Nyx’s Dreaming — The Infinite Veil
Theme: Dreams, illusion, forgotten gods, and the shadow between sleep and death
Gods: Nyx the Veiled Mother, Hypnos, Morpheus, Erebus, the Oneiroi (Dream Spirits), Selene’s
echoes
Tone: Ethereal, surreal, poetic — where truth and imagination entwine
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### Where It Lies & How It Formed
Beyond the mortal stars, where night forgets itself, drifts Nyx’s Dreaming — the shadowed ocean of
divine thought. When light was first born, its absence wept; those tears became Nyx. She gathered the
forgotten whispers of creation, weaving them into the Infinite Veil. It is neither death nor life, but the
interval between, where dreams breathe and memory walks without form.
Here, mortals come in slumber, gods visit in reverie, and the lost deities of old rest within unlit
constellations. The Veil is constantly shifting — landscapes dissolve like ink in water, and time curls
back upon its own reflection.
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### Atmosphere & Mystical Laws
Silence sings; light behaves like memory. The ground is soft as cloud but can crack into mirrors.
Travelers often meet versions of themselves — some true, others the lies they might have lived.
Planar Traits
- Lucid Genesis: Thoughts manifest physically; imagination crafts terrain and creatures.
- Dream Loop: Time repeats until a lesson or truth is learned.
- Shadow of Memory: Forgotten beings fade here into wisps called Oneiroi.
- Unreal Wounds: Pain inflicted here is emotional first, physical only when believed.
- Ereban Glow: Even the darkest void contains faint starlight — nothing is truly lost, only hidden.
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## Regions & POIs of Nyx’s Dreaming
### 1) The Starless Court
Nyx’s throne lies here, surrounded by shifting constellations that only appear when spoken aloud.
Shadows kneel and rise as the goddess dreams.
- Throne of the Veiled Mother: Draped in cosmic fabric; from it, Nyx can rewrite mortal destinies in
their sleep.
- The Midnight Loom: Woven from threads of forgotten prayers; cutting one severs a god’s last
mortal worshipper.
- The Hall of Unspoken Names: Each echoing corridor holds the names of deities erased from
memory.
- Erebus’s Pool: A black mirror where even light drowns — used for divination of endings.
Hooks: deliver a mortal’s dying dream to Nyx; rescue a fading god before its name vanishes;
unweave a nightmare before it becomes prophecy.
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### 2) The Echoing Sea
A vast dream-ocean of mercury and mist. Each wave is a memory, each tide a heartbeat from another
life.
- The Island of First Sleep: Where Hypnos rests — the first mortal dreamer sleeps eternally beneath
its crystal dunes.
- The Choral Depths: Schools of translucent whales sing memories of entire civilizations.
- The Moon’s Drowned Reflection: Selene’s broken mirror; fragments drift like stars on the sea’s
surface.
Hooks: recover a lost civilization’s dream before the waves forget it; mend Selene’s mirror to restore
night’s balance; swim through another’s memories to rewrite their fate.
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### 3) The Glass Citadel
Suspended upside down in the air, reflecting a world that may or may not exist. Within its mirrored halls
dwell the Dream Masons — artisans who sculpt concepts into form.
- The Aetherial Archives: Dreams that gods once dreamed; touch one to relive their triumphs or
terrors.
- The Infinite Gallery: Paintings that watch back; one shows your truest self, one your worst
potential.
- The Chamber of Unborn Gods: Murals shift into new deities awaiting belief to awaken them.
Hooks: steal a dream from the Archive without awakening its dreamer; uncover which mural
represents a real forgotten god; survive an argument with your own reflection.
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### 4) The Dimming Path (Road of the Sleepwalkers)
A winding bridge of moonstone connecting dream realms, fading behind every step.
- The Lanterns of Morpheus: Each holds a mortal’s hope; shattering one changes the sleeper’s
destiny.
- The Gate of Yawn: Archway that opens only when the traveler has not slept for a day.
- The Weavers’ Bridge: Made of spider silk and lullabies; collapses if silence lasts too long.
Hooks: escort a mortal dreamer through the bridge before they wake; recover a stolen Lantern of
Hope; track a nightmare that escaped into the waking world.
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### 5) The Obsidian Garden
A twilight orchard where every tree bears fruit of dreamstuff — memories condensed into amber light.
- The Sleepless Fountain: Its water prevents dreams entirely; many kings once sought it to escape
guilt.
- The Orchard of Silver Thorns: Each fruit holds one perfect moment; tasting it erases the rest of
your joy.
- Hypnos’s Shrine: A temple with beds of cloud, where sleep becomes prayer.
Hooks: guard the Fountain from mortals seeking false wakefulness; find the stolen Thornfruit that
holds a hero’s only happiness; offer a sleepless ruler one final rest.
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## Inhabitants & Monsters (for generation)
Custom (Hellenara)
- Dreamspinner Nymph (CR 4): Illusion-weaver who spins prophecy into beauty or madness.
- Nightmare Chimera (CR 10): Ever-changing beast embodying fear.
- Sleepless Oracle (CR 7): Dreamer possessed by Nyx’s wisdom.
- Voidling (CR 2): Fragment of unreality feeding on belief.
- Somnus Leviathan (CR 17): Astral serpent that swims through sleeping stars.
SRD-Compatible / Reskins
Night Hag, Shadow, Rakshasa, Mind Flayer, Nightmare,
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## Faith, Culture, and Mystical Etiquette
- Law of Reflection: The self you meet here is real; treat it as kin or enemy and both will remember.
- Dream Tithes: Mortals who seek wisdom must surrender one memory upon waking.
- Silence of the Veil: Speaking a god’s forgotten name restores them — or dooms them anew.
- Shadow Feast: Once per aeon, Nyx feasts upon all unspoken fears to calm the mortal realm’s
nightmares.
Offerings: sleep willingly given, lullabies sung to strangers, mirrors turned to face the wall at dusk.
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## Legends & Adventure Seeds
- The Dream That Forgot Itself: A slumbering demigod’s dream has become self-aware — it is
rewriting myth while its host sleeps.
- The Sleeping City: A mortal city has fallen into collective slumber; its citizens walk the Dimming
Path unaware.
- The Thornfruit Heist: A godling seeks to steal every perfect moment ever dreamt to erase mortal
happiness.
- The Shattered Lantern: A mortal’s hope shattered; its fragments spawn nightmares across realms.
- The Weaver’s Betrayal: One of the Dream Masons is erasing forgotten gods intentionally — find
out why before Nyx awakens.
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### Closing Reflection
Nyx’s Dreaming is where reality rests its eyes. It is a sanctuary for lost thoughts, the mercy of forgetting,
and the terror of being remembered. All who wander it will find themselves — but not all will like who
answers back. The night keeps every secret, even the ones we dream to forget.