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Cantris blinked his eyes open, groaning as sunlight hit his face through the silk curtains. He rolled over, struggling to get out of bed. Something felt… different. Off. He pushed the hair out of his eyes with his claws and stretched his wings, trying to motivate himself to investigate. Wait a minute. He didn’t have wings. He didn’t have claws either, for that matter, and his hair was trimmed well out of his face. Why would any of that make sense? Stumbling out of bed, Cantris raced through the tangled halls of his palace. As he glanced around, his feeling of discomfort became more and more prevalent. Everything around him seemed larger, as if someone had snuck in and sized it all up to double. Or maybe he was smaller? Reaching the bathroom, Cantris swing around the corner, panting. He hated mirrors and rarely kept them around, so there was only one in the entire building for him to use. He looked at his reflection and froze. Staring back at him from the mirror was a small

??????????????? The labyrinth stretched out beyond existence, spreading further and further into infinity. It was incredible, the lengths that it stretched to, and the horrors it held within its eldritch walls. Lost souls from every corner of the nightmare kingdom cried out within it, doomed got wander eternally. He wasn’t just within the labyrinth; he was the labyrinth. He felt its limbs as they moved, saw through its thousands of eyes as if they were in his own head. His borders were limitless. He was endless and eternal. He was… He was… Was this the place he needed to be? He hadn’t always been like this, had he? But there was nowhere else. There was nothing but the labyrinth. He succumbed, fading back down again… ?SC?P? Who was that? That voice… was familiar? He wracked his brain, trying to remember, but the red strings ensnared his mind, pulling him down, down- You do not belong here The words flashed though his mind like lightning, striking every part of him with an incredible

Night had fallen in the Golden World by the time Cantris dragged himself out of his latest nightmare, shaking the glittering residue from his fur. It would have been a relatively standard dream of being lost in an endless void of darkness, had a handful of twisted, many-eyed daydreams not appeared seemingly out of nowhere and practically dog-piled him. While an excellent fighter himself, the fight had dragged on for longer than he would have preferred, and he made a mental note to ask a friend whether the Labyrinth was acting up again. Cantris sighed and stretched, trying to free his mind of senseless worry as he padded along the path that led to his house. It was time for him to rest a bit; his fur was dulling from all the unnecessary stress he was putting himself through recently. What he needed now was a good bath and something to drink. As he arrived at the doorstep of the embellished building that he called home, something caught his eye. At the foot of one of his guardian

What a wonderful day. He stood in a beautiful field, looking out across the horizon. Tall, leafy trees shielding him from the blaze of the sun with their shade, and the intoxicating scent of blooming flowers permeated the air around him, carrying across far distances on the cool summer breeze. He breathed deeply, and turned to look ahead of him, at the lovely hillsides and the yellow brick road. Wait a minute… yellow? That wasn’t right. This road wasn’t yellow, it was clearly Yellow. A normal, yellow brick road in a wonderful field of flowers. While he strolled along the lovely path, he listened to the birds chittering back and forth from atop the trees on the side of the road. Their voices cut through the sleepy midsummer haze, and held such a whimsical, carefree melody that he couldn’t help but sing along. As he echoed their song with an artist’s precision, they seemed amused, and one of them fluttered down from its treetop perch to get a closer look. That wasn’t a bird. That

I cannot help but descend. The darkness covered him like a blanket. It blocked out his senses, filled his soul, until he could not tell whether his eyes were open or closed. I cannot help but descend. The string pulled him ever downward, stronger than gravity, like a ceaseless waterfall of blood. They drew him down, further and further into the maddening abyss. I cannot help but descend. Down, down, ever further down. Thoughts faded into nothingness. Limbs were shapeless shadows. There was nothing left but the string, and the endless descent. Wait a minute. Something clicked in his mind. Something that shone like a light in the overarching darkness, blinding him for just a moment enough to for him to form a coherent thought. Where was he? The spell had worn off. Cantris snapped out of his spiralling trance and whipped his head back and forth, frantically searching for something, anything. After travelling through flashing lights and loud, determined books demanding to be read, after

Dream Botanist/Biologist “The most beautiful place I’ve ever been? That award goes to Dream’s garden, easily. I could stay there forever.” While wandering through the hideout you come across somebody saying that Dream’s garden is the most beautiful in the world. You don’t just believe everything you hear and decide to go see them for yourself. Upon entering through the hidden tunnels, however, your breath is taken by the view. The sheer magnificence of it! Flowers you could never even have dreamed existed bloom all around you, some larger than imperials, other barely as big as a fae’s ear, so colorful they make rainbows look gray. Vines curl up trees and gnarly roots create odd formations. It’s not just plants either. Animals you've never even heard of mingle in the plentiful life around, swooping and diving and taking you by surprise even when you think youŕe ready for them. It’s a beautiful paradise. So why are you still slightly unsettled? Dream's garden is beautiful, nobody

Discord Mercenary/Thief “I wouldn’t touch that if I were you. It took a lot of effort to snag that from a filthy rich Snapper in the Dragonhome, and nobody will buy it if it’s broken!” Discord is a unique Nocturne born in an Earth village and cast out for her clear aptitude in Shadow flight energy, visible per eye color. She grew up in the Dragonhome alone, scavenging scraps of food, but it wasn’t until several years later that she realized her talent in the art of theft, which she used well: stealing from the gold-laden, self-centered dragons around the kingdom and selling their belongings on the black market. She was caught once and punished harshly, but this only led to increased activity after her escape. Once she was to well known in one area, Discord would move on to the next, carrying her belongings and bounty with her. When war broke out between the Earth and Ice kingdoms, Discord took sides with the highest bidder, switching sides several times. Even with her frequent