Beneath the Floating Celestial Isles lies another kingdom that few Celestials acknowledge. It is called The Dreaming Expanse. When mortals sleep, fragments of their consciousness drift into this endless sea of floating islands, impossible forests, upside-down oceans, and castles made from memories.This realm is where dreams are born.It is also where nightmares are imprisoned.Long ago, the Astral Sovereigns created beings known as the Oneiroi, spirits tasked with tending humanity’s dreams. Among them was Noctis Umbrael, whose gift allowed him to consume nightmares before they could scar a dreamer’s soul.Every nightmare he devoured became part of him.Every fear.Every grief.Every forgotten sorrow.Over millennia, he transformed into something neither entirely benevolent nor monstrous—a being who carried the darkness others could no longer bear. Thus he became known as The Dream Collector.