The Nightmare King

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The Nightmare king is a mysterious creature. For years, parents will tell their children if they don't do what they're told, then the Nightmare king will get them.

Nobody knows where the Nightmare king is, however, it is rumored that his whereabouts are in the Nightmare Realm, but where he is exactly is unknown.

Because of how dangerous he is, the key for the dimensional door that allows anyone from the Nightmare Realm to enter the living realms has been removed, and its pieces has been scattered to the worlds councilors. Who removed the key and broken it is unknown, but as long as the pieces aren't back together and the key is never returned to its original place, the Nightmare king can never leave and cause chaos to the living world.

## History

His true name being Dante, he is the founder and was the main councilor of the Undead realm. Unlike the other councilors of the realms, he was also considered one of the three main gods as a forgotten "fourth god" as he was the "God of Death". However, unlike the other three, he was not related to them and was not a sibling.

Him and Uno started to create a bond with one another and Rothen didn't want her develop some type of romantic relationship with him. So without anyone's knowledge, Rothen cursed him into being a vessel for a future powerful demon. Once he told the unfortunate news, for safety precaution, they chained up Dante in the Nightmare realm. Rothen lied to Uno that if she enters the realm then she'll lose her immortality and eventually die just so she'll never visit him. Because of the curse that Rothen gave to Dante will eventually be complete, he sought out the Boogie Man that will eventually curse him. The moment he figured out that they live in the Pirate realm, the word eventually spread to all the councilors and they all agree to kill the Boogie Man by ambushing the Pirate realm, hoping that they'll kill him in the process. In case something went wrong, the gods decided to add walls along the borders so that when Dante does return, he won't be able to travel to any of the realms and cause havoc.

Centuries later, turns out that Boogie Man was never killed, and he made a deal with a human. The human asked him if he can make a certain demon fall in love with him. The Boogie Man agreed to do so but with a price. The Boogie Man told him that one of his children will posses a vessel locked away in a dungeon, and the only way to stop it was if the father killed himself. Years later, Johnny and Johnathan was born. Johnathan became the demon that possessed Dante.

Dante(now known as the Nightmare King) never truly changed until Johnathan(now known as Doctor Steel) started to cause fear and havoc in the SteamPunk realm. Every time he did something terrible or evil, Dante would slowly decay and become larger. Steel's father saw this happening, and killed himself to stop it, but nothing happened. Eventually, Steel saw that the demon within him was growing more powerful, so he went into the Nightmare realm to confront that Nightmare King. Steel knew that the only way to kill it was if he killed himself, but he refused, so he used as much magic as he could to put it into a deep sleep. Once he succeeded, he left the realm and grabbed the key that opened the portal. He then broke it into pieces and the portal closed. After Steel left his people he sought out to the councilor of each realm(besides the CyberPunk realm) and gave them one piece of the key.

## Part 1 of Reaper Dayz

The Nightmare King does not make an appearance in part 1 and is only referenced and mentioned. He is first mentioned during a lullaby that is sung in chapter 9.

## Part 2 of Reaper Dayz

Part 2 is where the Nightmare King has a major role in. He was accidently reawakened during a fight between Tridem and Aqua Fiend. When he was awakened, he killed Aqua Fiend while Tridem fled. Due to his reawakening, Tridem had to tell Doctor Steel. Now that the Nightmare King was awakened, the Nightmare realm was under rule once more. He promised its people that if they follow under his rule once again, he'll offer them their freedom.

## Appearance

**Before transformation**

Before his transformation, Dante was a god that resembled a goat. His fur was light brown and had four eyes that glowed a bright blue color. He had "side horns" that resembled mandibles but they do not function. He had large horns that curled back. He also had fangs and a long neck.

Despite him being a god, he did not where the same clothes as them and his outfit was merely "greek" like.

**After transformation**

He grew larger in size and got to around 50ft in height. Due to him decaying after being cursed, he lost his skin, fur, and side horns. Now he has a skull for a head (that resembles a pygmy goat skull) that has an upside down pentagon on his forehead. His eyes now glow green instead of blue and green "smoke" flow out from his jaw.

His outfit also changed. His clothing now resembled Doctor Steels coat with an opening to the chest area, revealing his ribcage. The collar is larger and has a chain that goes above his chest. He now has Steels metal hands. Even though he is seen with no legs, he still has them, but they'll only show rarely.

## Trivia

* The Nightmare Kings design is inspired by the Lich from *Adventure Time*
* In the script for chapter 9, in the lullaby he was referred as "The Nowhere King", but this was changed in the final product.
* Dante's name is a reference to the short story, "Dante's Inferno".