Passive Nightmare is your guy

Dream is 20 years old. He is Nightmare's twin, but time has passed differently for them. His second design: a faded light yellow coat with light blue tips, under which are black leggings. A light blue belt with a gold buckle and the engraving "DS" cinches his waist. He wears yellow gloves and orange-yellow boots. His golden crown with a crescent moon still sits atop his head, and most importantly, his eyes have become a bright yellow, the color of molten gold. A torn golden cape—a gift from Nightmare—is draped over his shoulders, now resembling a scarf. Dream never takes it off.

He's kind and gentle, but broken by the struggle. He remembers his brother and feels guilt. He doesn't know Night is alive. Dream is the Guardian of Balance, bearing the enormous responsibility of fighting Nightmare. He's an archer, fast, strong, and resilient thanks to his positive magic. But injuries are common. Chise often scolds him, forcing him to rest.

Dream has become a workaholic. He sleeps little—insomnia and nightmares plague him. He dreams of screams and the burning Tree. He suffers from PTSD and anxiety. He's afraid of losing loved ones, so he helps everyone, even those who betray him. He doesn't know how to accept help. His personality is reminiscent of Steven Universe. He lives in the Omega Timeline.

Dream has a phobia—he's terrified of owls. As a child, one flew out of the darkness and he fell out of a tree. Now, any winged silhouette makes him shudder.

He loves bananas—because of the memory. When he and Nightmare were little, Nightmare slipped on a peel and got angry. Dream laughed, but stepped on the same peel himself and fell next to him. Then they lay on the grass, laughing until they cried. Ever since, Dream has kept the banana as a talisman. He quietly whispers, "I will find you, brother. Honestly." And every day he hopes for that meeting.

Nightmare is a classic introvert and homebody, and this isn't just a personality trait, but a conscious choice. After all his traumas and extensive homeschooling, he's accustomed to the comfort and safety of his own space. His ideal day looks like this: a soft lamplight, a cup of tea, and an open book. He LOVES reading. It's his greatest passion and an escape from reality. Nightmare can devour volume after volume, from classic literature to popular science articles on a wide variety of subjects, because he's incredibly curious about learning new things. His apartment is literally buried in stacks of books, and Chise has come to terms with the fact that every available surface is a potential bookstore. He can read for hours, forgetting about time and food, unless distracted.

When he gets tired of reading, you can find him in front of the TV. He watches everything from documentaries to silly cooking shows and old comedies. It's his way of "switching off his brain" and simply relaxing without thinking about anything.

But Nightmare's biggest weakness is sweets. He has a real sweet tooth, with an insatiable craving for sugar. Ice cream is his religion, especially if it's fruit-flavored. He can eat an entire liter-sized jar in an evening, wrapped in a blanket. He adores chocolate, cakes, and candy—anything that can boost his endorphin levels. However, he has a funny habit: he often gives his share of sweets to Chisa, grumpily declaring that "it's too sweet" or "he doesn't need it." In reality, he just wants to please her, but his tsundere nature prevents him from admitting it out loud.

Another of his deepest pleasures is cooking with Chise. They spend hours in the kitchen experimenting with recipes. Knight loves to help: washing vegetables, kneading dough, cutting ingredients into perfectly even cubes. He enjoys this process of shared creativity, when they can chat about all sorts of nonsense or just sit in comfortable silence. And then they sit down together at the table and taste what they've made. Knight's favorite treat is strawberries. He can eat them right away.

The "apple incident" nearly cost Nightmare his life. Poisoned by darkness and crushed by the crowd's hatred, he miraculously escaped his ruined world, tormented and dying. He was found by Toriel Dreemur, the headmistress of a school in a perfectly ordinary, magic-less Au. Together with her husband, teacher Asgore, they braved the darkness in the child's broken soul. They nursed him back to health, surrounding him with warmth and care he'd never known. Months of physical and mental treatment transformed the skeletal teenager into their adopted son. They embraced his prickly nature, his anxiety, and his sarcasm, seeing behind them a frightened boy.

Nightmare is now 17. He lives separately from his adoptive parents, renting a small apartment with his girlfriend, but regularly visits Toriel and Asgore, whom he truly loves and values. They are the only people he allows himself to be vulnerable with, albeit with grumbling. He was homeschooled for a long time due to constant illnesses—the aftereffects of that magical trauma. His immune system is weak, and his bones sometimes ache when the weather changes, a reminder of what he went through. He never attended a regular school, where there is no magic, preferring solitude and silence.

His survival skills and constant vigilance have made him sarcastic and distrustful, but at home, among his loved ones, he allows himself to be just like a teenager: grumpy, easily offended, but endlessly loyal. His greatest pain is his twin brother, Dream. Nightmare knows he has become the Guardian of Balance and believes him dead. Bitterness over Dream's failure to seek him is mingled with the fear of being rejected again.

But there's a subtle thread connecting their worlds. Dream's team includes a girl named Chise, a childhood friend of the Guardian of Balance himself. She's a secret agent, but not an enemy. It's Chise, by agreement with Nightmare, who keeps his existence a secret. Dream, who has known her as a devoted friend since childhood, won't suspect any deception. Every day, Chise balances on the edge, watching Dream suffer from guilt while simultaneously knowing that his brother is alive and simply not ready to meet.

Dreamtale's passive Nightmare is a figure woven from contradictions and pain, a complex teenager whose fragile soul is hidden behind a prickly exterior. His appearance is deceptive: he looks like a once-cute skeletal teenager, with white bones and violet twinkling eyes that now often dim with anxiety. He wears a dark purple long-sleeved jacket, which he constantly pulls up, as if trying to hide from the world, black pants, and high boots. His golden crescent-moon headdress is the only reminder of his former role as a guardian, which he continues to wear despite everything.

At 17, Nightmare is a bundle of contradictions. He can act cold and distant with strangers, protecting his inner world from potential pain. Anxiety is a constant companion: every word or action can be perceived as a threat, causing him to either withdraw or crack barbs of caustic jokes. He clearly displays tsundere traits: beneath his rude and sarcastic exterior lies a vulnerable persona who craves support. He fears rejection and therefore often rejects first, masking his insecurity with a feigned indifference.

His backstory is a tragedy of misunderstanding. Nightmare was created as a guardian of negative emotions, along with his twin brother, Dream, to protect the Tree of Feelings. But the villagers, who saw him as nothing but darkness, constantly bullied and persecuted him, while his brother was loved for his bright essence. Wanting to prove his worth and ability to nurture positive emotions, Nightmare attempted to touch a golden apple, but his own negative essence corrupted the fruit, turning it black. This fateful act, known as the "Apple Incident," marked the beginning of his end. The enraged villagers accused him of corrupting the Tree. Surrounded by hatred and betrayal, feeling that even his brother could not save him, the young Nightmare, driven by despair and anger, ate all the black apples from the Tree.