Buyer Beware: 10 Goblin Markets

Bizarre Bazaars

Tales have been told for centuries about strange gatherings of unusual, inhuman creatures who come together to trade their impossible items in lost, out-of-the-way places. From urban legends of abandoned shopping malls lit by tallow candles where the cracked Formica food court is once more filled with the sound of spitting grease and the scents of spices, to country tales of crumbling county roads lined with games and stalls like something out of a fair where the music and raucous laughter of the event never travels past edge of the cornfields, these events come in myriad shapes and sizes. They also deal in a wide variety of goods and services. No matter how big or small, how wild or wicked, when their time is done there's never any evidence they were there at all.

Different cultures have different names for these events, but changelings know what they truly are; goblin markets.

These strange souks appear seemingly without rhyme or reason, and they may be of nearly any size. They may take place out in empty swamps or abandoned docks, or mix themselves in with a bustling marketplace where mortals who don't know what to look for will walk on by without noticing a thing. Many of them take place entirely in the Hedge, where they sprawl out inside hollowed out beanstalks the size of six lane highways, or where the entire market floats in the sky on platforms held aloft by balloons filled with stolen dreams. They are, however, never as random as they appear to be.

Whether someone is looking for hedgespun items, a token to aid them on their journeys or merely for a sip of sweet, pure glamour, there is a simple rule one should always follow when entering a goblin market... let the buyer beware.

Using These Goblin Markets in Your Game

Goblin markets are one of the stranger elements of Changeling: The Lost. Fantastical gatherings of hobgoblins where the price of goods and services may be confusing at best and nonsensical at worst, they also serve as a place for characters to find potent Contracts, to search for information, to acquire hedgespun items and to act as places where you can introduce new elements to your plot.

Because goblin markets can be difficult to come up with on the fly, even for an experienced storyteller, this supplement provides a variety of choices that can be adapted to your chronicle. From the whimsical and unusual, to the dark and deadly, these markets run the gamut!

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