also known as: Eos (short for Eosphoros)

Cynical and exhausted. He's a workaholic; he doesn't have time to rest, he has to live up to his responsibilities. He rested enough as a statue and he can't afford to stop for even a moment. He wants nothing more than to have everything go back to the way it was and be close with Dream again, but worries the passage of time and what happened when they were young has put an irreparable crack in their relationship. The Dream he fights now is nothing like the Dream he knew when they were young, and he struggles to grasp that disparity.

Dream however can't help but recognize that Nightmare has barely changed. He's still shy and a bookworm. He's vilified and despised by most around him despite his good intentions, and continues to stand up for what he believes in in spite of it. He knows he will never be the hero of the story, but fights anyway.

He's slow to make friends and even slower to fully trust someone. He yearns to be understood and treated like a full person and not as a scapegoat for fears and misunderstandings. He's fighting to right the balance as is his responsibility, but all he really wants is to settle down and rest. He gets easily attached to people that make him feel safe and comforted.

He grew into his magic slowly as a statue, but is still adjusting to the changes even years later. When he's overwhelmed by negativity it can result in him leaking corruption from his sockets and mouth.

He's weakened from the balance being disrupted, but makes up for it with alternative magic he's learned from books. He has a passion for bookbinding and book restoration and has lovingly recreated and repaired what he could from the tree's library. He thinks it's very important to preserve Nim's history and live up to his responsibility as a guardian.

Synopsis: ⋆𖤓. Swapdream!Totality, an interpretation of the Swapdream AU by @owl-bones, focuses on a multiverse ruled over by Dream. He has tipped the balance so far in his own favor that he has almost complete and total control over most major AUs. Nightmare is weakened considerably by this and desperately works with a small team to restore the balance against all odds.

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Lore: ⋆𖤓. The Apple Incident

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Character Profiles: ⋆𖤓. Dream ⋆☾. Nightmare ⋆☾. Killer ⋆𖤓. Others (Strike, Blue, etc)

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also known as: Helios, Hesper (short for Hesperos)

Hundreds of years old, massively powerful, and incredibly influential. Dream has (peacefully) conquered most major AUs and solved their conflicts. Beloved by all and he knows it, he's egotistical and used to getting what he wants. And if he doesn't get what he wants... he finds a way. He's entitled and arrogant but also completely assured in his power. He has no need to gloat, he's quite confident in his status and abilities. But that isn't to say he doesn't like praise; he lives for it.

He's generous and well-intentioned, but also fully capable of justifying the means to get his end. If an AU can't be fixed it's either cordoned off or allowed to be destroyed. He employs many many people from many AUs to do his bidding, including those from AUs that would be considered 'negative'. If there's only one person left in the AU, removing them and giving them a better life is the next best way to fix it.

He doesn't have friends, not really, but his close confidants are Blue and Strike (a Cross variant). He collects injured mythological creatures from AUs and rehabilitates them at his palace. He considers himself a patron of the arts, and aside from hiring people to help spread positivity he also hires artisans to live in his palace and fill it with art of all kinds. Tailors, sculptors, painters, writers, singers/musicians, and more.

He has many hobbies he's picked up over the years, but enjoys singing the most. He can fly with his wings, and is strong enough to carry someone along with him. He can change their size and shape depending on need.

He's very skilled with a bow and rapier, but prefers to leave the fighting to his guards. He's very clever with his words and can be a skilled manipulator, but is equally capable of lacing his words with magic and forcing people to follow his will. He's very in-tune with souls and can manipulate even the slightest bit of positivity he senses, and there's a few people around his castle that are effectively his puppets due to their disobedience.

Dream's bones are covered in gold-filled cracks. Eating the apples was too much for him when he was younger and the resulting influx of magic nearly destroyed him.

𖤓☽ Strike ☾𖤓

Strike is Dream's right hand man. He is in charge of organizing and deploying teams to AUs, as well as training guards for Dream's palace.

Strike is a LV 20 Dust!Cross; he was rescued from his empty AU by Dream due to Strike's ability to use OVERWRITE. He is incredibly loyal to Dream for giving him a new purpose aiding people. Due to his high LV he is wildly volatile, only kept in check by Dream's aura. He is very strong and very dangerous, and as such is Dream's greatest weapon against Nightmare.

Strike is difficult to get along with, but holds a secret well of deep hurt and insecurity. His greatest joy is his little herd of cows; he found them lost and alone while wandering his AU and took pity on them, as he was the reason they didn't have anyone to care for them. After months of slowly getting over his fear of them, they are now his treasured family and he was adamant they come with him to Dream's domain.

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𖤓☽ Blue ☾𖤓

Blue travels with a team to distribute aid to AUs that could benefit from outside help (Horrortale for example), or goes along with Helios as backup for more diplomatic visits (Fell universes, universes with tense human-monster politics)

Blue doesn't play an active role in the complex politics that Dream weaves, but he's a friendly face and can hold his own if things get a lil dicey. He takes great satisfaction in helping others and being treated like a hero, so he volunteers for a lot of missions

He also helps out in Dream's stables, but that's just because he likes the animals, and he likes keeping busy when he's not out on an assignment

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𖤓☽ Whist ☾𖤓

also known as: Dust

Cynical but much mellower than you’d expect, since Dream keeps him levelled out with positivity. When his LV does become too much to handle anyway, he’s sent out on missions to get rid of dissidents. He doesn’t like being ordered around and finds Dream incredibly grating and hates all the admiration he gets. Whist sticks around with his head down for the free food, shelter, and the secret hope that making AUs positive by Dream’s orders will repent for all the bad he’s done. He’s only good for killing, right? So he may as well use that for the “greater good”. But if you ask he’d definitely imply it’s just for the LV.

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𖤓☽ Rascal ☾𖤓

A neutral-ending Swapfell Papyrus that was alone in his AU. Dream picked him up and offered him a job in his palace. He accompanies Blue on most missions. He's very quiet and secretive about his tragic backstory, but reasonably loyal to Dream. Very loyal to Blue.

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𖤓☽ Adze ☾𖤓

also known as: Horror, Axe

Adze is pretty chill! He's had time to mellow out after the ordeal of living in his AU, and getting to watch everyone recover. Dream basically showed up with tons of food and a way to break the barrier, facilitating the monsters' freedom and helping set them up on the surface in peace.

He still didn't want to live in his AU after everything though, so he chose to go 'work' for Dream. He doesn't do much aside from helping in the kitchen/gardens sometimes and going out on missions to distribute aid to other AUs. Even then he mostly slacks off and tells jokes to the denizens to cheer them up.

He's a lil sus of Dream-- nobody's that perfect/nice, but he doesn't care enough to do anything about his suspicions. Dream helped his brother and gave him an easy life, so Adze'll do what he says for the most part.

Despite having a nicer life and lots of time to process he's got a bit of a temper, and can often be caught staring off into space lost in his memories. He's not above violence if it's necessary, but doesn't often have an outlet for it so it simmers just under the surface. He's almost always doing something with his hands-- he's picked up whittling as his hobby of choice. You can find his lil carvings all throughout the palace and in his room. He hides them for people to find.

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𖤓☽ Ink ☾𖤓

Ink is the self-proclaimed guardian of AUs. He and Nightmare have similar goals, and occasionally work together because of it. Ink wants to return all the AUs that Dream has altered to their original scrips, and Nightmare wants to fix the balance by reverting some AUs to negativity. Nightmare considers him an ally, and when Ink remembers he exists he considered himself an honorary member of 'the resistance'.

Ink has tried to take down Dream multiple times and been 'killed' during each attempt. He's keeping count on his scarf, including whether or not it was Dream or one of his lackeys that managed to destroy him. Dream considers him a very annoying adversary, as without a soul Ink is immune to his aura and impossible to truly kill.

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𖤓☽ Error ☾𖤓

Error is the self-proclaimed destroyer of AUs. He and Dream aren't on good terms, but have a tenuous agreement; Error will only destroy AUs that Dream doesn't have a use for and Dream will leave him, and his favorite AUs, alone.

also known as: Varlet

Killer initially works under Dream as one of his guards. Dream picked him up from his AU to remove its source of negativity, but found him volatile and difficult to control. Dream slowly increased his control over Killer's soul until he was almost unrecognisable; a completely emotionless drone only capable of following Dream or Strike's orders.

Dream had Killer stationed to watch over Nightmare's chambers while he was in his coma. Unfortunately for Dream, with sufficient distance from the source of the control over his soul and close proximity to Nightmare, eventually the spell broke. The resulting burst of negativity from Killer, now experiencing all of emotions he was neither capable of understanding or processing over his captivity, was enough to give Nightmare the strength to wake up. Recognizing he awoke in Dream's palace, Nightmare was quick to escape with him.

Their relationship at first was tense. Killer couldn't help but see Dream in Nightmare, and didn't want to be trapped in another situation he can't escape. Unfortunately sticking with Nightmare was his only option, as Dream was hunting him across the multiverse in an attempt to get his brother back.

They have since become close companions. Nightmare is glad to have someone on his side in this seemingly impossible conflict, even if he is concerned about the state of Killer's soul. Killer still struggles with depersonalization and delusions, occasionally believing he's still under Dream or the player's control. Nightmare helps him as best he can during these episodes, in addition to stopping him when he goes too far in a fight.