Knightmare

* Knightmare
* Dreams & Knightmares
* Foxworth Enterprises

**Knightmare** is a fictional character in the *Graffiti* series, created by David Ragin.

An antagonist of the series, **Natasha Jones** was a superhuman who has the ability to create illusions and manipulate dreams.

In film, Natasha Jones / Knightmare is portrayed by Alyssa Crawley, and appeared in *Graffiti: Dreams & Knightmares* (2013) and *Graffiti: Welcome to Foxworth Enterprises* (2015).

## **Background**

Natasha grew up in a female-empowered home, only living with her mother and older sister, with receiving frequent visits from her aunt and best friend, Brianna. Her parents divorced shortly after she was born, and her mother practically forced a hatred of men on her daughter. At a young age, she learned that she could control her own dreams. While she was initially told that she had a innate ability to dream lucidly, she discovered years later that she could also control other people's dreams as well.

When she started high school, she began dating a boy from her class named Kevin, who was also a superhuman like her. The two dated for about a year, until Kevin tried to use his powers to persuade her to get sexual with him. Upon rejecting his advances, and him becoming more aggressive, she would have no choice but to use her power of illusion manipulation on him. However, misunderstanding the strength of her abilities, the illusion was so real and intense that Kevin would go into cardiac arrest and die in front of her. After this, her personality changed drastically. She was no longer the outspoken, friendly person everybody once knew her as, but instead, she became an isolated, shy student that kept to herself. She stayed this way until she met Dylan Johnson while on her way to school. The two eventually began dating, although his interests in superhero-related media would usually cause a rift between them.

## **Powers and Abilities**

* **Illusion Manipulation:** Knightmare's primary superhuman power is her ability to cause targets to see, hear, touch, smell or taste things that do not actually exist. These images and visions are practically indistinguishable from reality, and can be intense enough to shape a person's mentality, to the point of a target going into cardiac arrest or even contemplating suicide.
* **Dream Manipulation:** Knightmare also has the ability to enter and create, shape or otherwise manipulate the dreams of oneself and others. Like her illusions, her manipulations are powerful enough that the dreamer would not be able to detect Knightmare's presence, and their dreams can have both short-term and long-lasting effects.
* **Enhanced Durability:** As a superhuman, Knightmare's body has the natural ability to sustain numerous blows of external assault, though her inner body can take damage if struck hard enough.

## **Weaknesses**

* **Detection:** Knightmare's illusions are useless against superhuman detection. It is also notable that if her victim is aware of her presence, it is possible to overcome her illusions and manipulations.

* **Psychic Protection:** People with psychic shields or psychic immunity are highly resistant or impervious to dream manipulation.