stamina: 2

--Socials: (7)
Charisma: 4 (Sweet)
Manipulation: 2
Appearance: 7(Ingénue)

--Mentals: (5)
Perception: 3
Intelligence:2
Wits: 3

Abilities
--Talents: (13)
Alertness:
Athletics:
Brawl:
Empathy: 3
Expression: 3
Intimidation:
Kenning: 3
Leadership: 3
Streetwise: 1
Subterfuge:

--Skills: (9+1)
Animal Ken: 3
Crafts:
Drive:
Etiquette:
Firearms:
Larceny: 2
Melee: 1
Performance: 4 (Character portrayal)
Stealth:
Survival:

--Knowledges: (5)
Academics:
Computer:
Enigmas: 2
Gremayre:
Investigation: 1
Law:
Medicine:
Occult:
Politics: 2
Science:
Technology:

--Other Abilities:

--Backgrounds: (5+3) Dreamers 3, Remembrance 1, Influence: Street 2, Title 2

--Arts:
Autumn:
Chicanery:
Chronos:
Contract:
Dragon’s Ire:
Infusion:
Legerdemain:
Metamorphosis:
Naming:
Oneiromancy: 1
Primal: 1
Pyretics:
Skycraft:
Soothsay:
Sovereign:
Spring: 1
Summer:
Wayfare:
Winter:

Realm Affinity:
--Realms:
Actor:
Fae*: 1
Nature: 4
Prop:
Scene:
Time:

Glamour: 7 (+2)
Willpower: 4
Banality: 3

Merits: (11) Surreal Beauty (2), Mass Appeal (4), Calming Presence (1), Nature’s Child (2), Voice of a Songbird (2)

Languages:

Flaws: (-9/-7) Amnesia (2), Bizzare Quality (2), Chimerical Magnet (5)

Birthrights/Frailties: Unearthly Beauty, Noble Bearing/ Adoration

Ravaging/Musing Threshold: Exploit Dependence/ Help Those In Need
Antithesis: Being exiled from a community

House Boon/Ban: (not all fae have a House) Charismatic/Rapid Aging

Freebie Expenditures: = 0/15 (0x4)+ (1x2)+(3x1)+0+0+(2x3)+(11)+(-7)=15

Description: (Both Human and Fae)
Mortal: The human mind is not meant to see such a thing. Vague impressions, hints, though the vision and the memories slip away from details.
“Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow.”

A Mona Lisa smile. Innocence to be despoiled or protected. A voice of an angel, capable of calling the birds from the trees. Beautiful, painful beauty, awe inspiring and nauseating in its radiance. (App 7, surreal beauty, bizarre quality)
Fae seeming:
“A Lovely maid I see. Rags cannot hide her gentle grace. Alas, she is more fair than thee.”
“Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow.”
It’s yet another pretty sidhe. Never seen one of those before, except for the countless other times. This one is styled to impress though, pushing the upper edge from fabulous to grotesque in her beauty. This one looks familiar though, the inspiration for Snow White? Probably not THE Snow White but the one that inspired old Walt and his boys back in the 1930s. ‘Magic mirror on the wall’… and all that jazz.
Her dress is simple, tattered, the waif, the vagrant, cast out from the castle and living among Pasadena’s homeless. She is rarely alone in the wild, her dwarfs, the homeless of the city flocking near her, basking in her radiated beauty.
Eyes are upon her, the mortal masses lacking comprehension, the chimera watching her in delight and furious envy. The beasts to devour her.
What of the wicked stepmother? What of the huntsman. Is this sidhe to be left to die?

Character Info:
Q: When and where was your character born? ‘you’ve never heard of it, outside of never heard of that one either, outside of oh, yeah.. I can stop naming places you’ve never heard of before’, Kansas. 2/14/2000

Q: Did your character know about Changeling society growing up, and that he or she might be one? No, not a clue. She’s always wanted to grow up to be a Disney princess at Disney World. Something has always struck her about the moving Snow White at the Seven Dwarfs, something familiar, something that resonated deeply.

Q: When and how did your character have their Chrysalis? What is this strange thing happening right now? Why am I seeing things? Why do my ears feel so different? Why do people keep looking at me so strangely? Have the streets driven me insane?

Q: What is your character's education, both in the human world and Changeling society? Human world: graduated from very small, very poorly funded public high school. Changeling- what’s happening to meeee? Why am I seeing these things? What is this?

Q: Who found and introduced your character to Changeling society? Work in Process! Causing a lot of noise but not aware of anything yet.

Q: What are your character's major goals? Find out who she really is and what that means. Doesn’t really have an idea how to get out of her life on the streets but has a family that look to her for guidance that she won’t let down. The definition of family will continue to grow.

Q: What are your character's major loves and fears? Loves- sunsets marking that her family has lived another day. The smile on the face of an innocent. The Disney movie Snow White; Fears- unexpected attacks, paranoia, stepmothers, apples, the fear of growing insanity as inexplicable disconnections from mundane reality grows around her.

Q: Who is your character connected with (loved ones, enemies, family, etc.) From being- close to her family, loving parents, annoying younger brother, uncle. Popular in school. Most recently- the family, about 13/14 members, men and women of a wide range of ages. A group of college/yuppie punks have been attacking them in the night. Her fae abilities have caused a growing number of people around her to act in strange ways. Some of them friendly, others very inappropriate.

Q: If part of a House but not a Sidhe, how and why did you come to join?

Q: If you have a title, how did you come by it? Was it hereditary, earned, or bestowed? Hereditary, a nearly forgotten legacy of her previous life in the early 1930s

Q: Do you remember any of your past lives? For that matter, do you HAVE any past lives? Are you Arcadian (returned) or Autumn (on the Changeling Way)? Yes (remembrance 1). Early 1930s, inspiring Richard Creedon in his development of the Snow White script.


Character Bio: Catherine, Katie, grew up in the great state of Kansas, deep among the fields. Things were working out for the family but it was a dead end life unless you got out. From a young age, she would watch old videos and put on the character, sometimes recreating scenes, other times looking to put that character into another situation. What would Snow White do with a dorky dad and three younger siblings instead of dwarves? Social life, what little of it, was more important than grades. What few opportunities to be on stage she took. Her dream was always to be hired as a character actor at Disney World. Even managed to get a job there and was living her Dream. And then The Event happened, being attacked and left for dead. She woke up in a hospital, no idea who she was, very few ways of knowing who she was. Ended up on the streets, doing little skits and songs to make enough money for another day. She started collecting people around her, people that she came to care for and if not protect than at least working to survive together. Most recently, she has started to have strange experiences, things that don’t make any sense. She’s terrified that the streets are getting to her and she’s sliding into insanity. The newest members are Ben, an infant, and Clifford- nice guy but stupid as a brick and looks like his face was caved in by one.

Notes:

I love this one! So many stories to be told, with this!

[Hoid]

Human Name: Maria Chan
Fae Name: Ītzpāpālōtl (Obsidian Butterfly)

Player: Lacunae
Email:
Court: Valley
Legacies: Warrior/Witch
Seeming: Wilder
Kith: Quinametzin http://wodcityofangels.com/page.php?98.1
House:
Liege Lord: (if any; required if you have a house)
Romantic Legacies: (Not required)
Political Tendencies: (Not required)
Apparent Age: early 20s
Actual Age: 17
Concept: Scion of a Dynasty of Warriors

Attributes
--Physicals: (7+ 5 free)
Strength: 6 Dominating
Dexterity: 2
Stamina: 4 Unyielding

--Socials: (5)
Charisma: 4 Working the crowd
Manipulation: 1
Appearance: 3

--Mentals: (3)
Perception: 1
Intelligence: 2
Wits: 3

Abilities
--Talents: (13)
Alertness:
Athletics: 3
Brawl:
Empathy:
Expression:
Intimidation: 4 (+2f) “The Look”
Kenning:
Leadership: 3
Streetwise: 2
Subterfuge:

--Skills: (9+2)
Animal Ken:
Crafts:
Drive:
Etiquette:
Firearms:
Larceny:
Melee:
Performance: 3 Wrestling
Stealth:
Survival:

--Knowledges: (5)
Academics:
Computer:
Enigmas:
Gremayre:
Investigation:
Law:
Medicine: 2
Occult:
Politics:
Science:
Technology:

--Other Abilities:
Might (T) 3
Martial Arts (S) 3- Cruz school of wrestling
Subculture (K) 3- Wrestling
--Backgrounds:
Dreamers 2- Fans
Totem 3- Granite/Jade
--Arts: (3+2, 10 freebies)
Autumn:
Chicanery:
Chronos:
Contract:
Dragon’s Ire:
Infusion:
Legerdemain:
Metamorphosis:
Naming:
Oneiromancy:
Primal: 4
Pyretics:
Skycraft:
Soothsay:
Sovereign:
Spring:
Summer:
Wayfare: 1
Winter:

Realm Affinity:
--Realms:
Actor:
Fae: 5
Nature:
Prop*:
Scene:
Time:

Glamour: 5
Willpower: 4
Banality: 3

Merits (7): Granite Skin, Increased pain tolerance, higher purpose- bring glory to her family name, language- Spanish

Languages: Spanish

Flaws (-7): slipped seeming 2, changeling eyes, bard’s tongue, recruitment target

Birthrights/Frailties:
Tlatocatezcatli –
Neximalitztlii
Teocuitlatlahuelli

Ravaging/Musing Threshold: Inspire Hope/Create Anger
Antithesis: Betraying the trust of a true fan

House Boon/Ban: (not all fae have a House)

Freebie Expenditures: = 0/15

Description: (Both Human and Fae)
Human: Not falling with the realms of traditional beauty, but the woman is certainly striking. soCal is known for all kinds, attracting the eccentric and the glamorous. Let’s start with the very basics and work out way out. A towering figure, she’s easily 6’4”, all of it pure slabs of muscle, not shaped into the careful presentation of a fitness model, rather flat out muscle all the way through, the build of a warrior. Deep mahogany skin shows every bit of definition. The clothing, what little of it, clings to her form almost as tightly. Between them, the woman is a piece of artwork. Nearly every inch covered in Aztec inspired scars or jade, obsidian, silver, turquoise piercings- leopards, hummingbirds, skulls, faces. How willing are you to stare at the woman?
Moving further out, we get to the face, hands and feet. The face is surprisingly young, an infectious enthusiasm that can quickly turn to an intense glare. The eyes are dark and engulfing, a shimmer around the edges that changes color as her mood changes. Hair is drawn back and tight, a single ponytail trailing down to her hips, more of the semiprecious gems dancing among it.
Her hands are well calloused, used to hard work, strong fingers ending in dark polish. Even then the dichotomy of the woman shows through, not unusual to see a ghoulish and girly pattern.
Fae:
A figure stepped out of the Aztec warrior display at the museum with the size and build of a troll. Yet there the appearance differs. While at rest, the stone flesh is the deep mahogany color of obsidian, that tone changes with the flow of elemental aspect, slipping through the reflective sheens of blue, golden, fire, and even more rarely a blizzard of small white snowflakes. Etchings constantly flow across the stony exterior, grinning skulls, the flutter of a hummingbirds wings, the challenging snarl of a warrior. There is little concealing the woman, seemingly more for your comfort rather than her own. After all, what do shame or hardship mean to one cast of the elements and stone?


Character Info:
Q: When and where was your character born? Chilpancingo (de los Bravo), Guerrero, Mexico. September 15, 2001 Teoltleco- Return of the Gods

Q: Did your character know about Changeling society growing up, and that he or she might be one?
Yes! Going back to the beginnings of time, her ancestors have been Quinametzin, including her grandfather, her father, all three of her brothers, several cousins. Growing up, it wasn’t unusual to see Duende and less common to see more westernized changelings- the occasional troll, redcap or satyr. She is the first female to follow in the family line.


Q: When and how did your character have their Chrysalis?
On the road, cheering on her father and brothers during a legacy match between the heroic Chan school Yay! and the villainous landgrabbing Hidalgos! Booo!

Q: What is your character's education, both in the human world and Changeling society?
Very little formal human education, growing up on the road, listening to the ancient tales, seeing the need for heroes in the people around her. Changeling history is largely lost as well, a world of companions and competitors, warriors and performers striving to put on a good show. On the other hand, she can talk about the history of wrestling matches, the faces and heels for hours.

Q: Who found and introduced your character to Changeling society?
She has never not known the lifestyle.

Q: What are your character's major goals?
To bring glory and honor to her family name, even if she is ‘only’ a girl! To put on a great show! To inspire the indigenous people of the old empires to take back their honor!

Q: What are your character's major loves and fears?
Loves: Family, wrestling, the cheer of the crowd, the exhilaration of a good match, the shining face of a fan
Hates: a bad show, being told that she can’t do things because she’s a girl

Q: Who is your character connected with (loved ones, enemies, family, etc.)
Father, brothers, cousins, family, the wrestling community, fans- the ‘hated’ Hidalgos


Q: If part of a House but not a Sidhe, how and why did you come to join?

Q: If you have a title, how did you come by it? Was it hereditary, earned, or bestowed?

Q: Do you remember any of your past lives? For that matter, do you HAVE any past lives? Are you Arcadian (returned) or Autumn (on the Changeling Way)?
No


Character Bio:

Notes:

I had to look this one up, as its fan work, but I approve. She looks like an awesome character!

[Hoid]

Richard Heady / County Fingers
Concept: Grandfather with a wild history
Kith: Boggan
Court: Seelie
Legacies: Bumpkin/Knave
Seeming: Grump
House: None

Richard Heady (or County Fingers) is a Boggan that has lived a roller coaster life. In his earlier years, he was ‘the guy that got things done’ behind the scenes in frats and performances, making sure that wild parties and artistic endeavors came off. He was the detail guy to the big picture people. While never in the spotlight, he made sure that the spotlight was on the right people. Becoming an adult was a slow march towards death. The Dreaming survived in the way that numbers danced for him, sometimes telling of heroic quests, other times blatant lies, but always stories.
Recently, he has retired and come to live with his family in California. His son, Richard; his daughter-in-law, Veronica (never Ronnie!) and their precocious daughter, Samantha. Samantha has lit something in the old man’s heart, rekindling the Dreaming within his old soul, remembering old tales that he isn’t sure that he ever knew before.
I see several ways that he could get involved in stories: helping to run events behind the scenes, playing the fun old Grandpa, the more mature ear. He’s also getting quite talented and sewing to keep his old hands nimble.
 
Richard Heady / County Fingers
Concept: Grandfather with a wild history
Kith: Boggan
Court: Seelie
Legacies: Bumpkin/Knave
Seeming: Grump
House: None

1. Identity
A. Childhood
i. Poor growing up (mid1950s) , on the edge of real trouble. Single mother that was always looking for a big score and never accomplishing it, looking for The Guy
ii. Took over household finance, small jobs- lawns, paper delivery, lemonade stand
iii. Maths fascinating in school, seeing the beauty of numbermancy
iv. Starts taking background roles in school- Class treasurer, running school drives, box office for theatre
v. Always the best friend, never seen as dating material
B. College
i. Joins fraternity- coordinates parties
ii. The Road Trip- Summer break, Richard spends months preparing, where to stay, what to do, starts off being ignored, lack of planning doesn’t work, amazing trip, lots of places that the guys didn’t know they wanted to go to
iii. Meets Betty at party- date of other frat brother, rocky start, they challenge each other, why does everybody see it but them?!
iv. Works internships at accounting firms
C. Adulthood
i. Gets hired for accounting firm- starts off as goffer
ii. Discovers embezzlement at client- digs deeper, proves to be good at it, moved towards more investigative work
iii. Starts leading teams/ mentoring
iv. Not a great husband and father. Well-meaning but absent as he tilts at numeric windmills- losing himself in the numbers
v. Wakes up (Betty threatens to leave him/affair?), finds out how much he’s missing, slows down and works hard to fix things, fighting hard for it to not be too late, finds better balance
D. Retirement/ Becoming a widower
i. Betty gets and stays sick. Richard spends less time at work, ends up retiring to spend time together. Long, tragic, painful
ii. Not much reason to stay, Leonard invites him to move to CA and stay with the family
iii. Rocky start, R is used to independence, Veronica is very controlling
iv. Spending time with Samantha makes him see things as they Could be, gets involved in her stories, is this dementia?
v. Meets first changling- very recent. Who? Where?
2. Relationships
A. Family- living with son’s family in an in-law suite
i. Leonard- son, getting closer after estrangement. Librarian? Teacher?
ii. Veronica- daughter in law, antagonistic relationship. Richard is an old fool that endangers Samantha. Never Roni! Autumn person? High performance job
iii. Samantha- granddaughter and the source of all light and goodness in the world. Blossoming childling?
iv. Betty- deceased wife, constant supporter. He often still talks to her. Misses her dearly. Long suffering end of life.
B. Other people
i. Renee- desperately lonely and cat stinky next door neighbor, has an unrequited crush on Richard
ii. Bill- runs one of the local charities (low income financial services) that Richard does bookkeeping/mentoring at
iii. Ji Woo- young mother, thick language barrier, helps her with finance and English, they bring treats for each other’s families
iv. Cathy- runs Yarn World and wants to hear about R’s projects
v. Doctor O’Kelly- always with more pills! Know your age and settle down!
3. Motivation
A. Changeling traits
i. Ravaging threshold- Destroy Illusions. The world is a cold place, the sooner people realize it, the better off they’ll be- no, you will never get out of desperate poverty
ii. Musing threshold- Foster dreams- If people work hard enough they can achieve amazing things, more than they would ever realize- save and your dreams can come true
iii. Antithesis- spending time waiting for doctors- reminder of Betty’s decline, little worthwhile stimulus, seems to take forever.
iv. Mystery- has fun and uncomfortable memories of past lives and esoteric subjects, often surprised at what he can suddenly ‘remember’
B. Areas of interest
i. Spending time with Samantha
ii. Accounting and the stories that it tells, general numbermancy- digging into the mysteries
iii. Knitting- keeps the hands active, starting to attract local attention
iv. Encouraging people to work towards their dreams
v. Treats- doesn’t take health concerns very seriously, which make they worse- see antithesis
4. Potential hooks
A. ‘In a Kingdom by the sea’- Could Samantha be a student there? Does she have friends?
B. Playground time- Sam and Richard hang out, tries to introduce her cool Grandpa
C. The old man- grandfatherly type to those that need help
D. The wise man- His memories turn out to be helpful from time to time
E. Craftsman- his knitting has qualities in the Dreaming

Not as enthused by this one, but it certainly has potential!

[nowhereman2]

Not sure if I will get my character in in time, but I will still try. (If nothing else, you can just tell me how close to okay the character is.) I really like the idea of this TTRPG. I am thinking of a teenager who has just now undergone chrysalis as the age of fourteen-sixteen. Dead mother, single father who wants him to stop reading his fantasy novels and start acting like a grownup. I am reading about character creation and the Kith, so I should be able to build this in the next day or so.

[Hoid]

Not sure if I will get my character in in time, but I will still try. (If nothing else, you can just tell me how close to okay the character is.) I really like the idea of this TTRPG. I am thinking of a teenager who has just now undergone chrysalis as the age of fourteen-sixteen. Dead mother, single father who wants him to stop reading his fantasy novels and start acting like a grownup. I am reading about character creation and the Kith, so I should be able to build this in the next day or so.

I’m a Changeling fanatic, so, feel free to PM me with any questions! I know it’s a lot to take in, a new RPG with an unfamiliar system, so I will be happy to help!