Twins again, how strange, huh? And of course late from Day 1.
TRAVERSE TOWN
I have the opportunity to delve into their time in Traverse Town and how this place almost shattered their minds.. Please bare with my self taught english and some cleaned up old art dump, (except for this DDD piece, wich is just Nomura original art+the twins).
To be correct, the twins have never seen the real Traverse Town, but have spent more time than they would have ever wanted in the Realm of Sleep. After the end of Union X, the twins chose merge with their chitithy and become Dream Eaters. But because of a spell placed on them by Merlin when they were very young, and the help of another OC, they managed to regain human form, finding themselves in a strange town where it's always nighttime, confused, alone, with partial amnesia. They have no idea of how they arrived there or how to leave.
The twins have adjusted quickly to the new environment and bonded with the nice locals, loving the little community… then one day they woke up and not a single soul in town remembered them. They never had answers. Slowly but surely they rebuild their life there, again. And again. And again. Because Sleeping Worlds are fragments of the history of a bigger world, like Country of Musketeers. They exist by repeating themselves and the memory they contain endlessly, in a loop.
Imagine living your life knowing the exact moment everything you have built will be erased and for the thirtd time, tenth, twentieth. How many more times do they have to try to change events, living different lives, different jobs, different interactions, hoping to find the combination that is the good answer to this painful riddle? There is no good answer tho. So the temptation to try the bad ones gets stronger. And they did. Because maybe destroying something woul have break the cycle. Or maybe destroy someone… It's not like people will remember anything if it doesn't work and the clock resets anyway, right?
They did it, unintentionally. But it didn't work, as well, and that's the thing they don't want to try again, never. Paranoia will give them nightmares for years even after KH3.
Because they have been exposed to this kind of reality, their social skills are lower than they should despite their real age. It's tricky to learn properly when your actions have no real consequences anymore.
So they decided to never talk again about what happened and focused on building instead of destroying, to keep their sanity.
That's how I headcanon 4th and 5th districts original from DDD to be their own creations.
(original images below)
Starting small with color-changing other Spirits. Being basically Dream Eaters with human will and creativity, they soon discover to have a certain control over reality in the realm of sleep, so they added a layer to the town and personalized it. this is also part of the reason why during the reaper game in DDD the two realities of the dream weren't perfectly synchronized.
(This power they have will be later the base to make Dreamlight Valley kind of canon, if you know the game.)
What finally breaks their routine is the arrival of Sora and Riku in Traverse Town, their tickets to get out of there. The deal is to help them, teaching them how to move around, fight and train spirits, and in exchange the twins can follow them.
and since there's a Moogle here, bonus page and Tou and Riku getting along very well
The Protagonist (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky)
Touma Kamiyama (Kamen Rider Saber)
Voting ended onFeb 5
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PROTAG
Reason for amnesia: Attacked by Darkrai when they attempted to travel back in time.
Do they get their memory back?: No, they don't recover their memory.
“Fun” facts: - The pokémon incarnated by the protagonist is chosen by a personality test. - The protagonist is supposed to be a human who turned into a pokémon, but we never meet humans in these games. I've always found it strange. - This game traumatized an entire generations of children - including me :)
TOUMA
Reason for amnesia: During an incident at the beginning of the series his memories ended up getting sealed away as the world was being saved.
Do they get their memory back?: Yes. Not too far in the series he gets pieces back.
“Fun” facts: Due to his memory loss, Touma does not remember his childhood friends fully, but recognizes his friend Kento through the memories he does have of them acting out stories as kids. Touma is a published writer and a swordsman. He also owns a bookstore and reads stories to kids.
