Also heard as: The Changelings
A doppelganger-run political faction that takes over the country of Cacoal and, after the Binneth–Squiyles war, the majority of fallen Squiyles itself — ruling “with an iron fist” and hosting (then sabotaging) an international peace summit.
History
- Early infiltration panic in Ezaso City is publicly denied by Captain Tartan and the king, who attribute strange behavior to “flu” 2019-04-01, 2019-04-09.
- The country of Cacoal is fully overrun and self-declares the “Changeling Nation,” seeking recognition as a sovereign nation and closing itself to outsiders; former resident Gerard Twombly objects publicly, and King Stroth makes no statement 2019-07-15.
- After Squiyles’ collapse, changelings take over rulership of the majority of its former territory 2019-10-07, continuing to rule “with an iron fist” into the post-war years 2022-12-18, 2022-12-26.
- Hosts an international peace conference in the former Squiylian capital, inviting representatives from Hawkthorne, Gaithyre, McCathlyre, and Turgythe, in a bid for diplomatic legitimacy and stability 2022-12-18.
- The summit collapses into chaos and violence when several changeling delegates are revealed to have used their shapeshifting to infiltrate the conference disguised as other nations’ own rulers and diplomats, trying to influence the proceedings from within; the scandal leaves other nations’ leaders humiliated and relations between empires uncertain 2022-12-26.