Changeling - Players Guide.pdf

Among the most helpful faeries of the Cherokee and
other Southeastern tribes were the "people who live
anywhere," otherwise known as the nanehi. This is the
Family of native faeries which
has given a form of its name to
the Nunnehi Nations.
Above all, nahehi are
traditionalists who value the
customs and songs of their mortal
ancestors as well as the ones
taught them by the spirits of the Higher
Hunting Grounds. They enjoy collecting
and performing songs, stories and dances,
and preserve the old ways of their mortal
kin, even in the face of strong pressure to
modernize.
Nanehi once made their homes in the
mountainous regions of the Appalachian
range, sometimes living within the mountains
themselves, protecting their dwellings
with adeptly concealed cave entrances. Others
were said to live beneath lakes and rivers
in underground caverns and cave systems.
The nanehi feel a special closeness to
their mortal kin and, by extension, to all
Native Americans. They often go out of their
way to help humans in distress, assisting individuals
to safety who are lost in the woods or
tending to the sick and the wounded, particularly
if they are stricken in isolated areas. Unlike
many other Nunnehi, nanehi will sometimes
bring mortals (either friends or lovers) into their
enchanted dwelling places, although they will
threaten to curse those individuals if they betray
their knowledge of the nanehi's existence to other
humans.
The nanehi were instrumental in helping some
of their mortal kin escape forced removal in the 1830s
by hiding them in their freeholds until it was safe for
them to leave. Some Cherokee living in North Caro-
lina remember the aid given their ancestors by the
nanehi, and go out of their way to locate and thank
their benefactors (or their descendants).
Modern nanehi often dwell in townships populated
by both mortal and nanehi residents, although
some live exclusively among their own Family. The
greatest concentration of nanehi can be found in
Oklahoma and western North Carolina, where the
Western and Eastern Bands of the
Cherokee maintain their reservations.
Their interest in preserving
the old ways of all native peoples
gives them a love for traveling.
They make the rounds of Native
American cultural events
and visit the dwelling places of
other Families of the Nunnehi Nations.
Long ago, it was believed that the
nanehi were able to travel in the Lower World
and served as guides for the spirits of the dead,
enabling them to pass beyond the Middle World
and preventing them from remaining behind
as hungry ghosts. This ability, however, has
been lost to them along with their connection
to the Higher Hunting Grounds. Still,
they are more likely to learn the Art of
Spirit Link than some other Families,
such as the rock giants.
Nanehi are concerned with their
physical appearance, often to the point of
seeming overly vain to other native faeries.
In this, they are not unlike the sidhe.
Appearance:
The nanehi are idealized versions of
the tribes of their mortal kin, with lustrous
dark hair and striking faces. They usually
dress in traditional clothing and seem somewhat
anachronistic in the modern world.