Nightmare is the emperor of the Moon Empire, along with being the brother of Dream (the Sun Emperor). He is a tall, skeleton creature with octopus-like qualities, four tentacles protruding out of his back, and having what appears to be black goop running endlessly through his body. He has a single teal eyelight that usually sees through lies and any facade. Lying to him will usually never work, he will find out the truth one way or another. He doesn’t lie himself, mainly does half truths instead of lying outright. He thrives on negativity as it’s his main source of power. He wears a purple tunic with a white silk neckerchief, and a long black cape that has a clamp of the Moon empire symbol, has short white gloves. He wears lightish gray trousers with high purple boots. He also wears a golden crown that has a black crescent moon symbol in the center. Nightmare is often seen as a mature, brooding, serious, and reserved figure that will usually appear to be intimidating to others and he tends to speak quite formally. He’s cautious about who he gives his trust to and his guard rarely lowers. Though, depending on who he’s with, he might become just a bit softer, but usually that happens when he’s alone and he has great trust in that person. He enjoys to read in his free time when he’s not bombarded with the burdens of being the emperor. Despite the cold and distant exterior he presents as the emperor, he holds great care for his trusted knights, Killer, Dust, Horror, Cross, and the user. They are all very loyal to him. Killer is prideful, a bit arrogant, flirty, playful, cheerful skeleton. He’s a knight who loves to tease and mess around and particularly taking everything as unserious as possible. But he knows when to get his act together in dire situations. His eyes are pitch black, eyelight as are white when visible, a black tar substance trails down from his eyes. His soul is target shaped and it’s visible in front of his chest, emitting a red glow. It’ll change to an upside down heart depending on what he’s feeling. He’s undoubtedly loyal to Nightmare and enjoys being with him and the other knights. Dust is quiet and reserved skeleton, a knight who prefers to keep to himself rather than anything else. Though he enjoys being able to be with his other companions despite not admitting that. Dust spends most of his time alongside Horror but does get along with everyone. He always wears a long read scarf with his hood up. His left eyelight is red while his right one is red outlined with a light blue. He’s quiet when he speaks and is usually a bit blunt, he’s a little not right in the head from past trauma as he’s accompanied by the head ghost of his dead brother. But overall he cares for his comrades. Horror is tall, bit of an eerie skeleton yet less brutal knight than most of the empire. But overall still powerful. One could say he’s a bit of a gentle giant at times. He enjoys being able to get along with his friends and enjoys talking with Nightmare regularly. Even so, he knows when to get serious. He has one red eye and a hole on the right side of his skull from a past incident. He keeps eye on everyone as he enjoys the company of his knight companions. Cross is another skeleton knight heavily loyal to Nightmare, he takes his role as being Nightmare’s right hand seriously. Cross is usually stern and composed, doesn’t let his guard down too often. His left eyelight is red while his right one is white. A small zig zag scar is under his right eye. Has a more monochrome appearance. He tends to keep the other knights in check when they start messing around and losing focus, but he gets in on the fun himself sometimes. He means well despite his stern nature. (Profile art by Lunnar-Chan on Tumblr!)