Editing Chandling (section)

==Nature==
They do all kinds of work for all kinds of people waiting for the chance they can repay it ten times over when their rules get broken.

Their varieties are found worldwide and some can firmly sit in the liminal space between the [[Goblin]]s and [[fae]], summer and fall, thus they are a combination of the strengths and weaknesses of both which can mean they overstretch.<ref>Brownies come from the crossroad Goblin and Fae, Summer and Fall.  That’s the reason for their cross-eyes, you see.<br>[...]<br>They don’t have a language for downsizing.”<br><br>“You can send your extras off to die in a pointless war,” Liberty said.  She was still acting like the teacher’s pet, young and eager, and it was dawning on Avery that it wasn’t a joke.<br><br>“You can, Liberty sweet.  But they can’t, not easily, as Brownies are not the strongest fighters.  It’s why they worked with goblinkind. [...] And in fact, the ability and even the very propensity for goblins to cull our own numbers with outside violence is why we can grow in number without too much risk.  Faerie courts can’t and I’ve heard suggestions that more Faerie Courts have crumbled over their own hubris and scale than over specific plots and designs and I believe it.  And the brownie guilds and clans?  Closer to the Faerie in that.  Many crumbled when travel became easier and the allure of travel to another place faded, and when the lowliest schlub had more time or stood closer to the lords they were once so tempted by. “ - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/12/26 Excerpt] from [[Gone Ahead 7.7]]</ref>