A Tenebrous Realm is one of those realms off the Silver Path, little known by changelings but inhabited by the Denizens.
Overview[]
Not defined by any map or borders, the Tenebrous Realms is a catchall term used by changelings to define the poorly understood realms off the Silver Path. To all by the most adventurous changelings, these place are considered dark, alien, and dangerous. To the adhene who live there, they are simply... home.
Perhaps the most telling fact about the Denizens' relationship to the Dreaming is that few of them call it that. Many see the Dream Realms as the only true reality and the human world as but one more realm (albeit an interesting one) if they think of it at all. This sanguine view of the human realms often evaporates once the Denizen has walked its Banality-riddled streets. The human realms hold a strong "moth to the flame" lure for the adhene. Because of the Augmen, Denizens become less powerful as they enter the waking world. Those Denizens in-the-know call the Dreaming the spirit world, acknowledging in some way that they are projections or "dreams" of another realm. But the sheer horror experienced by those who discover that they are merely the product of someone else's dreams, albeit sentient ones, drives some Denizens to madness or death. The waking world may be a pretty bauble, tempting to possess, but it can also burn.
References[]
- CTD. Denizens of the Dreaming, pp. 15, 26.