The House Divided

One of the oldest European settlements in North America, Boston is rich with history for its mortal inhabitants. The fae here are no different, having come to New England first of all the continent. One of the greatest centers for higher learning in the US, Boston is filled with students seeking a new life and new ways. For the changelings, each fall brings a new influx of wilders, stirring the beanpot with their energy. Boston's very nature is divided between the old and the eternally new, a city where the weight of history keeps the clubs closed early on Saturday nights... so the kids go out hacking instead. And just as Boston is divided in character, so it is in rule. Where most cities are ruled over by a single duke, Boston is divided into the duchies of Boston and Cambridge. And one of the oldest noble lines in the area, the County of Harvard-Radcliffe, is divided against itself by ancient treaty. Is it any wonder that Boston, the house divided, is such a stronghold for the changelings, who are themselves divided between their human and fae natures?

Now the land itself is shaken and old truths written anew. The fae wonder: what could come after such an ending? As certain as the snake swallows its own tail, the only thing that comes after the end is the beginning.

Run Summaries:

Book One: The House Divided

• 1/8/98: "Doolie and the Goblin Death Legion"
• 1/15/98: "Sasquatch and Other Cretins"
• 1/22/98: "A Picnic in Mathland"
• 1/29/98: "Telephone!"
• 2/5/98: "The Battle of the Stubborn Nobles"
• 2/19/98: "Inner Demons"
• 3/6/98: "Roswell"
• 3/12/98: "Use the Pain!"
• 3/19/98: "Paranoia"
• 4/2/98: "Bad Heir Day"
• 4/9/98: "Intermission"
• 4/16/98: "War and Remembrance"
• 4/23/98: "Ghosts"
• 4/30/98: "Dreams and Illusions"
• 5/7/98: "Items of Mystic Significance"
• 5/21/98: "Carnival of Carnage"
• 5/28/98: "In League with Dark Powers"
• 6/4/98: "Don't Split the Party!"
• 6/11/98: "The House United"

Book Two: The Worm Ouroboros

• 6/25/98: "A Day at the Seaside"
• 7/3/98: "It's a Wonderful Life"
• 7/9/98: "The Trouble with Mind-Altering Drugs"
• 7/16/98: "Wannatakeasurvey?"
• 7/23/98: "Mixed Metaphors"
• 7/30/98: "Collect Call to Hell"
• 8/6/98: "Uninvited Guests"
• 8/13/98: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker"
• 9/11/98: "All for One or One for All"
• 9/17/98: "Duel Purpose"
• 9/25/98: "Into the Dragon's Lair"
• 10/8/98: "The Introductions of Deviants"
• 10/16/98: "Allen the Family"
• 10/22/98: "Abdication"
• 10/29/98: "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?"
• 11/12/98: "Samhain"
• 12/10/98: "Return to Roswell"
• 1/7/99: "Much Ado About Dreaming"
• 1/14/99: "The Quest for Arcadia, Part I
• 1/21/99: "The Quest for Arcadia, Part II
• 1/28/99: "And They All Lived Happily Ever After"

Player Characters:

• Desiree Fondell(Andrea Humez, shadow@alum.mit.edu): Seelie Sidhe, recently arrived professor
• Maggie "MAGDA" De Rada (Marleigh Norton, marleigh@mit.edu): Seelie Troll, Champion of Radcliffe
• Miles Ammad(Michael Person, mjperson@mit.edu): Seelie Satyr, plagued with foretelling
• Milton (Wurthers?) (Charles Hope, chope@cybercom.net): Unseelie Sluagh, the epitome of Gothic depression
• Dill Marbek (Jan-Willem Maessen, jmaessen@mit.edu): Seelie Nocker biotechnologist with more inspiration than good sense.
• Sidonie Richards(Katie Mahoney): Seelie Sidhe, 6 year old cute little girl On Vacation
• Soraya De Rada-Ammad (Eon Harry, eon_harry@hmco.com): Unseelie Eshu, wandering biker babe Retired

• Andy Shultz (ashultz@alum.mit.edu)