The Flock

The Flock
Purpose	Alcor's familiars

The Flock are a herd of nightmares, and the remnants of Bill Cipher's flock. Dipper inherited them when he inherited Bill's power. They take the form of sheep or sheep-like creatures while serving Dipper.

History

The Flock was inherited by Dipper along with Bill's power. It's most likely he first discovered them around the time he worked out he owned his own plot of the Mindscape.

They serve Alcor henceforth, and maintain the duty of protecting his corner of the Dreamscape from intruders. At first coming off as rather enigmatic, he proves to be a good influence on the sheep.

Later, the flock would even come to take 'dreams'- a helpless class of beings that nightmares normally devour- taking the form of lambs under their protection.

At the end of the universe, Alcor and his Flock were the only remaining living beings. Alcor used his power to ignite the creation of a new universe, and he sheltered his Flock so that they survived this process. This influx of energy changed them into something different. Alcor's nightmares became the demons of the new universe, and his dreams became the angels.

Relationship with Dipper

While in general, demons tend to merely tolerate the nightmares and occasionally eat them, Dipper cares for his Flock.

Besides defending them against intruders, he also helps them out of dreamcatchers if needed. If harmed, he also uses his energy to heal them.

Outside of the Mindscape Dipper summons them either just to visit his family or to give people certain dreams. For family and friends who have trouble sleeping, he would call them to give them good dreams or to protect them. Similarly, he would send them to enemies to give them nightmares.

Either way, he would also spend casual time with them in the Mindscape. During such times, he plays them music, talks to them and tells them about himself or about events they did not see, and listens when they talk to him.

Known members

Nightmares

• Groknar the Destroyer
• Grazer of Eternity
• Horace the Hooved Horror
• That of Teeth
• Darcrack, Dreamer’s Bane
• Lolonja
• Killer
• Fluffernutter
• Erschreckendmörderdesgrasderamflaumigstenist Irreaffentittenturbosuperdupertyp Bammelbegierdedergoldenehufe (Erschie)
• Terrence, Destroyer of Grass, Eater of Souls, Esquire
• Sheep
• Waddles II
• Sauron
• Baaasly
• Zondor the Destructor (renamed "Spike" by Belle Sterling)
• Smoochies
• Glasbluttrinker
• Broktron
• Mary
• Mani

Dreams

• Star the Survivor
• Annabelle
• Alioth
• Quiet

Trivia

• When selecting their name, each member of the flock is only allowed three words, each with a maximum of three syllables, for practical reasons (see picture above).
• Mabel shears the sheep to make ageless sweaters.
• Their el͡d̻̯͙̼̣̝r͙̜͖̻͎͠i͚͢t͞c̨̮̯̦̰͚̟͓h ̜̞́b͍͕̝͓̠͎̀l͓̤e̦̥͜a̸̤̜̝̳̣͔t̩̲͇̞͍̤i̵n̡̪͓͍̬̙̻͍ģ̦̺͖͓̘̲ can be not only recognized but also translated by a magic/tech modification thanks to Hank and Dipper Pines.
• They sometimes follow Toby to school.
• Many of the flock don't identify as a specific gender. As for the ones that do, nightmares tend to be male, while dreams tend to be female.

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