The Splendour Falls is a fiction anthology for Changeling: The Dreaming.
Summary[]
From the Back Cover:
- This is not your normal faerie tale.
- Meet some modern day changelings: thieves, gamblers, surfers, artists, musicians, and even imaginary childhood friends who are bound together by their half-human, half-fae blood.
- An original anthology of short stories. The Splendour Falls exposes the hidden population of changelings who reside in the World of Darkness, a world very similar to our own. In order to maintain their faerie existence on earth, they must constantly struggle against Banality and hunt for Glamour, raw creative energy. And if they are lucky, they may find passageway back to their homeland, the Dreaming: the land of fae.
- The sixth and final World of Darkness anthology to be based on games by White Wolf Game Studio, The Splendour Falls contains stories by Esther Friesner, Ed Gorman, Thomas F. Monteleone, Jackie Cassada and others.
Contents[]
- Where There's Smoke by Philip Nutman
- Birthdays by Jackie Cassada
- Web of Black Metal by Lois Tilton
- A Dog's Tale by Nicky Rea
- A Song Will Rise by Roland J. Green and Frieda A. Murray
- Queen of the Boneyard by Kim Antieau
- Chance by Esther M. Friesner
- A Little Something to Believe In by Ed Gorman and Larry Segriff
- Truth in Advertising by James Lowder
- Troll Story by C. Dean Andersson
- Musings by Matt Forbeck
- The Gates of Dawn by Rick Hautala
- Teacher by Gary A. Braunbeck
- Wayward Wilder by Lawrence C. Connolly
- Changeling Dirge by Thomas S. Roche
- Jack of Thieves by Bill Crider
- Dreaming Eyes of Wonder by Christopher Kubasik
- Strawberry Blonde by Jeremy Dyson
- Stains on the Ether by Peter Crowther
- Sealskin by Kevin Andrew Murphy
- Dinner in the Hall of Mirrors by Nancy Holder
- The Stuff of Life to Knit You by Robert Wayne McCoy and Thomas F. Monteleone
- Lexicon
Background Information[]
Ads at the back of the book include: Changeling: The Dreaming (June); a book order form for: Prince of the City, Caravan of Shadows and Blood War: Masquerade of the Red Death Trilogy Book 1.
The Splendour Falls, despite being an early White Wolf anthology, does not all take place in San Francisco like the other ones do. However, a few of the stories do, such as Birthdays by Jackie Cassada. Birthdays would be continued into The Toybox and is part of the Immortal Eyes Saga.
Sealskin by Kevin Andrew Murphy involves characters from Freeholds & Hidden Glens.
Memorable Quotes[]
Characters[]
- Where There's Smoke
- Father Donal - Priest, Redcap
- Brigid O'Riordan - Female kid, died
- Adrian - Female Dragon
- Serena - House Liam; Female Sidhe, Died
- Birthdays
- Alicia Daniels - Female, Tor's daughter
- Gordon Daniels - Tor's son-in-law
- Morgan Daniels, "Morgania" - Female, Tor's granddaughter, Sidhe: House Eiluned
- Tor
- Sir Charles Fizzlewig, "Chip"
- Mr. Britherton - Science Teacher
- Olivia Daniels - Alicia's sister, Tor's daughter
- Valmont
- Rasputin
- Georgia
- Leigh
- Edmund
- Duke Aeon
- Lady Valeria - Female Sidhe
- Web of Black Metal
- Kathe - Female Changeling
- Nobb - Boggan
- Grant - Band Member, Guiartist, Human
- Maia - Female Changeling
- Stelle - Bartender, Human
- João - Drummer, Human
- Brett - Rhythm Guitarist, Human
- Mr. da Silva - Human
- Francisco - Bouncer at The Cavern, Human
- A Dog's Tale
- Zeider, "Prince" - Seelie Dog Pooka
- Max - Owns Yesterday's Treasures, Human
- Jeremy - Artist, Human
- Myrani - Female Unseelie Sidhe
- Dove - Owner of Crystal Visions, Human
- Mrs. Andover - Owner of Shoppe of the South and Antiques, Human
- Balin - Co-Owner of Karma, Human
- Melodie - Co-Owner of Karma, Human
- A Song Will Rise
- Nadine - Female Boggan
- Aunt Ethel - Human
- Eric Gusser - Human
- O' Donnell - Human
- Dugan - Human
- Elliot Ring - Changeling
- Kelly Gilliam - Human
- Ken Carlisle - Real Person, Said to be a Satyr
- Cindy - Female Boggan
- Blair - Human
- Chelsea - Human
- Greg - Aeronautical Engineer, Goblin
- Queen of the Boneyard
- Grandma Macha - Female Changeling: Bean-sidhe
- Dragon - Human
- Sugar aka "Star" - Female Changeling: Bean-sidhe
- Carl - Fae
- Miriam
- Sandobar
- Crystal
- Danny
- Quake
- Chance
- Rory aka "Duddon" - Changeling
- Teo - Human
- Colton - Human, Head of Security
- A Little Something to Believe In
- Molly - Female Changeling
- Cal - Changeling
- John - Changeling
- Michael - Changeling
- Stephen - Changeling
- Mr. Fenady - Changeling
- Bob - Satyr
- Truth in Advertising
- Quentin Stewart - Eshu
- Tommy - Human
- Antionette Artaud - Female Slaugh President of Creative Concepts, Inc.
- Otto Tzala - Assistant to Artaud, Redcap
- Bleeker - Human
- Gwen Jones - Human
- Doctor Bombay - Human
- Troll Story
- Britta Svensson - Female Enchanted Human
- Jon Torgerdasson - Troll
- Karen Thomas - Human Nurse
- Bernard Svensson - Britta's Dad, Human, Died
- Hel - Goddess of Death
- Musings
- Shannon - Female Changeling
- The Gates of Dawn
- Arlan - Changeling
- Devin - Sluagh
- Phyllis Kelly - Female Therapist
- Lisa - Female Changeling
- Teacher
- Terence L. McKerrs, "Pit" and "Teacher" - Changeling
- Muriel - Cletus' Wife, Human
- Cletus - Human, Died
- James - Human
- Crowbar - Punk, Human
- Wreckage - Punk, Human
- Dragonhead - Punk, Human
- Bright Hands, Guardian of the Trod - Chimera Wolf with antlered headdress
- Wayward Wilder
- Granny Fae - Female Changeling
- Autumn - Female Changeling
- Mad Hieronymo - Painter, Human
- Changeling Dirge
- Fauna - Female Changeling
- Eddie Rickenbacker - Changeling
- Trish - Female Changeling, Died (Vanished)
- Frederick - Changeling
- Jack of Thieves
- Taylor Moulden - Human or Changeling
- Jack - Changeling
- Hervey Plymouth - Human or Changeling
- Dreaming Eyes of Wonder
- Martha - Female Human
- Jameson - Human
- Timothy - Martha's Son, Human
- Mike - Human, Martha's Ex-husband
- Max, "Mr. Bright Eyes" - Shapeshifter, Invisible Friend, Changeling
- Long Lash Alice - Female Changeling
- Strawberry Blonde
- Carl - Changeling
- The Goat aka "Derek" - Human
- Agbamus - Family, Humans
- Dixie - Human
- Nicola - Female Changeling
- Stains on the Ether
- Tad Shellick - Chimera, Died
- Dhiobahn Boughtridder - Changeling
- Sealskin
- Dinner in the Hall of Mirrors
- Jean-Paul - Satyr, House Gwydion
- Birgit - Female Sidhe, House Dougal
- The Stuff of Life to Knit You
- Mr. J. Tull, "The Fly" - Changeling, House Liam
- Scott Davis - Human, Car Salesman
- Emily - Human, Scott's Daughter
- Giselle - Female Changeling
- Officer Keen - Human
- Edward Whittington - Human
- Claire Moore - Human
- Tommy Newman - Human
- Larry Beard - Human
- Denise Beard - Human
- Kenneth Ward - Human
- Mark Harris - Human
- Zachary Tomek - Human, Died
- Jack Tomek - Human, Died
Terminology[]
Arcadia, Arcadian Council (Group), Art, Austin, Australia, Banality, Bean Sidhe, Boggan, Bookland (Store), Builders Green (Volunteer Group), Builder's Pal Tools (Company), Bunk, Café 92 (Location), Café FX (Prague), California, Canada, Cantrip, Cappuccino Charles (Café), Carnival (Clothing Store), The Cavern (Location), Changeling, Chicago, Chicanery, The Childe Group (Agency), Childling, Chimera, Chimerical, Chrysalis, Clipper Accessories (Company), Cold Iron, Commoner, Creative Concepts, Inc. (Ad Company), Crystal Visions (Store), Dreaming, the, Dream Stone, The Dugout (Sports Tavern), Eats (Delicatessen), Enchantment, England, Eshu, Europe, Fae, Faerie, "Faerie Police, Changeling Division", Franchie's (Location), Freehold, Gates of Dawn, The Gateway to Fairyland by Alicia Daniels (Children's Book), Germany, Glamour, Greenwich Village, Grump, Gusser, Ltd. (Company), Hawaii, House Dougal, House Eiluned, House Gwydion, House Liam, Immortal Brood (Book), Ireland, Karma (Soap/Candle Store), Kin, Kinain, London, Los Angeles, Maine, Manhattan, Mañuel's Taco Tavern, Maui, Milwaukee, Moon Hope (Supplier), Morgoth (Music Band), Newark, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York, New York City, Noble, Nocker, Oath, Oath of Honor, Obliterator (Book), Omaha, Ontario, Pillar of Fate, Pizza My Heart (Restaurant), Pooka, Prague, Primal, Prop, Quest, Rapture, Ravaging, Nebraska, Redcap, The Redcaps (Band), Relics and Wares (Antiques Store), Repre Club (Prague), Reverie, Riley's Bakery, Russia, Rusty Scupper (Restaurant), San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Saining, Samhain, Satyr, Scandinavia, Seelie Court, Seeming, The Shadow Riders (Group), Shattering, Sheffield, Shoppe of the South and Antiques (Antiques Store), Sidhe, Single Blessedness (Band), Sluagh, Stockholm, Sundering, Tahiti, Toronto, The Toybox Coffee Shop, Trods, Troll, Unseelie Court, Vancouver, Versailles, Watchdog Software (Project), Wayfaring, Wilder, Wildwoods Handmade Instruments (Store), Wisconsin, Yesterday's Treasures (Antique Shop), The Zoo (Book/Game Store)
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