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InSPIRATIOnS And SOuRCES

Guillermo Del Toro blends reality and fairy tales in a story tions and sewers. The book serves as great inspiration for a
about a small girl who’s living in fascist Spain. The fae world hunter-Lost encounter, especially if the Lost drags her friend
she creates in her mind blends a quest Ofelia uses to cope into the Hedge. Summer Knight, one of the Dresden Files books
with the horrors of her day-to-day life, and culminates when written by Jim Butcher, drags private detective and wizard-for-
she reaches a “demesne” in the film’s heartbreaking finale. hire Harry Dresden into the world of the fae. Not only is Dres-
City of Lost Children is another good example of a traditionally- den suckered into tangling in the faerie’s affairs, the plot is
inspired changeling story. Jean-Pierre Jeunet tells the sinister dragged into will decide the fate of the entire world and wheth-
story of Krank, a cruel inventor who’s incapable of dreaming. er or not he gets to keep his soul. This story, in particular, is a
Tired of missing out, Krank decides to start kidnapping chil- great one to read for a Hunter game, for it shows how danger-
dren in an attempt to steal their dreams for himself. For at- ous the fae can be.
mosphere, Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands is about a gentle, Last but not least, two roleplaying games in particular can
humanoid creature with scissors for hands, who was created be referred for ideas. The first is Little Fears Nightmare Edition,
by a kindly inventor before he dropped dead. All alone in the a game about real monsters who hunt the PCs — all children
world, he forges a bond with a human girl, a bond that most — from the shadows. This RPG is perfect for any game that
Lost would covet dearly. involves privateers and fetches. The second is Fae Noir, a post-
For books, Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere is an example of a hu- WWI game that’s set during the jazz age, the roaring 20s. As
man, the kind-hearted Richard Mayhew, whose life is changed the world struggles to rebuild, the fae who have spilled over
after an encounter with the Lost. From the moment he decides into the modern world strive to find their place. Though it is
to help Door, Mayhew is propelled into London Below, a world a period game, the RPG is a great source for any hunters who
that exists beneath the iconic city in long-abandoned tube sta- wish to understand the Lost and their state-of-mind.

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