Mare

A mare is a type of fae that feeds off fear by causing its victims to have nightmares.

Introduction
A mare is a fae that causes its prey to experience bad dreams, and then feeds off the resulting fear. Mare most often feed on humans, simply because they are considered "fair game" and have little psychic defense against them. Partially for this reason, Mare are almost exclusively dark fae.

Origins

 * A mare or nightmare (Proto-Germanic: *marōn; Old English: mære; Old Norse: mara; German: Mahr; Dutch: nachtmerrie; Swedish: mara; Icelandic: mara; Faroese: mara; Danish: mare; Norwegian: mare/mara) is a spirit or goblin in Germanic folklore which rides on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on bad dreams (or "nightmares"). The mare is attested as early as in the Norse Ynglinga saga from the 13th century, but the belief itself is likely to be considerably older. The belief has inspired a great deal of fiction, including the 2011 Swedish film Marianne in which the protagonist dreams of a creature that sits on his chest while he sleeps. As in English, the name appears in the word for "nightmare" in the Nordic languages (e.g. the Swedish word "mardröm" literally meaning mara-dream, the Norwegian word "mareritt" literally meaning mare-ridden or the Icelandic word "martröð" meaning mara-dreaming repeatedly). The mare is often similar to the mythical creatures succubus and incubus, and was likely inspired by sleep paralysis.

Dream Walking and Manipulation

 * Mares are able to go into the dreams of their victims. The can choose to observe without interacting, interact but neither improve nor corrupt the dream, improve the dream and making it more pleasing and positive to the sleeper, or they can corrupt the dream and turn it into a nightmare.


 * Mares can only enter the dreams of a person after they have touched the victim. Once a mar has entered a person's dreams, a psychic connection ismade and the mare is able to sense when the person is sleeping, no matter how far away they are. Then, no matter the distance, the mare can enter the victim's dreams and do what they please.

Natural Enemy: Baku

 * Baku are dream-eaters, and as such, are the natural enemy of mares and completely negate the powers of mares.

Dreamcatcher

 * Mares have a natural averson to dreamcatchers. If a person sleeps beneath a dreamcatcher, the mare is unable to enter their dreams.

Feeding
Mares feed off the fear caused by nightmares. Prolonged or heavy feeding often leads to damaging the psyche of the victim, manifesting in some sort of mental illness, usually insanity.

Known Mares

 * Kitty Wilde