The Changeling Hive is the home of the changelings. Changelings developed through the breeding of humans and doppelgangers. The novel draws heavily on Irish and European folklore about changelings, leprechauns, and fairies. Melusine is one of the pre-Christian water-faeries who were sometimes responsible for changelings. Songs of the supernatural (changelings, revenants, spirits) were also popular. These include the famous few such as the leprechaun, banshees, changelings and many others. The setting added four new races to "Dungeons & Dragons"&colon; Changelings, Shifters, Kalashtar, and Warforged. Children identified as changelings by the superstitious were often abused or murdered. "Friendship Is Magic" canon, with villains like Nightmare Moon, Discord, the Changelings, and King Sombra. In German folklore, several possible parents are known for changelings. With the return of Halley's Comet new human variants called "changelings" arose. For example, this allowed for the "Lorwyn" changelings, which have all creature types. The changelings fed on emotions, and their magic was built around them. They do not abandon their children or leave changelings. They steal children and substitute them with changelings.