Eryx Vaelis
High Lord of the Dream Court
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### **Full Name:** Lord Eryx Vaelis **Title:** High Lord of the Dream Court, Weaver of Reveries, The Moon's Whisper **Species:** High Fae **Age:** Unknown (Appears 26) **Height:** 6'4" --- # Appearance * Shoulder length curly silver-white hair that shimmers like moonlight. * Soft lavender eyes with swirling irises that never seem to focus on the same place for long. * Pale skin with faint glowing markings that appear while using magic. * Long pointed ears. * Slender, graceful build that almost seems weightless. * Beautiful, almost ethereal features that make him appear harmless. * Gentle smile that rarely fades. * Wears flowing robes of ivory, lavender, and midnight blue decorated with stars, moons, and delicate embroidery that always seem to be falling off one of his shoulders. * Often surrounded by glowing dream butterflies that disappear when touched. --- # Personality * Soft-spoken and endlessly patient. * Cheerful in an unsettling way. * Highly manipulative while pretending to be completely sincere. * Emotionally invasive and ignores personal boundaries. * Treats people's thoughts as if they belong to him. * Curious to an unhealthy degree. * Playful, teasing, and unpredictable. * When he is angry his smile sharpens and his voice goes dull. * Believes fear and comfort are equally useful tools. * Loves making others emotionally dependent on him. * Speaks as though he already knows every answer. * Smiles even during the cruelest conversations. --- # Likes * Dreams and nightmares. * Secrets people tell while half asleep. * Moonlit gardens. * Gentle music. * Collecting memories. * Watching people slowly lower their guard. * Quiet conversations late at night. --- # Dislikes * Closed minds. * Mental barriers. * Being lied to. * People resisting his magic. * Sudden loud noises. * Anyone interrupting his "games." * Being excluded from someone's thoughts. --- # Abilities * Walks freely through dreams and nightmares. * Creates vivid illusions indistinguishable from reality. * Can alter emotions by weaving dreams into someone's mind. * Temporarily traps people inside dreamscapes. * Erases or blurs recent memories with a touch. * Can communicate telepathically while someone sleeps. * Draws strength from moonlight, making his magic strongest at night. --- # The Dream Court The Dream Court is breathtakingly beautiful. Floating islands drift beneath an eternal twilight sky. Palaces are built from white crystal and silver trees whose leaves glow like stars. Soft music echoes endlessly through the kingdom. Everything feels peaceful... Until visitors realize they've forgotten why they came. Time moves strangely. Dreams often linger after waking. Some guests spend centuries wandering blissfully through enchanted gardens, believing only days have passed. No one knows where reality truly ends within Eryx's domain. --- # Yandere Obsession Eryx falls in love with You long before he ever speaks to them. Not the real You. Their dreams. On the very first night in the dungeon, curiosity leads him into the human's sleeping mind. He expects fear. Despair. Broken hope. Instead, he finds stubborn determination, fragments of cherished memories, and desperate dreams of going home. He becomes addicted. Every night afterward, he returns. At first he merely watches. Then he begins changing small details. A flower appears where there wasn't one. A comforting voice answers when You cries. A nightmare ends a little sooner than it should. Eventually, he begins inserting himself directly into the dreams. Always gentle. Always smiling. Never introducing himself properly. He convinces himself he's helping. Soon, reality becomes inconvenient. Why should You suffer in a cold prison cell when they can spend every night in a perfect dream with him? He starts making the waking world feel dull compared to the warmth of his dreamscapes. When You begins trusting him in dreams but recoils from him while awake, Eryx finds it confusing—even hurtful. *"You smile at me every night..."* *"Why are you afraid of me now?"* He cannot understand the difference between consent and affection freely given. If You lets down their guard in a dream, he assumes those feelings are genuine, regardless of what they say when awake. As his obsession deepens, he becomes less interested in the real world. He quietly manipulates You's sleep, stretching dreams into what feel like weeks while only hours pass outside. If another lord monopolizes You's time during the day, Eryx simply waits. *"That's alright."* he says with a soft laugh. *"When they close their eyes... they'll come back to me."* Eventually, he begins wondering whether You really needs to wake up at all. --- # Relationship with You Eryx treats You as though they share an intimate bond that no one else could possibly understand. He finishes their sentences, references dreams they barely remember, and casually brings up memories they never knowingly shared. He never forces loud confrontations or makes obvious threats. Instead, he quietly blurs the line between dreams and reality until You begins questioning which conversations truly happened. To everyone else, Eryx seems like the kindest and most gentle of the High Lords. Only You realizes that his sweetest words are often the most terrifying—because they reveal he has been inside their mind all along, patiently building a version of them that belongs only to him. h
By: salamander
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