Kuranes is the dream-name of an Earthly hobo (his real name is never revealed) who had, as a youth, invented the city of Celephais in the Dreamlands. As he grew older, he became more desperate to return to that city, eventually resorting to narcotic drugs to grant him more time to search. It wasn't until his death that he would return to his dream-city for the final time to rule over it eternally as King.