Oneroi
A very long time ago, one of the Oneroi played a trick on the Greek god Zeus. In anger, Zeus cursed all their kind to have no emotion whatsoever. Now the only time they can feel anything is when they are in a human's dream. Because of this, Oneroi can only visit dreams and they can never revisit the same human again. There are a few Dream-Hunters who prefer to stay out of dreams and only enter them to police the others.
When the Oneroi were cursed, Zeus tried to remove any sense of individuality they might have had. This is why all the Dream-Hunters names are taken based on the roles they serve in the dream realm.
The prefix to the Oneroi's names designates their role in the hierarchy:
- M' - are the enforcers (they work as a police force) to keep them from going Skoti...and pass judgment on them if they break the rules. They are the leaders of the other Dream-Hunters.
- V' - are the ones who help humans who are having trouble sleeping or who have nightmares.
- D' - are the ones who help the gods and immortals (i.e. Dark-Hunters or Were-Hunters). These are the ones recruited the most to help new Dark-Hunters & free them from nightmares of their past lives & help smith their transition to their new immortal ones. They will usually stay with the same Dark-Hunter,once assigned to them, for their entire existence.
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