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Dream Feeders
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When it comes to purchasing Dream Feeder MYOs, the rarity level of Nightmares is considered Very Rare!
For Nightmares the only absolutely mandatory traits are the colors, sclera and the cage smoke. Everything else is optional.
Nightmare traits cannot go on normal Dream Feeders.
History
Magic and psychic abilities run deep within Achelois, but it took several generations before these abilities were strong enough to leave lingering energy from vivid dreams and nightmares in the psychic-spiritual realm. This was enough for creation of a whole new race of beings to take place. These beings went through several form changes before they were finally molded into what they are today by their ruling Goddess; Netasis. Netasis is the ruling Goddess over the psychic-spiritual realm and is often connected to dreams as dreams fuel the realm she presides over. Dream Feeders, and their counterparts, Nightmares, fall under her jurisdiction. She sees them as an inevitable creation, whether or not her hand was in their creation. She does not resent them, nor does she adore them. She remains indifferent, and focuses on keeping their home realm intact.
Dream Feeders and Nightmares act of their own will. Nightmares are far more vicious; often feeding off fear and pain. Dream Feeders tend to attempt to feed off more positive emotions and energy. Their food source is the raw energy that psychic and magical beings create when they dream. For this, they have the unique ability to influence dreams and nightmares, tweak them in ways that make it more efficient to their energy and better tasting to them. Dreams and nightmares have tastes; though to get them to explain it? Each Dream Feeder has a different answer.
When formed, Dream Feeders do not have any affiliation to any particular dream - they do not even have a body yet. They often drift, finding dreamers and sapping energy from them while observing the dreams or nightmares they're in. They will develop a taste for a specific type of dream; once they do, they will focus on finding that dream type and feeding on it over and over. Eventually, they gain enough energy that they can develop physical attributes - the first of which being their primary infatuation. Anything from inanimate objects to animals has been seen. Once they find their object, they can begin to influence dreams. It will take them some time, but they form their bodies after feeding on enough dreams. From then, they begin their lives.
Eventually an existence where most normal mortals cannot see them when they enter the mortal plane isn't enough. Some begin to crave a physical body. Nightmares can and will kill a dreamer then possess the body (which eventually rots, forcing them to leave to find another). Dream Feeders won't kill; they will find a comatose body to take where there is brain death, or they will take a body of a recently deceased person. For this, those who can see them will often see older Dream Feeders haunting hospitals as these have the best selection. Eventually, as with Nightmares, the bodies of Dream Feeders will stop functioning and the Dream Feeder will have to seek out another. Some Dream Feeders have been known to corrupt and kill for a body, becoming a Nightmare in the process. These are seen, even by other Nightmares, as disgusting and sick. Dream Feeders and Nightmares are prone to attack and kill these types if they figure out what they have become.
That is not to say all Dream Feeders are unhappy. Some have attached to a psychic or magical individual and give them constant dreams they adore in exchange for energy. Sometimes this even leads to relationships. Some of these Dream Feeders have been even gifted magical or robotic bodies to inhabit when they please to properly physically interact in their relationships. Others simply remain a close friend, choosing to give their friend lovely dreams in exchange for energy to continue to survive.
Dream Feeders can be killed by those with magical powers. If their item within their cage is destroyed, the Dream Feeder will die. There have also been dark magics that have come out that bind a Dream Feeder to the mortal plane, which starves them until death occurs as they can only feed in the Dream realm. This is a nasty fate to cast upon one, even a Nightmare, and is looked down upon by most who can cast magic.
Physical
Dream Feeders have similar biological anatomy to humans - wherein they have male and females much the same as humans do. They cannot reproduce; but as they are so entwined with humans, they can still enjoy the same acts as humans do (as some humans dream of such things; it is not unheard of for a Dream Feeder to pick the less chaste of human dreams to latch onto). However, aside from that, there are some differences.
Dream Feeders have a zig-zag like maw. Some have described it as insectoid. Dream Feeders can have fanged teeth, but a full mouth of fanged teeth is seen solely on Nightmares. Their hands are extremely large and end in claws. Their feet are normal sized; but also end in claws. Dream Feeders cages will exude colored smoke that surrounds their item within their cage. They have relatively normal eyes, their sclera tends to differ, and their eyes come in any color, even heterochromia has been seen in their irises.
Nightmares are slightly different. They have pure sclera, and the smoke in their cage is black or dark gray. Their items are usually rusted or otherwise in a state of decay. They also have uniquely been seen with destructive forces as items (such as fire or lightning). Another unique trait to them is their melting arms. Sometimes their arms just seem to drip away, often times this happens on dark gray or black Nightmares; it gives the appearance they are dripping tar.
Their arms can be different than simple smooth skin - some have fur covered arms, some have tentacle arms, some even have no arms!
It's not a common occurrence, but horns and halos can appear on a Dream Feeder or Nightmare! Although Nightmares are most likely to have horns. Horns come in any shape, size and design! Halos can be placed in various different ways around the head! They are not all uniform. Each Dream Feeder is unique.
Colors vary from Dream Feeder to Dream Feeder! Commonly, they are vibrant, regular colors with any shade going for markings. Uncommonly are the pastels; which also can have any marking colors. Only Nightmares are seen with dark, foreboding color schemes. Normal Dream Feeders cannot have dark color schemes and Nightmares cannot have bright color schemes. Either can have any color markings - though for Nightmares it is incredibly rare to see light colors on them at all, even as markings. If a Nightmare has light markings on them they are usually outcast and laughed at.
Culture
They do not have their own unique Culture. They feed off dreams and nightmares; they can and sometimes do adapt other cultures as their item as it helps them connect to possible energy sources easier. They don't even have their own language - they learn the languages of Achelois through entering dreams. They will learn to speak in their formative years, and often times will swap through languages when talking to each other until they find a common link.
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