Changeling: Beyond Arcadia

History

"Earth is gone. It was destroyed during the last quarter of the 21st century."
-- The Mirrorball Man

Or so they thought. In reality Winter has come. The Mages were not the only ones to head for space on their own. The changelings knew about the coming Winter. The royalty of the changelings did not want to be around when Winter came, and did everything in their power to return to the Dreaming, to no avail.

Finally the sidhe asked the nockers for help. They wanted a spaceship to get off Earth. The nockers replied on the condition that they could come with them. The sidhe lied and said yes. After the ship, The Golgafricham, was finished the sidhe with their associates left Earth, leaving behind the nockers and the other commoners to face the Winter alone. The commoners and their friends and families went into hiding, deep hiding. They went underground, into the layers of the sluagh. And thus the Winter began. The year was 2190.

The remaining changelings decided to try to rebuild Earth, a difficult task with the geological-metaphysical changes. The folks who remained on the surface had to fight the elements, the remaining humans, the Euthanatoi, and the Tempest itself. In the end the changelings persevered.

The year is 2277. Spring has returned and the world is a whole different place.

Note: On Earth the changelings normally wander around in their mortal seemings. In space they forgo the mortal seemings for their faerie miens.

Rules

Mage: The Void was used as a background for this. It would be a good resource for some settings in Changeling: Beyond Arcadia. It is advisable to have the books for Changeling: The Dreaming, particularly Dreams and Nightmares. The books for Mage: The Ascension will also be useful, particularly the Book of Worlds.

The Kithain

The boggans are still around, and they're still homebodies. They were among of the few changelings that helped rebuild Earth.

Spaceships: When the boggans leave the Terran system, they would use one-man convertible ships called Omnibees. They also use colossus wasps to fly to distant worlds.

Base of Operations: The boggans' base of operations is the planet Earth. They rarely leave the Solar Systems.

These guys travel the universe for a good fight or the perfect drink. They also travel the universe in jest to the Celestial Crusaders, who, some of them blame for the destruction of their homeland.

Spaceships: The clurichaun travel around in a ship patterned after a bird of prey.

Base of Operations: The clurichaun's base of operations has been and shall always be the Emerald Isle.

The original space gypsies. When the mages left Earth, the eshu followed and have been traveling ever since.

Spaceships: They don't uses ships. They use carpets. They also bum rides or go star clad.

Base of Operations They have none.

The ghille dhu are traditionally earthbound. Some have followed the Verbena to space.

Spaceships: The ghille dhu have smaller, more fanciful versions of the Verbena treeships.

Base of Operations The new rain forest of Earth.

The nockers helped rebuild Earth and explored space all at the same time. The nockers already had advance scouting parties into space centuries before Winter set in. They have the most accurate maps.

Spaceships: The nockers have many ships, too many for an accurate list. Their main ships are Inferno Freighters and Aetherlight Patrollers.

Base of Operations: Mummer 2. A space station between the Earth and Moon.

The clowns of the changeling society are still around and, somewhat like the eshu, they pop up in the strangest places.

Spaceships: Even the pooka spaceships look like animals, mostly cats.

Base of Operations Wherever they can cause the most trouble and have the most fun.

The redcaps are the terrors of space battles. They go through battles like they go through dinner, fast and messy.

Spaceships: Redcaps go around in swarms of dark ax-shaped fighters.

Base of Operations: The Red Planet, Mars

The universal partiers.

Spaceships: Luxury yachts and hotels.

Base of Operations: Anyplace a party is needed.

They rarely leave the seas of Earth. When they do, they travel in . . . .

Spaceships: . . . Elegant aquatic creature-designed spaceships.

Base of Operations: The seas of Earth.

The sidhe fancy themselves as the undisputed masters of space.

Spaceships: The sidhe spaceships are different for each house but their standard ships are the Starcastles, Star Vipers and Storms.

Base of Operations: Alpha Beta City on Earth's moon.

The underground and the dark places still ring of the sluagh's silence.

Spaceships: Dark shadowy ships that resemble spiders.

Base of Operations: The planet of eternal night, Pluto.

The trolls are still the stout guardians they have always been.

Spaceships: Large and protecting the main ships of the Troll Defense Fleet are their Pinnacle Battlestars.

Base of Operations: Titan, biggest moon of the solar system.

The Thallain

"Where the kithain go the thallain shall follow."
-- Darksong Jester, Eshu scout

The beasties are a band of marauders.

Spaceships: The beasties use modified Y-wings.

Base of Operations: A moon of Mars, Phobos.

A band of space business men somewhat similar to the Freetraders.

Spaceships: Spaceships called Marauders are what the boggart use.

Base of Operations: The moon of Jupiter called Io.

Another dweller of the underground.

Spaceships: The bogies use ships they call Raiders.

Base of Operations: The moon of Pluto, Charon.

The little chaos makers of the universe.

Spaceships: Special fighter they designed called Chaos Fighters.

Base of Operations: Solar Space Dock, in orbit of Earth.

They are the thugs of outer space.

Spaceships: The ogres travel through space in big bulky ships.

Base of Operations They don't have one; they are too stupid.

The Nunnehi

The nunnehi typically do not leave Earth. The ones who rarely do are describe below.

Earth fishers you have become space miners.

Spaceships: Asteroid mining ships.

Base of Operations: Earth and the asteroid Ceres.

Warriors and brutes of space.

Spaceships Big battleships called Dreadnaughts, or small heavily armed freighters.

Base of Operations: Earth

Like the boggans, the yunwi tsundsi are workers in space.

Spaceships: They use Omnibees and space tugs.

Base of Operations: Earth

The privateers of space.

Spaceships: Privateer rockets, Arrow fighters and space bows.

Base of Operations: Earth

The farmers of space.

Spaceships: Cloudship

Base of Operations: Earth, Venus and the Cloud Giants.

The protector of any space orphan.

Spaceships: Similar to the selkie ships but filled with water.

Base of Operations: Earth

Another group of space miners.

Spaceships: Asteroid mining ships.

Base of Operations: Earth and the asteroid Ceres.

The Gallain

The ships of the gallain depend on the location of the gallain.

The boto don't normally leave Earth. When they do they travel in ship that put the selkie ships to shame.

The curupira use ships that are a combination of ghille dhu and canotili.

The fatae travel in the same luxury as the sidhe.

The pamarindo travel in luxury yachts.

The folletti travel in high speed fighters.

The pixie travel in high speed fighters.

The rest of the European kiths use whatever they can get their hands on.

The hsien of the orient travel with celestial dragons, space junks or in ships patterned after vehicles in Anime. They also have a base of operations on the moon, Tycho Prefecture.

The pari travel space either star clad or by strange four arm ships.

The genie travel by their magic.

The African changelings either travel with the eshu or use ships patterned after ancient Egyptian ships.

The djidjigargaly only travel to space to deliver messages to the Dreamspeakers. They go to space through the Dreamtime or by spaceship. Their ships look like the famed boomerangs.

The Houses

As said before the sidhe house have personalized ships beside those ships that are standard to them.

The ships of Ailil are dark and foreboding. Their base of operations is the moon of Callisto in orbit of Jupiter.

The ships of Balor, like Gwydion, are big and somewhat ancient. They also use lithe two-man fighters called starfighters. Their base of operations is one of the moons of Uranus, Oberon.

The ships of Dougal are large winged dreadnaught ships called Katanas. They also have heavily armed fighters called Excaliber Katanas. Their base of operations is Federation Station, right outside of the solar system.

The ships of Eiluned are strange ships made of chimerical materials. Their base of operations is the theorized tenth planet of the solar system, Nemesis.

The ships of Fiona are modified dreadnaughts and artistic couriers. Their base of operations is the planet Venus.

The ships of Gwydion are big and somewhat ancient. They also use large two-man fighters called gunstars. Their base of operations is one of the moons of Uranus, Titania.

The ships of Leanhaun are beautiful crystal ships. Their base of operations is Crystal Heart Station in the Near Dreaming.

The ships of Liam are strange indeed. Their bases of operation are Alpha Beta City and the planet Nemesis.

The ships of Scathach are built for adventure. Their bases of operations is Alpha Beta City and Great Britain.

The Changelings of the New World

"A whole new world. . ."
-- Aladdin

With the return of Spring new fae and new changelings have come to Earth.

Nocker genetic androids.

Spaceships: As of now, Nocker-made ships.

Base of Operations: Earth

A race of shapeshifting centaurians.

Spaceships: As of now, Nocker-made ships.

Base of Operations: Earth

A strange band of Inanimae-like creatures who ally themselves with the changelings.

Spaceships: A ship of their design called an Omniform.

Base of Operations: The Planet Procylon

The ultimate in shapeshifters.

Spaceships: The doppelgangers ships look different each time because even their ships change form.

Base of Operations: Anywhere and nowhere.

The gizmos are the busybodies of space.

Spaceships: Some of the gizmos are their spaceships.

Base of Operations: Wherever they want it.

An experimental type of changeling robot.

Spaceships: They can go through space star clad.

Base of Operations: Earth

These fae have been to Earth before. They return to Earth now to see what was left. They were not pleased.

Spaceships: The ships they have been know for all this time, UFO's.

Base of Operations: Secret. So secret that even the greys won't speak about about it.

Drug enhanced nockers.

Spaceships: As of now, Nocker-made ships.

Base of Operations: Earth

A strange race of shapeshifters made of energy.

Spaceships: Strange crystal organic technical ships.

Base of Operations: Right now in orbit of Earth and a base on the moon.

A race of spacefaring, psychic fae.

Spaceships: Their ships are called Colonyships. They are strange-looking flying saucers.

Base of Operations: Anywhere they're wanted or needed.

A bunch of fun-loving telekinetic changelings.

Spaceships: Quick cruisers called Runners.

Base of Operations: A dimension they called X and the Planet Mercury.

An ancient race that has come out of hiding.

Spaceships: Aquatic-modular ships.

Base of Operations: Atlantis with an outpost on the moon

Psychic changelings.

Spaceships: They either travel by astral projection or strange ancient ships.

Base of Operations: Earth

Nocker made robots.

Spaceships: As of now, Nocker-made ships.

Base of Operations: Earth

The New Houses of the New World

With new changelings and fae, comes new noble houses.

A house whose members are small in size but great in resolve.

Spaceships: Avalon ships are many and mighty.

Base of Operations: The mystic isle of Avalon

A small house who reach space by sheer dumb luck....

Spaceships: House Blackadder has only one ship, the Inferno's Game.

Base of Operations: House Blackadder's base is the Inferno's Game.

Members of House Dougal who have gone too far with their technological upgrades.

Spaceship: Their ships are monsters of order and terror.

Base of Operations: Somewhere in Deep Space, a place called the Hive.

A house of taurs and their kin.

Spaceships: The Centaur use ships that make portals from one place to another.

Base of Operations: Alpha Centauri.

The changeling branch of the Men In Black.

Spaceships: Patrol ships and Cruisers.

Base of Operation The Terran system.

A house of the changeling guardians of time, the Timelords.

Spaceships: Ships called TARDIS.

Base of Operations: A giant TARDIS called the Phoenix.

A house of disillusioned Dougal sidhe.

Spaceships: Sithe spaceships are large, dark and threatening.

Base of Operations: A planet they call Exular.

A house allied with the ancient dragons.

Spaceships: They will either use dragons or spaceships that look like dragons.

Base of Operations: The infamous planet of Pern.

The hardest working house in the system.

Spaceships: The ELF's ships are any that they have designed and sold.

Base of Operations: The North Pole of Planet Earth

A house of extremely technical fae.

Spaceships: Advance ships of their design.

Base of Operations: Goodfellow Manor in what's left of Upstate New York and Ariel, moon of Uranus.

A house of Nockers.

Spaceships: Special types of Nocker designed vehicles

Base of Operations: The Russia Cosmodome.

A house of space rogues and corsairs.

Spaceships: Modified solar sailers.

Base of Operations: The moons of the planet Neptune.

A school of changeling elemental rogue mages.

Spaceships: Their spaceships are based of the elements they use.

Base of Operations: The moon of Titan, and a space station in orbit of Saturn.

The house of the shapeshifters.

Spaceships: Morphological spaceships. Base of Operations: Anywhere and nowhere.

Enlightened house of scholars and scientists.

Spaceships: Faster than light shuttles.

Base of Operations: A planet in orbit of 40 Eridani A.

A noble house of honorable trolls.

Spaceships: Ships befitting a race of warriors.

Base of Operations: The moon of Titan.

The Curiosities of Spring

They are other factions that are taking notice of the changelings activities, or getting involved in the changelings politics. They are described below.

Most of the vampires died in the Great Winter. A few escaped only to be hunted and killed by mages. Some of the vampires had changeling help to survive.

Brujah: Some survived because they where duped by the Eiluned, and subjugated.

Malkavian: They survived because some of them escaped to the Dreaming while others escaped to space in spaceships the nockers had made. The Malkavians have been seen in orbit of Neptune in one of their two ships.

Nosferatu: Most survived because they went underground with the Sluagh.

Ventrue: Some of them were enslaved by the Eiluned.

Not many of the garou survived the Winter. The ones that survived are now rebuilding Earth with the nature loving changelings. There are a few prominent garou tribes around.

Fianna: Some of the Fianna did not want their cubs to face the coming Winter and gave their cubs to House Fiona. Well, the cubs have returned with some new fire in them.

Glass Walkers: They tried to follow the nockers into space and had to be rescue by the nockers. They now help with the technical rebuilding of the Earth.

Nuwisha: The Nuwisha knew what was about to happen and tried to warn the others, but no one listened. Now the Nuwisha try to teach the young ones not to fall into the same mistake.

Shadow Lords: The Shadow Lords were not going to go quietly into the night. They built themselves a bomb shelter to survive the Winter. Only one half of them survived.

The wraiths don't get involved with the changelings save the sluagh, who they thank for the company during the Winter.

The mages consider themselves the rulers of space. They also think Earth has been destroyed. They don't really know that the changelings have a fleet as powerful as theirs. Only a few mages have an inkling of the changelings potential.

Dreamspeakers: The only clue to the Dreamspeakers of the changelings might is the survival of the djidjigargaly, who come to them with insight and leave with mystery.

Euthanatos: Upon returning to Earth, they were attacked by a nocker patrol. The sluagh have made a treaty with them. The other changelings don't trust them.

Hollow Ones: The Hollow Ones went underground with the sluagh.

Jedi Knights: A new class of mages who chase after the The Darklords of the Sithe.

Marauders: The growing numbers of changelings in their space does not faze them at all.

Sons of Ether: The Sons of Ether owe their escape from Earth to the nocker Aethernauts. Now the Sons of Ether and the Aethernauts travel space together.

Timelords: The timelords know about the changelings but are not getting involved.

Verbena: Their only sign of the Return of Spring when a small forest on their colony of Spring disappeared.

Wu Lung: They have an alliance with the Draconian Empire, well their Celestial Dragons do anyway.

Immortals The immortals do not leave Earth. Only one has. The rest wholeheartedly do not leave Earth. The only reason is unknown. The sluagh found out that it has something to do with something called "Zeist". What "Zeist" is, the sluagh don't say.

Psychics: They knew about the coming Winter and were prepared. They knew about the returning Spring and were prepared. They are welcomed around changelings but watched.

Homeworlds

"There's no place like home."
-- Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz

Mercury: The Neutrinos have establish a colony there. It's the quickest route to their Dimension X from there.

Venus: It's one of the planets the Kachinas use to refuel and repair their ships. This is also the base for House Fiona.

Earth: The Earth is the center of the new changeling civilization. It is the jumping point of most of the changeling space force.

The Moon: The Moon is the sidhe capital of the Terran system. This is where they can monitor the comings and goings of Earth.

Mars: Home to the Redcap Assault Fleet. This is also the location Beastie marauders, on the moon of Phobos.

The Asteroid Belt: Nunnehi asteroid mining. Command base is on the asteroid Ceres.

Jupiter: House Ailil has their base on the moon of Callisto. The boggarts have a trading station on Io. Is one of the planets the Kachinas use to refuel and repair their ships.

Saturn: The Ringdancers have a station in orbit of Saturn. Is one of the planets the Kachinas use to refuel and repair their ships.

Titan: The biggest moon in the Terran system is the home for the Troll Provisional Guardian Fleet. It is also the capital for the Sons of Kahless. The Ringdancers have a training dome there also.

Uranus: House Balor, House Gwydion and House Goodfellow have bases on some of the moons of Uranus. It is one of the planets the Kachinas use to refuel and repair their ships.

Neptune: The moons of Neptune are launching points for House Mariner. It is one of the planets the Kachinas use to refuel and repair their ships. The Malkavians have been seen in orbit.

Pluto: The Sluagh and the Bogies have bases here.

Nemesis: This is the neutral planet of the outer Terran system. A planet only the changelings can reach. House Eiluned and House Liam have bases here.

Spaceships

A short description of the standards ships to be seen and who uses them.

Users: Boggans, Yunwi Tsundsi

Range: Short to Medium

Usage: Hard labor

Description: The Omnibees are small hardworking ships used for multiple tasks. It can be upgraded for defense duty.

Users: Clurichaun

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Joy riding and assault

Description: Quick attack fighters used by the Clurichaun.

Users: Eshu

Range: Long

Usage: Travel

Description: A beautiful tapestry for travel.

Users: Ghille Dhu

Range: Long

Usage: Travel and Defense

Description: A smaller more personal type of treeship.

Users: Nockers

Range: Long

Usage: Transport, Attack and Defense

Description: One of the workhorses of the Nocker fleet.

Users: Pooka

Range: Long

Usage: Exploration

Description: A comical looking ship.

Users: Redcaps

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Assault

Description: Dark, heavy armored and armed fighter.

Users: Satyrs, Pamarindo

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Travel

Description: A space yacht.

Users: Selkies

Range: Short to Long

Usage: Travel

Description: An aquatic piece of art in space.

Users: Sidhe, Fatae

Range: Long

Usage: Base of Operations

Description: Beautiful floating technical wonders.

Users: Sluagh

Range: Long

Usage: Spying

Description: Dark menacing ships.

Users: Trolls

Range: Long

Usage: Defense and Protection

Description: The mainstay of the Troll Provisional Guardian Fleet. Large and noble, just like the trolls.

Users: Beasties

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Assault

Description: A modified Y-wing used for annoyance.

Users: Boggarts

Range: Long

Usage: Business

Description: A boggart's transport for profit.

Users: Bogies

Range: Long

Usage: Assault, Pirating

Description: Another dark ship.

Users: Goblins

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Annoyance and mayhem

Description: The goblins' transport of trouble.

Users: Ogres

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Attack

Description: The ogres big attack cruiser.

Users: May-may-gwya-shi, Numuzo'ho

Range: Medium

Usage: Asteroid mining

Description: Powerhouse of the small Nunnehi mining company.

Users: Rock Giants

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Transport and Battle

Description: Heavy stock freighter.

Users: Canotili

Range: Medium

Usage: Defense

Description: A canotili standard patrol fighter.

Users: Kachina

Range: Medium

Usage: Ecological replenishment

Description: A beautiful ship used for planetary ecological replenishment.

Users: Waterbabies

Range: Short

Usage: Joyrides

Description: A water filled ship.

Users: Boto

Range: Long

Usage: Escape

Description: A beautiful aquatic organic ship.

Users: Curupira

Range: Short

Usage: Transport

Description: Similar to the Treant Treeships.

Users: Pixie, Folletti

Range: Long

Usage: Travel and Defense

Description: High speed fighter.

Users: Folletti, Pixie

Range: Long

Usage: Travel and Defense

Description: High speed fighter.

Users: Hsien

Range: Long

Usage: Battle

Description: One of the many Anime style ships the Hsien have.

Users: Pari

Range: Long

Usage: Travel

Description: A strange four-armed ship.

Users: Genie

Range: Long

Usage: Travel

Description: When genies don't travel star clad they use these stylish cruisers.

Users: Djidjigargaly

Range: Long

Usage: Courier

Description: The ships the djidjigargaly use to transport info to an fro the universe.

Users: House Ailil

Range: Long

Usage: Attack

Description: Dark attack fighter of House Ailil.

Users: House Balor

Range: Long

Usage: Attack, Transport

Description: Mainstay of the House Balor Conquest Fleet.

Users: House Dougal

Range: Long

Usage: Attack and Defense

Description: Standard ship of the Dougal fleet.

Users: House Eiluned

Range: Long

Usage: Transport and Espionage

Description: Beautiful, elegant spaceship.

Users: House Fiona

Range: Long

Usage: Transport

Description: Common Transport for House Fiona.

Users: House Gwydion

Range: Long

Usage: Transport

Description: The mainstay of the Gwydion fleet.

Users: House Leanhaun

Range: Long

Usage: Transport

Description: A ship with cryogenic technology.

Users: House Liam

Range: Unknown

Usage: Travel

Description: The ever-changing rarely seen ships of House Liam.

Users: House Scathach

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Transport and Defense

Description: The Scathach alien-looking ship.

Users: Androids, Robots

Range: Long

Usage: Transport, Defense and Attack.

Description: A stripped down modified version of the Pirate Y-wing.

Users: Anamori

Range: Long

Usage: Patrol

Description: Main vehicles use in the Anamori Earth Defense Core.

Users: CHiMeRa

Range: Long

Usage: Travel and Defense

Description: Alien ship made by an alien phyla.

Users: Dopplegangers, Star League

Range: Long

Usage: Defense

Description: A ship similar to the Liam Omni Cruiser, but more seen.

Users: The Grey

Range: Long

Usage: Travel

Description: A ship seen in the past by unsuspected humans.

Users: Juicers, Imperial House of Centauri

Range: Long

Usage: Transport

Description: An experimental ship which uses Wayfare in its design.

Users: The Kaemera

Range: Long

Usage: Transport

Description: A crystal-organic shuttlecraft.

Users: The Myriad

Range: Long

Usage: Transport, Base of Operations

Description: The colonization ships of the myriad.

Users: Neutrinos

Range: Long

Usage: Joy riding

Description: Strange little quick ship.

Users: New Atlanteans

Range: Medium

Usage: Transport

Description: Transport of the New Atlanteans.

Users: Psirens

Range: Long

Usage: Transport

Description: A ship powered by thought.

Users: House Avalon

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Defense

Description: A multi-vector attack fighter.

Users: House Blackadder

Range: Long

Usage: Base of Operations

Description: The "flagship" of House Blackadder.

Users: The Borg

Range: Long

Usage: Assimilation

Description: A strange technical juggernaut.

Users: CIB

Range: Medium

Usage: Patrol and Retrieval

Description: The Changelings in Black space age LTD.

Users: Timelords

Range: Infinite

Usage: Time Travel

Description: Time And Relative Dimensions In Space.

Users: The Sithe

Range: Long

Usage: Terror Tactics

Description: Large and foreboding.

Users: House Dracos

Range: Long

Usage: Transport and Defense

Description: A large starship big enough to hold one full grown dragon.

Users: Elven Labor Force

Range: Long

Usage: Escape

Description: Runabout for the Elven Labor Force.

Users: House Goodfellow

Range: Long

Usage: Multi-task

Description: Strange fighter made with strange technology.

Users: Iron Nation, Hsien

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Attack and Defense

Description: Standard Iron Nation fighter.

Users: House Mariner

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Travel

Description: An elegant sailing vessel.

Users: The Ringdancers

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Defense and Training

Description: A small fighter.

Users: House Vulcan

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Transport

Description: Standard type Vulcan shuttle.

Users: The Sons of Kahless

Range: Medium to Long

Usage: Defense, Patrol and Attack

Description: Standard ship of the Sons of Kahless.

Users: Clan Malkavian

Range: Unknown

Usage: Experimental Exploration

Description: Mysterious ship of experimental technology.