Changelings

Beings called forth from the dreams of humanity or perhaps the beings that gave humanity the ability to dream, Changelings are another form of supernatural beings living in the world. They call this world and age the Autumn World and are often confused for Fae with whom they share a lot in common.

Some among their number are Thallain, somewhat dark(er) reflections of other changeling Kiths.

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A list of Changelings

### Known Kith

* Boggan: Friendly "house elves"
* Clurichaun: Vanishing hoarders
* Eshu: African storytellers
* Nocker: Great, if surly craftsmen
* Piskie: Swift tricksters
* Pooka: Shapeshifting tricksters who cannot utter a truth when asked directly
* Redcap: Belligerent rowdies who can even harm and intimidate illusions, they can apparently eat ***anything***
* Satyr: Wild hedonists who make those around them less inhibited
* Selkie: Women and some men who can take on the form of seals.
* Sidhe: Elfin beings of unnatural beauty and grace.
* Sluagh: Shadowy beings creeping at the edge of the realm of the dead.
* Troll: Massive guardians with unshakable wills

### Known Houses

* Members of the Seelie Court
	+ House Beaumayn: also known as dark stars, hunters of monsters
	+ House Eiluned: also known as sorcerers, mystics who understand all magics
	+ House Fiona: also known as lions or true hearts, fearless champions
	+ House Gwydion: also known as falcons, honorable traditionalists
	+ House Liam: also known as monks, protectors of humans
	+ House Scathach (nominally): also known as gray walkers, silent fighters

* Members of the Unseelie Court
	+ House Aesin: also known as Northmen, beings of the untamed wilderness
	+ House Ailil: also known as dragons, masterful politicians and deceivers
	+ House Balor: also know as blooded, ruthless warriors
	+ House Daireann: also known as hosts, courteous hosts
	+ House Danaan (nominally): also known as pathfinders, masters of traveling the dreaming
	+ House Varich: also known as weavers, experts at pattern recognition

### Known Thallain Kith

* Ghast: Cruelly precise torturers and sadistically malign doctors
* Lurk: Bestial creatures lurking at the edge of human society, abducting and scaring those whom they please
* Nasty: Filth encrusted hedonists who will cross any boundary and who strip the inhibitions and decency of those around them.
* Ogre: Brutal and dimwitted maneaters

### Known Dark-Kin

* Acheri: named as the dreams of Sicknesses by Saito Hitomi
* Moiræ: dreams of fate according to Saito Hitomi

### Common Traits

* They seem to flock to stories as well as dreams and dreamers
* Each has a light and a dark side, known as Seelie and Unseelie
	+ This is not the case for the Thallain, who lack a Seelie side

### Known Arts

* Spring (growth, life and protection)
* Summer (awe, might, joy and heat)
* Autumn (shadows, decay and death)
* Winter (cold, ice and death)
* Wayfare (movement)
* Naming (the power of names)
* Oneiromancy (manipulation of dreams)

### Presumptions and conjectures

* Their magic seems to become more powerful the more obvious or outrageous they are
	+ So far they have been observed flashing passers by, burping loudly into someone's ear, picking up a half naked young Kitsune to sniff her vagina and dumping a soup bowl over another person's head in a crowded room in order to perform more powerful tricks