Changeling Charade

Changeling Charade is a 450,000-word interactive supernatural romance novel set in New Victoria, where your choices shape the story. You play as an impoverished fairy who enters the underground trade in potions and spells, transforming into the human noblewoman Lady Constance Weatherby to seek a better life for yourself and your family. The game is entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects.

Life as Lady Constance

Magic is illegal in New Victoria, so Supernaturals—including werewolves, djinn and fairies—trade in magic underground. In Lady Constance’s lavish townhouse, you can wear fine fashions, attend masked balls, make friends among the nobility, study the arts with a skilled tutor and meet the Queen. You can also dance at pastoral picnics or spend time drinking and laughing at a fairy pub.

Secrets and revolution

New Victoria’s high society hides supernatural secrets. You can investigate which noble houses shelter werewolves and which have ties to the shady Potion Market. Fairy revolutionaries and their spies among the nobility are working to overturn the laws against magic; you can join their cause, remain in the comfortable human life you have made, or pursue the throne yourself.

Romance and identity

You can play as a woman and choose to be gay, straight or bi, and polyamorous or monogamous. Potential romances include a melancholy earl, a mischievous noble with a pet fox, an artistic and sincere tutor, and a bold fairy revolutionary. You can seek acceptance as your true fairy self or find comfort in living as a human.

Shape your future

Your choices can lead you to meet the Queen, work to overthrow her or take her place on the throne. The story also lets you refine your artistic accomplishments and decide how to navigate the nobility, the Potion Market and the fairy revolution.