Camilla Vay

## Camilla

**Camilla** is a Dreamcatcher Dryad who was born from a Seed of Life after being reshaped by the Glade of Dreams.

## Background

The seed of life that gave birth to Camilla germinated over the dead body of a seamstress named Malika, who had run away from home to escape her abusive husband. The poor young woman had been wounded by wild beasts in the forest and ended up in the Glade of Dreams, collapsing in the flowers and bleeding to death.

From the circumstances of this birth, Camilla obtained certain memories, knowledge and character traits of the late Malika. Aiden described this circumstance as a kind of legacy left by the seamstress.

## Personality

Very much in the background at first, people who come into contact with her on a daily basis quickly learn that Camilla is a curious person who is fascinated by the world, but who doesn't express this with a loud voice and hot tears.

As Vayhena's Envoy, her mission is to experience the world in all its grandeur and infinite possibilities.

## Abilities

* Magic

Camilla is a natural prodigy of dream magic. She can produce true-to-life illusions spontaneously and influence people's minds so that they are unaware of her deceptions. In the same way that you can't tell when you're living in a dream and not reality.

She can plunge her opponents into a dreamy mist that brings with it a host of illusions. If someone's mind is at her mercy, she can hypnotise them and plunge them into a dream that she controls from A to Z. In this state, the victim's emotions, thoughts and memories hold no secrets for the Dryad.

With her intimate connection to the Dreamscape, Camilla can make herself intangible and cross impressive distances in a short space of time by walking on the edge of the Dreamscape.

Flower magic and nature magic are not the main weapons in her arsenal, but they do serve as a very effective medium for bringing in his other magic or maintaining it. She often uses dream petals to create a field of illusion and deception, and has kept people in a dream for long periods by growing dreamy flower ivy on their bodies.

* Weaving

Camilla inherited Malika's passion for sewing, which led her to learn more about this craft, to the point where weaving became an integral part of her way of life, and even of combat.

* Transcendence

Camilla possesses a Transcendence called Embrace of the Dreamscape. When she uses it, her body becomes a vessel that draws the Dreamscape into her indefinitely. As long as this avalanche of energy flows through her, she reaches a stage of power far beyond her ordinary abilities. But this ascension comes at a price. The Embrace never stops. Her body takes in more and more energy, until it is inevitably completely assimilated into the Dream World.

When it's done, Camilla finds herself lost in the immensity of the Dreamscape, her mind tangled among the infinite dreams that make it up. She must then set out to find her way back to reality, an extremely long and dangerous journey, as her identity could be crushed and assimilated by the Dreamscape at any moment. She would then become just another speck of thought in this unique dimension, unable to regain a physical body.

This assimilation takes place in less than a few minutes, so massive is the current of energy, but during this short period, Camilla can exert an influence on the world beyond all hope.

## Story

### The Gifted Finder

Camilla is able to perceive certain singular ripples that run through the Dreamscape. One kind of event in particular attracts her attention: the awakening of a particular gift. Whether it's a bloodline, a talent or simply a special affinity for magic, these awakenings manifest unique signals that can sometimes reach her.
At Aiden's request, she goes to meet the beings behind these disturbances, and if she feels they would be a positive addition to their faction, she gives them an invitation to join them through a dream. If she receives a non-categorical refusal, she will leave a dream flower for the person concerned, enabling them to contact her if they change their mind.

### Where information flows

When Valhira begins to be more than a gathering of people, Aiden proposes that Camilla become the patron of a brothel. He argues that these establishments are information niches as clients tend to confide in them when they go there. She will also be able to learn how to interact with humans by teaching them the magic of dreams so that they become perfect informants. The brothel will be their first training ground for acquiring information. In addition, being part of the organisation will allow for a policy to be put in place that will prevent unhealthy situations such as prostitutes being too young.

### First Transcendence

When she first used this Transcendence, Camilla found herself up against an opponent she could not defeat. Her awakening gave her the opportunity to strike him down and eliminate him in a matter of moments, but this would not have served her cause, as the death of her enemy would mean retaliation. Knowing that she would disappear for at least several years when she was assimilated into the Dreamscape, she set about taking her adversary's spirit with her. He would find himself trapped in the same situation as her, wandering in dreams, but still with his sleeping physical body present in the material world. And unlike Camilla, finding his way back to the real world in a few years would be wishful thinking.

The enemy camp would thus be left with an ally who was useless, but not definitively dead until proven otherwise, which would probably lighten the counter-attack.