I am old now and I fear I have little time left to chronicle all that I have learned in my travels. My life has been both blessed and cursed. I am a Child of the Waking Dream, touched by fate and bound to a being in another far off world. The common folk would call me a hero, the great Pantheon, a threat. I walk a fine line between the light and the shadows. Stalking the nightmares sent from a mystical realm I can neither see nor visit. There are others like me and it is for them that I try in these late years to chronicle what I know. I have been on “The Hunt” for more than three decades and I have seen most of what there is to see of this world. In this tome I will introduce you as best I can to all the world, its kingdoms, its people and its ways. Take heed, the hunt never ends for the Children of the Waking Dream until we are cold in our graves. That time may be short or long, glorious or tragic, and what you learn here may make the difference. -Dimitri Amadon