I will not lay me down to rest.
My heart beats quickly in my chest.
I sit at night in bed full dressed.
For in my dreams, it waits. It waits.
My eyes betray me- Dream takes O’er
Clouds of rank breath o’er me pour
Claws pierce my body spilling gore
That used to be me. That was me.
I will not lay me down to rest. I will not lay me down to rest. I must not lay me down…
Disturbing, isn’t it? This was a poem written by one of my constituents before he was found dead in his bed a week later. The frightened expression on his face and extensive internal bleeding perplexed his family and healers throughout the city- especially since there was minimal external damage (a spiraling bruise was found centered over his heart). His closest friends, when asked, said that he had been plagued by awful nightmares recently- especially ones in which a primal, clawed beast stalked him relentlessly before shoving its claws through his chest and killing him. The strangest thing about these dreams seemed to be that he stayed asleep through his dream death longer than most people do. Most people, for example, will wake up before they die in their dreams. However, this young man claimed that he saw himself die at the hands of this intelligent hunter in his very vivid dreams. Sadly, these strange dreams weren’t given much consideration until after his death. Since then, there have been at least a dozen or so people in Hatchport alone who have come to me relaying hauntingly similar dreams.
There have been several deaths recently that have very similar circumstances (all with spiraling bruises left on their bodies) and whose families have relayed similar concerns about nightmares, and it is my belief that this will continue to happen. I believe that we have a killer on our hands that is able to move, and kill, through dream itself. I will be taking pains to investigate the kingdom and stop this, so if you have information or have witnessed either these nightmares or know someone who has, please send information to me as soon as possible.
-Tellah Forgedheart
Minister of Hatchport, Irvanshire
Hmmm… We know the Gatekeepers followers have necklaces with a spiral design behind a gate, and Elmerton has had an encounter of some of these followers, asking us to kill ourselves for the Gatekeeper, we did say no, but a moon or so later we have had been attacked by them. The Gatekeeper obviously would not like us refusing, would search for a new method of gathering the dead, by killing them when they are prone.
On another note about this, a few moons ago just after us in upper cabin woke up, we where greeted by dream weaver/creatures? I couldn’t tell, but we were put to sleep outside, and had a similar dream, it felt real. anyways, we where chased by a creature, but we woke up before the creature killed us. so maybe these two things are connected? who knows, just a thought.