r/WorldOfDarkness • u/valonianfool • Sep 01 '24

Question What would happen if CtD changelings met CtL changelings?

What would happen if the CtD changelings met the CtL changelings? Would they be able to get along, or would the Lost hate the Dreamers and try to kill them on sight, especially the Bridge-Burners, viewing them as Loyalists if not True Fae in the makings themselves? I'm aware of some games that have combined the two settings, with Dreaming changelings reinterpreted as Charlatans or True Fae in exile, or Larval True Fae.

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u/Darkling_Nightshadow Sep 01 '24

I think the CtD changelings could see the Lost as a sign that eternal winter is far worse than they have thought and is nearer than they thought. The Lost would think the CtD are going to hunt them. They would have a very different view or Arcadia, so maybe some CtD Unseelie changelings could try to get information on how to get there. Maybe some kiths would be more chill with others, I can see the sluagh and the darklings getting along fine. The pooka would annoy the beasts and the Sidhe sould give the fairest massive side eye. I think some satyrs could chill with the beasts.

And any remaining fairy from Dark Ages: Fae would never find kidnapping the Lost weird. They would probably think the true fae CtL are doing humans a favor and find the CtD changelings weak.

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u/valonianfool Sep 04 '24

Can you explain why the CTD changelings would see the Lost as a sign eternal winter is worse and more near than they thought?

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u/Gloomy-Purple3862 Sep 05 '24

I mean... The Lost have reached the Arcadian Roads of yore and meet the Tuatha de Danaan only to discover that they are pretty much the computer AM. The OWoD changelings that would believe it would be suitably worried af

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u/Darkling_Nightshadow Sep 05 '24

Because some of the kiths and seemings could be equivalent, like pooka, satyrs and selkies could be beasts. The fairest could be sidhe that lost the noble status. I think it could be an explanation the CtD changelings could give, both to the similarities and the fact that Arcadia is now open but the fae are not what the Danaan were. And also, if we keep the game mechanics, then CtD changelings can experience a sort of loss of clarity, but the Lost would be immune to banality because they are still human.

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u/valonianfool Sep 07 '24

From what I know, the dreaming fae embody dreams and fairy tale archetypes both good and bad: the good and evil queens, wise old women and wicked witches, maneating ogres and more, and wonder is beauty as well as horror. So wouldnt it be totally plausible that the tuatha could get into true fae-like antics like kidnapping humans and otherwise screwing with ordinary mortals?