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The Dream

The elite outfit or world Epitome Tagg comes from, named as shorthand for money and privilege.

Story so far

The Dream is named only as a provenance: "Epitome Tagg from the Dream", listed by Quasar alongside the orc Prince Stalwart and the banker Operatic as examples of the ninth floor's rich.

Quasar does not explain what the Dream is, because among his audience it needs no explaining — it is the sort of place whose name alone accounts for a person's wealth and expectations. What matters to his recap is that the wealth no longer buys survival: after the vote at the end of the eighth floor, everyone on that list "can really die now".

Appearance

Never depicted; a name that functions in conversation the way a famous address does.

Role

The privileged milieu that produced Epitome Tagg, invoked as part of the roster of newly mortal rich on the ninth floor.

Relationships

Epitome Tagg — Its representative among the ninth floor's rich participants.
Faction Wars — Its people are among those the stripped protections now expose.

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