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A dreamer (Tevene: somniari)[1], is a mage capable of entering the Fade at will, without the aid of lyrium. A talented dreamer can shape the Fade and affect the dreams of sleeping people, killing or driving them mad. However, dreamers attract demons and most prove too frail of mind to survive a demonic possession. As a result dreamers are rare.
The word is also used to refer to any sleeping or lost person's presence in the Fade.[2]
Background
The elves of Arlathan were supposedly talented dreamers, and there are stories of ancient Tevinter magisters who were able fend off rivals by haunting or killing them in their dreams. Adralla, the mage who invented the litany, is also known to have found a defense against dreamers.[3]
Dreamers may use special dried herbs to help them enter the Fade. Strangely, these herbs smell fresh to the mage once they have entered the Fade. There are also herbs that can preclude sleep and block one from the Fade itself, if necessary.[4]
Throughout Thedas, as explained by Keeper Marethari, the talent is thought to have been extinct for two ages, presently reappearing with Feynriel, an Elf-blooded from Kirkwall. It appears that there are still dreamers in the Tevinter Imperium, like the magister Aurelian Titus.[5]
During the time of Elvhenan, a Dreamer elf who had perfected themselves no longer required the potion of water, honey and herbs used to keep mages alive during uthenera (this was determined by brushing the potion on the lips at the full moon and determining at the new moon if it had been absorbed or not). If no scent of the potion were detected later, such an elf no longer required outside sustenance.
Such elves were moved into beds of pure white, signifying their achievement. They may have resided at the top of ancient elven society, causing resentment amongst elven servants that led to murder during the waning days of Arlathan.[6]
Known dreamers
Related items
- Tome of the Slumbering Elders, a journal belonging to the last dreamer of Marethari's clan. This item hints that elves practicing uthenera were ancient dreamers.
- The Magrallen, an ancient magical device used by the old magisters that greatly amplify the dreamer's powers through the use of blood. The more powerful the blood, the greater the amplification.
References
- ↑ "The magic he possesses makes him what the Tevinters called "somniari," a dreamer.", Marethari
- ↑ Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 178
- ↑ Codex entry: The Litany of Adralla
- ↑ Dragon Age: The Masked Empire, pg. 379.
- ↑ Dragon Age: Until We Sleep
- ↑ Dragon Age: The Masked Empire, pg. 317.
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