Merida Thatcher had hoped to conceal her daughter's true nature - that of a half-dream Whymsite, born of the Grand Dreamer Phantasos himself - until she at least managed to live a normal childhood life to the age of sixteen. That hope went out the window when, one bright June day, she got a call from her daughter's elementary school teacher in hysterics, because Star Thatcher had just brought a snowman to life. In June. 

At the very least, she didn't have anything to say that Star didn't just find remarkably exciting.

Even in a city as permissive and integrated with the paranormal as Charlicton, Maricadia, the subject of the Dreaming was something most tended to prefer to ignore. Another plane of perspective pseudo-reality coexisting with one's own more tangible, material world might be something that is *literally* understood to be true, but it's another thing entirely to reckon with the fact that your innermost desires, thoughts, fantasies, and fears actually, truly exist somewhere so nearby that they can touch you, yet utterly unseen. It made itself easy enough to ignore, at the least, given that there hadn't been a genuine ambassador from the Dreaming present in the city since the 50s. At least, that was until Star Thatcher came along, and when a young woman brings a pet dinosaur made of stars as her prom date, *and* somehow manages to win prom queen despite not even being entered into the competition, that sort of thing suddenly makes the Dreaming's touch on the real a lot harder to abjectly ignore. 

There were attempts to reign this fresh-faced runagate "Vox Phantasmatum" in check, of course. The Orbis Elinvar approached Star with recruitment in the hopes of keeping her under tight watch. She had completely restructured the organization's institutional perspective on the Dreaming by the end of her first month as a protector. The Society of the Weird tried to study and quantify what she could do, and she was so helpful and demonstrational to them that they all quit out of utter frustration and befuddlement. And then a group of Reliquarians tried to completely sever her connection with her true homeland of the Dreaming. 

Not even a drop of blood remained when they were utterly consumed by their own nightmares. And that was the last time anybody ever tried that with Star Thatcher.

She grew. Her wildness was not tempered with age - if anything, it really just heightened it, as she came even more into her abilities and nature. Her peers would come to care for her fiercely, and she delighted in seeing the stars alight to their eyes. For the first time in a long time, the dreams of Charlicton, Maricadia were welcomed by the people. And that tie was *very* well-protected.

Star Thatcher, half a girl and half a dream, had unified her two homes at last, and she takes to the streets with the stars in her eyes and a light in her heart.

Galdric the Gopher: Dream spirit version of the city university's sports mascot. Perverted old drunkard.

Tess MacPharlee: The quintessential hostess of all the best parties in the city. Has Star on speed dial to ensure attendance.

Barthy: Aged copper statue of some historical figure not even he actually remembers the significance of in city center. Doesn't get out much, but a good drinking buddy.

The Sodden Beggar: Enigmatic dream spirit, but a helpful contact and informant for the right price.

Samantha Claus: No relation, ignore the rosy cheeks and telling giggle. Runs the Crescent Gallery, local wiccan materials shop.

Nosir Wyndran: Wizard, runs the city chapter house of the Society of the Weird. Paradoxically doesn't like Star much, but appreciates the necessity of an informational exchange relationship between them, if nothing else.

Trixity Dean: Anarchist, enemy of the state, and youth leader. Running civilian operations to keep the streets safe to roam for those on the wrong side of oppressive regulation. Handy with a spiky bat in a pinch.

- Star spontaneously grows facial hair in exact mimicry of the nearest person with pronounced facial hair, including any styling. The facial hair is a completely random colour.

- A random object within 10 metres, no smaller than a bucket and no larger than a bus, transforms entirely into peanut butter. This cannot target living things, or objects that contain information and data, such as computers. If the object has moving mechanical parts, it will inexplicably continue to function as intended.

- A rainbow appears in the sky, with its apogee centered directly above Star. This rainbow actually does touch the ground in two places several miles in either direction, where two pots of gold also appear. The gold will turn into smoke the moment someone attempts to sell or make a purchase with it.

- A unicorn appears. The unicorn speaks English, and will believe with conviction that it existed somewhere else prior to being teleported next to Star due to the surge. It is unclear whether or not this is true.

- For the next 3-5 hours, wherever Star's feet or shoes touch pavement, toadstools will sprout up and break through the concrete. They are delicious, and extremely psychedelic. 

- All colours within a 1 kilometer radius of Star's location during the surge become 50% more exposed. This effect will gradually wear off over the course of a month.

- 6-8 smooth, self-lubricating tentacles of 3-10 inches in diameter and random colorations will appear from portals in flat surfaces within 10 feet. Star can control the actions of these tentacles with her mind. They retract and vanish after 1 hour.

- The person within line of sight whom Star most regards as a figure of authority will immediately have all cloth and fabric on their person vanish. Rubber, metal, and leather materials are not affected.

- Avian wings of a 20-foot wingspan and a random pattern coloration suddenly sprout from Star's back. Despite the anatomical impossibility, they function as could be expected. They will fall off with no scarring or trace in 6-10 hours.

- Star's blood, both in and outside of her body, changes colour to a random neon shade. This change affects nothing about its biological purpose.

- Toys, stuffed animals, and dolls within line of sight to Star become animated and alive for the next 10 minutes. They are generally beholden to Star's commands, though they are definably self-aware, and their personalities are seemingly random. Toys or dolls of established fictional characters are not guaranteed to personally identify with the characters they are made after.

- Star spontaneously grows 2-12 feet in height. This change remains until the next time she sleeps.

- A random number of eyeballs (max. 50) appear on random parts of Star's skin and surrounding surfaces. She can see out of all of them. The eyes all disappear when they first blink, and are subject to blinking as a reaction to the same things that would make a normal eye blink.

- Everyone capable of sleep, including Star, within a 50-meter radius falls asleep. They will not wake unless roused manually. Every minute spent asleep in this state is equivalent in terms of restedness to an hour's worth of REM sleep.

- For the next day, any word that comes out of Star's mouth is completely inaudible unless she is singing it. The singing does not have to be good, or even rhythmic.

- Spectral clown versions of everyone within 10 meters of Star, including herself, appear and begin fooling around in caricaturizing ways. They cannot touch or interact with anything physically, but they are very loud. They disappear exactly 1 hour after the individual they are copying can no longer stand them.

- Star becomes blindingly bioluminescent for 30 seconds.

- Whatever song is currently stuck in Star's head begins playing ethereally on the wind everywhere within a 10-mile radius.

- Star's pores begin to exude an invisible gas that, when inhaled, provide the inebriative equivalent of a marijuana joint drag per breath. Star herself is immune to this, and the effect ends when she next bathes or showers.

- The next person Star touches will somehow only be able to speak backwards until they are able to ask politely to be able to speak forwards again, spoken forwards (meaning they would have to correctly phrase it backwards)

- The nearest pre-transition transgender person within a maximum radius of 500m spontaneously inverts physical sex. Their new body is more or less physically representative of their internal sense of self. If the individual consumes any amount of walnuts, even trace amounts, within the next 48 hours, the effect will reverse; otherwise, the effect is permanent.

- Regardless of the time of day, the stars become very pronouncedly visible in the sky in a 10-30 mile radius. If it is currently overcast, the clouds part suddenly and abruptly beginning at a point directly above Star.

- Star becomes either five times as heavy, or five times as light. These changes last for 6-8 hours, and have no effect on her own body's ability to hold itself up.

- The bank account balances of the nearest person of net worth less than $5k, and the nearest person of net worth higher than $50 million, suddenly swap. Causality will shift to prevent any reversions or extenuating legal consequences for either party.

- Tulpas and imaginary friends within a 2-kilometer radius become visible to everyone for 5 minutes. Star, who can always see them anyway, is completely unaffected.

- Star's shadow disconnects itself from her body and vanishes. It will return at some point in the next 8 hours, but nobody will have any idea what it was doing in the meantime.

- The next person Star touches is cursed perpetually with the sensation of being about to sneeze, but never sneezing. This effect is seemingly permanent, barring the use of dedicated cursebreaking efforts.

- Star's body undergoes some foundational, extensive physical change, such as but not limited to: doll joints, elastic skin, jack o' lantern head, genderswap, furry transformation, scaly skin, abdominal mouth, et cetera. These effects are temporary, and can last from 30 seconds to up to 2 days depending on how much Star likes the changes.