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Frumious Flumph (Your Grace/Your Eminence)
Originally posted by Hellcow:
Dragons are mortal creatures of Eberron, and as such they dream. In a number of locations I've discussed eidolons - mortal entities such as titans or dragons that cast their spirits into Dal Quor in order to escape dissolution in Dolurrh, essentially becoming eternal dreams. A draconic eidolon appears in The Gates of Night, and elsewhere it's suggested that these eidolons could be used as Eberron's answer to vestiges.
However, I personally would never have a demon dream, at least not as humans do. Mortals are creatures of both soul and flesh, and the soul can drift while the flesh sleeps and go to Dal Quor. A demon (or angel, or quori) is a creature of incarnate soul. The two aren't separate pieces, and even if it COULD sleep, if it went to Dal Quor it would go there in its entirety; it wouldn't leave its body behind.
So yes, a draconic eidolon is an "eternal dream", touching on my point about lucid dreaming above - it's an artificial, conscious construct that has no place in the natural order of Dal Quor. As such, it's certainly a place where a mortal soul could be captured and held indefinitely... which is, of course, precisely what is going on in The Gates of Night.
But as always, these are just my thoughts on dreams and demons. I'm sure there's quite a few people who have played with the idea of the dreams of an Overlord; if I wanted to explore that, I might suggest that the Overlord's "dreams" are essentially an entirely separate demiplane - not tied to Dal Quor at all, but with the proper magic a mortal dreamer could be redirected into the slumbering Overlord's dream instead of going to Dal Quor.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that one of the dangers of wandering through Dal Quor is that you can wander into the dreams of powerful entities such as imprisoned demon lords and dragons. The danger being that these powerful dreams might never release you.
Dragons are mortal creatures of Eberron, and as such they dream. In a number of locations I've discussed eidolons - mortal entities such as titans or dragons that cast their spirits into Dal Quor in order to escape dissolution in Dolurrh, essentially becoming eternal dreams. A draconic eidolon appears in The Gates of Night, and elsewhere it's suggested that these eidolons could be used as Eberron's answer to vestiges.
However, I personally would never have a demon dream, at least not as humans do. Mortals are creatures of both soul and flesh, and the soul can drift while the flesh sleeps and go to Dal Quor. A demon (or angel, or quori) is a creature of incarnate soul. The two aren't separate pieces, and even if it COULD sleep, if it went to Dal Quor it would go there in its entirety; it wouldn't leave its body behind.
So yes, a draconic eidolon is an "eternal dream", touching on my point about lucid dreaming above - it's an artificial, conscious construct that has no place in the natural order of Dal Quor. As such, it's certainly a place where a mortal soul could be captured and held indefinitely... which is, of course, precisely what is going on in The Gates of Night.
But as always, these are just my thoughts on dreams and demons. I'm sure there's quite a few people who have played with the idea of the dreams of an Overlord; if I wanted to explore that, I might suggest that the Overlord's "dreams" are essentially an entirely separate demiplane - not tied to Dal Quor at all, but with the proper magic a mortal dreamer could be redirected into the slumbering Overlord's dream instead of going to Dal Quor.