Immortal Eyes: The Toybox is a chronicle sourcebook for Changeling: The Dreaming covering the city of San Francisco and the plotline of the Immortal Eyes novel trilogy.
Summary[]
- The Shining City!
- Welcome to San Francisco, site of the resurgence of fae on Earth. This city is perhaps the most important to the fae, for the Glamour is more powerful here than any place on Earth. No other city contains more freeholds and magical sites than the Shining City.
- The Elusive Eyes...
- The first part of the Immortal Eyes trilogy. The Toybox, picks up where "Toys Will Be Toys" left off. The Immortal Eyes chronicle combines a trilogy of novels with a series of game sourcebooks. This first chronicle for Changeling: The Dreaming blends rich backgrounds and settings with the lavish characterization and tightly woven plots that only fiction can provide. In so doing, the Immortal Eyes chronicle will immerse players and readers alike in the mystical world of the Dreaming.
- Immortal Eyes: The Toybox features:
- A look into the freehold and lives of many of the fae inhabitants of San Francisco as well as a complete history and overview of the bay area.
- Three mini-stories designed to mesh with the Immortal Eyes chronicle.
- Details on the Immortal Eyes chronicle, allowing you to play out the story as it is in the novels, or proceed in an entirely new direction
Contents[]
Introduction[]
Book One: The Rainbow City[]
Chapter One: Setting[]
General information on San Francisco and the Bay Area, including local changeling customs
Chapter Two: History[]
The history, both mundane and chimerical, of San Francisco.
Chapter Three: Geography[]
A brief rundown of the Bay Area and more detailed information about the city itself. Includes sites specific to the Kithain of San Francisco.
Book Two: Dramatis Personae[]
Chapter Four: Nobles[]
Kithain nobility of the city.
Chapter Five: Commoners[]
Commoners of the city and local motleys.
Chapter Six: Scenes[]
Three sample stories: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," "The Rambling Rover" and "If It Offends Thee..."
Appendix[]
Information on a new kith, selkies, as well as other supernatural denizens of San Francisco. Details on the characters from the novel Immortal Eyes: The Toybox and a chronology of events therein.
Background[]
This is the first of a three-part chronicle book trilogy, the other parts being Immortal Eyes: Shadows on the Hill and Immortal Eyes: Court of All Kings. The chronicle picks up from the sample chronicle "Toys Will Be Toys" presented in Changeling: The Dreaming Rulebook.
Ads at the back of the book are for: The Toybox (Novel), Mage: The Ascension 2nd ed., Vampire: The Masquerade and the Wyrm expansion set for the Rage CCG.
Memorable Quotes[]
Characters[]
Aristocracy[]
- Aeron of House Fiona, queen of Pacifica.
- Hamal, Aeron's satyr lover
- Lady Hannah, Aeron's handmaiden and body squire
- Harold diMarcos, baron of Caer Redwood and Aeron's top advisor
- Aoibhell, duchess of Finvarr and Goodwine
- Lady Marina
- Baron Jacob, serves Aoibhell
- Aeon, duke of Goldengate
- Aliera, heir to Goldengate
- Layla
- Lady Alyssa
- Sir Cumulus, Aeon's master of protocol
- Elias, eshu count of Oakhold
- Lady Lomasi
- Sir Troy
- Evaine, countess of Selkrest
Commoner Motelys[]
- Ragger's Band:
- Oakland People's Front:
- Sir Blade, an eshu gangster with ties to the Shadow Court and possibly the most powerful commoner in San Francisco
- The Holy Temple of Light and Sound aka the Athanaeum:
- The Edge of the Labrys:
- The Society of Telemachus:
- Honerius, a satyr who teaches philosophy at UC Berkley, founder of the Society of Telemachus.
- The Brotherhood of the Barrel:
- Sir Erhardt, operator of Arcadia Vines and leader of the Brotherhood of the Barrel.
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"[]
- LittleJohn, a satyr with a shameful past.
- Ralph, a redcap who follows LittleJohn's orders.
- Sorry Martin, an eshu with a chimerical chickenhawk named Killer.
"The Rambling Rover"[]
- Maire, a redcap maid to Duke Aeon.
- Scheff, a member of the Brotherhood of the Barrel
- JZ, a member of the Brotherhood of the Barrel with ties to Blade's criminal operations.
- Toad, a homeless nocker
- Duff, one of Blade's bodyguards.
- Chimerical Warriors
"If It Offends Thee..."[]
- Ryder, a Dauntain
- Dandeloon, a newly-Sained sidhe childling.
- Mordecai, Seelie Wilder Sluagh
- Sam the Clam, Hector's redcap partner who runs the business end of Chainges.
- Chimera Creatures
Characters from the Immortal Eyes novels[]
- Leigh, a sidhe knight of House Fiona.
- Tor, Morgan's grandfather, a homeless troll.
- Morgan, Tor's granddaughter, a powerful sidhe under assault from Banality.
- Rasputin, a rabbit pooka with an unwanted gift of prophecy.
- Valmont, a scheming eshu
- Edmund, a bratty young redcap.
Gallain, Prodigals and Other Strangers[]
- Mort Sheaffer, a Nosferatu
- Kristian, a Nosferatu and Mort's Sire
- Parovich, a Nosferatu and Kristian's Sire
- Roland Stoltzfus, a Toreador
- Daphne, Toreador elder of San Francisco
- Perry Commons, a Brujah
- Cassady, a Brujah and Perry's Sire
- Mishka, a Tremere
- 8-Ball (Leon White), a Ventrue
- T.J. McMillan, a Ventrue
- Rufus McLaren ("Hands-of-Many-Colors"), a Homid Bone Gnawer Theurge
- Wears-Many-Stories, a Lupus Red Talon Ahroun
- Andrea MacNilnoc (Walks Sideways), a Homid Glass Walker Philodox
- Bink, a Son of Ether Mage
- The Timer (Joan Edmonds), a Euthanatos barabbi Mage
- Leon Arness, a Virtual Adept Mage
- Reginald Pasternak, a wraith
- Rachel Pasternak, a wraith
- Vincente, a wraith
Others[]
- O'Farrell, historic Kinain, related to a nocker family
- Thomas Rhymer
- Lord Dafyll
- Duke Drummond, House Gwydion unseelie
- Patrick, childling devoured by hobgoblins in Colma
- Alcibiades Nikiraeus, Pooka wilder who has sneaked into the Edge of the Labrys' Chalcedon Well
- Iggy, legendary Kithain "chemist"
- Herbie, Boggan grump owner of Iggy's Head Shop
- Ainsel, Eshu wilder who frequents the Windmills
- High King David
- Sean, former King of Pacifica and Aeron's uncle, died
- Duke Æthelred, Duke Aeon's father, died
- Duchess Calientra, died
- Sir Damion, a sidhe
- Waylon, a nocker
- Malacar
- Crusher, a unseelie redcap that has partnered with the Timer
- Dr. Adrienne Walters, Morgan's psychologist, human
- Slique
Terminology[]
#99, Aeon (Local Band), Aeron's Reaving, Alcatraz (Haunt), Arcadian Fields, Arcadia Vineyards, Arcbiter (Cumulus' Sword), Azif (Elias' scimitar blade), Bannock Club, Bean Sidhe, Beebite (Aliera's tiny sword), Blade's Edge, Bloodhounds (Sidhe Warriors), Brat Patrol (Edmund's group), Brotherhood of the Barrel, Brotherhood of Thor, Caer Angeles, Caer Llanwedd, Caer Lunara, Caer Ogun, Caer Redwood, Caliburn, Cauldron Pool, Chainges, Chalcedon Well, County of Oakhold, County of Selkrest, Cup of Dreams, Delphic Chambers, Duchy of Finvarr, Duchy of Goldengate, Duchy of Goodwine, Edge of the Labrys, Engineer Corps (Queen's Nockers), Equinox (Aoibhell's Treasure blade), Evaine's Fief, Eye of Opening, Ferry Building, Fillmore Auditorium, The Grande Ballroom, Grand Ballroom of Trees, Great Trod, Green Weave Enterprises (Walks Sideways' Firm), Grey Box (Treasure), Greylady Sluagh of Alameda, Happy Feet (Chimera), Happy Jacks, Hawk's Cry (Aeron's Longbow), Heartsdrinker (Neville's dagger), Hellfire (CD-ROM/Operating System), Holy Temple of Light and Sound aka Athanaeum, Hunter (Rasputin's chimera), Hunting Grounds, Iggy's Head Shop, Irish Garden, Ironheart (Count Elias' flet), Ironwood Hospital, Japanese Tea Garden, Jeeves (Chimera of the Bannock Club), Jousting Field, Kingdom of Pacifica, Kingdom of the Turtle, Kleggers, Kurtzweiler's Toy Shop, Last Kiss (Troy's sword), The Laws of Hospitality, Masque of the Red Death (Ball), Mind's Edge (Tor's Axe), Monster Under the Bed (Layla's Treasure), Mr. Dumpy (Edmund's Treasure), Multimedia Gulch, Nightbiter (Aeron's Treasure Blade), Night of Iron Knives, Nunnehi, Oakland People's Front, The Playground, Ragger's Band, The Rainbow Order, Rare Air (Zone), Redwood Archers, Royal Barony of Muirwood, Scalpel (Aine's blade), Selkie, Silver's Gate, Society of Aristophanes, Society of Telemachus, Spyz, Starlight Night (Holiday: May 13th), Sweatshop Games (Company), Tally (Aliera's Treasure Doll), Tara-Nar, Thirst (Harold's chimeric longsword), Toybox Coffee Shop, UnClock (Chimera), Voice of the Hill, Waystone, The Wildlands, Winchester Ghost House, Windmills,
References[]
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