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===<span style="color:#FFFFFF">Oneiroi=== | ===<span style="color:#FFFFFF">Oneiroi=== | ||
Once connected to the Oneirosphere, each individual is transmutated into becoming an Oneiroi, which are akin to avatars for individuals within the Oneirosphere which can be used interact with their own and other people's subconscious worlds during sleep. Many people are entirely unaware of their 'dream self' in the Oneirosphere, or simply don't remember their activities as an Oneiroi when awake. Similarly, not all Oneiroi are able to travel between dreams. These abilities can be learned by anyone fairly easily, though. There are two main types of Oneiroi, 'Corporeal Oneroi' and 'Non-Corporeal Oneiroi', which are either members of a Collective or 'Transitories' which visit other dreamscapes without a mental link. | Once connected to the Oneirosphere, each individual is transmutated into becoming an Oneiroi, which are akin to avatars for individuals within the Oneirosphere which can be used interact with their own and other people's subconscious worlds during sleep. Many people are entirely unaware of their 'dream self' in the Oneirosphere, or simply don't remember their activities as an Oneiroi when awake. Similarly, not all Oneiroi are able to travel between dreams. These abilities can be learned by anyone fairly easily, though. There are two main types of Oneiroi, 'Corporeal Oneroi' and 'Non-Corporeal Oneiroi', which are either members of a Collective or 'Transitories' which visit other dreamscapes without a mental link. Appearance-wise, Oneiroi vary wildly as they are able to shapeshift to some degree in order to assume a form of their own design, with the default unmodified form most being a shadowy replica of their (former or current) corporeal body, though of course in Egregores with more cohesive/integrated structures the forms of the constituent Oneiroi tend to fairly uniform<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">In Eunoia, most Oneiroi have a very '[[Category:Insectoid Species|insectoid]]' or '[[Category:Amorphoid Species|amorphoid]]' appearance with dark shadowy bodies that amalgamate and move in massive swarms akin to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_(biology)#Colony_death Colonial Organisms] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphonophore Siphonophores]. In Zhouwen, All Oneiroi (aside from the primary host [[Leah Iglesias]]) are effectively 'rewritten' into becoming copies of '[[Tian Yin]]', ruler of Zhouwen, answering solely to their empress akin to mindless drones.</ref> | ||
"'''Corporeal Oneiroi'''"<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Also known as '''Dreamers''', '''Shadows''', or '''Avatars'''.</ref> are living beings<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Any living being can access the Oneirosphere, regardless of sentience. The most notable example of this are plants, whom are known to interact with the Oneirosphere at a fairly regular basis.</ref> in Corporeal Reality that can interact-with and enter the Oneirosphere during sleep. Corporeals have a self-designed semi-physical form within the Oneirosphere known as a ''''Shadow'''' or ''''Avatar''''. Because of their background as living beings that simply 'connect' with the Oneirosphere, they tend to have significantly more limitations and disadvantages within the Oneirosphere than ''''Non-Corporeals''''. | "'''Corporeal Oneiroi'''"<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Also known as '''Dreamers''', '''Shadows''', or '''Avatars'''.</ref> are living beings<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Any living being can access the Oneirosphere, regardless of sentience. The most notable example of this are plants, whom are known to interact with the Oneirosphere at a fairly regular basis.</ref> in Corporeal Reality that can interact-with and enter the Oneirosphere during sleep. Corporeals have a self-designed semi-physical form within the Oneirosphere known as a ''''Shadow'''' or ''''Avatar''''. Because of their background as living beings that simply 'connect' with the Oneirosphere, they tend to have significantly more limitations and disadvantages within the Oneirosphere than ''''Non-Corporeals''''. 'Dying' before waking up (experiences in one's own dreamscape tend to 'automatically' do this, but is much less reliable on other dreamscapes) is very dangerous for Corporeals, generally causing their subconscious to either be destroyed or subsumed into the neural network of the dreamscape they have connected to, being the basis of involuntary Egregore expansion. | ||
"'''Non-Corporeal Oneiroi'''"<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Also known as simply "'''Non-Corporeals'''", "'''Pures'''", "'''Noncons'''", etc.</ref> are individuals who have abandoned their physical bodies and fully<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">At least in a vast majority of cases. A few cases of Non-Corporeals taking control of another person's living body has occasionally been documented. How this is accomplished is not common knowledge.</ref> migrated to the Oneirosphere, giving up their lives in return for unconscious immortality. They lack their own individual dreamscapes, instead primarily traveling through other people's dreamscapes (thus they are much more common within Egregores than Corporeals). They are able to traverse through Dreamscapes much easier than Corporeals, and are incapable of dying thanks to no longer being tethered to a body. | "'''Non-Corporeal Oneiroi'''"<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Also known as simply "'''Non-Corporeals'''", "'''Pures'''", "'''Noncons'''", etc.</ref> are individuals who have abandoned their physical bodies and fully<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">At least in a vast majority of cases. A few cases of Non-Corporeals taking control of another person's living body has occasionally been documented. How this is accomplished is not common knowledge.</ref> migrated to the Oneirosphere, giving up their lives in return for unconscious immortality. They lack their own individual dreamscapes, instead primarily traveling through other people's dreamscapes (thus they are much more common within Egregores than Corporeals). They are able to traverse through Dreamscapes much easier than Corporeals, and are incapable of dying thanks to no longer being tethered to a body. | ||
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"'''Dream Entities'''"<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Also known as '''Dream Elements''', '''Non-Consciousnesses''', etc.</ref> are beings native to the Oneirosphere that are derived from their hosts' subconscious, acting much like an NPC. Their natures tend to be dependent on their host's mental state, which often determines if they are hostile or friendly. Unlike other beings in the Oneirosphere, most Dream Entities are not conscious or sapient. Due to their non-conscious nature, many Egregores have employed more passive Dream Entities for various purposes such as manual labour, navigating<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">"'''Crawler'''"</ref>, etc. | "'''Dream Entities'''"<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Also known as '''Dream Elements''', '''Non-Consciousnesses''', etc.</ref> are beings native to the Oneirosphere that are derived from their hosts' subconscious, acting much like an NPC. Their natures tend to be dependent on their host's mental state, which often determines if they are hostile or friendly. Unlike other beings in the Oneirosphere, most Dream Entities are not conscious or sapient. Due to their non-conscious nature, many Egregores have employed more passive Dream Entities for various purposes such as manual labour, navigating<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">"'''Crawler'''"</ref>, etc. | ||
=== <span style="color:#FFFFFF">Egregores === | === <span style="color:#FFFFFF">Egregores === | ||
'''Egregores''', also known as '''(Oneiric) Collectives''', are vast [[Hivemind#Egregore|hiveminded collectives]] that inhabit the Oneirosphere composed of both Corporeal and Non-Corporeal Oneiroi whose unconscious minds have amalgamated into a collective of continuously communicating membranes, either merging into one singular (un)consciousness or a network of collaborating minds, with the exact level of 'influence' each Egregore has over its constituents varying significantly<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">In more individualistic Egregores such as [[Oneiroi-Noctua]], the Egregores's unified consciousness acts separately from its constituents as the combined will of its members. In more cohesive Egregores such as the [[Eunoia Collective]], each member is assimilated into a single hive-like consciousness. Such cases tend to be much more taxing on their host's mental state, and may even cause damage to the mental stability of people who simply contact them.</ref>. Each Egregore is a separate connected 'collective unconscious' that is fuelled by the brainpower created by sleeping beings connected to the Collective. Any group of connected minds can theoretically be a Egregore, although most Oneiroi tend to be connected to globe-spanning collectives. | '''Egregores''', also known as '''(Oneiric) Collectives''', are vast [[Hivemind#Egregore|hiveminded collectives]] that inhabit the Oneirosphere composed of both Corporeal and Non-Corporeal Oneiroi whose unconscious minds have amalgamated into a collective of continuously communicating membranes, either merging into one singular (un)consciousness or a network of collaborating minds, with the exact level of 'influence' each Egregore has over its constituents varying significantly<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">In more individualistic Egregores such as [[Oneiroi-Noctua]], the Egregores's unified consciousness acts separately from its constituents as the combined will of its members. In more cohesive Egregores such as the [[Eunoia Collective]], each member is assimilated into a single hive-like consciousness. Such cases tend to be much more taxing on their host's mental state, and may even cause damage to the mental stability of people who simply contact them.</ref>. Each Egregore is a separate connected 'collective unconscious' that is fuelled by the brainpower created by sleeping beings connected to the Collective. Any group of connected minds can theoretically be a Egregore, although most Oneiroi tend to be connected to globe-spanning collectives. Thoughts and mental connections within Egregores compose 'SubNets', which are limited neural networks within the Egregore's neural network used by their constituents to communicate or transfer ideas. Oneiroi may either voluntarily join an Egregore by connecting with one, or have their subconscious involuntarily subsumed by 'dying' in the Oneirosphere without waking up, either 'forcing' them into a Collective or arguably turning them into a '[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie philosophical zombie]' if consumed by a particularly controlling Egregore. | ||
Egregores have been known to exist ever since the dawn of civilisation, with many Non-Corporeal Oneiroi claiming that they have existed since the ages before [[The Great Sleep]]<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">During which Egregores managed to thrive for several centuries, spreading across most of Humanity's subconscious minds.</ref>. Since then, Egregores have existed in everything, with members of countless influential organizations and governments having a connection to an Egregore whether they know it or not. Despite all of this this, public knowledge of their existence has been relatively limited over the years due to the difficulty of detecting or remembering them, though despite this various organizations have managed to document their existence and activities. | Egregores have been known to exist ever since the dawn of civilisation, with many Non-Corporeal Oneiroi claiming that they have existed since the ages before [[The Great Sleep]]<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">During which Egregores managed to thrive for several centuries, spreading across most of Humanity's subconscious minds.</ref>. Since then, Egregores have existed in everything, with members of countless influential organizations and governments having a connection to an Egregore whether they know it or not. Despite all of this this, public knowledge of their existence has been relatively limited over the years due to the difficulty of detecting or remembering them, though despite this various organizations have managed to document their existence and activities. | ||
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===== <span style="color:#FFFFFF">List of Known Egregores ===== | ===== <span style="color:#FFFFFF">List of Known Egregores ===== | ||
* [[Eunoia Collective]] | * [[Eunoia Collective]] | ||
* [[Nihil-Mortis Collective]] (Defunct) | |||
* [[Oneiroi-Noctua]] | * [[Oneiroi-Noctua]] | ||
* [[SDS Collective]] | * [[SDS Collective]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Yumenofukei Collective]] | ||
* [[Zhouwen]] | * [[Zhouwen]] | ||
===<span style="color:#FFFFFF">Nightmare Collectives=== | ===<span style="color:#FFFFFF">Nightmare Collectives=== | ||
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Every living being<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Any living being has their own dream-world, even if they are not sentient. This extends even to plants.</ref> has their own unique '''Dreamscape'''<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">A completely independent realm inhabited by a singular dreamer that may be rarely occasionally by other Oneiroi.</ref>, a 'dream world' connected<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Each Dreamscape continues to exist even while the individual who hosts it is awake.</ref> to a individual living being<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Referred to as a "'''Host'''". Each individual "Host"'s dreamscape shares said person's name.</ref>, in which an 'avatar'<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Essentially a representation of themselves that can be customized to some degree</ref> known as an Oneiroi of the dreamer exists. This Dreamscape has its own dream-based ecosystem and Dream Entities that may change in response to their host's identity, real-life events, and subconscious factors. | Every living being<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Any living being has their own dream-world, even if they are not sentient. This extends even to plants.</ref> has their own unique '''Dreamscape'''<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">A completely independent realm inhabited by a singular dreamer that may be rarely occasionally by other Oneiroi.</ref>, a 'dream world' connected<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Each Dreamscape continues to exist even while the individual who hosts it is awake.</ref> to a individual living being<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Referred to as a "'''Host'''". Each individual "Host"'s dreamscape shares said person's name.</ref>, in which an 'avatar'<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Essentially a representation of themselves that can be customized to some degree</ref> known as an Oneiroi of the dreamer exists. This Dreamscape has its own dream-based ecosystem and Dream Entities that may change in response to their host's identity, real-life events, and subconscious factors. | ||
If they are skilled enough, Oneiroi can travel from their own Dreamscape to other people's Dreamscapes based on either physical proximity | |||
If they are skilled enough, Oneiroi can travel from their own Dreamscape to other people's Dreamscapes based on either physical proximity in corporeal from which they are able to travel further by using said people as 'relay points' reality or through connecting to an Egregore (which act like easily navigable chains of relays), connecting their own subconscious with whichever Dreamscape they enter in order to enter it<ref><span style="color:#FFFFFF">This is generally safe, though certain 'unstable' people or those controlled by more strict Egregores can be hazardous</ref>. A notable portion of Oneiroi never learn how to accomplish this, instead never leaving their own Dreamscape. Due to their similar propeties, Oneiroi are capable of entering nearby Memoria Spaces as if they were ordinary Dreamscapes despite being tethered to reality and lacking a single 'Hosot mind'. | |||
Not everyone is able to clearly perceive and remember experiences in the Oneirosphere, often forgetting or misinterpreting the Dream Entities and Visitors they met in their dream, especially if their dreams are especially incoherent. | Not everyone is able to clearly perceive and remember experiences in the Oneirosphere, often forgetting or misinterpreting the Dream Entities and Visitors they met in their dream, especially if their dreams are especially incoherent. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:35, 6 February 2026
