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Kith

Changelings are borne from dreams. The Western World created Nine Kiths in this way (although more are rumoured to exist throughout the world). Each changeling is part of a Kith, which effects everything from their attitudes to their proficiencies to their Fae Seeming (how they look to other Fae).

Boggan

Boggans are the essential workers in the background - they're the good old hardworking people of the kithain, always willing to lend a hand or a sympathetic cup of cocoa. They're not to be trusted with everything, though; every knows they're notorious gossips. Boggans are good at figuring out social relationships with a glance, and their ability to do labor quickly and efficiently is unparallelled. A Boggan, even Unseelie, is rarely able to resist a person in need.
Affinity: Actor
Birthrights: Craftwork (can accomplish any simple physical labour in 1/3 time, if unobserved. Cannot botch Craft rolls) Social Dynamics (Roll Perception + Empathy to work out the social dynamic of a group)
Frailty: Call of the Needy (Must roll Willpower to not help someone in need)

Eshu

Eshu are reckless wanderers, rogues, and storytellers extraordinaire. Eshu seem to always turn up in the right place at the right time, especially if there's a good story to be had. Eshu involved in said stories grow wiser than the normal kithain, but because of their epic tendencies, they sometimes bite off more than they can chew...
Affinity: Scene
Birthrights: Spirit Pathways (you will always reach your destination while travelling) Talecraft (gain an additional xp for learning a new story. Cannot botch Performance or Empathy rolls)
Frailty:
Recklessness (Eshu cannot resist a challenge, gamble or quest, so long as they have a chance of succeeding)

Nocker

Nockers are amazing craftsmen; perfectionists and surly bastards, the lot of them. Their vocabulary could outmatch most sailors, and it gets put to good use - they expect perfection from everyone around them, and get insulting when this impossible standard isn't met. Their abilities are such that they can create their own chimera, and their verbal skill so frightening that even nonliving objects are sometimes intimidated into working correctly. Their crafts always have some trivial flaw, however, which tends to drive them insane with the need to constantly fix them or make them better.
Affinity: Prop
Birthrights: Forge Chimera (May create simple, non-living dream items) Fix-It (may fix any device by rolling Intelligence + Craft/Intimidation, -1 to rolls for anacronistic devices (Seelie) or -1 to modern (Unseelie)
Frailty: Anything created by a Nocker is in some way flawed.

Pooka

Pooka... ah. Pooka. There is a saying on Pooka - "You can always trust a Pooka, but no one in their right mind would ever believe one." Tricksters and compulsive liars, but their personalities are almost child-like in innocence. Their appearances are always somewhat indicative of their animal affinity, which they can change into when no one is watching. Even the hardest heart can be melted with appropriately applied Pooka pressure, and one tends to spill their closest-kept secrets to a prying Pooka. The greatest Pooka flaw? They always lie. This may be blatant, to encourage the appropriate interpretation, or subtle, to confuse the hell out of everyone present.
Affinity: Nature
Birthrights: Shapechanging (when unobserved, the Pooka may take their animal form) Confidant (may roll Perception + Empathy to make a target spill their guts in conversation
Frailty: Lies (A pooka must pass a Willpower roll to say something that is not misleading or to tell the whole truth)

Redcap

Redcaps are simply nasty by definition. They revel in bloodshed, and their mouths are almost as dirty as any given Nocker. Most are Unseelie, and almost all are shunned by the more conscientous fae. They can eat anything, and often do, and they may intimidate anything just as easily (easy to do, when you can tell a door you'll eat it). Redcaps are universally hated, though, even by other Redcaps, and this is reflected in social situations.
Affinity: Nature
Birthrights: Dark Appetite (can safely eat anything she can fit in her mouth) Bully Browbeat (may intimidate chimerical creatures)
Frailty: Bad Attitude (+2 difficulty to any Social roll not involving Browbeating)

Satyr

Satyrs have no restraint, and they love taking away other peoples' inhibitions as well. Their passion is both a boon and a curse, able to sweep others away, but also creating interesting situations when said Satyr enters wild mood swings (usually this has to do with a drunken state). Satyrs are also very well known for their stamina, able to run great distances without tiring because of their goatlegs. (That wasn't what you were thinking when I said 'stamina', was it? Shame on you.)
Affinity: Fae
Birthrights: Gift of Pan (may free targets of their inhibitions, unless they pass Willpower) Physical Prowess (+1 Stamina. Cannot botch Athletics rolls)
Frailty: Passions' Curse (+2 difficulty to resist temptation, prone to mood swings)

Sidhe

Sidhe were once the masters of the land; tragic and noble, they commanded all other kiths and owned almost every freehold. Upon the Shattering, however, they fled back to their homeland in Arcadia almost unanimously, leaving their subjects to fend for themselves in a world growing more Banal by the day. With the Resurgence, they returned as exiles from Arcadia, and demanded their old freeholds back. This caused the Accordance War, which ended in a somewhat-comprimise. The Sidhe own unearthly beauty, which can turn to a terrible fury when they are angered. Cantrips meant to make them look silly immediately fail. Because of their lack of experience in this more Banal world, they are both more affected by Banality and find it harder to work against. Their lives are characterized by intricate house politics, epic stories and romances, and fits of depression.
Affinity: N/A
Birthrights: Awe and Beauty (+2 Appearance, when impassioned -2 to Social rolls, attackers must roll Willpower) Noble Bearing (any Cantrip cast to make them look foolish automatically fails, cannot botch Ettiquette rolls)
Frailty: Banality's Curse (rolls to resit Banality are 1 level higher, unless they regularly switch Legacy, they fall into depression)

Sluagh

Sluagh (SLOO-ah): Thin and pale and smelling of death and decay in their fae miens, these fae exist to strike fear into the hearts of wrongdoers, children in particular. They are able to escape from practically any bonds, other than cold iron, and can contort themselves into disquieting shapes. They have incredibly keen senses, and are able to see through illusions, and see unembodied wraiths as well. The sluagh are often tolerated by other kiths only for the knowledge and secrets that they so prize. They are unable to speak above a whisper though, due to an ancient curse upon their kith.
Affinity: Prop
Birthrights: Squirm (may escape from almost any constraints by rolling Dex + Athletics) Sharpened Senses (-2 to Perception rolls, may be able to see through Illusions. Cannot botch Stealth or Alertness)
Frailty: Curse of Silence (cannot speak above a whisper)

Trolls

Trolls are big, blue, and honorable. They are known to be intensely loyal, as well as fierce fighters. Their strength and stubbornness are legendary, but they may never renege on an oath (the consequences are even more dire than for most). If a Troll gives you his word, you may trust him with your life. Just don't look to take one to any wild parties.
Affinity: Fae
Birthrights: Titans Power (+1 strength for Wilders, +2 Strength, 2 extra Bruised levels but +1 difficulty to Dex for Grumps) Stubborness (+2 Willpower dice to resist temptation or destraction when in the service of a cause. Cannot botch Athletics or Alertness rolls)
Frailty: Bond of Duty (cannot lie to those they're protecting or break an oath or they loose Titan's Power. May become violent if someone breaks an oath to them).

*Sigh*... One more book to add to my pile...

wink Count me in, probably as a Seelie Troll.

Yeah, no problem.
You'll notice I increased the age slightly of Childings - might just be me, but considering what Wilders are meant to get up to, I wasn't happy having 13 as their minimum age...

I've got Sartyr on PDF, Slaugh hardcopy (for some reason my Awesome Changeling PDF Pack only had half the kithbooks...)

Not that I'm suggesting I'd sent pirated copies to anyone rolleyes

I'm open to suggestions. Care to give a hint of your character concept, Redford? I think I'm making a seelie, something beginner safe aka relatively young character. Puts down a little the odds of facing things that character knows but player has no idea at all.. mrgreen

And John, piratism, what's that..? Me? Innocent as a newborn baby.. (Can you put it up somewhere that I can snap it quickly from there?)

Auuuugh, I've forgotten what the Pooka arts are. I'll probably go for Legerdemain, mostly.

Any idea of what the basic setting/mood will be? The character I have in mind is one I played many moons ago, and I'd like to incorporate that past into her concept if it will fit.

Suggested Reading/Watching.

If you can get your hands on it, I strongly suggest trying to get a copy of Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman.
There's a book, a comic and a TV Series, all with the same name (the TV series came first, but the book contains things that the author wanted to use, but wouldn't have worked on film).
It's focused around a underground London - a secret world occupied by the eccentric and destitute, with a man with an affinity for pidgeons, and a thug who can eat Anything, there's definate parrallels.
Plus it's a nice introduction to London (of which Cardiff's pretty much just a smaller version. Without the underground), and British cities.

For those of you who want to see more of Cardiff, I definately suggest tracking down a copy of Twin Town. While based in Swansea, a lot of it still applies to Cardiff - the two main characters would make ideal Unseelie Satyr Wilders.

If you just want to see what Cardiff looks like, try Torchwood or Dr. Who, both of which are filmed here.