SCPantera's Dream Journal

Two fragments retained tonight. First was a sequence that I could only identify as some sort of combination of an RTS and Terraria.

In the next sequence I was an exiled prince of some nation. I was evidently staying with some island nation, however I knew they were evil or had bad intentions and had to escape the island to the main continent, which I managed to do with the help of some other characters. After there, I traveled a ways inland until I came upon some ruins in a forest. There I found a small army unit of some other kingdom. They asked if I would join them, but after thinking for a short while I declined and headed back the way I came. After a short while I met Aragorn and some of the people who had helped me escape the island country on the trail. I remember thinking that I was glad Aragorn was my ally and that he was the sort of king I hoped to be someday. The group of us started back the way I was heading originally and got back to the ruins. We headed further into the ruins to find that it was actually the site of a now-destroyed (night?) elf settlement. They told us that they had been attacked and ravaged by the army I had met earlier that asked me to come with them and I remember thinking I dodged a bullet by not going with them. The last memory I had of the dream was exploring a tower in the back of the ruins.

Looking at the last entry, you'll notice I'd long since abandoned my dreamwalking efforts. This was due to a combination of my (then) frustrating lack of success and the arduous business of last year's school work which made the preparation for sleep and dreams and the upkeep of a dream journal seem somewhat chorelike at a time when I didn't have the mental focus to spare. Now, having graduated and finished my PharmD, I find myself in a limbo between having graduated, obtaining licensure, and finding a job which leaves me with a lot of free time. I've been enjoying several fun, adventurous, and pleasant dreams the past few nights (the four quadrant pillars, the middle settlement, and being alarmed that the middle people do not actively defend themselves from the dangerous creatures from the pillars!), which remind me of my old lucid dreaming efforts. Being that my mental obligations are quite sparing and free time abound nowadays, I feel that it is my duty to return to pursuing mastery of my nocturnal subconscious, so starting tonight (or this morning I guess, I've been rolling into a 4AM-noonish sleep pattern) I'll be once more laying the groundwork starting with good-old simple dream recall.

I don't know if I'll get around to finishing my last summary post or if I'll continue that practice going forward, but I'm going to take it easy and play things by ear for now.