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Dream Realm

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Article contents
  1. Characteristics
  2. Dream Realm and the Nightmares
  3. Regions
  4. Bastion
  5. Burned Forest
  6. Chained Isles
  7. Forgotten Shore
  8. Hollow Mountains
  9. Nightmare Desert
  10. Ravenheart
  11. Stormsea
  12. Underworld
  13. Map
  14. Gods and Daemons
  15. Gods
  16. Daemons
  17. Terminologies
  18. Citadel
  19. Death Zone
  20. Gateway
  21. Seed of Nightmare
  22. References
  23. Site Navigation
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The Dream Realm is a vast, ruined magical world populated by Nightmare Creatures. It is also the place where Nightmares are born. Humans are brought there by the Spell after surviving their First Nightmare and can only return to the real world through one of the special portals, which are known as Gateways. By accomplishing this feat, they become Awakened.[1]

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Characteristics

Dream Realm
Dream Realm

Dream Realm

The Dream Realm is mysterious and mostly unexplored. It is also dead. There is no life out there except for the Nightmare Creatures, corrupted ecosystems, and now humans. But it wasn't always dead. The explorers can tell that once, a long time ago, the Dream Realm was home to several primitive civilizations. There are a lot of ruins buried in its soil.[2]

Dream Realm is much bigger than Earth.[3] It is not consistent in terms of star geography. Different regions had different stars and constellations, as well as a different number of moons. While the sun seemed to be the same, its behavior was highly unpredictable.[4]

The mortal realms were the site of the war between the daemons and gods, which ended with their destruction and became the core of the Dream Realm, where Corruption reigns. This is why the Dream Realm seemed like a patchwork world with different regions possessing different skies, celestial bodies, and laws.[5]

Dream Realm and the Nightmares

The Nightmares are based on Dream Realm's history. They are replicas of past events, somehow reconstructed from the depths of time. There are four main differences between the Dream Realm and the Nightmares:[2]

  • Firstly, it doesn't have a "story". There is no predetermined conflict you are forced to resolve. You can move freely and explore, provided that you have the strength to stay alive in the wilderness. Most people tend to stay close to one of the human Citadels.
  • Secondly, there are no people in the Dream Realm except for those who came from the real world. There are only monsters. Some of them can mimic human appearance.
  • Thirdly, unlike the First Nightmare, no Nightmare Creatures will appear in the real world if you die in the Dream Realm.
  • And lastly, unlike Nightmares, which are bound by the rules of fairness, there is no limit to what kind of Creature you can meet in the Dream Realm.

The Forgotten God, the Dream Realm, and the Nightmare Spell had an obvious connection.[6] (Refer to Hidden Truth)

Regions

Bastion

Main article: Bastion

Burned Forest

Main article: Burned Forest

Chained Isles

Main article: Chained Isles
Situated at the very north of the territories claimed by Clan Valor, it bordered the Hollow Mountains.[7][8] It was mostly unexplored, and the Awakened population was not very large. There were not a lot of Masters and Saints in this place, especially those associated with the great or lesser Legacy clans.[8]

Forgotten Shore

Main article: Forgotten Shore
Located north of Hollow Mountains[9], initially an unexplored and dangerous region of the Dream Realm, due to it being inhabited by creatures no lower than the Awakened Rank while going up to creatures of the Great Rank.[10][11] Its gateway was guarded by a Fallen Terror.[12]

Hollow Mountains

Main article: Hollow Mountains
The mountains serve as a border between the Forgotten Shore and the rest of the Dream Realm.[13] It is a mountain chain that stretches for thousands of kilometers, forming a whole region of its own. It is marked as a Death Zone. Even Saints don't come back from the mountains alive. It is located at the northern border of human territory.[9]

Nightmare Desert

Main article: Nightmare Desert

A blinding disc of an incandescent sun was bathing the dunes of a vast desert in a flood of immolating heat. The sands of the desert were flawlessly white, and the azure sky above them was deep and boundless like an ancient ocean, with not a single cloud blemishing its silken expanse.[14]

Far ahead was a tree with scarlet leaves and a scattering of something that looked like pale fruit hanging from its wide branches.[14]

Creature
A desiccated corpse with hollow eyes emanating ominous blue radiance, and six hands, each grasping the hilt of a weapon. Two hands held long swords, their blades sharper than a razor and curved slightly, two hands held menacing twisted sickles, and the last two held a heavy scepter and a broken shield. The chest plate of the creature's rusted armor was shattered, revealing a harrowing wound beneath.[14]

Ravenheart

Main article: Ravenheart (Citadel)

Stormsea

Main article: Stormsea

Underworld

Main article: Underworld

Map

Gods and Daemons

Main article: Gods and Daemons

Gods

The Gods worshipped in different regions had different names, but they all described the same entities. The current consensus is that the "gods" of the Dream Realm were perhaps creatures of the Divine Rank. Their gender seems to be very mercurial, they can be referred to by both genders.[15]

Daemons

Daemons were beings that were partially divine or even almost as powerful as the gods themselves. They are mysterious creatures described as having power almost equal to that of the gods but of a different nature. They seemed to have created themselves or at least appeared out of nowhere.[15]

Terminologies

Citadel

Main article: Citadel

Death Zone

Main article: Death Zone

Gateway

Main article: Gateway

Seed of Nightmare

Main article: Seed of Nightmare

References

  1. ↑ Chapter 0 The Nightmare Spell
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 23 Dreams and Nightmares
  3. ↑ Chapter 178 Lost Expedition
  4. ↑ Chapter 28 Training Montage
  5. ↑ Chapter 1450 Seventh Realm
  6. ↑ Chapter 1571 Seventh God
  7. ↑ Chapter 378 A New Beginning
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chapter 380 Above and Below
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Chapter 244 Death Zone
  10. ↑ Chapter 80 Spirit of Exploration
  11. ↑ Chapter 127 Abandon All Hope
  12. ↑ Chapter 150 Hunting Party
  13. ↑ Chapter 243 Fangs of a Dragon
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Chapter 499 Somewhere Far Away...
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Chapter 372 Names of the Gods

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