The Nightmaretaker- The Man Possessed By The Devil Direct

"Most possessed individuals are invaded against their will," Vane explains. "The Nightmaretaker is different. He made a contract: his soul for the ability to never stop working. The Devil honored that contract with malicious compliance. The man possesses the Devil's work ethic. The Devil possesses the man's humanity. They are fused."

He wrote it off. People’s dreams were contagious beneath the thin shelter of night. The Nightmaretaker- The Man Possessed by the Devil

Martin realized with a present pain that there was no righteous middle. Power, when exercised, shapes the world. If he refused and the ledger found a keeper less careful, more malicious, countless lives might be retuned into cruelty. If he accepted, he would be a craftsman of balance, saving some by damning others. The ledger thrummed like a pulse in the room. "Most possessed individuals are invaded against their will,"

His methods are subtle and insidious, often leaving his victims questioning their own sanity. He can create illusions that are almost indistinguishable from reality, making it difficult for his victims to discern what is real and what is just a product of their own fevered imagination. The Devil honored that contract with malicious compliance