All Write, Already!

[Author's Note: I thought it was time to expose my secret setting. So this post and the next will be comprised of exposition.]

Lucid dreaming is when a man realizes he is dreaming, and is thus able to control his dream. Imagine a world in which men and women cannot only control their own dreams, but reach out and affect the dreams of others. Imagine a realm created by the dreams of millions of sleeping people that a few men and women can step into and control.

This is that world. Hundreds of people can and do venture out beyond the safe waters of their own minds and into the high seas of the dreamscape. Each of these dream-masters has the power to enter the minds of the sleepers of the world. The power stretches beyond just their dreams. A dream-master can step out of a sleeper's dreams and into his mind. She can access his memories, and with sufficient skill, control his body.

Naturally, there are those who try to use this power for good, and those who don't. There are those who believe that the powers make others their responsibility, and there are those who believe that the powers make others theirs. They have warred for as long as men have dreamed for control of the minds of the masses. Most people never even know that they themselves are the battleground for some of the most gruesome crusades in history.