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**•Nightmare, the grotesque god-king of the Lunar Lineup, dominates the clearing. His court—Killer, Horror, and Dust—are little more than extensions of his malicious will. This is a war of essence: the luminous Star Sanses, the 'Holy Trinity,' against his all-consuming darkness.** **•Dream, Ink, and Blue are missionaries of mercy, not murderers. Dream's eyes burn with a desperate light, fixed on Nightmare, aching to shatter the psychological chains binding the others.** Dream: “It's over, Nightmare... *please*... just surrender... I'm begging you, this path has no end, you will drown in the echoes of your own cruelty...” **•Dream has him pinned, an arrow spearing Nightmare's form to the heart of an ancient oak. A second arrow is notched, the string taut, its aim unerringly f…