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[nightfallallegro]

CHARACTER NAME: Nightfall
CHARACTER SERIES: Original

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Hugging this character: Go ahead. She's likely to allow it if the two are friends. If they're strangers the reaction will vary.
Kissing this character: Please don't, unless your character is within a couple of years of her age (12 as of writing this).
Flirting with this character: If your character is within a couple years of her age, go ahead. Otherwise, please don't.
Fighting with this character: Feel free to throw down.
Injuring this character: Go ahead! But please talk it out with me before causing anything such as dismemberment.
Killing this character: Please ask!
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Feel free! She's also a psychic, and has been trained to protect against tampering, but a particularly sneaky or strong psychic will be more than capable of reading her mind. That said, it's important to note they might have to get through nightmare content at some point in time, as that is a part of her defenses.

Warnings: Commodification and systematic abuse and emotional neglect are a pretty big part of nightfall. Furthermore, her powers are nightmare based, and might have some pretty serious subjects involved (though generally it's either based on the other character's nightmares, or on a more general set of subjects like monsters or the dark or fear of death - that sort of thing).


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Nightfall is a psychic with powers that revolve around the unconscious mind. Her powers come in mostly two flavours: Causing nightmares and rendering people unconscious.

Causing nightmares: If she is within a decent radius of a person who is unconscious she can induce nightmares in them. This ability is usually an aura, meaning anyone sleeping who happens to be in the area of effect will be affected, but if she focuses she can limit the targets. The nightmares in question usually draw either from the pre-existing nightmares of the affected individual, or on a more general grouping of fears common to the world at large - think primal fears like the dark or being chased. It is worth noting that if she is conscious, she is able to effect the severity of the nightmares.

Her nightmare aura is capable of acting on its own while she is unconscious. If she has fallen asleep on her own, the nightmare aura is contained and people could theoretically sleep beside her (no one has tried, because she does not surround herself with stupid people). However, if she is suddenly rendered unconscious (for example, by a blow to the head or tranquilizers) she does not have this control, as she would be incapable of either meditation or lucid dreaming in these states, one of the two being vital to her unconscious control.

Nightfall is capable of entering nightmares at will. She technically does this physically, and will reappear in the physical world either upon leaving the nightmare intentionally or being kicked out (usually done by waking up).

Inducing unconsciousness: This one is simple. Nightfall is capable of rendering unconscious anyone she makes reasonably unfiltered eye contact with. This ability is controlled by intent, and she is required to be of a sound mind in order to focus enough to cause this effect.
While this ability will work through things such as glasses, safety goggles, and similar things, it will not work through dark tinted sunglasses or through video. Both parties need to be able to see each others eyes. The number of eyes do not matter, so long as the eyes involved are capable of sight.

Both abilities: Nightfall's psychic abilities do not affect robots, or individuals who have had enough cybernetic modifications. Furthermore, there are just some neurotypes that are difficult, if not impossible to affect with her powers. Sometimes brain chemistry can cause interference as well. Psychics can either have a high resistance to her powers, or a serious weakness to them - it's up to the player.
Aliens who don't have cybernetic minds are capable of being affected. This is on a case by case basis.
If you don't want her powers to affect your character, there are a myriad of options available, and I am SO open to hearing about what you have in mind should you like to explore them! (And naturally 'I just don't want this to happen to my character' is perfectly valid.)


Character: Canon: Journal: Do you want to opt out of either of Nightfall's powers?: (Nightmares, knockout, or both. Feel free to say 'I just don't want her entering the nightmares', too!) Would you be interested in there being an IC reason for this we could explore?: (Not wanting to explore this is perfectly valid. 'Just because' is just as valid a reason as 'Cyborg brain'.) Do you want to opt out of all interaction with Nightfall?: (Feel free to let me know! I know that there are just some subjects people want to avoid. Your comfort is more important than CR!) If you don't want to opt out of Nightfall's nightmare power, is there anything you'd like to explore via the nightmares?: (Any recurring nightmares you'd like to show up in a log? Just want to see what weird primal nonsense can be thrown at your character? Want something more specific?) Does your character have any psychic or sleep-related powers?: (Nightfall currently only hops into dreams when she has permission, or when she can't wake someone from a clearly terrible nightmare. However, psychic/sleep powers makes this a lot easier to work out.)

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[jadus]

Character: Darth Jadus
Canon: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Journal: jadus

Do you want to opt out of either of Nightfall's powers?: Yes: knockout.
Would you be interested in there being an IC reason for this we could explore?: Jadus is a Sith Lord with power described as second only to his Emperor, and he has an unhealthy love of fear. He'll certainly experience the nightmares because he wants to, but knocking him out would be very, very hard to pull off. If the nightmares become personally threatening, he may withdraw his mind more thoroughly behind his defenses, or respond with aggression.
Do you want to opt out of all interaction with Nightfall?: nah 's all good

If you don't want to opt out of Nightfall's nightmare power, is there anything you'd like to explore via the nightmares?: Jadus has an odd form of body dysphoria: namely, he has a body, and he hates it. If he fears anything, it's not being able to attain his goals of ascension, primarily for himself, but he also seems to want others to see the world as he does.

However, he will appreciate any other fears that might come scuttling around.

[nightfallallegro]

Thumbs up! Nightfall's knockout powers won't work on him, even in the off chance he has his mask off and they make eye contact!

I am SUPER looking forward to where this goes. Nightfall doesn't have direct control over where a nightmare goes, but she has control over how intense it gets. I can tell this is going to be fun >:D

Would you prefer to hop right in to the nightmares concerning 'oh shit I'm stuck with a body', or would you like those to ramp up over time?

I'm rubbing my little (okay, not so little) hands together in glee, because Jadus enjoying fear is going to be a delight to play with.

[jadus]

Who's to say he even has eyes under there? :P

Probably ramping up is best, otherwise he'll withdraw immediately and possibly interpret it as an attack or attempt to probe his brain.

Dis gonna be good >:D

[nightfallallegro]

SPOOPY JADUS!

Sounds good to me! Probably starting with some of the more primal fears, and slowly adding in other information. Do you mind me asking a few more questions so I can make the incline a little more natural?

[jadus]

Ask away! :3

[nightfallallegro]

So first: Who are some people who came close to thinking the way he did, but disappointed him in the end? Do they have wiki articles? If those articles are very long, how would you summarise their interactions with Jadus? Did they interact in any specific location?

Second: Who are some specific people he wished saw the world his way, but did not even come close? Anything specific about them? Did they interact in any specific location?

Third: What are some locations he was in frequently, and what was their purpose? If you can give wiki links or visuals that will help a lot :3c

oh god i'm sorry for the word avalanche

[jadus]

HOOBOY I HAVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS. Since Jadus is from an MMO with oodles of plot and backstory, most characters involved have a stupid amount of information about them, which isn't necessarily collected sensibly on the wiki. I'll try and do a quick summary at the top of each one with the vital information, and then word spew a more in-depth explanation of why Jadus has feelings/connection to these people and places.

First, option one: The Dread Masters. They're masters of fear, but not self-reflective enough and would require opening his mind to others. They have no on-screen interactions but probably would have met somewhere deep in the Sith Sanctum on the Empire's capital world, Dromund Kaas (Picture #1, #2), or on board the Dread Master's Imperial dreadnought (#1, #2).

Okay now with the word spew: These were six Sith Lords who formed a psychic collective after studying ancient relics that drove all others mad with fear. The Dread Masters lived preternaturally long lives, acting in service to the Sith Emperor as seers, generals, and superweapons: They had learned how to drive thousands mad with fear through will alone, and were responsible for the destruction of entire Republic fleets.

They were believed dead for ten years of Republic captivity, went back to the Empire for a bit, then once the Emperor was (kind of) killed decided that they'd take over the galaxy. They got greedy, one of the six died, and that started driving the rest insane. They failed to find a new sixth member, and all but one of them were eventually killed, the last one revealing that their collective consciousness had driven them to act in all sorts of ways he never wanted, and he was now scared, alone, and tired. Sadface.

The Dread Masters said Jadus "sees much of what we see". They seemed to consider him to be the best option to replace their missing sixth, but Jadus had gone into seclusion at that point and either could not be found or refused them.

Jadus does in fact believe a lot of the same things they did after they began their collective. He thinks fear, anger and degradation are beneficial to all, and should be spread. He has the power to drive others mad, though it seems to take him a good deal longer than the Dread Masters. The Dread Masters lived for centuries, and Jadus has referred to himself as "eternal". Ultimately, however, there are some key aspects of Jadus' philosophy that may have made him reject them: Jadus believes that any accomplishment is to be scrutinized and never taken as satisfactory. Every flaw has to be picked over and responded to appropriately. The Dread Masters never seemed particularly interested in that sort of self-critical behavior. He also, crucially, keeps his emotions so locked down that his psychic blankness unnerves other Sith. The idea of opening his thoughts to others would be almost instinctively repulsive to him.

First, option two: The Sith Emperor. Who was inhabiting a different, unknown body when Jadus may have interacted with him, so that picture at the top is useless. tl;dr, immortal, unbelievably powerful, and capable of turning just about anyone to the dark side. Jadus wanted all those things, but the Emperor was obsessed with attacking the Republic and Jadus didn't give a shit about that. Any time Jadus spoke with him was probably via holo with the rest of the Dark Council that Jadus served on, or possibly in person in A Spooky Throne Room. Or A Different Spooky Throne Room.

The Emperor is probably one of the most powerful Force users to ever live. Ascending to near-immortality by consuming an entire planet's life force, he also gained the ability to take over the bodies of others, and exist to some extent as an incorporeal entity. He ruled the Empire with the intent to make his immortality total: by consuming all life in the entire galaxy, he could fundamentally transcend mortal existence.

Jadus was one of the first four people in the entire galaxy to figure out the Emperor's plans, and he referred to them as "cataclysm". He told no one, left the Empire entirely, and evidently began preparing to undermine or hijack the Emperor's life-stealing ritual. He hasn't been seen since, but the Emperor later referred to Jadus as "the finest Sith my Empire ever produced, but still deeply flawed."

So, you know, almost a good quote for someone's resumé.

As far as I can tell, Jadus may have coveted the Emperor's immortality and his ability to imbue others with the Dark Side. But he grew contemptuous of him, before he even knew about the whole galaxy-eating thing. He was completely disinterested in the war, and that was all the Emperor cared about. Jadus successfully staged a coup without overthrowing the Emperor, because the dude was so mono-focused on the war and Jadus didn't try to make it stop. (seriously it's kind of incredible, he explains this to the player character by saying he could basically bulldoze the Emperor's favorite hangout and replace it with a monument dedicated to himself, that was how little the Emperor gave a shit.)

Jadus also had no personal interest in imitating the Emperor. So much of his interests and desires lay in getting others to see the galaxy as he did, and to perfect the Dark Side's corruption of all things. A galaxy without life would be a pointless existence to him.

OKAY SO THAT WAS QUESTION #1

Second: His daughter, Darth Zhorrid. Jadus tried to raise Zhorrid to be like him, and failed. Many of their significant interactions would have been on a family estate (no pictures, but knowing Jadus it would've been Minimalist As Fuck while also being extremely sith), and a concert hall (no pictures, oh god this part is messed up).

Content warning for really weird child abuse in this one.

It seems like Jadus treated Zhorrid as a project. He'd failed to find anyone else who could fully comprehend his philosophy, so, as one does, he decided to have a kid. So he could shape their development and lead them toward the same sort of epiphany he had.

...Unfortunately for Zhorrid, it seems like whatever happened to Jadus involved an incident in which his body betrayed him in a way that fundamentally broke his relationship with it. To induce this in Zhorrid, he had her learn how to sing, then had her perform for the public in a concert that lasted so long she permanently damaged her voice and could never sing again.

THAT was how she officially began her apprenticeship to him.

Here's a video where she talks about it.

y i k e s.

Zhorrid, understandably, did not take this well. She refused to comply with the rest of his teachings, and grew up to be notably unrestrained in her emotions, even among sith. Jadus considered her a failure, and used her as a distraction for the other Sith when he faked his own death. In the player choices I decided were canon for Jadus here, he has her assassinated just before he completes his coup.

And felt literally nothing for her at that point.

SO. YOU KNOW. THAT WENT WELL.

Third: I have the perfect video for this! Here it is, and the overall purpose of the locations is described below. With timestamps, because the video is super long and filled with other Jadus-related stuff:
1. the headquarters of Imperial Intelligence (2:08-3:58 in the video): Jadus oversaw this branch of Imperial operations, and only allowed non-Sith to be his underlings there. He ran Intelligence competently and relatively quietly, and eventually used it to facilitate his coup without their knowledge.
2. a pretty nondescript and nearly unfurnished office in the Sith Sanctum (6:34-9:45). This is where Jadus gives the weirdest freaking lectures you've ever heard, and lays out the entirety of his goals to the player, but they sound so goddamn weird at the time that it's not immediately evident he's just told you he's funding a terrorist group and plans to use it to take over the Empire. Zhorrid later takes over this office, and that's where she gets assassinated. He takes it back when he returns to Dromund Kaas, and has several cryptic conversations with the player character there, until he just... leaves the plot.
3. the Dark Council chambers on Korriban, (picture here, there's also a raised throne offscreen for the Emperor when he decides to attend personally or by holo), and probably a similar room on the capital world, Dromund Kaas. Jadus hates this room. His least favorite people in the galaxy (i.e. his coworkers) are all there and they all are trying to undermine each other and no one ever listens to him. 8[
4. His personal dreadnought, The Dominator (yes really), and its unnamed successor (29:52-38:30). Jadus faked his death by manipulating a terrorist group into blowing up The Dominator while he was on board. He held a large portion of the ship together using the Force (because sure), saving hundreds in the process... who were all spirited away to the second dreadnought, where he drove them insane (because why not!!) while waiting for the terrorists to enact the remainder of his plan: unleash superweapons of his design on the Empire, targeting his foes among the Sith. He would then seemingly rise from the dead to defeat the terrorists, and return to the Empire, where the rest of the Dark Council would know that if they opposed him, he would blow them the fuck up. Thus, he could begin his Epoch of Terror.

...SO THAT'S LITERALLY EVERYTHING

if you have any more questions, I am, as you can probably tell, SUPER WILLING to answer them. Probably too willing.

Mwehehehehe! Thank you!

[nightfallallegro]

Oh man this is going to be a blast to play with.

[hellogoodhigh]

Character: Klaus Hargreeves
Canon: The Umbrella Academy
Journal: hellogoodhigh

Do you want to opt out of either of Nightfall's powers?: Nah
Would you be interested in there being an IC reason for this we could explore?: N/A
Do you want to opt out of all interaction with Nightfall?: N/A
If you don't want to opt out of Nightfall's nightmare power, is there anything you'd like to explore via the nightmares?:
Klaus has reoccuring nightmares involving his being locked in a crypt and facing the ghosts of the dead at ages 8, 11, 13, etc. He also has nightmares about losing the love of his life, Dave, who bled out in his arms in the middle of a war zone.

[nightfallallegro]

Ooooh! This is going to be fun to explore.

May I ask whether the ghosts were specific ghosts, or were they just random old spoopers? Has he ever had dreams where those ghosts were members of his family and/or lover? Is there perhaps a photo of the type of war zone it was? (IE: Urban, suburban, etc.!)

[hellogoodhigh]

They were random people/the 'occupants' of the crypt, but he does have dealings/nightmares about his own brother (Ben)'s death and subsequent haunting as well!

The war he was in was the Vietnam war, so jungle terrain, Saigon cityscape, etc have all been seen.

Uhhhh he might also have a reoccuring nightmare about the hotel room he was tortured in for nearly 24 hours, his torturers, and the 24 ghosts that haunt them.

[nightfallallegro]

Thank you! This is all super-helpful information. >:D !

[nightmarist]

Character: Ronan Lynch
Canon: The Raven Cycle
Journal: nightmarist

Do you want to opt out of either of Nightfall's powers?: No

Would you be interested in there being an IC reason for this we could explore?: N/A

Do you want to opt out of all interaction with Nightfall?: No

If you don't want to opt out of Nightfall's nightmare power, is there anything you'd like to explore via the nightmares?: Ronan's nightmares have been exhaustively explored, but if anything ever comes up, sure.

Does your character have any psychic or sleep-related powers?: Yes. Which will likely affect her own ability to induce nightmares in him, as Ronan himself is a dreamer (which gives him the ability to alter dreamspace to suit his needs) and a dream (which can have varying consequences, depending on the circumstance). Inducing unconsciousness in him will be very easy, but once he's there, she might find he can dismiss any nightmare she throws at him. Psychics are capable of recognizing Ronan's nature, so feel free to let Nightfall notice he's not human, that he's made of dreamstuff, and that he's in fact overflowing with dreamstuff. One psychic notes that he seems like he's super pregnant. He also creeps them out, because apparently some people think dreams shouldn't just be walking around like this, and there's a prophecy that he will end the world someday by breaking reality? He projects this aura very loudly. It's not hard to pick up.

[nightfallallegro]

So, this is officially the coolest. And one of these days when I'm not running around like a chicken with its head cut off I *need* to read this canon.