DreamWalkers is one of my ideas that hasn't seen the light of day yet because of the concept. It is a novel that relies heavily on imagery so I want to get the help of a graphic artist. It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that I found one. In CC I think I found a sort of artistic-twin, it's not necessarily her skill (though she has that) but more of her vision that made me gravitate to her. She had made an amazing artwork for my debut novel Touched: The Sword and when I ask if she wanted to work on a project with me, she said yes.
I hope she won't regret it.
Anyway, here's the run down.
In DreamWalkers, everything that is magic comes from the Fae (yes, I know. Finally a Fae novel. Me! Now, for those who don't know me, wouldn't know how weird this is. Those who do, knows how much the Fae freaks me out) who in turn gets their magic from nature.
But humans do what they do best adapt and invent and build and destroy. With nature dwindling fast, the Fae is threaten and with the Fae, magic. So a group of magic users made a deal with the Fae, that they will create a world for the Fae, but they would still keep their magic.
The deal is made and the magic users conjured a space for the Fae and all creatures of magic to live in, a place where there would always be magic: in our dreams.
The magic users carved a small space in all our dreams where the Fae can live and love and whatever, but they can never stay in one dreamscape for long for it will weaken the human; creating nightmares and night-terrors. But the Fae are the Fae and they do what they do best: swindle and trickery.
So, a small part of the magic users formed a sort of Dream Police and called themselves DreamWalkers; humans who can insert themselves into dreams and patrol dreamscape after dreamscape, either ushering the Fae along and kicking ass when they need too.
DreamWalkers can only bring themselves (and clothes) into the dreams, so whatever weapons that have, they have to create it with their imagination. It is a skill that takes discipline, creativity and intense focus; imagining losing focus when you're in a fight with one of the Fae, resulting in losing your weapon, and possibly your life.
When they walk into a dream, they do really walk into a dream, it's not just their spirit but their corporeal self walking inside someone's dream, so if you are injured inside a dream, or Morpheus forbid, die, then you'd be wounded and dead in real life.
Like the Fae, their power comes from nature so a DW usually lives beside a dense forest or at the least a garden to re-charge.
A Walk is closely monitored, not unlike policemen doing patrols, they have shifts and dispatchers and etc.
Sadly, in exchange for their power, the DreamWalkers cannot dream themselves, so the younger generation often claims one dreamscape as their own.
I am going to start writing this novel along with me writing the sequel to my debut novel: The Sword for JanNaWriMo.
This is all I can share for today so...I hope you like it.
Copyright © 2013 by D.F. Jules
Very interesting premise! I'm really intrigued by the whole idea--Fae living in our dreams, Dream Police, walking in dreams... cool. And I. CAN'T. WAIT. for the second book to come out to come out (even though I haven't read the ending of The Sword, but still)
ReplyDeleteGood luck for JanNaWriMo!!!
Heee, thank you. OH GOD, SO MANY BOOKS TO WRITE. Until June, I have like four book to write. WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF?
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