Order of the Wakeful Sleepers

### Location(s)

Yeraz, Marujai; Haelwyd; Taphran; Binturia; N'Ras; Ursine; Aoelia, Sym'fade Confederacy

## Specifics

### Purpose

Seek out and study dream magic, aid the Dreamwalkers

## Common Knowledge

Scholars of Phantasmal magic or of dreams in particular may have heard of a secretive organization hidden in Orelisle, who specialize in dreams, their study, and the magics affecting them.

Inhabitants of the town of Yeraz, Marujai, might know a bit more, having heard that their ancestors were members of this very group.

## Further Description

The Order of the Wakeful Sleepers, sometimes known just as the Wakeful Sleepers, is a small but knowledgeable organization dedicated to studying dreams and the different magics that can affect them. Though left to their own devices for five thousand years, their primary goal for much of that time has been to help the demigods known as the Dreamwalkers. Millennia of research and study have made them very knowledgeable about the mind, memories, and dreams.

They also have a strong relationship with the Binturian Party.

## Purpose and Practices

The Order of the Wakeful Sleepers scours the world looking for dream magic, or signs of its influence. Once found, the Sleepers will study it, and determine what to do about it, if anything, with their own resources of dream magic rituals. If the action they deem best is beyond their scope of power, they will call upon one of the Dreamwalkers to assist them.

In turn, the Sleepers assist the Dreamwalkers with anything they ask, as it is nearly always in their interest to do so.

Until 10,017 A.B., the most important duty of the Wakeful Sleepers was maintaining the devices that kept the Dreamwalkers in magical hibernation for five thousand years.

## History

### Founding (5,885 A.B. - 5,888 A.B.)

The Order of the Wakeful Sleepers, originally called just the Wakeful Sleepers, began as a following surrounding the six people who would become Dreamwalkers in 5,887 A.B.. Once the Dreamwalkers had sapped some of the god of dreams’ power, the Sleepers were reorganized into a proper armed military so that together they could combat Morpheus and destroy him.

### Known Locations

The Order of the Wakeful Sleepers have a headquarters in Marujai, but operate elsewhere in Orelisle as well. They have cells in the Haelwyd, Taphran, Binturia, N’Ras, Ursine, and near Aoelia.

### Keeping and Releasing the Dreamwalkers (C. 5,890 A.B. - Present)

After the defeat of Morpheus, the Order of the Wakeful Sleepers briefly disbanded and its members returned to their lives. It wasn’t long before they were reassembled to safeguard the Dreamwalkers in their hibernation, tasked with maintaining their bodies and keeping their life-sustaining devices running.

In 10,017 A.B., the Order was approached by the Binturian Party, who described a very Morpheus-like presence emerging on Temporis. Knowing the time had finally come, the Order pledged their support to the Binturians and began to lift the Dreamwalkers from their slumber.

When Morpheus was cured of his madness, the Order remained intact and now seeks out any remaining dream magic for study or resolution if need be.

With the help of the Binturians, the Order restored the mind of Vela Daré to its state prior to Morpheus’s corruption of it.

## Structure

Aside from the Dreamwalkers, the Order answers to a single individual, called the head. Each cell of the Sleepers also has a lesser head to which it answers, each answering to the head in turn. The current head of the Order of Wakeful Sleepers is a human mage named Emmett Stone.

## Members

Members of the Sleepers vary in skillset, but can be informally broken down into the categories of scholars, seekers, and guardians. Members who specialize in hunting dream magic in Orelisle are organized into formal reconnaissance teams, which are dispatched to various places throughout the world. Those with research-oriented minds tend to stay close to the Order’s bases to conduct research in safety, but can be dispatched to study something in particular. Like any organization dabbling in dangerous work, the Order employs armed forces.

## Further Information

* Aoelia
* Binturia
* The Binturian Party
* Dreamwalkers
* Dream World
* Elder Gods
* Haelwyd
* Marujai
* Morpheus
* N’Ras
* Taphran
* Ursine