ENDLESS

to the stars that listen—

For 100 years, the king of dreams
has been trapped in the mortal realm.
During that time, the Dreaming has been
left to fend for itself. Morpheus's humble
servants and creations have been left to their own devices for far too long. Without the dream lord's presence,nightmares have risen up from their
slumber more than ever before.

Auniriel, guardian of dreamers, has had
her work cut out for her. She is not one of
Lord Morpheus's creations. No, she was
born of fear. When the first man
dreamed, he had a nightmare of fire
and darkness and from the depths of his consciousness, he made fear dissipate,
creating a permanent stain on the Dreaming.
Since her creation, she has been known by many
cultures and beliefs.

A Dream Warden, a guardian, someone who protects the Dreaming and its dreamers from nightmares. At first, she was pure white light, and overtime, as people's mind altered and shifted, she has taken many forms. Most commonly, a humanoid woman with flowing golden hair and beautiful dresses often covered with a steel corset and a sword across her back that was made of pure, white light.

Over her many years of traversing the Dreaming, she has met the Dream Lord few times, mostly in passing, never uttering a word for
she housed deep fear of him. After all, she was not made by him, she was not born of this realm, she was a mortal idea that had formed into a strange reality.

When Lord Morpheus was taken, captured in the mortal realm, Auniriel never stopped her work- if anything, she was doing even more. She was sought out by Lucienne, the librarian of the Palace of Dreams, and Lucienne
asked her to continue her work, to file reports on what she was doing- which nightmares were breaching through the cracks of the Dreaming. Auniriel took pride in being asked, as did all of those tasked by Lucienne.

It is a long time before Lord Morpheus returns, and when he does, he is grateful to Lucienne who has managed to keep the realm afloat through chaos. He asks her how she
managed it, and she doesn't leap to
answer as she usually would his questions. Instead, she hesitates, meets his eye and admits that he sought out the Dream Warden. Morpheus is not pleased, by any means.

The Dream Warden- known by many names - is not one of his creations, he has no control over her actions. He cannot unmake her. However, she has remained in the Dreaming for all this time. She has held the realm together with Lucienne. She has guarded Dreamers for centuries. She could have fled, like many dreams and nightmares did, but she stayed.
For her devotion to the Dreaming is...Endless.

—and the dreams that are answered
-sarah j. maas

INTRODUCING

AUNIRIEL the dream warden
and
dream of the endless MORPHEUS

SONGS FOR DREAMERS

A LIGHT I DID NOT SUMMON- i. take me to church; hozier ii. hostage; billie eilish iii. softcore; the neighbourhood iv. talk me down; troye sivan v. demons; imagine dragons vi. everything i wanted; billie eilish vii. sparks; coldplay viii. mr. sandman; syml ix. cosmic love; florence + the machine x. iris; the goo goo dolls -YET ONE I CANNOT BEAR TO LOSE