Nightmare

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The Nightmares and Antitheses which haunt the Endless Plains are terrifying beings, remnants of the Tabula Rasa. The Nightmares are by far the most common and, luckily, the least dangerous.

Appearance

The natural appearance of a Nightmare is that of a shadow, seen at the edge of vision. A glint in the distance, the shadow of a bird, when the sky is empty. When a Nightmare approaches prey, however, it links itself to them, and takes a form that it feels will best keep them unaware, or inspire the most fear.

Abilities

Nightmares feast upon being, and especially memory. When they link to a creature, they gain access to that being's own store of power, and therefore are often capable of providing a fair fight to creatures of any level, which becomes unfair when one realizes that conventional injury has no meaning to them. As they can only link to a single person at any given time, however, those who travel in groups are largely safe.

Nightmares in History

So long the Seer in the fields had strode

That he no longer feared the things they held

The shadows fled at his patron's light

And his mind was not worried by that lode

But in his famous hour of grief

He walked amidst the flowering field

And shadows flowed from earth and sky

And whispered '"Though you fight or fly,"

"And cower in the light of day,"

"And throw our whisperings aside"

"We claimed you on that fateful day"

"You let another heart inside"

-Seer, God-mage, Grey Lord- Of the founding of empires.

Other

Aethic Nightmares may be summoned and controlled through the Song of Dissolution.