Having invisible characters evoking abjure on you when you are fighting someone with Dreamstrike is too much. That will not be happening again.
As both of you eluded to, there has been an unrealistic lack of fear in the game for quite some time. It was said in game by characters that they did not want to kill Agonarius yet because he was worth a lot of energy and dropped good items. Even with Zaxun, players knew he had the Mace of Castigation that has been used before to dreamstrike, and that Zaxun could singlehandedly turn the tide of a battle, but many did not seem to be very worried about this, possibly because they thought nothing would actually happen to their characters anyway.
Some examples from Zaxun's introduction:
00:03:12: >Dreamer A picks up a rock fron the ground and hurls it in Zaxun's general direction.
00:04:14: >Dreamer A glares at the man.
00:04:37: Dreamer A: Maybe you aught to try eating what your mace is coated in before you threaten others with it.
00:12:56: Dreamer A: I've already died once, Zaxun. You do not scare me
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00:31:40: Dreamer B: Well, honestly...It wouldn't be our first dance with someone of your level of posturing. I doubt smashing all our heads in would do you much good.
00:32:48: Dreamer C: this is actually getting boring
00:40:29: Dreamer D: Zaxun, I'm just curious, but you know that old saying, you make your bed, you lie in it, right? Assembled here are dreamers who fought Tehthu, survived the variant collisons, and yes defeated Agonarius
00:41:19:Dreamer D: and regardless of the cost, you won't even be a footnote compared if you choose to be an ass
00:41:22: Dreamer D: it's your choice, make it wisely
00:41:36: Dreamer E: Tehthu was alot scarier than you, and your worm followers, and I collapsed him.
00:41:36: Dreamer E: It.
00:41:39: Dreamer E: Whatever.
00:49:49:Dreamer F: You will destroy noone today Zaxun
00:51:28:Dreamer F: I know what you threaten.
00:51:40: Dreamer F: And I stand here defiantly
00:52:45: Dreamer C: do something
00:52:56: Dreamer C: and i dont mean float
00:53:02: Dreamer C: because thats just boring
00:53:10:Dreamer C: either step up
00:53:10: Dreamer C: or move on
00:55:12: Dreamer C: exactly
00:55:22: Dreamer C: which means you wont do anything
0:55:34: Dreamer C: move on
00:55:36: Dreamer C: portal
00:55:38: Hey - someone just pushed you!
01:03:09: Dreamer G: you miss the fact that we CAN act with impunity
01:03:12:Dreamer G: this is our city
01:12:43: >Dreamer H pulls out a lolli, unwraps it and offers it to Zaxun
01:13:01: Dreamer H: dont choke on it
All of the above reactions are perfectly fine if you want to play a character who is brave and willing to die for what they believe in. They are your characters and play them however you like. But if your characters were only doing that because you as a player thought that nothing could really happen to them, you may want to rethink that approach. Zaxun can and will dreamstrike you.
I am worried that some of you will think that it might be "cool" or whatever to have your character dreamstruck and you will attempt to get Zaxun to dreamstrike you. That it would really add to the story and they will be remembered forever for their actions. Before doing this, I would encourage you to talk to some of the other players who have had their characters dreamstruck in the past. Several of them at the time allowed their character to get dreamstruck then later regretted it weeks later when they could no longer play the character they had grown attached to. It also does not seem to have the same reaction when players know OOC that you allowed it to happen.
I would encourage you to use recall and take whatever other precautions you can to avoid letting your character get dreamstruck. Magical ward traps are not going to appear around you while Zaxun teleports on top of you while you're afk genning. But if you find your character such as in the picture below, dreamstrike does take about 10 seconds to evoke. You better make sure it doesn't finish.