Some scholars contend that the planes that now exist were first brought into existence through the slumbering dreams of the gods - whether the gods that exist now, those that have since passed beyond recall, or some other source is a bone of further contention. As evidence for this claim, they point to the Dreamlands, micro-planes brought into being as mortals slumber. Weak and transient as they are, they remain real and accessible to those with the means, so what might the dreams of a god become?
The Dreamlands are not transient planes (as detailed previously) as such , as they do not provide a means of travelling between or within other planes. Indeed, they are accessible only through the Prime plane and the Astral Sea - even the Great Web does not reach the Dreamlands.
The Dreamlands are micro-planes that are finite in size and temporary in nature - when the sleeper wakes, any travellers within the Dream are ejected into the Astral Sea. Within the Dreamlands, time is subjective as are all manner of physical laws. Further, each Dream is unique - the dreams of a child might be flying unicorns on rainbows, while the troubled sleep of a dragon would be a realm of terror, might, and gold to a mortal visitor.
The great threat in the Dreamlands, both the travellers but also to te Dream itself, is of course Nightmare. Whether this is a philsophical force in the multiverse, whether it is a race intent on corrupting the Dream, or indeed whether it is the vestige of a dead god is unknown. But, just as the Dream takes a different form for all who experience it, so too does Nightmare form itself to the shape of the Dream, reflecting the terrors and insecurities of the individual Dreamer.
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