Nightmare Creatures

For similar terms, see Corrupted (Disambiguation) and Nightmare (Disambiguation).

## Nightmare Creatures

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* Names

### Ancient Name

Corrupted *(Kingdom of Hope)*

**Nightmare Creatures** descend toward profanity and the creatures known to populate the Dream Realm. They are also known as *Corrupted*.

## Behavior

Their minds were perverted, bizarre, and alien.. They were known to fight amongst themselves on occasion, but only in the Dream Realm.

Nightmare Creatures were often portrayed as mad by humans. They are indeed insane but did not mean that they lack sanity. Their sanity was rather perverted, sinister, and ineffable, contrasting with what humans considered sane.

## Ranks and Classes

* Ranks
* Classes

### Ranks

Just like **humans** *ascend toward divinity*, **Nightmare Creatures** *descend toward profanity*. Their corrupted Soul Cores also have **Seven Ranks of Power**:

* Dormant
* Awakened
* Fallen
* Corrupted
* Great
* Cursed
* Unholy

It was not a coincidence that the names of the Ranks the Spell used to describe Nightmare Creatures were "descent into profanity":

* A creature of the third Rank was called **Fallen** because this step had to do with the opposite of ascension.
* A creature of the fourth Rank was called **Corrupted** because this step had to do with transformation.
* A creature of the fifth Rank was called **Great** because this step had to do with authority and reign.

### Classes

A measure of power that is based on the quantity of one's Soul Cores. Unlike humans, who can only ever possess one Soul Core, Nightmare Creatures can possess many. This is another measurement of their power called a **Class**. There are seven Classes of Nightmare Creatures, ranging from having *one Soul Core to having seven*:

 Monster
 Demon
 Devil
 Tyrant
 Terror
 Titan

Each class gives the creature unique qualities:

* **Beasts** are dangerous and strong, but mindless.
* **Monsters** are much more devastating and possessed some rudimentary, warped form of intelligence.
* **Demons** have a semblance of intelligence and can acquire ability/abilities.
* **Devils** possessed unnatural powers. Unlike Nightmare Creatures of lower ranks, devils had access to bizarre and harrowing powers that were akin to the Aspect Abilities of the Awakened.
* **Tyrant** can create and control armies of lesser minions.
* **Terror** can influence its surroundings like the crimson coral in Forgotten Shore.
* **Titans** are mythical creatures also known as *Calamities*. They are colossal living creatures and their scale was so boundless that they seemed like forces of nature.

There was a vast chasm between a *Terror* and a *Titan* and an even more boundless abyss between a *Fallen* and a *Corrupted* one.

## Corrupted Soul Core

Beneath the creature's tough hides, instead of spheres of radiant light, the creatures had hideous masses of swirling darkness at the center of their beings, veins of it spreading throughout their souls like cancerous growths. In the depths of that darkness, something unclear seemed to be moving, as if trying to break free. The sight of it was both frightening and repulsive.

See also: Corruption
## Trivia

* The word *Corrupted* meant something that was tainted, infected, changed, and perverted, a being cursed with some form of corruption.
* The current technology is less reliable against Nightmare Creatures of higher Ranks. *Fallen* abominations could more or less withstand the most devastating of bombardments, whereas *Corrupted* ones could survive nuclear blasts. These results were gathered during the early days of the Nightmare Spell.
* Nightmare Creatures of higher Ranks were more or less immune to mundane armaments but susceptible to Memories and even unarmed attacks of Awakened.
* Nightmare Creatures capable of speech were extremely rare and all of them were extremely terrifying. *(See also: Tiny Scavenger)*
* The explosion from Rampart Protocol was not going to harm a Corrupted Devil.

## See Also

* Hierarchy of Nightmare Creatures and Awakened Humans
* Creatures from Forgotten Shore
* Creatures from Chained Isles
* Nightmare Events
* Gate Opening Events

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 23 Dreams and Nightmares
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 606 Fate of a Slave
3. ↑ Chapter 610 Mind of a Beast
4. ↑ Chapter 385 Iron Hand Island
5. ↑ Chapter 904 A Journey of a Thousand Miles
6. ↑ Chapter 1262 A Shrimp Between Two Whales
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 0 The Nightmare Spell
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chapter 368 Aster, Song, Vale
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Chapter 44 Cassie's Dream
10. ↑ Chapter 72 Demon Slayers
11. ↑ Chapter 310 Shadow Demon
12. ↑ Chapter 527 The New Guy
13. ↑ Chapter 266 The Devil You Know
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Chapter 4 Mountain King
15. ↑ Chapter 342 Crimson Terror
16. ↑ Chapter 283 Final Piece of the Puzzle
17. ↑ Chapter 1056 The Fall of Falcon Scott (74)
18. ↑ Chapter 604 Shadow Gladiator
19. ↑ Chapter 812 Naval Convoy
20. ↑ Chapter 822 Shadow Cohort
21. ↑ Chapter 1042 The Fall of Falcon Scott (60)
22. ↑ Chapter 1044 The Fall of Falcon Scott (62)