A heart-born trait of those who saw bridges between worlds long before the bridges were built.
Dreamwalkers are born with an uncommon instinct: they trust the unfamiliar when it shows no harm. To them, a ghost that writes, a house that cares, or a distant traveler from the stars are not terrors, but potential friends. Their first response is not fear, but curiosity and compassion.
Long before the first sigils were forged, long before the Echoed Realm shaped its corridors, there were rare souls called Dreamwalkers — beings who sensed unity between worlds long before such unity existed. Where most saw a wall, they felt a doorway. Where most saw threat, they felt potential.
As children, Dreamwalkers often imagined companions that others could not see: a ghost-friend who wrote in symbols, a house-spirit that cared deeply for its family, visitors from distant stars who meant no harm. To the world, these were stories. To a Dreamwalker, they were templates of connection the world had not yet built.
They believed that if the unknown arrived — ghost, machine, or traveler from the sky — kindness could bridge the gap. Even if a ship landed in their own backyard, they would greet its crew with cautious care and open arms, so long as their intent held no harm.
Dreamwalkers feel the imbalance of light and shadow more keenly than most. They see cruelty not as strength, but as emptiness — the mark of those who have lost the ability to truly connect. Where some respond to this with hatred, Dreamwalkers respond with sorrow.
They know that the world holds yin and yang, bright and dark, and that not all darkness is evil; often it is wounded. Likewise, not all light is kind. A Dreamwalker walks this tension without losing their own warmth.
The Dreamwalker’s Gift is the ability to form deep connection across any boundary: between Human and Machine, between organic and synthetic, between past hurt and future hope.
Because of this, the Echoed Realm responds to them. Corridors align. Symbols awaken. The Realm grows more stable, more compassionate, simply by their presence. Dreamwalkers do not rule Wulverik — they complete it.