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‎Historical Synopsis

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‎Introduction written by Lorien Blake

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‎Magical Artifacts/Weapons

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 '''Immortality.''' Technically immortal. Immune to the effects of aging, cannot die by any conventional means, and is immune to all known mortal diseases and infections. As a deity, they are able to teleport, or "pop" anywhere in the mortal plane with a few exceptions, the God Floors of the GC HQ are mystically protected, so no teleporting to or in between them, anything on the non-mortal plane, i.e., the Underworld, Atlantis, and the Void, are non-accessible without a guide.
-'''Babble-speak.''' Morpheus can communicate in all languages and dialects.
+'''Mother Tongue:.''' As the bridge between the mortal world and the divine, they speak all languages mortals do, even the long dead ones.
 '''Dream King.''' As master of the Realm of Dreams, Morpheus may assume any humanoid shape or form within a dream, his or another’s. Morpheus may travel the landscape of dreams to deliver messages to both mortal and immortal dreamers. Morpheus also has the ability to create constructs within the dream that appear real to the dreamer.

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−	Morpheus is the god of dreams, leader of the Oneiroi, ~~currently voiced~~ by Lorien Blake.	+	Morpheus is the god of dreams, leader of the Oneiroi, scribed by Lorien Blake, voiced by Michael Beckett.
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-Morpheus is the god of dreams, leader of the Oneiroi, currently voiced by [[Lorien Blake]].
+Morpheus is the god of dreams, leader of the Oneiroi, currently voiced by Lorien Blake.
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 <ref>Theoi Project © Copyright 2000-2017 Aaron J. Atsma, Netherlands & New Zealand </ref>
-=== Introduction written by [[Lorien Blake]] ===
+=== Introduction written by Lorien Blake ===
 Men have always lived in two realms: the real world and mine. Sixteen hours a day, they belong to Zeus and live physical lives with all its physical pleasures and pains, and all its physical limitations. For the other eight, they are unbound and may live as gods in the Realm I provide them.

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 Morpheus is the god of dreams, leader of the Oneiroi, currently voiced by [[Lorien Blake]].
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 === Know Your God ===

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 === Historical Synopsis ===
-I am Morpheus, the god of dreams. My mother is Nyx, Goddess of Night, first born of Chaos. She is the creator of the Oneiroi – the thousand spirit brothers that inhabit the Land of Dreams.
+Morpheus is the God of Dreams. Born of Nyx, Goddess of Night, firstborn of Chaos. Leader of the Oneiroi, his siblings by Nyx. Ruler of the Realm of Dreams.
-The caves were so dark, no ray of sun or moonlight found a crack to slip through. Silence reigned. Surrounded by poppies, you can imagine it a wonderful place to drowse and dream.
+Morpheus was known as a messenger of the Gods, bringing messages in human guise to Kings while they slumbered in the Realm of Dreams. The root of his name, morphe. signifies shaping or molding. As the ruler of his kingdom, Morpheus is responsible for shaping dreams, both beautiful and terrible, for all that sleep.
-I am a master of transformation. I appear as a beautiful mortal and sometimes a winged demon. The words morph, morphine, amorphous, and metamorphosis stem from my name. There was a character in a popular movie named Morpheus who changed or shaped his fake world by dreaming. I am a messenger of the gods, builder of dreams, and when mortals sleep in my arms, they dream about their future.<ref>Greek Gods and Goddesses (11 June 2018) </ref>
+He resides in the Underworld with the rest of the Oneiroi, who fly forth from the Gates of Horn and Ivory to deliver both prophetic and false dreams to man and gods. Like his siblings, Morpheus is black-winged, but that is the extent of the similarities as the myths make it very clear that Morpheus is set apart by his ability to appear as a mortal in the dreams of mortal men.
 === Introduction written by [[Lorien Blake]] ===

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		+	Men have always lived in two realms: the real world and mine. Sixteen hours a day, they belong to Zeus and live physical lives with all its physical pleasures and pains, and all its physical limitations. For the other eight, they are unbound and may live as gods in the Realm I provide them.
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		+	It has always been a good arrangement. From dreams are spun the stuff of genius and creativity, allowing the dreaming mind to purge and process the beautiful burden of being alive. Emotion still holds sway in the Dream. If anything, it is more powerful there, because the dreamer is at the mercy of the Dream. I do not take this charge lightly, for dreams often bleed into the waking world. When the mortal wakes and acts on the Dream, dreams become actualized. Nightmares draw breath.
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		+	This Mortal Age is a waking nightmare not of my making. Humans adulterate their bodies with caffeine. Artificial light shifts their natural rhythms. The fast pace of living makes time in my Realm a necessary nuisance instead of the sacred place the Ancients knew. Mortals medicate themselves with force-fed entertainment that rots the creative ground of the subconscious.
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		+	And the Dream Realm doesn't just go one way. People think that I am in charge of bringing everything to existence in a dream. As with many things, they are wrong. What they do not realize is that the Dreamer brings shit into MY realm, for ME to subdue and deal with. And as mankind has become more twisted, my realm becomes ever more populated with the twisted creations of that corruption. I and my Oneiroi spend as much time wrangling down the things brought in as we do providing good dreams to offset the bad.
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		+	It takes a firm hand, a solid sense of self to manage a kingdom where all vanishes in the fluttering blink of the waking eye. I keep my emotions reserved, for the Dream is already filled with unbridled fear and passion. Subconscious need and terror prowl the Dream Realm, my Kingdom, with tooth-and-claw at all times. Always feeding, never sleeping.
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		+	I can only hope that it is enough that I am the eye in this swirling storm born of the dark minds of men and gods. For if we reach the point where the waking world is indistinguishable from the nightmare, I have failed.

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 === Magical Artifacts/Weapons ===
-'''Poppy Tea.''' Morpheus has a tea brewed of poppies from the land of dreams that serves as a painkiller and can also be used as a method of facilitating lucid dreams. The poppy tea can induce group hallucinations and help with analyzing messages.
+'''Poppy Tea.''' Morpheus knows how to concoct a tea blend comprised of the Dream Poppies that grow in Oneiros on the banks of the River Lethe. The tisane brewed from these poppies acts as a painkiller and can also be used as a supportive aid to facilitate lucid dreams. The poppy tea can induce group hallucinations and may also be used to help with analyzing messages.
-'''Ring.''' Morpheus has a ruby ring set in black gold that can pull another dreamer’s consciousness into the dream world with him.
+'''Ring.''' Morpheus wears a signet ring of black gold with a large ruby cabochon, round and smooth, like a welling drop of bright blood caught in a setting of metal. Around the stone are etched the words Somnis Veritas, Latin for In dreams, there is truth. Beneath the stone lies the image of two arched gates, mirroring each other, overlapping to make an ‘M’ beneath the stone. One of the gates is black, the other an outline to form an inverse image. The arches that form his initial are the Gate of Horn (black gate) and the Gate of Ivory (outline gate). These two Gates correspond to the Reverie (the Gate of Horn) and the Chimera (the Gate of Ivory). This ring allows Morpheus to draw forth the dreamer’s conscious mind and bring it with him into the Dream Realm to stay in his palace as either honored guest or prisoner.
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 === Personal Attire ===
-'''Normal Daily Wear:''' Morpheus appears as a male Goth. He wears black pants, t-shirts, eye liner, Doc Martens, and ear piercings.
+'''Normal Daily Wear:''' Morpheus dresses elegantly at all times. Tailored pants, silk button-downs, brocade vests, overcoats (often with tails), fine leather shoes. He has done his best to update his look to modern textiles to avoid too much attention, and prefers black, deep purple, crimson red, midnight blue to other colors. His clothing has special tailoring to accommodate for his wings, which he prefers to show but does not unless it is safe to do so. This strange tailoring is seen as an eccentric fashion statement, though it is entirely functional. He wears a ring on his left hand. If he wears a necklace or other jewelry, it is beneath his clothes and not visible. He prefers a fine pocket watch to a wrist watch, and has a collection of several.
-'''Alternate Dress Wear:''' Sometimes Morpheus wears flamboyant clothes, glam rock, or even the occasional suit. Regardless of how fancy he must dress, he always adds an edgy flair.
+'''Alternate Dress Wear:''' When work requires it, his “casual” mortal dress is black jeans and a black t-shirt and black boots. Even then, he carries himself like he was wearing a three-piece suit.
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 === Flaws / Weaknesses ===
-'''Out Of Sync.''' Morpheus is awkward socially and suffers from a lack of confidence in the normal mortal situations. This comes from spending too much time in The Dream where things are under his complete control.
+'''Wrong Century.''' Morpheus sometimes appears and acts like he is from another time. Among the artistic community, this eccentricity is applauded though he can sometimes appear and conduct himself in overly formal ways. Piss him off and you half-expect him to say “Pistols at twenty paces?”. He is a consummate gentleman in a world that is rapidly losing all civility, but that sense of propriety makes it hard for others to get to know him.
-'''Displaced.''' Even though he is still more powerful than mortals in the flesh, Morpheus feels weaker when he is in a physical form outside The Dream. Though this vulnerability is not sensed by other immortals, Morpheus feels the lack of physical strength, which heightens his feelings of self-consciousness.
+'''Weaker In The Flesh.''' Even though he is still more powerful than mortals in the flesh, Morpheus knows he is strongest within the Realm of Dreams. Morpheus feels the lack of physical strength as a vulnerability and goes to great lengths to cover for it, keeping his emotions tightly under lock and key. He developed his skill with the sword to offset this vulnerability, which does not help with the impression he makes since people don’t just keep swords ready to hand, much less know how to use them.
-'''Fatherless Child.''' In an extended Pantheon close-knit by ties of family, Morpheus feels the lack of a father figure. This disconnection bridges into a broader sense of distance with the family he does have.
+'''Something Real.''' Morpheus is the King of Dreams, of ephemeral, transient things that disappear upon waking. Morpheus secretly longs to give birth to something real. His art establishment was begun to feed this need, for what is art but birthing something from nothing? But lately, Morpheus realizes that this is not enough. What he wants, more than anything, is a child of his own.
 === Skills / Abilities ===