She collects every dream that she finds, from here, from there, from everywhere. There are no dreams that she will miss, like a whisper and a lover’s kiss. The dream collector carries her golden sack, with the weight of all those good and bad dreams, Weighing down on her young and strong back. Every dream is wrapped in the softest silks from lands known and unknown. This was her father’s job, one that he enjoyed.
It was his father’s job before him. This was his legacy to Satrenia. Her father had told her about the first in their line, who was tasked with being a dream collector by the God of the Night. There are many Gods in their lands, from Junerom the God of Light, to Kewran the God of Earth, and Yerabena, the Goddess of the Sea.
Her ancestor, Hedera was a young girl when she was lost at sea. It was the God of the Night, the dreaded Votran, who saved her as he guided her ship to an island. The young girl was grateful for this rescue and he made her promise him, that she and her descendants would always collect the dreams of the people as they sleep. Every dream is a part of a person’s soul, a lost memory, a forgotten moment in time that is remembered once more. All the dreams that a person has during his or her lifetime, are the coins of dreams that they collect in the afterlife, which can be encashed for a ride across the river, in the boat rowed by Candronia, the Goddess of the Eternal River.
The God of the Night, Votran promised the young Hedera, a long and fruitful life, and the reward of being a powerful entity in the realm of the afterlife. Since that fateful day, Hedera and her descendants, up to the young girl Satrenia, were dream collectors. Everything was not always easy for the dream collectors as they faced those who would stop them from collecting the dreams of people, they were the Hermits of Dreams.
Loghora, was a Hermit of Dreams and he was very skilled in his craft, which was not inherited from his father. It was something that he enjoyed doing in life. His father was a merchant in the city of Deasan. Before he became a Hermit of Dreams, he was a builder. Loghora always knew that he had a special purpose in life. It was a warm summer day when Loghora was meditating in the forest, when he was given a vision by the three forest Gods, Wodra, Animara, and Platra.
In his vision, Loghora saw an old Hermit hunted by the Vampires of Caronos. He tried to help but they were too powerful for him. The young man used his intelligence and, in the dream, he created a prison and ensnared the bloodthirsty vampires, by taking on the guise of the hermit, after he hid the old Hermit in a cave behind the powerful waterfalls in the forest. The young Loghora succeeded in trapping and imprisoning the Vampire brothers Horos and Ghoron. Imprisoning the two vampires was not enough, he used the lances of celestial light to drive stakes into the cold hearts of the bloodsucking pair.
When Loghora awoke from this meditation, he found that he was standing in front of a mirror in an old monastery. He was dressed in the robes of a Hermit, there was a lit lantern that was on the old concrete ground, with a purple light emanating from it. An old monk approached him and with a smile said, “You, have passed the test, Loghora, this is your mission in life. You are now a Hermit of Dreams. Take that lamp and guide people away from the darkness in their dreams and beware of the collector or dreams who will enchant you with her beauty.”
The young Loghora picked up the lantern with its strange purple light and he noticed that there was an inscription at the bottom. The writing was strange, yet, when he looked at it once again, the letters shifted in the light and he read out aloud, the words,” Every night and every day, I will guide the innocent hearts away from the darkness and towards the illumination of wisdom and light. Let Dream Collectors tremble as the Hermit of Dreams casts his powerful purple light.”
The young Loghora was now a Hermit of Dreams, but his biggest test and challenge would be to face the enchanting Satrenia, the Dream Collector, and not to get overpowered by her beauty, sharp mind, and warm heart.