Real Name Unknown
Origin: Magic (?)
Archetype: Controller or (?)
Power Sets/Powers: Their are conflicting reports about the Dream
Doctor's powers. During his battles with the Circle of Thorns, the Dream Doctor is said to have relied on "mystic blasts"
and "spirit allies." As the Leader of the Sand Kings, his magic powers enabled him to mentally control enemies and create
illusions. It has been noted that the Dream Doctor came by his powers naturally, rather than as a result of laborious study.
The powers listed below are speculation, based on the Controller archetype.
·Mind Control
·Illusions
·Empathy
·Leadership
·Manipulation
Levels: Unknown
Current Whereabouts: Unknown
Group Affiliation: The Midnight Squad (Leader); Freedom Phalanx (founding member); Sand Kings (a division of the 1st Hero Brigade; Leader)
Benefits/Rewards
·None known at this time.
History
The Dream Doctor first emerged sometime in 1931, joining the Freedom Phalanx
in spring of that year. In '33, the Dream Doctor began investigating the disappearance of children from poor neighborhoods.
He eventually discovered that the Circle of Thorns was behind these abductions. "At midnight on the anniversary of the Circle’s founding, The Dream Doctor burst
in upon the foul cultists just as they prepared to sacrifice the poor children. As preternatural night engulfed the ritual
chamber, the hero moved among them, his mystic blasts and spirit allies smashing through the cultists and freeing the children
before [the Circle's leader] Baron Zoria and his cronies knew what had happened. While the Circle’s highest-ranking
members escaped, The Dream Doctor managed to capture most of the rest of the cult and bring them to justice."
Although the Circle of Thorns was literally driven underground, the Dream Doctor
knew that the Baron and his followers would seek revenge. To defend Paragon City
from the Circle of Thorns and similar threats, the Dream Doctor approached a secretive group of magicians, sorcerers, occultists,
and scholars. The group agreed to help the Dream Doctor in his war against evil occultists like the Circle of Thorns, and
a member of the secret society soon dubbed the non-traditional team the Midnight Squad. For the next several decades, the
Dream Doctor and the Midnight Squad clashed with the Circle of Thorns repeatedly.
Like many other heroes, the Dream Doctor took a temporary leave of absence
from Paragon City during World War II.
Although the Midnight Squad was the Dream Doctor's primary team, it was as member of the Freedom Phalanx that the Dream Doctor
helped repel a 1941 Axis attack on Paragon City.
Soon after, the Dream Doctor and the rest of the Freedom Phalanx traveled to Europe to join forces
with England's Dawn Patrol. The Dream Doctor remained active
throughout World War II, eventually becoming the leader of the 1st Hero Brigade's North African striketeam, the
Sand Kings. The group was composed entirely of "street level" heroes and vigilantes, all from Paragon
City. They relied on the Dream Doctor's mental powers to make sudden, covert strikes
against Axis forces. In this way, they became a model for how superheroes could be most effective in modern warfare.
After WWII, the Dream Doctor returned to Paragon
City, the Midnight Squad, and his never-ending battle against the Circle of Thorns.
His final fate remains unknown, however.
It is said that the Dream Doctor was a powerful magician, but that his magical
powers came naturally to him. Unlike other members of the original Midnight Squad, he was not originally a scholar of the
occult, although it's plausible that he became a mystical academic during his many years working alongside the Midnight Squad.
