Post by Xander on Apr 27, 2009 23:39:34 GMT -5
Arikos (aka Arik)
Son of Morpheus and Mist, and hafl brother to M'Ordant. Arik was once one of the most powerful of the Oneroi. He was called V’Arikos—a name he came to hate after he learned some emotions, since it reminded him of varicose veins—and his mission was to hunt down and destroy all the Skoti he could find. Arik became a Skotos when fighting Solin in a human's dream—Solin turned his human victim on Arik in defense. Instead of destroying her, he tasted her lust. In the blink of an eye, Arik went from being a good guy to one of the worst Erotikos Skotos out there.
For thousands of years Arik walked the line of evil, trying to find another vivid and daring dreamer who could give him that fleeting sensation again. He found that person in Megeara Kafieri, and so became her dream lover.
He bartered Megeara's soul with Hades for the chance to visit earth as a living, breathing, and feeling human (who went by the name of Arikos Catranides) for fifteen days. After falling in love with Megeara and sacrificing his life to Hades for her, he became fully human.
BIRTHPLACE: Mount Olympus
FEATURED NOVEL: The Dream-Hunter
C'Azim
At one time the most honored of the Oneroi, C'Azim discovered the pleasures of mortal women. Since then, he has been rather insatiable with them. Though he still performs most of his Dream-Hunter duties, he is easily swayed by his hormones. An outrageous flirt, it is said that no woman, either mortal or immortal, can deny him. His touch is hot and powerful, his kiss deadly. To lay with him is to know the most heavenly bliss.
D'Alerian
Son of Zeus and D'Aria (one of the original Oneroi) and brother of Persephone, D'Alerian is a healer and helper to the Dark-Hunters. He is a straight man who never met a rule he didn't love. He has an aura of incredible proportions; his presence can be felt all the way to the marrow of your bones. His real name is Nikomedes (Neco as a nickname), and he is called M'Alerian by some.
Part of the Higher Pantheon, he keeps a constant vigil over the Dark-Hunters and is quick to step in with aid whenever one of them needs it. He can easily tell when a Daimon is messing with a human subconscious. He and Acheron are close friends; he was assigned to Kyrian Hunter when he first came into the service of Artemis.
D'Alerian has a soft heart, due to the loss of someone he once loved very dearly. Because of this, he called in a favor that Persephone owed him and had her intervene to help save the human Megeara Kafieri and her Dream-Hunter lover Arikos from Hades.
D'Aria
A known Dream-Hunter assigned to Wulf Tryggvason.
D'Ravyk
Son of Icelus, D'Ravyk also helps the Dark-Hunters and the gods. One of the highest members of the pantheon, he is also one of the oldest of the Dream-Hunters. A Goody Two-shoes, he is often at odds with Arikos. He likes order; he spends a lot of time counseling younger Dream-Hunters against the dangers of cavorting with humans. He is extremely solitary by nature.
K'Allon
K'Allon is a creature of complete sensual arts. It is said he is the father of desire and lust. To see him is to crave him; to feel his touch is to be rocked and shattered. When he is near, women are said to be blinded by his beauty. They forget any and everything except his gorgeous form.
K'Allon picks his lovers at random and has a fondness for soft, full-figured women. His appetites are robust, and he will easily play with his lover from dusk to dawn. If he comes to you, be pre¬pared for a night you will never forget. And should he fixate on you, then prepare to lose yourself to pleasures unimaginable. Not that I know from experience or anything.
Kratos
A Skotos who claims to be able to bring a soul out of eternal rest and return it to the land of the living. Kratos was only very recently an Oneroi, but Artemis's handmaiden Satara summoned him in her dreams and turned him Skoti. She seduced him with her body and made him crave emotions like a drug. Now he plays Satara's lapdog and does her bidding.
HEIGHT: six foot four
Krysti'Ana
A Skotos who takes the form of a giant snake with a woman's upper body. In human form, she is a large brunette who goes by the name Chrissy Phelps. She posed as Erin McDaniels's friend and coworker so that she might feed off her.
M'Adoc
Son of Phantasos, M'Adoc is one of the Enforcers who watches over both the Oneroi and the Skoti. When a Skolos or Dream-Hunter steps over the line, they answer to him. He is quick to issue orders, but seldom takes them. M'Adoc is the Oneroi of last resort. He abhors profanity, but has no problem executing his "nuisances". When he comes after a Dream-Hunter, that Hunter knows he is going to pay. M'Adoc takes the jobs no one else wants to do. And he's happy about it... which is more than a little disturbing.
M'Adoc tried to kill the human Megeara Kafieri for what she knew of the secrets of the Oneroi, but he was stopped by M'Ordant and D'Alerian (they trapped him in a diktyon). M'Adoc then killed Arikos but didn't bury him, so that he couldn't pay Charon and cross over into Hades.
M'Adoc was taken away to learn compassion. He was sent to tend to the Dark-Hunter Zarek in Alaska as his punishment.
HEIGHT: seven feet
M'Ordant
Son of Phantasos and brother of V'Aidan, M'Ordant is another of the Dream Police (despite the fact that he looks more like a Boy Scout). M'Ordant watches over both the Oneroi and the Skoti. As far as the Enforcers go, he is hard-nosed and down to business. Still, he has a certain degree of compassion that is forbidden to his kind. It was M'Ordant who took Erin McDaniels to see V'Aidan in Tartarus.
Nikos
Nikos is human and a Skotios of extreme sexuality. He moves like a predator through crowds and is never too busy to pass time with a willing female. Sensual and hot, he is plagued in his mortal life by women who want him. At night, he often finds them in their sleep and shows them exactly the fantasies that they crave. His legend is legion. He walks the night searching for the one woman whose touch can bind him, the one woman who will bring peace to his wounded heart and love to his lonely existence.
Rec'Sord
A Skotos who posed in the mortal realm as Erin McDaniels's boyfriend Rick Sword, a psychologist who specialized in sleep disorders.
Seric
Restless and wicked, Seric's specialty is exotic locations. He loves to pick a woman and take her to her most forbidden fantasy. He finds his pleasure in the giving of pleasure and has a par¬ticular fondness for women who have suffered broken hearts. He was cursed to an earthly existence and tends to frequent the most unlikely locations where he can find his prey, so that he might catch them off guard. Libraries and bookstores tend to be his favored spots. He especially prefers women who read romance novels, since they tend to have a much more robust imagination. Though he appears human by the light of day, at night he really is a god.
Solin
A human of extraordinary talents. It wasn't until puberty that he discovered he was the demigod son of a peasant human mother and the dream god Phobetor. Because of his heritage, he escaped the no-emotions curse that plagues his siblings.
Even so, he grew up harshly. He was sold into slavery as a child. When his powers manifested during adolescence, the Oneroi started hunting for him. He is one of the few Skoti who has ever warranted a death sentence.
Solin lives on earth by day (as Solin Catranides, the multibillionaire playboy), and runs amuck in human dreams at night. Seductive and quiet, it is said his eyes alone are enough to make a woman reach ecstasy. Those who have felt his touch have been driven to madness in search of his return.
A cousin of Arikos, Solin thinks that humans are no better than gods. There are only a few gods Solin tolerates, though he has been known to help the Chthonians from time to time.
V'Aidan
A Skotos who fell in love with the human Erin McDaniels. He was allowed by Hypnos to be born into the human world so that he could be with Erin.
FEATURED STORY: "Phantom Lover"
V'Arian
A son of Icelus, V'Arian is one of the Monitors for human sleep. He protects humans from the Skoti who give them nightmares. He is fascinated by human behavior and studies it closely. There are those who fear he may one day turn Renegade, but so far he has done his job as required.
V'Edrix
A son of Icelus, V'Edrix is also one of the Monitors for human sleep. He was one of the first of his kind, and feels an extra responsibility for the humans he watches over. He prefers to work with children and with women who have suffered trauma. There are some who claim he also works with certain Rogue Dark-Hunters to punish the human nightmare instigators, but there is no proof to this rumor. He keeps himself away from most of his Dream-Hunter brethren.
Xypher
A vicious Phobotory Skotos Renegade who thrives on fear. He used to hunt down humans and terrorize them until they went mad from it. M'Ordant, D'Alerian, and M'Adoc were forced to kill him for his wicked ways, and he was damned to Tartarus for all eternity. Hades made him human for a month in exchange for helping Katra and Sin recapture the Dimme.