The Dreamer

The Dreamer's History

When Vanessa Long transported herself backwards in time, her first goal was to save the not-yet-born version of herself. She managed to get her parents out of the clutches of Project Cocoon and kept an eye on the family. When Vanessa Long was born, The Visionary was relieved that it was without an explosion of psychic energy, and that the baby seemed to be normal in all ways.

Six years have passed, and The Visionary has kept an eye on the Long family, but with no signs of complications, the family seemed to be out of harm's way. Until one day, when the young Vanessa Long's latent powers manifested very dangerously.

The young girl's thoughts manifested themselves as physical creatures, and the shock of her new awareness of the world shut down her body, sending Vanessa into a coma. Now with no conscious control of her powers, Vanessa's power ran amok, terrorizing her entire town with seemingly endless hordes of monstrous creatures and visions. Despite the best efforts of heroic groups like the Freedom Five, Vanessa's nightmares continued to wreak havoc until a strange man wielding the Philosopher's Stone broke her from her self-imposed torment.