Winter (Art)

Winter is an Unseelie Art of the Kithain.

Overview

Despite a long absence from the Dreaming, changelings remain bound to the seasons. Each of the four cycles creates powerful magic for the Kithain, but none so unyielding and frightening as winter. Winter harnesses the fae’s connection to frozen lakes, endless nights, and bitter winds. The cantrips of Winter deal with cold, ice, fear, and the loss of desire. Many view Winter as an Unseelie Art, but any changeling can learn winter magics.

Cantrips

• Chill - Allows the changeling to lower the temperature of the target significantly over a short period of time.
• Hardened Heart - The target becomes unfeeling and resistant to mundane manipulations as well as supernatural mind or emotion control.
• Terror of the Long Night - Causes a target to feel intense and overwhelming fear.
• Sculpt - The changeling is able to form solid ice at will which cannot be melted except with magical heat or after a set amount of time.
• Stasis - Allows a changeling to trap a target in magical frost for extended periods of time, keeping it exactly as it is but immobile and (if applicable) unconscious.

References

• CTD: Changeling: The Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition, p. 230-232