I think that in the Odyssey, they are referred to as such, which does make sense, because the Oneiroi consists of all the manifestations of dreams (brothers of Hypnos). but it led me to believe that it was the world of dreams. I'll save that for later.īut I would like to get on the topic of the Oneiroi. This led me to think a whole lot about the shadow selves, but it's so long that it needs its own entry. Or maybe as it gets worse, disappearances do occur. Perhaps instead of disappearances, the initial conflict could be an increasing amount of residents placed in a zombie-like state. They may appear more distant to the people around them, who may in turn feel as if they are interacting with a stranger. Perhaps they become more passive, more quiet, and less active. People around them, such as a family, for example, would in such a situation, take notice of this person's changing personality. They would still be conscious of their existence and would still perhaps partake in their daily activities, but they would not be the same person 'on the inside'. The only thing that remains is the empty shell of who they once were.

It could apply to this scenario, because the victims' will to live, their attachment to their lives and loved ones, their identity - everything that makes them who they are - are left behind in the house. Their behavior outside the house could be classified as apathy syndrome, a term used in Persona 3. Their inner selves are trapped inside the house, while they remain an empty shell outside the house. Or maybe, it is their mind that is asleep. With the residents of the area asleep, they'd be held captive inside the house, and the boy would always have company. In this case, Morpheus and Hypnos would work together, and use the child as a pawn to carry out their plans.Īnd perhaps their plan would be to place the entire area under a peaceful slumber. The situation would be similar to Ameno-Sagiri and Izanami, who both used Adachi as a pawn. Dreams, which are seen as illusions, are connected to sleep, in fact, so what if Morpheus was behind it as well? He is the brother (or son in other stories) of Hypnos, so it could make sense. What if Hypnos was behind it all? The world in the house is based off of what the child (the antagonist mentioned in an earlier post) sees as his perfect world, and that itself is an illusion. After all, the culprit in Persona 4 was the goddess Izanami, and the one behind the dark hour in Persona 3 was the goddess Nyx. But Hypnos was a fairly important god (I think?), which made me want to use him as the 'ringleader' of the entire conflict of the story. I thought against using Hypnos, since he was simply the god of sleep and therefore not as closely associated with the Moon Arcana as the other two gods. Morpheus would be more fitting as the ultimate persona, because he is associated with dreams in general, good or bad, as opposed to Phobetor, who is mainly associated with just nightmares.īut then another thing caught my attention - Hypnos. I figured that Phobetor would represent the character's internal conflict being partially resolved, because Phobetor is the god of nightmares. Phobetor would be their initial persona and Morpheus would be their ultimate persona. With this in mind, I thought that it would be a good idea to create a character who possessed personae that fell under the Moon Arcana. Phobetor is the god of nightmares, while Morpheus is the god of strange (but not necessarily bad) dreams.Īll of this talk about dreams made me think of the Moon Arcana, which, well. I took a look at his siblings, Phobetor and Morpheus. Hypnos is a very interesting being, in my opinion. While looking through Wikipedia after what has probably been a three month absence from this project, I stumbled upon Hypnos, the god of sleep.

Hypnos persona