Morphia, the Chan of Dreams, is Phoebe's fraternal twin sister. The older between them, Phoebe has held contempt for Morphia due to the belief she was favored by the Allmother. Stories tell of how this has led to strife within the mortal realm.
The Chan of Nightmares, Phoebe is an ethereal Chan part of the Celestial pantheon. She is recognized as a deity and has inspired a cult to her name. Followers of this cult are known for exchanging their sanity for superhuman capabilities, as Phoebe rewards fear over all else.
According to scripture, Phoebe, alongside her sister Morphia, was born from the clouds and stars by Allmother Genetrix's hand. In contrast to her sibling, Phoebe is the crueler of the two, with a much wilder appearance to match. She is described as to having shaggy hair that glitters with stars; the ears and bone-white antlers of a deer; wide, yellow eyes with piercing, slitted pupils; a large grin across her face, chock-full of hazardously sharp teeth; and a gown reflecting the colors of sunset, recognized to us as a sort of night dress.
As her essence is that of nightmares, Phoebe is able to turn them into a special kind of dust- purple sleepdust. This sleepdust is used to spread nightmares among the mortal realm by beings called Onyrid. The Onyrid are a demi-celestial race, and those created by Phoebe take on monstrous, disturbing appearances, and have a natural attraction to disturbed minds. Unlike Morphia's Onyrid, they are unruly and impish, acting as feral and wild beasts that run freely night after night. A wolf-like being named Fenris is noted as to being Phoebe's most trusted of her Onyrid.
Phoebe's greatest and most recognizable asset is her stallion, Nyx. Created by the Allmother to ease an infant Phoebe's sleepless wailing, Nyx began as a foal and became Phoebe's closest companion. In her adolescence, he grew into the monstrous beast he is now known as, and began serving as her loyal steed. Nyx's shadow is seen as a bad omen, often through dreams, but also within reality to those lacking in sanity.
While both Morphia and Phoebe are capable of transforming, Phoebe utilizes this ability most. She can transform herself to whatever she may desire, and has been commonly depecited in illustrations as a great, hairy demon. As Phoebe knows all of a person's fears, she can transform appropriately. Only the most insane of her followers have ever seen what is thought to be her true, unfettered appearance.
Known as one of the first daughters of Allmother Genetrix, Phoebe remains shadowed by her fraternal twin Morphia due to the latter's familiarity with the Allmother. In ancient texts, this has caused a burning jealousy to light within Phoebe. The friction increased until an argument began between the two over their importance within the pantheon. This argument became so heated and volatile, they decided never to speak again.
This led to problems for those in the mortal realm. If they did not pray to either Morphia or Phoebe, they received no dreams, which meant no sleep. Many came to the conclusion that Morphia was the obvious choice- who would willingly choose to be plagued with nightmares? So it was then that much of the world found themselves dreaming only of pleasant fantasies and fancies.
What ended up was an even greater issue on top of the initial one. Dreaming of such intoxicating unrealities night after night, people grew unmotivated, wanting only to continue their dreams. As reality slowly began to falter, people reassured themselves that their lives would become wonderful in time, just as their dreams were. Weak and distracted, those who prayed to Phoebe - driven by the effects of fear and dread- began conquering cities and villages with their wild, feral temperaments.
Bloodshed and strife persisted. Despite praying to the same deity, the followers of Phoebe betrayed and backstabbed one another, so fearful were they they found no peace even among their peers. This warring came to a point where even the chaos could not be ignored by Morphia or Phoebe, and finding themselves equals at last, reconciled their differences. A healthy mind, of course, required both dreams and nightmares to thrive.
While Phoebe held considerable influence within this earliest era, it had begun to wane once it ended. In the modern day, Phoebe is known best as a character within fairytales and fables, despite it being general knowledge that she does exist.