Awakening/Awoken

The Awakening is the process in which a being from the Material Plane gains knowledge of the Oniric one, and attains power from it most commonly in the form of an Ego. If the creature can survive this process, either by Binding an Ego or by forming its own it is known as an Awoken.

The Awakening Ritual

The Awakening is a hazardous, painful and possibly lethal process.

Arching back to the Dreamstriders of old lore, the Awakened Ones are forcibly connected to the Onirc Plane, a place created by the perception and inner truth of every living being, while in an induced, unnaturally light sleep. The exact art that made this process safe has been all but lost, and thus every person or culture who tries to recreate it pays the price in blood or effectiveness: while some have come close nobody really managed to replicate the skill of ancient Obsydians, who routinely performed the ritual without hitch on cadets and apprentices.

Largely a cacophony of thoughts, feelings and experiences, the Oniric Plane itself can prove too much for individuals whose minds are frail: in days of old an experienced Awakened could herd and reassure whole batches of would-be-Awoken in relative safety, but now almost every Awoken has to withstand alone both the shock of not possessing a body and a full-on mental assault.

If the Awakened can withstand it long enough they may draw the attention of one of its denizens, incorporeal beings known only as the Oniric Race: if they do, and the Awakened One survives the encounter, they rouse as an Ego-Bearer, champions of heroes of old who carry on their legacy.

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