Dreamweaving:
Dreamweaving is a form of magic tied to the astral plane, it is used to shape and alter dreams. While a person, muggle, wizard, or any creature that dreams, enters stages of sleep their mind begins to dream and their subconscious activates. Weavers can enter the dreamscape by crossing into the Astral Plane. To do so they must also be asleep, which leaves their body prone.

The Astral Plane: A plane of subconscious thought that causes some creatures to dream. Outside of each individual subconscious lays the plane on which they exist.Time in the Astral Plane is liquid, it has no measure, only those naturally connected can effectively tell how long they have been inside. The Astral Plane appears uniquely to each person that enters, but each confirms that it is foggy and blurry, and difficult to explain to anyone who has never been.
Anyone can be trapped in the Astral Plane if they do not anchor themselves and cannot find their way back to their own body, or if their body is moved while they are projecting. Weavers have fallen into year long comas in such cases. The only way to wake them up is hope they find their body, or have another walker, natural or not, help them find their way back.

Walking: Dream walking is not easy to accomplish, it requires much preparation, meditation, and a ritual. The ritual changes depending on the circumstances of the walk taking place. To cross the Astral plane into a consenting participant the ritual requires far less components. To cross into a non-consenting but local persons dream, such as someone unconscious, there are far more components and time. To walk without destination is dangerous and difficult.
Walking can be dangerous as the person can become trapped in the Astral plane if they do not return to their own dream before the potions and ritual wears off. As long as it is done with care walking can be an incredibly safe and fun experience for all parties involved.

Weaving: Inside the dream a weaver can alter and affect the dream with their mind. In their own dreams this takes no effort, however, to alter another's dream they must have a stronger will or the other must succeed control willingly. Altering a dream will alert the dreamer of of the weaver’s presence, though usually subconsciously.
Nothing that happens in the dream can physically affect either person.

Nightmares: A creature that wanders the Astral Plane and enters peoples subconsious while they are sleeping to feed on their fear and agony. Unlike a regular dream, a Nightmare is most often the darkest part of the subconscious, flooded with fear, which is makes it exceedingly difficult for a Weaver to alter. The most effective way to ease a Nightmare in others is to confront the Nightmare itself. Though the creatures cannot kill anyone, they can cause someone incredible discomfort by sapping their energy and forcing them into restless nights.
Dreamweavers can combat Nightmares, though it is risky to do so without permission of the person dreaming.

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Dreamweavers:
Dreamweavers are born and, much like seers, do not seem to have any specific genetic link. Dreamweavers are connected to the Astral plane, a metaphysical plane of subconscious collective thought. While this may seem dangerous Dreamweavers cannot do much harm with this form of magic, as participants must be willing in most cases. If a weaver enters a dreamers mind without permission while they are sleeping and the dreamer notices the weaver the dream will become hostile and force the weaver out.


The Astral plane: Dreamweavers have the ability to project across this wavelength into the dreams of others. It was thought that Nightmares began with the Dreamweavers, while other believe Dreamweavers were born to fight to darkness in the Astral Plane that creates the Nightmares people suffer.
Anyone can be trapped in the Astral plane if they cannot find their way back to their own body, or if their body is moved while they are projecting. Weavers have fallen into year long comas in such cases. The only way to wake them up is hope they find their body, or have another walker, natural or not, help them find their way back.

Weaving: Inside the dream a weaver can alter and affect the dream with their mind. In their own dreams this takes no effort, however, to alter another's dream they must have a stronger will or the other must succeed control willingly. Altering a dream will alert the dreamer of the weaver’s presence, though usually subconsciously.
Nothing that happens in the dream can physically affect either person.

Walking: Dream walking is fairly easy for Dreamweavers to accomplish though, as stated, doing so without permission can cause ejection from the dream if discovered. If they have met the person and know their name it requires no form of ritual to walk into their dream, if they know only the name then the Weaver must write the name on a piece of parchment and swallow it before sleeping to be able to walk into the dream, without a name but having met the person the weaver must have something of the dreamer in order to enter. This can be as simple as “the napkin they used at dinner” but it must have no other contamination or the Weaver can get lost in the Astral Plane searching.

Catching: Dream catchers, when crafted with the right magics. can catch and hold onto dreams. Dreamweavers often have many dream catchers in their possession as they will keep their most precious dreams in them. To Catch a dream the Weaver can only catch what they have experienced. This simply copies the memory of the dream, it does not remove it. If the dreamcatcher is broken the dream is lost.

Dream Sight: While Dreamweavers are not Seers and cannot see the future they can often receive warnings of large events through their dreams. Their strong connection to the Astral Plane leaves them open to the influence of intense surges in energy, like those before major disaster that would affect them or others they are connected too. These come in the form of dreams, more often Nightmares, that the Weaver is unable to control. They are always incredibly vague, leaving little room for actual interpretation.

Sleep Fever: Because Weavers go into the Astral plane when they sleep they get much less restful sleep than others dreaming. Because of this they often times are sleepy during the day, yawning frequently, and sometimes confuse reality with the Dreaming. While not overly harmful, it is detrimental to those that wish to live a full life in reality. To combat this Herbologists discovered a tonic made from a special plant that helps the Weaver achieve a dreamless sleep. This sleep is only ever disturbed by Dream Sight.

Dreamsense: Those who walk frequently out of their dreams become more and more in tune with the plane as it sits around them. This makes them sensitive to the dreams of others. They can pick up, while sleeping, if another is having a Nightmare. While observing the Nightmare is fine, entering can cause the Nightmare to become worse if the dreamer is not prepared for it or has never experienced a Weaver entering their dreams. In the times of old prestigious leaders and wizards would keep Dreamweavers employed to simply have them fight off Nightmares.

Opposing Walkers: While this has only been recorded a few times in all of history, there are records of Weavers who have fought in the Astral plane. The loser was locked away, some never being found again, effectively killing the person as their body would slowly die without a consciousness. This can only be done if the Dreamer is successfully lured out of the safety of their dream.

Dedicated Magic: Because Dreamweaver are born and not taught they are mostly self taught. Dream magic takes so much from the magic use that Dreamweavers are very rarely very good at most other magics. The tend to lean to “soft subjects” and basic charms as it requires a lot of their magic to remain connected to the Astral Plane. No Dreamweaver has ever successfully severed the link to Astral Plane without dying.



Written by Smare