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Lore

The Dream Nail is a sacred weapon and talisman, which can cut the veil that separates the waking world from dreams. It appears to have been made by the Moth Tribe. The Dream Nail allows its user to not only read the thoughts of an entity, or even inanimate objects, but also enter specific sections of the Dream Realm.

Before the Knight acquires it, the blade dulled over time, making it necessary to fill it with enough Essence to awaken it. Essence are the fragments of light that dreams are composed of. Essence can also take the shape of those who have passed away. Dreams and memories cling onto the Dream Nail when Essence is collected.

Another one of the Dream Nail's abilities is to teleport the user from one place to another through dreams. The user warps by imagining a great gate to a location connected to them, provided the location has a strong connection to dreams.

The user of the Dream Nail is referred to as the "Wielder", an entity whose arrival the Moth Tribe had awaited. The Wielder's purpose is to collect Essence and hunt memories all across Hallownest. Once 2400 or more Essence has been acquired, the Seer declares the Knight to be the Wielder her tribe had long dreamed of.