Lady Tialait
2017-11-02, 11:24 AM
I'm about to start a Chronicle for a small group of friends, and I have a vague idea of what i'm doing, but I don't feel like the idea is strong enough on it's own. So, I thought I would ask for some suggestions.
This is what I have so far:
The group run a traveling carnival that has been around sense the 20's that goes from cost to cost bringing joy and inspiring imagination to children of all ages. In 2017 attendance has been hit or miss depending on various factors, but mostly low. However, the latest town they have stopped at, attendance is abnormally high, to the point to where there is a massive line to enter the carnival and that hasn't happened with the current ownership ever. The plan is during after they get to bring joy and imagination and do their various shows and events the carnival will have it's closing on the most successful day financially they have ever had, but when they check to see how much Glamour they have reaped, it'll be shockingly low. This will point to another changeling stealing the harvest. My hope is that is enough for them to investigate.
Assuming they investigate, they will find out that in the town they are in (as it doesn't matter, I'll let them pick. They DO run the carnival after all) there are no other Changelings. There is evidence that there were (various places of wonder, different portals hidden by glamour that kinda thing) but no changelings can be found. During their investigation, they will find a chimerical book, it's glamoured to be a copy of Mother Goose, but is in truth a census taken by the Sidhe the amount of changelings were absurdly large. Other chimerical books will be found outlining that they started vanishing at first, one here, and one there. Everyone assumed they got lost in the Dreaming, or left town. As time went on, the disappearances sped up. The Sidhe had banned anyone from connecting to the Dreaming for fear that the Nightmares were upon them, this made the disappearances speed up significantly. The final book they find will tell them that the Sidhe leader of the Changeling courts had finally figured out what was happening, it was a group of human hunters attacking them, and they were going to go to the Dreaming to hide for ten years as to not get captured, and pleas for anyone who finds the book to flee this town before they are captured.
The vanished glamour and the disappearances are due to a group of human hunters, but they arn't killing the changelings, they are capturing them much like the Society of Leopold does with vampires often times. Their leader is a man cursed with banality and cannot muster imagination or joy within himself, but has become addicted to glamour processed through fey.
The plan is that during the investigation, they are attacked a few times by various supernatural creatures, perhaps even red herrings suggesting other things going on. To get all the pieces of the puzzle they will have a run in with local law enforcement most likely. The locals won't trust carnival folk very much so it's unlikely they will get much help.
I'm just unsure if this plot works well for a changeling chronicle or not, if anyone has any suggestions as i'm afraid it'll be far to short as well, as this is meant to be a full chronicle not just a story.
This is what I have so far:
The group run a traveling carnival that has been around sense the 20's that goes from cost to cost bringing joy and inspiring imagination to children of all ages. In 2017 attendance has been hit or miss depending on various factors, but mostly low. However, the latest town they have stopped at, attendance is abnormally high, to the point to where there is a massive line to enter the carnival and that hasn't happened with the current ownership ever. The plan is during after they get to bring joy and imagination and do their various shows and events the carnival will have it's closing on the most successful day financially they have ever had, but when they check to see how much Glamour they have reaped, it'll be shockingly low. This will point to another changeling stealing the harvest. My hope is that is enough for them to investigate.
Assuming they investigate, they will find out that in the town they are in (as it doesn't matter, I'll let them pick. They DO run the carnival after all) there are no other Changelings. There is evidence that there were (various places of wonder, different portals hidden by glamour that kinda thing) but no changelings can be found. During their investigation, they will find a chimerical book, it's glamoured to be a copy of Mother Goose, but is in truth a census taken by the Sidhe the amount of changelings were absurdly large. Other chimerical books will be found outlining that they started vanishing at first, one here, and one there. Everyone assumed they got lost in the Dreaming, or left town. As time went on, the disappearances sped up. The Sidhe had banned anyone from connecting to the Dreaming for fear that the Nightmares were upon them, this made the disappearances speed up significantly. The final book they find will tell them that the Sidhe leader of the Changeling courts had finally figured out what was happening, it was a group of human hunters attacking them, and they were going to go to the Dreaming to hide for ten years as to not get captured, and pleas for anyone who finds the book to flee this town before they are captured.
The vanished glamour and the disappearances are due to a group of human hunters, but they arn't killing the changelings, they are capturing them much like the Society of Leopold does with vampires often times. Their leader is a man cursed with banality and cannot muster imagination or joy within himself, but has become addicted to glamour processed through fey.
The plan is that during the investigation, they are attacked a few times by various supernatural creatures, perhaps even red herrings suggesting other things going on. To get all the pieces of the puzzle they will have a run in with local law enforcement most likely. The locals won't trust carnival folk very much so it's unlikely they will get much help.
I'm just unsure if this plot works well for a changeling chronicle or not, if anyone has any suggestions as i'm afraid it'll be far to short as well, as this is meant to be a full chronicle not just a story.