The Dreams of Alundra

Nov 21, 2004 at 4:36 AM
Midnight Muse
"No! Don't OPEN that DOOR!"
Location:
This began as a stray thought that I liked the idea of dreams in the game. In my writing, I've used dreams, well, they were really nightmares... to add something into the story that I could not do outright. Oftentimes I left it unknown until it was over that it was even a dream. I know and I agree... I am often sadistic to my characters that I write about, but that led me to this conclusion just out of idle curiosity...

What do the dreams in Alundra mean and how accurate are they?

After some work and research, here is what I came up with... The meanings in bold are those I felt were the most accurate IMO. If you want to give your opinion, feel free to do so. I'll eventually add the entire set of interpretations to Zen. And add the next dream as I get it finished...

An added note... This is only done in fun and is not serious in any fashion. Please do not think that because you dream of something like this that this in anyway interprets your dream as I have done these.

Enjoy!

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Wendell's Nightmare

Elements of the nightmare and their meanings.

Stairs
Ascending stairs may represent:
Moving towards a goal or opportunity
Rising to a challenge
Making progress
Upliftment, enlightenment or connection with the spiritual realms

Scaffolds
Wanting to be noticed or be heard
Needing to take a stand on something
Confidence

Slimes
Lacking in energy or vitality, functioning below par
Being unenthusiastic
Slow but steady progress
A devious, unmannered or deceitful person, a slug or slime ball
Somebody who is lazy
Feeling vulnerable or that you're without defence
Being spineless, acting in a cowardly manner
Approaching something with force

Wendell yelling for help-- Fear?

Something that needs to be embraced, addressed or released
Awe, reverence or respect e.g. being God-fearing
Avoidance

Barriers

A problem, issue or belief that is hindering your progress
Being guided away from something that is not in your best interest
A boundary or border, literal or figurative
An obstacle
Separating self from others, shutting the world out
Feeling excluded or shut out
Protection
Harnessing
Surrounding
Your inner self-defence mechanisms
Feeling frustrated, climbing the walls
Allowing something to go to ruin, letting it go to the wall
Being forced into a difficult situation, driven to the wall
Being in a corner, having your back against the wall
Eavesdropping, snooping, wanting to be a fly on the wall
Frustration or absence of progress, banging your head against a brick wall

Gelatinoid
The beast within or your darker side - embrace it, it's valuable to you
Symbolic of something that is overwhelming to you
Playfulness, fantasy or being childlike

My interpretation :

Wendel is a god-fearing person, running around wanting to be noticed, but acting cowardly as he's banging his head against a brick wall, making progress? (in a pig's eye. Alundra saves him. Okay... maybe that one doesn't really fit... Although, he is making progress in not getting injured... ~_^ ) while his darker side is being playful and he should be embracing it.

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Just remember this is in fun.... XD
 
Nov 26, 2004 at 6:00 PM
Midnight Muse
"No! Don't OPEN that DOOR!"
Location:
Olen's Nightmare

Elements of the nightmare


Coal Mine
Digging deep, extending yourself
Going within, seeking out your inner treasures
Productivity
Something that is not above board, the underground
Ownership, claiming something that is yours


Underground
Your subconscious or unconscious mind
Buried or repressed emotions or unacknowledged aspects of self
Something that is secret or hidden
Overthrowing something, seizing power
Something that is avant-garde or subversive

Bombs
An explosive situation or feeling
Something unsuccessful, something that bombed out
Something that's sudden or potentially devastating

Murggs -- Monkeys
Being playful, letting your hair down, being spontaneous, being uninhibited
Nonsense, foolishness, fooling around, monkey business
Copying, imitating, aping
Trying to ruin a project, sabotaging something, monkey wrenching

Machinery
Something unstimulating or repetitive
Something that is devoid of spontaneity, enthusiasm or emotion
Lack of originality
The mechanics of your body e.g. a broken machine may represent something within your body that has become dysfunctional
Feeling overworked, tired, needing to rest or retire
Not thinking before carrying out a task, going about it in a mechanical way
Adopting a methodical approach
Feeling unappreciated or that others view you as a machine
Allowing heavy demands to be placed upon you

Switches
Obviously to turn something on or off.

My Interpretation :

Okay... where do I begin on Olen? He's overworked, tired, and needing to rest, but stuck in a situation that is subversive, explosive and he's actually trying to sabotage it or turn it off. (Geesh... talk about self destruction. I'm really glad this is just for fun.) : /

spoiler...
Olen dies. (I guess he succeeded?)
 
Nov 29, 2004 at 11:50 PM
Midnight Muse
"No! Don't OPEN that DOOR!"
Location:
Bonaire's Nightmare

Elements of the nightmare

Slimes
Lacking in energy or vitality, functioning below par
Being unenthusiastic
Slow but steady progress
A devious, unmannered or deceitful person, a slug or slime ball
Somebody who is lazy
Feeling vulnerable or that you're without defence
Being spineless, acting in a cowardly manner
Approaching something with force

Zombies
Dreaming about the living dead may carry a powerful message.
emotionally disconnected from things going on around you.
You may be experiencing unhealthy detachment
are unable to appropriately feel positive or negative emotions.
may be out of touch and outside of the main flow of life.
to become aware of emotional issues and circumstances in daily life that are difficult to face.

Sara -- his wife
Your spouse or partner is usually one of your strongest mirrors -
the behaviour of the spouse is likely to be mirroring back to you some aspect of yourself,
possibly unacknowledged, that needs to be addressed in your own waking behaviour
May imply the female or yin side of your energy

Stairs
Ascending stairs may represent:
Moving towards a goal or opportunity
Rising to a challenge
Making progress

Upliftment, enlightenment or connection with the spiritual realms

Barrier
A problem, issue or belief that is hindering your progress
Being guided away from something that is not in your best interest
A boundary or border, literal or figurative
An obstacle
Separating self from others, shutting the world out
Feeling excluded or shut out
Protection
Harnessing
Surrounding
Your inner self-defence mechanisms
Feeling frustrated, climbing the walls
Allowing something to go to ruin, letting it go to the wall
Being forced into a difficult situation, driven to the wall
Being in a corner, having your back against the wall
Eavesdropping, snooping, wanting to be a fly on the wall
Frustration or absence of progress, banging your head against a brick wall

Switches
Obviously to turn something on or off.

Purple Globes
Purple is usually the color of royalty, high rank, or dignity.
It is a strong color that can not be ignored.
a strong opinion of purple: they really like it, or vehemently dislike it.
spiritual connotations.
represents spiritual and personal transformation.
represent higher consciousness and spiritual protection.

Scaffolds
Wanting to be noticed or be heard
Needing to take a stand on something
Confidence

Ladders
an unconscious reflection of your movement toward a goal.
Ascending is generally a more positive symbol than descending.
hard work and exertion of energy.
symbolic of the "way to heaven".
Missing rungs may symbolize missing elements or hardships and handicaps

Blue
5th (throat) or 7th (forehead) chakra
Inspiration, creativity
Feeling down or depressed about something, having the blues
Indicative of things going wrong, blue Monday
Physical dysfunction or the death of something, turning blue
Feeling injured or bruised, black and blue
A surprise or something unexpected, out of the blue

Red
Survival (1st chakra) or issues concerning your foundation in life
Blood, life force
Passion, sexual energy
Anger, aggression, inflammation, seeing red
Extreme pain
Embarrassment, being red-faced
Danger, warning
A red carpet may represent something that's important
Restriction, red tape
Being in debt, in the red
A false or unimportant issue, making too much of something, a red herring

Succubus
A creature that drains the life from a person.

Spike balls (traps)
Feeling that your freedom is limited or restricted
Being tricked or set up, trapped
Catching somebody unaware, setting a booby trap
Something unwanted
A trap door may indicate a concealed or less obvious opportunity
Harnessing something
Poaching, taking at the expense of others
Pursuing something that is not in your best interests
Adornments or additions that amount to little, trappings
Slang for mouth

Bombs
An explosive situation or feeling
Something unsuccessful, something that bombed out
Something that's sudden or potentially devastating

Dragon sculptures

Creative expression
Inner transformation
Being inflexible in your views or opinions, casting them in stone
Power
Potency
Sexual (kundalini) energy
Something ugly or frightening
A fierce person
Spiritual upliftment
Make-believe, fantasy

My Interpretation : This guy has real problems... an ex wife. JK! That would be the first thought of most people. ~_^ Once more we have a cowardly man, spineless, emotionally disconnected mirroring his exwife (she's dead already.. and is stronger than he is even after life?) and making progress? (I think rising to the challenge fits better, but I think he should cut the cord.). He has something in his way... (Sara, duh...) and wants to turn her off, so to keep from being ignored, there are those little purple switches that cannot be, while he's wanting to be noticed, feeling a bit bruised, thinking she's heaven while she (the Succubus) slowly sucks the life from him. But of course, he doesn't care if she's bad for him, and even though it's an unsuccessful situation, he's so inflexible, he can't move away from her, but is stuck there.

Oh yeah... spoiler

Just the type of man that gets poor Nadia killed for it. I guess it sucks to be Nadia and have a man you love but doesn't want you and lets his succubus wife destroy you?

This guy is soooooo worth saving, Alundra. NOT. I vote to leave him to her. XD
 
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