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Their varieties are found worldwide firmly sit in the liminal space between the goblins and fae
Their varieties are found worldwide firmly sit in the liminal space between the goblins and fae


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==Brownies==


Brownies are a subset of the larger Chandling variety.
Brownies are a subset of the larger Chandling variety.


==Trivia==
*As in much of the Otherverse the Chandlings have have a basis in folklore'<ref>Brownies are fantastical household helpers, generally included in the same general subgroup as faerie/fairies, stuff in that vein. Old wives tales and myths suggested brownies would help you with your housework, do chores for you, or otherwise protect your household if you left milk/cream/honey on windowsills, or made other token offerings.<br>Some darker variants on the brownie myth involve bargains where, for example, a lazy stablehand received an offer from brownies to do all his chores for him, but with a stern warning never to ever do a chore again, or a housewife had her chores done for her, but could never peek to see who was doing the chores. Invariably in these stories, they break the rule: the stablehand gets bored out of his mind and starts sweeping or the housewife gets curious and peeks, and they get ruined: the stablehand never receives help (or just the opposite: they sabotage his every effort from there on out) the housewife gets her eyes taken out with needles. - [https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kz8apq/_/gjnvvat Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>
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The little people who work for others in exchange for karmatic considerations, don't slip up.

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 firmly sit in the liminal space between the goblins and fae

Brownies

Brownies are a subset of the larger Chandling variety.

Trivia

  • As in much of the Otherverse the Chandlings have have a basis in folklore'<ref>Brownies are fantastical household helpers, generally included in the same general subgroup as faerie/fairies, stuff in that vein. Old wives tales and myths suggested brownies would help you with your housework, do chores for you, or otherwise protect your household if you left milk/cream/honey on windowsills, or made other token offerings.
    Some darker variants on the brownie myth involve bargains where, for example, a lazy stablehand received an offer from brownies to do all his chores for him, but with a stern warning never to ever do a chore again, or a housewife had her chores done for her, but could never peek to see who was doing the chores. Invariably in these stories, they break the rule: the stablehand gets bored out of his mind and starts sweeping or the housewife gets curious and peeks, and they get ruined: the stablehand never receives help (or just the opposite: they sabotage his every effort from there on out) the housewife gets her eyes taken out with needles. - Wildbow on Reddit</ref>

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