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 Cut Material
If you’re very very quite and do not make a sound
I’ll share a little secret that seems a bit profound
Each thought that is imagined gaines a life its own
And drifts into reality searching for its home
­— The Cruxshadows, “Carnivale”

Try as one might, occasionally an author
over writes his assigned word count. In the
past, authors such as Christopher Howard and
Pete Woodworth shared their cut material from
Changeling: The Dreaming books on the old
White Wolf forums. Forum posts proved to be
fleeting as software evolved and the intellectual
property changed hands. That’s why I share this
on Storyteller’s Vault instead of a forum post: in
the hopes that it proves to be more accessible and
a more permanent solution than a digital note in
a virtual community.
Ruby was the character that solidified the
Lycians for me. She was orginally a reoccuring
NPC in a long running chronicle — the right
hand of a major villain in the story. In the climax
of the tale, the group’s nocker and pooka found
themselves trapped facing certain doom. As a last
ditch effort, they created a heart for Ruby. She
became wracked with remore for all the horrors
she committed and turned on her former master.
Everyone in the game agreed that she felt more
substantial than a normal chimera, but nothing
seemed appropriate to be her true nature. The
chronicle and its follow-up ended without an
answer to the question of what Ruby actually was.
The Lycians finally provided a satisfying so-
lution, and in doing so, the Lycians themselves
were born. Her backstory gave me a way to work
backwards from the nightmare chimera in the
core book to create the Guises as they appear in
the C20 Player’s Guide. While I agree that her
write-up was the logical choice to cut for space
since her story comes across in the opening vi-
gnette, it seems a shame for her to not have the
spotlight she deserves.

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Ruby
Ruby started life as a little girl’s favorite doll. They
were inseparable. They played, had tea parties, and when
Inspiration
her parents fought, Ruby kept her distracted. One day, the Popular culture is rife with stories of everyday
girl wasn’t paying attention and a dog got ahold of Ruby. objects brought to life, going all the way back to
It chewed up her face and tore out one of her eyes. The Ovid’s tale of Pygmalion falling in love with his
girl was too horrified to even look at Ruby, so her parents own sculpture. Any of these may serve as inspira-
threw away the doll. Words cannot describe the sting of tion for Lycian chronicles. Ted is a comedic movie
betrayal. Ruby was ready to embrace death, but a goblin about what happens when a childhood toy sticks
named Rasmus found her before the garbage truck did. around into adulthood. Mannequin is a modern
It took little convincing to turn Ruby into a nightmare retelling of Pygmalion. Night at the Museum is
bent on vengeance. what happens when Lycians get together out of
sight from the mundane. The Toy Story movies
Ruby spent years serving Rasmus. She inflicted horror
are poignant tales about what toys get up to on
and murdered people at his command. When she wasn’t
their own and what happens to them when their
doing his bidding, she terrorized children. Eventually, a
children grow up. L. Frank Baum’s Oz books
nocker and pooka, Raz and Mindy, put a stop to the goblin’s
are overflowing with living objects and sapient
reign of terror. They rehabilitated Ruby in the process.
animals — from the Scarecrow and Billina to the
The nocker removed all of the weapons Rasmus added
residents of Utensia. Non-Humans is a comic book
but, at her request, left Ruby’s scarred face intact. It’s a
that delves into the darker side of objects brought
reminder and warning to herself about what she became.
to life, appropriate for chronicles exploring the
She wears a mask to keep from scaring anyone who see
temptation of Nightmare. Of course, Gilbert/
her. Now she dedicates herself to stopping nightmares
Fiddler’s Green from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman is
from harming any more children.
the archetypal Bucolic Lycian.
Guise: Oppidan (a one-eyed doll)
Shape: Humanoid
Thesis: Bringer of joy, comfort, and safety to children.
Legacies: Saint/Terror
Attributes: Strength 3, Dexterity 4, Stamina 3, Cha-
risma 3, Manipulation 4, Appearance 1, Perception
3, Intelligence 2, Wits 2
Abilities: Alertness 2, Athletics 3, Empathy 4, In-
timidation 2, Streetwise 2, Subterfuge 2, Firearms
3, Larceny 2, Performance 2, Stealth 2, Gremayre
2, Investigation 3
Backgrounds: Changeling Companions (Raz and
Mindy) 3, Chimerical Items (lightening gun) 2
Glamour: 4
Willpower: 5
Banality: 3
Redes: Fear, Hunter’s Boon, Loyal Guardian
Health Levels: OK, -1, -1, -2, -2, -5, Incapacitated

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