Last day of OC-tober. Based on prompt: www.deviantart.com/iduna-haya/…
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Soon after the dawn of Creation, the Brethren, undisputed makers rulers of the world, required representatives in the physical world to ensure the success of the Divine Plan. To this end, they created the Ur-Beasts, the most powerful mortals that have been or ever will exist, psychokinetic entities who could bend and twist reality with their will alone. They were mortal only in the sense that their souls were dependent on their physical bodies, but in all practical senses, each Ur-Beast could individually match their immortal masters for power. Sometimes even more than match.
The Ur-Beasts helped carry forward the Divine Plan exactly as planned. Even through the First War in Heaven, when the Old Gods invaded Creation in search of a home, the Ur-Beasts aided their masters with the interlopers, with no thought given to compensation or self-preservation.
However, during the Second War in Heaven, the Devils, the remnants of the Old Gods, managed to sway several of the Ur-Beasts to defect and rebel against their masters. The majority of the Ur-Beasts either stayed out of the fighting or continued to defend their masters. Alas, the Brethren did not fully appreciate their servants’ power until subjected to it. They realized they could not guarantee control over the Ur-Beasts, and decided to hunt down and kill every last Ur-Beast, regardless of its loyalty or otherwise, to pre-empt any future threat. The Ur-Beast’s purposes would be instead fulfilled by lesser servants, more pliable and much less able to harm their makers. The few Ur-Beasts that live today went to ground against their former masters, with only one exception: Bear. Bear was born asleep and has never woken up since, and thus was spared from the Brethren’s wrath. So now it just kind of chills wherever it is.
Popularly known as Slumbear, Bear is easily the most famous of the Ur-Beasts. In the physical world, it is permanently asleep and completely sessile, with at most an occasional snort or attempt to roll over. In the dreamscape, its astral body is much more active, sifting through random dreams and eating any imaginary food found there. It does not seem intelligent, however, behaving much like an ordinary animal... with caveats. Slumbear is telepathic and can sense unwelcome intent, and has the psychokinetically ability to induce sleep in anyone within roughly half a kilometer. It will use this liberally if bothered in the physical world. If confronted by lucid dreamers in the dreamscape, it can force them into a deeper, dreamless state of sleep. These abilities are impossible for even immortals to resist for long. More benignly, it will also grant sleep to anyone wishing to sleep in its vicinity, something that many an insomniac has appreciated.
Slumbear’s intended purpose is believed to be a conduit, moderator or maintainer of the dreamscape. As Slumbear does not eat or drink in the physical world, it is believed Slumbear stays alive by siphoning spare PK energy from dreamers. However, this is all speculation, as study of Slumbear is difficult. Only immortals or very experienced lucid dreamers could follow its astral body well enough to observe it, and its physical body usually responds to active examination with its sleep-inducing psychic power. It currently inhabits the sleep ward of Wolcrasi Community Hospital, where it is used to immediately and safely induce sleep in patients or overworked medical staff. It does not seem to mind.
Teddy bears are toys directly based on Slumbear, popularly believed to help children sleep or encourage Slumbear to protect them in their dreams. Prayer to Slumbear is among the few heterodox religious practices which will not (immediately) bring down the wrath of the Church Above.
