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Endymion
He/Him|The Sleeper Eternal|Epiales' dad
TRIGGER WARNING for referenced sexual assault!!!!
Endymion was a simple shepherd who spent his night looking at the night sky and pondering on the movements of the stars. One night Selene looked upon him and saw his great beauty. She was possessed with the urge to have him as her lover. But knew that a mortal and an immortal would be doomed to a tragic romance. She begged Zeus to give him immortality and eternal youth (having learned from Eos' mistake), Zeus agreed (why?) However Endymion didn't want to be her consort, despite the gifts she lavished upon him he was uncomfortable with her attention. Selene either didn't notice or didn't care about this, she was convinced that, because he spent his time staring at the night sky, he must love her Endymion turned to sleep to avoid her assault, Hypnos found him in the dream realm and decided to help as best he could and granted Endymion eternal sleep. Endymion spends time in the grove and gets close to Hypnos and Pasithea. Hypnos found that Endymion's nightmare(Epiales) was mucking about in hypnogogia. As a baby nightmare Epiales was stronger and more lasting than usual due to Selene's influence. Not wanting to leave Epiales to his own devices where he would cause havoc Hypnos and Pasithea took him to the grove. However Endymion couldn't deal with the constant reminder of his trauma and fled to the far reaches of the dream realm.
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