Skerry

An invention of an earlier incarnation of Dream, a skerry is a self-contained ecosystem that is segregated from the larger realms of The Dreaming, much akin to an islet. Often it is territory entrusted to a single individual or a small group of like-minded sorts. This gives them a realm they can build and model into their own dreamscape without cross-contamination from the rest of the Astral Plane. Sometimes these skerries are destroyed at the end of their story; sometimes they become part of The Dreaming proper. Fiddler's Green began as a skerry, a collective dream for sailors and lost lovers. It became an ideologue in its own right over time.

One of the more notable skerries is Wonderland. Dreamed up by an English mathematician, Wonderland is a relatively new province of relatively un-tamed territory. Contention for the harmony of Wonderland is heated as various entities and actors wish to claim it for their own uses.

The Skerries of the Darkling Edge are the wildest and most dangerous places in The Dreaming. They hold the dreams of those who have been cut off from their home reality. It is here that the Dreamlord maintains his prisons and cages, containing ideas and ideologues too dangerous to be allowed to roam freely. Attempting to use Ways to enter or leave the Darkling Edge is tremendously dangerous, not just for The Dreaming but for lost mortals trapped in impossible places. The Dreamlord uses this group of skerries to contain the minds of the most terrible and puissant of creatures: the Old Gods.