Changelings in Seattle, Is Seattle experienceing a surge in SURGE? Options Track this topic Email this topic Print this topic Download this topic Subscribe to this forum Display Modes Outline Switch to: Standard Switch to: Linear+

[Kerenshara]

Seattle 2072, P. 8: Seattle Demographics (sidebar)

The population demographics also do not include changelings, since the SURGE tended to cut across metatypes, but it’s a fair estimate that least 10% of Seattle’s population - or some 300,000 - are changelings of some variety. That number has been steadily rising, too, as changelings from the surrounding areas and elsewhere in the UCAS migrate to the Emerald City, which has had a reputation as a haven for freaks and weirdos, or at least did, up until recently. We’ll see how Brackhaven’s administration changes things (not for the better, I suspect).
-Mad Tom

That would suggest that there are in excess of 300,000 "changelings" in Seattle by 2070, and that the number is likely rising. Now, my question is: by "changeling" does that mean the expanded metavariants from Runner's Companion like Cyclops and Gnomes, or are we talking exclusively of those with some level of the SURGE quality and the attendant Metagenic Qualities?

In either case, that tells me Seattle is getting to be a particularly ... unusual looking place, and oddities aren't going to stick out quite as much as they might have in past years.

"That big troll? Nah, he's nothing! Didn't you see that Minotaur!? And the blue Oni really creeped me out, too!"

The one upside to all this is that the heads of Humannis must absolutely be in appoplexy 24-7-365, and if we're lucky, the small-souled cretins will do themselves in with a series of anuerisms.

Any thoughts?