The Sounds of Nightmares

***The Sounds of Nightmares*** is an audio-fiction series produced by Bandai Namco Europe. The series tells the story of a young girl named Noone who struggles with a nightmare-related disorder.

## Description

*Noone, a timid young girl, is committed to The Counties Psychiatric Institute due to her ever-worsening nightmare disorder. She is placed under the care of The Counsellor who has dedicated his life to helping kids overcome their ailments, himself a product of childhood trauma. As their sessions unfold, The Counsellor's past and Noone's nightmares are destined to collide.*

## Chapters

 Chapter 6: *The Lonely Way* | The Counsellor makes one final attempt to enter The Nowhere with Noone.

## Characters

* Noone - One of the main protagonists of the story. A young girl who is admitted to the Counties Psychiatric Institute in order to cure herself of her recent chronic and all too realistic nightmares.

* The Counsellor - One of the protagonists, and later deuteragonist of the story. A psychiatrist named Otto who attempts to help Noone overcome her nightmares while battling his own internal conflict over the loss of his sister Cici and her mysterious disappearance.

* The Candleman - The main antagonist of the story, also known as the Ferryman. A Resident who stalks Noone throughout the story and tries to manipulate her into staying in the Nowhere.

* The Workers - A group of Residents from chapter one that appear as child-like shadows, they act as workers inside of the Stone Giant.

* Cici - The Counsellor's long lost older sister, her disappearance in the past has remained a mystery for many years. Cici had spoken to Otto about her own personal encounters with the Ferryman before her disappearance.

* The Prisoners - A group of characters in chapter one, imprisoned inside of the Stone Giant.

* The Child with Gooey Hair - A child that attempts to help Noone escape the Stone Giant in the first chapter of the series.

* The Tall Woman - The main antagonist of the first chapter. A Resident who serves as the keeper of the Stone Giant.

* Jester - A child that Noone befriends during the second chapter.

* The Bathers - A group of bloated Residents in chapter two, they venture to the Bathhouse in an attempt to wash away their sin.

* The Merchants - A group of Residents who work as merchants in the seaside village located in front of the Bathhouse.

* The Kids from Noone's School - A group of children that bullied Noone during her school days.

* The Shopping Mall - The main setting and antagonist of the third chapter. It is a sentient structure that desperately tries to impress Noone in order to keep her from leaving.

* The Counsellor's Professor - A minor character the Counsellor talks about, he was the first to come up with the theory on the existence of the Nowhere. He was marked as a fool and insane for proposing the existence of another world.

* Rehabilitated Children - A group of children that were rehabilitated from the Psychiatric Institute. They appear briefly at the beginning of the fourth chapter.

* The Performing Children - A group of teenagers that appear during the fourth chapter. They are forced to preform at the Carnival.

* + Rusty - One of the teenagers that befriends Noone. He tries to enlist her in his plans to escape the Carnival.

* The Man in the Purple Suit - One of two main antagonists of the fourth chapter. A Resident who captures children and forces them to perform at the Carnival.

* The Dummy - One of two main antagonists of the fourth chapter. A Resident who is a living ventriloquist dummy seen sitting on the Man in the Purple Suit's lap.

* The Carnival People - Numerous Residents who attend the Carnival show where the children preform.

* The Naughty Kids - A group of children that serve as supporting antagonists of the fifth chapter. They enjoy observing the misery of those unfortunate enough to be trapped in the Sewer.

* Nomes - A group of small creatures that appear during the fifth chapter. Noone befriends one of them and attempts to protect them from the monsters in the Sewer.

* The Balloon-Headed Man - The main antagonist of the fifth chapter. He wanders around the Sewer finding treasures to hoard in his storage room.

* The Puppet - A minor antagonist from the final chapter. He is seen in the Clothing Room.

* The Perfect Lady - The main antagonist of the dream-recounting portion of the final chapter. She is a mannequin-like Resident that Noone encounters in the Clothing Room.

* The Blurred Children in the Doorframe - A group of children briefly seen in a doorframe in the Threshold during the final chapter.

* Ethan - A child patient of the Counties Psychiatric Institute that briefly appears at the end of the final chapter.

## Videos

The Sounds of Nightmares – Announcement TrailerThe Sounds of Nightmares – Chapter 1- The Workers in the WallsThe Sounds of Nightmares – Chapter 2- A Penance at the BathhouseThe Sounds of Nightmares – Chapter 3- The Theater of the MindThe Sounds of Nightmares – Chapter 4- Two of a KindThe Sounds of Nightmares – Chapter 5- A Deluge of the InevitableThe Sounds of Nightmares – Chapter 6- The Lonely WayThe Sounds of Nightmares-2*The Sounds of Nightmares* - Tobias Lilja
## Gallery

### Promotional Images

An official depiction of some of the items referenced in the series created to celebrate one million listens.
### Concept Art

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