Mary

Mary was a farmer from the 17th Century that helped the Dream Master Troi when he showed up in her realm while trying to escape from Xara. She only appears in Dream Master (2017), a short story set in the Elsaverse. Mary received the "Morpheus" as a present for her kindness, and probably started Elsa's lineage by sleeping with Troi.

Character Overview
Mary is introduced in Dream Master as a tough and young widow who lives alone in a cabin in the woods, after the death of her husband, James. One day, after visiting James' grave, she is assaulted by Jacob Boyer, a sinister villager who is rumoured to have raped and murdered at least two women. Trying to look calm, she lets him approach her and then shots him on the head with a modern flintlock her late husband bought soon before his death. Mary drops Jacob's body in the river and then comes back to James' grave to tell him what has just happened; then, she sees a bright light flash and starts hearing what looks like an animal in pain. When she gets to the origin of the sounds, she finds an attractive but weird-looking stranger that seems badly hurt. Unable to understand him, and amazed by his unusual clothing, Mary tries to help him and brings him back to her cabin, where she cleans her wound. Then, she lets him rest and, at night, she goes to sleep too, holding her flintlock. Strangely, in her dreams she sees the man talking to her: he thanks Mary for her kindness and explains to her that he's named Troi and comes from another realm, where he can do magical things like entering other people's dreams and communicate with them. He also explains that he was running away from a legendary executioner, the one who hurt him, but that she won't be there until the next day. Mary, who feels attracted to Troi since she first saw him and has some urges after almost a year without sex, blushes when she realizes he can listen to her thoughts. Then, after flying around the woods in her dreams, she asks Troi to wake her up and they make love in her cabin. Surprisingly, Troi is a delicate lover who teaches Mary that sex can be a great pleasure for women too. Afterwards, she asks him to stay and even offers to run away with him, but he says it's impossible to escape from his chaser and that he must accept his fate. She then falls asleep again and, when she wakes up, later in the day, Troi is no longer there. However, his cat, Hunter, is still in the cabin, as well as the book Troi was always holding. Although the day before she wasn't able to understand the symbols written on its cover, now she can perfectly read its title: "Morpheus".

Miscellaneous

 * Before Troi's arrival, Mary was considering to leave the little farm in the woods she built with her late husband, as she feels it would be a too lonely environment for a young woman like her.