Changeling
Names: Changelingchangelingsshapeshifterschangeling principals
First appears in Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl, chapter 3 (3)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 4: The Gate of the Feral Gods
- Ch 1Mordecai, himself a changeling, warns Carl not to trust Hump Street's shapeshifting changeling prostitutes.
- Ch 3Changelings can only become monsters they've touched but gain abilities of that race; Katia notes shapeshifters may dislike each other.
- Ch 5Changelings take a generic form of a race and then alter its appearance, gaining some of that race's abilities, unlike doppelgangers who shape themselves like clay.
- Ch 7The changelings pose as refugees but plan to resurrect the guardian of the subterranean level.
- Ch 10Juice Box says the Hunting Grounds, the sixth floor, is the changelings' ancient home, and their way back was lost with the town hall.
- Ch 13After the battle, the changelings, including Henrik, have vanished from Hump Town; Juice Box thinks they went to seek the ghost.
- Ch 33In phase three, the changelings return to the sixth floor through a gate portal, taking the Twister with them.
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 14Changeling weddings have a private small wedding, then a Confirmation a month later; divorce papers signed at the first expire unfiled.
- Ch 53Changelings can only take the form of something they've personally touched.
- Ch 65Justice theorizes the ninth-floor changelings can now mimic almost anything they touch, even procedurally generated sluggalos, and keep memories of past lives.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 4 · Ch 33Phase three: changelings depart
Imani, Elle, Louis and Firas open a gate portal to the sixth floor, sending the changelings through with the Twister.
- Book 5 · Ch 68Mantis swarm disrupts changeling evacuation
Mantis nymphs swarm the floor, forcing the Sledge's changeling escort to switch to entering the castle by airship.
- Book 5 · Ch 70Battle at the castle
Mounted elves, mantises and changelings clash outside the castle; mantises seize the Twister and the Sledge jumps to the roof with Bonnie and others.