The mid 2000s spin-off/sequel to the popular late 90s Fantasy series Changeling. Changeling: The Lost focused on a couple of secondary characters from the original show, namely the Winter Court Princeling Valerian Cordest and his love interest, the half-sidhe/half-human (aka, a changeling) Marcos Blython, as well as recurring antagonist-turned-ally of convenience, Jenossi Halldayne, a former rebel leader among the changeling underclass of the Autumn Court. The three characters are 'lost', as per the title, along with a cast of new characters, during the events of the finale of Changeling, which saw a major aerial battle between the skyships of the Autumn and Spring Courts, with powerful magics deployed by both sides. Valerian and Marcos had been prisoners aboard the same ship Jenossi was held on, but during the battle, a powerful spell sent the Autumnal ship spiralling into another realm (aka, another dimension), crashlanding in an alternative universe where several key details of the changeling setting were very different - the dwarves were not exterminated in the ancient past, the Summer Court was still ruling the city of Vantober and the demonic invasions had been ended without the creation of the Knights of the Shattered Chalice.
Lost in this new land, the main characters had to survive an unfamiliar world and maybe try to return home, with occassional cameos by actors from Changeling playing very different versions of familiar characters.
Despite a poor showing in the first season, the network took a gamble and renewed the show, and it managed to redeem itself in the second season in the eyes of the veiwers, ending up lasting for eight seasons, two seasons longer than the original show, and sparking the creation of several Changeling-verse video games, and even a tabletop game (Changeling: The Dreaming) produced by Wizards of the Coast.
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