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[asmywitness]

There are six main divisions of Changelings, known as Seemings, and then something like a dozen or more subdivisions for each known as Kiths. Each Seeming revolves around a broad aspect of how the Changeling was treated by their Keeper, and each Kith details more specific treatment, though by all means two Changelings of the same Kith won't have had identical experiences at all.

Fairest, Wizened, Elemental, Beast, Ogres and Darklings. Fairest and Wizened had the most contact with their Keepers, but directly opposite interactions: Fairest were beloved and treated like royalty, put on pedestals, while Keepers were dismissed and taught to fend for themselves against their Keeper's negative mood swings, to be smart. Elementals and Beasts were stripped of their sentience and mental soundness, Elementals turned into forces of nature and Beasts into - well. Animals, in the truest sense of the word, even if not necessarily a specific animal and more of an archetype thereof. Ogres and Darklings were punished and tortured, Ogres were made to feast on human flesh and fight for their lives while Darklings learned to embrace the dark and hide from the tortures their Keepers tried to force on them.

I'm a Wizened, of the Fatemaker kith - it allows me to use Taleweaving at greatly decreased risk of backlash, as compared to literally every other Kith. Steven is a Darkling, and a Leechfinger - he can steal people's life force with a touch, if he so chooses.

Reigning in our powers doesn't really exist - all of our contracts require activation using Glamour, and will usually stop of their own accord once the Glamour fuelling them runs out. More likely is a Changeling will start to lose touch with reality due to trauma and find themselves incidentally putting themselves in more dangerous positions.

If you're referring specifically to the addictive nature of Taleweaving, I've only used it three times. Once to help me escape my Durance, and twice in order to destroy Gentry creations that had inhabited our lives while we were Taken.