Dreamwatch
The specialised division of nightmare painters reputed to hunt stable nightmares between cities. In practice, as Painter discovers in Kilahito, the full members are appointed rather than promoted — a senator's daughter, an investor's son, a fourth-generation seat — and run on the trained labour of their companions. An ordinary painter, however skilled, has no path in. STD:YNP:Ch 37
The specialised division of nightmare painters tasked with hunting stable nightmares — the rare ones that have fed enough to coalesce into solid, persistent shapes. They travel between cities on report, since ordinary painters lack the skill to take a stabilised horror down. STD:YNP:Ch 7 superseded at STD:YNP:Ch 37
Known facts
- each-member-gets-a-team-of-companionsEach member of the Dreamwatch is assigned a team called *companions* — the inner crew a Dreamwatcher fights alongside. The position carries enough prestige and money that being promised one is a life-changing offer, and Nikaro's clique had been counting on those slots for a year before they learned he had never actually been selected.STD:YNP:Ch 27
- stable-nightmare-response-protocolWhen a stable nightmare is confirmed, the local painter department puts patrols in threes, summons the nearest Dreamwatch contingent, and explicitly keeps the news from the public. The nearest contingent to Kilahito is posted in Jito and can arrive within a few hours.STD:YNP:Ch 30
Backreferences
- summarySTD:YNP:Ch 7
- factStable Nightmare
- summarySTD:YNP:Ch 11
- summarySTD:YNP:Ch 14
- factPainter Department
- summarySTD:YNP:Ch 25
- factStable Nightmare
- summarySTD:YNP:Ch 27
- factNikaro
- factNikaro
- factDreamwatch
- summarySTD:YNP:Ch 28
- factNikaro
- summarySTD:YNP:Ch 30
- factNikaro
- factDreamwatch
- factJito
- summarySTD:YNP:Ch 31
- summarySTD:YNP:Ch 33
- summarySTD:YNP:Ch 37
- factNikaro
- factHikiri
- summarySTD:YNP:Ch 39
- summarySTD:YNP:Ch 40
- factNightmare Painters