“The Nixie of the Mill-Pond,”
as recorded by Jacob
and Wilhelm Grimm
Last updated on: 12 May 2008 |
| We all grow up on fairy tales. The good fairies bless heroes so they can overcome challenges, and the wicked fairies’ curses ultimately come to naught. Everyone lives happily ever after. But, in their original form, these stories were told to children as cautionary tales. Warnings not to stray too far from home. Not to go into the dark woods. Not to wander down the road at night. Be good, mind your manners or the Good Folk might come and take you away. Changeling: The Lost is a game about what happens when these old stories prove true. The Others do come and take people away, keeping them as slaves in a fairyland that’s as much nightmare as dream. Some of these captives try to escape. Changed in form and feature, scarred by the experience, some of them even make it back home. To find they live in a world of beautiful madness... | |