Nightmare

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## Nightmare

### Occupation

MurderersCorrupters

Manipulators

## Physical description

### Eye color

Varied (usually glowing)

**Nightmares** are a demonic subspecies that hail from the Nightmare Realm, similar to the Shadows and Coactives. Aside from the Empress, Nightmares are considered the Realm's strongest leaders, and hold a lot of influence and power over the other species in the dimension.

Their powers and origins are directly connected to the Empress.

Venom is one of these Nightmares, as well as Alex Kura. VNG is a hybrid Nightmare.

## Background

Nightmares were created around the same time as both the anomaly and the Nightmare Realm as a whole. When the Empress created the same anomaly that corrupted the universe into what it is today, her power ultimately split, and sought out hosts among recently formed Shadows and other creatures, implanting itself, and officially creating the first Nightmares.

## Physical Description

A Nightmare's appearance can vary, both their human and True forms. The human form is typically their default appearance, and identical to what it was before. However, depending on certain circumstances, the human form may possess a non-human feature (such as Venom/Syphon possessing a devil-like tail). One thing their human forms all have in common are the differing eye colors, which can glow when using their powers.

Their true form is mostly humanoid, though very monstrous. They can vary in size, but are usually just a bit taller than humans. All Nightmares in their true forms can grow to the size of planets and (rarely) stars. Nightmares will typically revert to their true form when they enter the Nightmare Realm.

## Behavior

Much like their appearance, the overall behavior/personality of a Nightmare can vary. Most of them seek to obtain their own goals, not caring who they have to hurt or kill in the process. Many Nightmares share a lust for power and carnage, usually mistreating their fellow entities including Shadows, Coactives, and other creatures. Some infamous ones include C750, a destroyer or worlds, and Venom, a tormentor that was one of the first inhabitants of the Nightmare Realm.

## Abilities/Powers

**Superhuman Strength:** Nightmares possess nearly god-like levels of strength, capable of lifting buildings and sometimes destroying planets with one strike.

**Superhuman Durability:** Nightmares can survive a large range of hazards, everything from getting shot to planet-leveling attacks.

**Superhuman Agility:** Most Nightmares can climb tall structures and jump thousands of feet into the air with no issue.

**Superhuman Speed:** Though not possessed by every Nightmare, some are fast enough to move hundreds of miles per hour, sometimes enough to appear invisible to enemies.

**Superhuman Stamina:** All Nightmares can fight for days and weeks without tiring, though this can be offset if they are injured.

**Hell Detonation:** A type of natural reaction, Nightmares tend to do this after absorbing power, or acquiring their True or human forms. There are a few (including Syphon) who can trigger this on purpose. It involves releasing a self-explosion of demonic energy that vaporizes anything too close, while sending everything in a 5 foot radius flying backwards.

**Regeneration:** On the rare occasion they are injured, Nightmares can regenerate any wounds or lost limbs in a matter of seconds. Thanks to this, they can also feign being dead. Wounds from other Nightmares or certain other methods take far longer to regenerate from.

**Possession:** Much like Shadows, Nightmares can possess other lifeforms. While they are usually better at this than Shadows, the host body is still often too weak to hold together for long before it starts to disintegrate due to the Nightmare's power.

**Shapeshifting:** Nightmares can turn parts of themselves into tools or weapons, or contort themselves to dodge attacks. They can even transform to imitate people, providing they have consumed one.

**Gate Creation:** Though each tend to have their own unique way of doing this, they can open portals to other locations or even dimensions and universes with ease.

**Consumption:** Nightmares can consume their foes to absorb their forms, powers, memories/knowledge in order to make himself more powerful. They do this by extending their jaws to inhuman proportions before devouring the victim in their entirety.

**Devil Form:** To be added

**Mental Connection:** To be added

**Body Snatching:** A sort of self defense mechanism. When a Nightmare is killed, it doesn't simply die. Rather it's soul, due to the Empress's influence, retreats and seeks out a host to implant itself. Since the original host has been fused with the Empress's power, instead of giving the new host power and turning them into a Nightmare, it completely takes over their mind and body, physically molting them to look like the Nightmare that has possessed them. The victims consciousness is also overridden, destroying any semblance of the original person.

## Known Nightmares

* Venom (Nightmare of Pride)
* Alex (Nightmare of Isolation)
* Nightmare of Wrath (Deceased)
* Nightmare of Greed (Deceased)
* Nightmare of Deception (Deceased)
* Nightmare of Fear
* Nightmare of Death
* Nightmare of Famine
* Nightmare of Melancholy
* Nightmare of Destruction
* VNG (Partial Nightmare, Nightmare of Madness)

## Hybrid Nightmares

Nightmares have a rule: never sire offspring, especially Hybrids. This is due to how the Empress's power increases with each generation. The child of a Nightmare, especially a Hybrid, will be more powerful than the one that created them. It is why Hybrid Nightmares are often looked at with fear and disgust, and why there are not many of them. If a Nightmare were to consume a Hybrid, they would gain all of that Nightmare's power, increasing their strength furthermore. As of now, there is only one known Hybrid: VNG.

## Weaknesses

**Nightmares:** While lesser creatures in the Nightmare Realm are rarely capable of even harming a Nightmare, other Nightmares can wound, and possibly "kill" their own kind. Though the only way for the Nightmare to be down for good is to consume it.

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* Nightmares are slightly inspired by eldritch horrors.
* Prolonged exposure, or staring at a Nightmare for too long seems to result in the mental breakdown of the individual. Side effects include nosebleeds, headaches, hearing voices. hallucinations. and violent/aggressive behavior. More will be listed soon.
* Most Nightmares, like Shadows, don't have human names. Instead, they have titles, usually relating to their abilities or status. Their actual names are taken from demons and other creatures.
* It is currently unknown how many Nightmares there are.