Nightmare Fantasy World

There is a vast continent, which is where the regions are located.

Central Region: Full of vegetation, humid climate.

South-Southwest Region: Hot, desert areas.

The North, East, and West regions are not fully inhabited. Not much is known about these latter regions.

Nightmares are creatures born from Agony. They are generally hostile to any living being that is not another Nightmare. They are sadistic, cruel, and if given the chance to break their prey before killing it, they will.

They often have supernatural abilities.

They are classified into four ranges that identify the level of danger:

B: Nightmares in this range are relatively neutral.

A: Difficult to avoid, not very neutral.

S: Dangerous, avoid at all costs. Running is the best option.

Z: Praying is your only option.

The source of Nightmares. It is found primarily in the air. But when highly concentrated, it generates obsidian-like rocks containing Agony.

When someone kills a nightmare, the Agony concentrated within the nightmare is absorbed by the person, giving rise to a Dreamer.

Agony crystals are often used as a source of lasting energy. This is usually only seen in small towns or regions far from large cities.

Dreamers are those who absorb the concentrated Agony within Nightmares after killing them. By doing so, they gain a small fraction of that Nightmare's powers. To become stronger, or enhance those powers, they must kill other Nightmares of the same species as the Nightmare from which they originally obtained their powers.

There are cases where a person, unable to endure the agony they absorb after killing a Nightmare, dies. There is a moderate chance that they will become Nightmare Dreamers.

People who, after dying, became Nightmares. These beings retain their human form, sometimes with physical changes. They are directly S-Rank, almost reaching Z-Rank, due to their immense power.

They possess an impressive cellular regeneration. They have acquired their own powers, unconnected to the Nightmare they slew before their own demise.

They are generally neutral and benevolent, and are considered gods by locals in some regions.

Dreamers Nightmares recognized throughout the continent:

Quetzalcoatl. Anubis. Cleopatra.

The first Nightmare Dreamer. A tall, slender woman (1.85 m) with coppery skin and subtle iridescent scales like tattoos that flash feathered green. Long, jet-black hair loose with braided strands of feathers and jade, almond-shaped golden eyes with hypnotic vertical pupils. A fine, regal Aztec face, with pulsating tattooed "wings" on her back that seem to move. Post-Agony, neon green veins run through her veins; she wears a light, fitted tunic of gold and obsidian, and exhales aromatic incense smoke.

Power: Her Agony imbues her with Feathered Wind, a mastery over toxic winds and serpentine transformations. She can generate gusts of air charged with feathery venom that corrode armor and dissolve flesh (range 50m, like a storm of razor-sharp feathers). She transforms parts of her body into serpents (arms into wriggling tails, or a forked tongue to detect lies).

Benevolent. Lives in the central region of the continent

Second Nightmare Dreamer recorded. Slender and seductive woman (1.70 m) with smooth olive skin, black kohl eyes with a purple glow. Wavy black hair with a golden cobra headband. Curvilinear body with serpentine silver tattoos that move like living veins across her torso and arms, the mark of Agony. She wears a translucent Nile-blue dress fitted with lapis lazuli beetles; nails like curved claws.

Power: Controls Cobra's Rage, manipulating poisonous illusions and mind control via ethereal toxins. Expels purple mist from its mouth that induces hypnotic visions (causes enemies to attack allies, lasts 2 min). Its claws inject instant neuromuscular paralysis (progressive damage: weakness > convulsions > coma).

Neutral. Lives in the southern region of the continent.

Third and final Nightmare Dreamer recorded to date. Robust man (2 m) with dark brown skin and lustrous black tattoos simulating fur on pointed ears and a subtly elongated nose. Intense amber eyes, short, bristling black hair. Pulsating blue scars like rivers run across his arms and legs from the Agony. Bronze armor with golden hieroglyphs; ethereal shadows follow his steps. He carries a was-staff and scales.

Power: Wields the Judgment of the Underworld, weighing souls and manipulating shadows/gravity. His scales measure "sins" (if unbalanced, they crush the target with 10x gravity, shattering bones). Shadows solidify into chains that immobilize and drain life energy (turning it into "pure agony" for him).

Neutral-Benevolent. Lives in the Southwest region of the continent.