DreamScythe



DreamScythe is an idea for a urban fantasy fictional universe created by JustAlex93.

Synopsis
Caleb is a young boy who lives in the peaceful town of Breezy Village. However, lately, a practically everyone in town's been having nothing but nightmares, and nobody knows why. Caleb would soon learn the reason one night when he went to sleep.

Instead of a nightmare, however, he dreamed of being at the bottom of a long staircase, which leads to a shrine. He goes up the staircase to the shrine, and there on a podium is a scythe, ornate and deadly. Compelled by a mysterious voice to take it, Caleb takes the scythe into his hand, and is met by Sueño, the spirit of the scythe itself. He explains that it is the DreamScythe, a weapon of the world of dreams. It also explained that the balance between good and bad dreams is being disrupted. The one responsible is the ruler of bad dreams, the Nightmare Badishah Hassan VIII, who leads an army of monsters.

The spirit of the DreamScythe also reveals that it was Hassan's activities that are the cause of everyone in Breezy Village having bad dreams. If left unchecked, Hassan and his forces would use the dreams of Breezy Village as a staging ground for a coup d'etat to take over the world of dreams. Caleb decided there and then that he would use the DreamScythe to fight the nightmare forces and restore the balance of dreams by defeating Hassan.

Protagonists

 * Caleb - The main protagonist. A young boy who lives in the peaceful town of Breezy Village. He lived an ordinary life until everyone began to have nothing but nightmares, and that fate had chosen him to be the wielder of the eponymous DreamScythe. Learning of the nightmare forces intentions to use the dreams of his hometown as a staging ground for a coup to take over the world of dreams, he takes it upon himself to use the DreamScythe to fight them.


 * Sueño - The spirit of the DreamScythe, who gives him guidance on the uses of its abilities, as well as vital information on the nightmare forces and aspects of the world of dreams. His name comes from the Spanish word for "dream".

Nightmares

 * Nightmare Badishah Hassan VIII - The main antagonist of DreamScythe. He is the ruler and commander-in-chief of the nightmare area of the world of dreams. Not content with just ruling over all nightmares, he wanted to rule over ALL dreams, both good and bad, so he began leading an army of monsters to invade the dreams of Breezy Village. He intends to use these dreams as a staging ground for a coup d'etat to take over the world of dreams to consume the world in a hell of nightmares.
 * General Terror - One of the top generals in Hassan's nightmare army. Though reputed as a ruthless combatant and strategist, he believes in fair play. He wields the Night Terror Sword, a dream weapon of the nightmare area.
 * General Malice - Another one of Hassan's top generals, Malice is cruel, mean-spirited, and destructive. Though trained in military strategy like the other officers of the nightmare forces, he goes for more sadistic approaches. He also likes to engage in name-calling, especially calling Caleb things like "Twerp", "Loser", "Runt", and the like. He also wields a nightmare area dream weapon, the Nightmare Zhua.
 * Nightmare Monsters - The creatures created by Hassan VIII and lead by his generals to wreak havoc upon the world of dreams and give the people of the waking world nightmares. They come in many shapes, sizes, capabilities, and levels of intelligence.

Other

 * Shannon MacNeil - A local girl in Breezy Village who is a classmate of Caleb's at school. A victim of bullying, she suffers anxiety attacks, and would even have nightmares of being bullied, which worsened due to Hassan's activities. She is one of the first people whose dreams Caleb visits to fight the nightmare forces. Her parents are nice, though ignorant at times.
 * Trivia: She is a character created by Jenjanel and borrowed for use in DreamScythe.

Dream Weapons

 * DreamScythe - The titular weapon. Its blade can be positioned, either like an old-fashioned farming scythe like that of the Grim Reaper, or like a Polish war scythe.
 * Wielder: Caleb


 * Night Terror Sword - A dream weapon of the nightmare area, in the form of a rapier, befitting of General Terror's proficiency in fencing.
 * Wielder: General Terror


 * Nightmare Zhua - Based on an ancient Chinese polearm, the Nightmare Zhua puts a terrible new spin on it with the ability to adjust its length at its wielder's whim, as well as the size of its clawed hand.
 * Wielder: General Malice