Nobles: The Shining Host is a supplement for Changeling: The Dreaming that discusses the sidhe and playing noble characters.
Summary[]
The Shining Host
From time immemorial the noble sidhe have ruled the fae. Learn their secrets of power: how and why they maintain their chokehold over the commoners. This book covers the history of the nobility, from their return in '69 and the Accordance War which followed, through current politics and events among the sidhe.
The Weighty Crown
Though many envy their splendid halls and delicate Finery, the sidhe pay a high price for their magnificence. They are ill equipped to deal with the ravages of Banality, but are still subject to Bedlam. Here can be the learned the secrets of those sidhe who have succeeded in balancing the dichotomy that threatens to tear them apart.
Nobles: The Shining Host Features:
- Detailed information on playing noble characters in a Changeling chronicle.
- A new, previously unknown noble house.
- New noble Arts, useable only by noble characters
Contents[]
Introduction[]
Asterlan[]
Chapter One: History of the Uasal Sidhe[]
Chapter Two: Rank and Privilege[]
Chapter Three: Politics[]
Secret Societies[]
- Red Branch Knights
- The Beltaine Blade
- The Ranters
- The Catacomb Club
- The Crystal Circle
- The Cat's Cradle
- The Monkey's Paw
- The Golden Sickle
Kingdoms[]
- Concordia
- Kingdom of Apples
- Kingdom of Northern Ice
- Kingdom of Willows
- Kingdom of the White Sands
- Kingdom of Pacifica
- Desert of Flame
- Forest of Sighs
- Kingdom of Grass
- Kingdom of the Burning Sun
- Desert of Perpetual Night
- Kingdom of the Feathered Snake
- Fiefs of Bright Paradise
Chapter Four: Worldview[]
Romantic Legacies[]
- Seelie Romantic Legacies:
- Empath
- Friend
- Ingenue
- Jongleur
- Protector
- Romantic
- Unseelie Romantic Legacies:
- Climber
- Competitor
- Cynic
- Deceiver
- Martyr
- Gamester
- Spy
The Romanticists[]
Chapter Five: Those Who Rule[]
- New Skill Ability:
- Temporal Sense
- New Knowledge Ability:
- Dream Lore
- New Backgrounds:
- Political Connections
- Patron
- Trod
- New Arts:
- Noble Bunks:
- New House:
Chapter Six: Storytelling[]
Menaces[]
Chapter Seven: The Nobility of Concordia[]
Appendix: Character Templates[]
- Knight, Protector of the Realm - Seelie, House Gwydion, Red Branch Knight, Sidhe
- Romanticist Cavalier - Seelie, House Fiona, Cerenaic, Sidhe
- Street Knight - Seelie, House Liam, Order of Shallat, Sidhe
- Paranoid Baron - Unseelie, House Eiluned, Beltaine Blade, Sidhe
- Techno-Girl - Seelie, House Dougal (Association), Pooka
Background Information[]
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Memorable Quotes[]
Characters[]
The Monarchs[]
- High King David (House Gwydion - Concordia)
- Princess Lenore (House Gwydion/Dougal)
- Chief Grayhawk (House Gwydion - Kingdom of the Burning Sun)
- Queen Mab (House Fiona - Kingdom of Apples)
- King Meilge (House Eiluned - Kingdom of Willows)
- Queen Laurel (House Fiona - Kingdom of Northern Ice)
- Queen Mary Elizabeth (House Dougal - Kingdom of Grass)
- Queen Aeron (House Fiona - Kingdom of Pacifica)
- Queen Morganna (House Gwydion - Kingdom of White Sands)
- Duke Topaz (House Gwydion - Kingdom of the Feathered Snake)
Other Nobles[]
- Baron Edgewick (House Gwydion)
- General Lyros (Catacomb Club)
- Duke Pwyffelt (Golden Sickle)
- Count Vogon (House Ailil - Shadow Court)
- Countess Anne (House Eiluned - Cat's Cradle)
- Duke Dray (House Gwydion - Beltaine Blade)
- Ravachol (The Ranters)
- Duke Guile (House Eiluned - Crystal Circle)
- Count Chronos (House Liam - Former Red Branch)
- Lady Alexandria (House Fiona)
- Lady Sierra (House Gwydion - Cat's Cradle)
- Count Flavius
- Duke Asterlan (House Fiona)
Others[]
- Sir William of Virginia - Sidhe Bard and Glass Circle conjurer to the Court of Queen Mab
- Borach - Redcap chieftain
- Thulio - Troll warrior
- Surreal - Sluagh soothsayer
- Celtchair - House Gwydion knight
- Idath - House Fiona
- Winter - House Scathach
- Princess Marianna
- Lord Dafyll
- Sir Marx
- True Thomas
- Lord Drummond - Unseelie
- Lady Morwen
- High King Falchion
- Orda - Pooka, died
- Lady Courtney
- Duke Rococo
- Sir Atherlred - Red Branch Knight
- Villon - Toreador Prince of Paris
- Madame Paris - CEO of Siren Cosmetics
- Scathach n Uanaind - Founder of House Scathach
- Lilith
- Queen Andalura - House Dougal, died
- King Sean - Died
- King Barabas - House Eiluned, died
Terminology[]
Children of Lilith, Tuatha de Danaan, Dream Lords, Fionn Sidhe, The Five, Fomorians, Hidden Ones, Impulse, Lost Ones, Morphean Oracles, Nertmar Sidhe, Romantic, Romanticist, Romantic Legacies, Silver Path, 'Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve', Sorcerer/Sorceress, Sun and Serpent, Twilight Time, Uasal Sidhe, The Walking Lands, Wizard, Lenoria (Palace), Doria (Shield), Tamerlain (Sword), Mirror of Souls, Pool of Memory, Chiron (Asterlan's Steed), Wylde Lands, Dark Lands, Trillium Veil, Splintered Mountains, Forest of Lies, Empire of the Turtle, Fields of Blood by True Thomas, Escheat, Fior, Gulliver Stone, Caer Paine, Goblin Parchment, Parliament of Dreams, Kingdom, Duchy, County, Barony, Fiefdom, Household, Tara-Nar, Swallow's Nest (Satyr Freehold in Northern Pacifica), Morpheus Sabinis, The Age of Legends, The Sundering, The Shattering, The Twilight Times (The Interregnum), The Resurgence, The Accordance War, Arcadia, Chrysalis, The Near Dreaming, The Far Dreaming, The Deep Dreaming, Trods, The Silver Path,
References[]
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