The Great Sleep or Spell of Endless Sleep is a cosmological hypothesis raised by sybils and certain priestesses: the post-Cataclysm real world is itself a dream — humanity asleep under an endless-sleep spell imposed by a cosmic force.
Implications
- The Dream Realm is not an other reality but the true reality, and the real world the dream
- The Cataclysm coincided with the falling-asleep
- Nightmare Gates are windows back to true reality
Theories
- Hypothesis A: The sleep spell is the work of the Forgotten God before his fall
- Hypothesis B: It is a curse from the -unknown- to neutralize the gods' war
- Hypothesis C: It is an unintended consequence of the Mirror breaking during the Doom War
Status
The Great Sleep is evoked in key passages of Vols 7-10. It is not canonically confirmed but functions as an open cosmological question that frames the story's endgame.