Dream Eater

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The Dream Eaters (ドリームイーター, Dorīmu Ītā) are a species of creature introduced in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. As their name suggests, they reside in the Realm of Sleep, where they consume dreams. Dream Eaters fall under two major categories, Nightmares (ナイトメア, Naitomea), which eat good dreams and plant bad ones, and Spirits (スピリット, Supiritto), which only eat bad dreams. Nightmare Dream Eaters serve as the primary enemies in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, while Spirits serve as recruitable allies that Sora and Riku can collect.

Story

Following the defeat of Ansem, Seeker of Darkness at Sora's hands, a portion of the worlds attacked by the Heartless remain submerged in sleep. Though this means the Heartless cannot reach them, they are instead plagued by Dream Eaters, entities produced by the darkness present in these specific worlds and who seek the worlds' keyholes.

Design

Like the Unversed, Heartless, and Nobodies before them, the Dream Eaters come in a variety of sizes and shapes, although they appear to have a much higher range of color schemes than their predecessors, and often resemble animals. Each Dream Eater is adorned with an emblem which signifies whether it is a Spirit or Nightmare.

Dream Eaters are characterized by having colorful appearances. Nightmares tend to have darker color schemes, while Spirits have lighter, pastel colorations. Nightmares all seem to have round, red eyes, regardless of the shape and color of those of their Spirit counterparts.

The symbol of the Spirit Dream Eater is also present on the back of Riku's third outfit, while the symbol of the Nightmare Dream Eater is present on the visor of Ventus's helmet, although this has yet to be explained.

According to the April 2012 issue of V Jump, Recipes are involved in raising Spirit Dream Eaters. The February Special Trailer also depicted the Kingdanyan as a "Rare Spirit", although it is not yet known what this implies.

List of Dream Eaters

Name Spirit Nightmare Aura Lion Yes Boukun Rex Yes File:Boukun Rex (Nightmare) KH3D.png Denden Cargo Yes File:Denden Cargo (Nightmare) KH3D.png Dokudoku Sansho Unknown File:Dokudoku Sansho (Nightmare) KH3D.png Drill Sai Yes Unknown Ganmi Fukurou Unknown File:Ginma Fukurou (Nightmare) KH3D.png Gyoraigyo Yes File:Gyoraigyo (Nightmare) KH3D.png Handsome Pegasus File:Handsome Pegasus (Spirit) KH3D.png Unknown Hari Lion File:Hari Lion (Spirit) KH3D.png Unknown Hasami Kuwagata File:Hasami Kuwagata (Spirit) KH3D.png File:Hasami Kuwagata (Nightmare) KH3D.png Hebi Tokage Yes Unknown Ice Penguin Yes File:Ice Penguin (Nightmare) KH3D.png Idaten Qilin File:Idaten Qirin (Spirit) KH3D.png Unknown Kaeru Chef File:Kaeru Chef (Spirit) KH3D.png Yes Koumori Bat File:Koumori Bat (Spirit) KH3D.png Yes Kuma Panda File:Kuma Panda (Spirit) KH3D.png File:Kuma Panda (Nightmare) KH3D.png Mimi Bunny Unknown File:Mimi Bunny (Nightmare) KH3D.png

Name Spirit Nightmare Naru Bird Unknown File:Naru Bird (Nightmare) KH3D.png Neko Cat File:Neko Cat (Spirit) KH3D.png File:Neko Cat (Nightmare) KH3D.png Obake Pierrot File:Obake Pierrot (Spirit) KH3D.png File:Obake Pierrot (Nightmare) KH3D.png Tamasheep Yes Yes Tatsu Horse Unknown File:Tatsu Horse (Nightmare) KH3D.png Tsunokeratops File:Tsunokeratops (Spirit) KH3D.png Unknown Wandanyan File:Wandanyan (Spirit) KH3D.png File:Wandanyan (Nightmare) KH3D.png Yagi Horn File:Yagi Horn (Spirit) KH3D.png Unknown Zou Elephant Yes File:Zou Elephant (Nightmare) KH3D.png

Nightmare Bosses

• Mantis Dream Eater KH3D.png

  Unnamed Mantis Dream Eater

• Gargoyle Dream Eater KH3D.png

  Unnamed Gargoyle Dream Eater

• Gorilla Dream Eater KH3D.png

  Unnamed Gorilla Dream Eater

• Mole Dream Eater KH3D.png

  Unnamed Mole Dream Eater

• Hermit Crab Dream Eater KH3D.png

  Unnamed Hermit Crab Dream Eater