This unusual ability allows the user the opportunity to control their own dreams, and in the later stages, to enter the dreams of others and manipulate or otherwise influence them. This ability waxes and wanes along with the moon.
TIER RATING
This is a tier two ability.
STAGES
STAGE 1: Beginning stage
In the first stage, your wolf begins to notice that they can influence the paths of their own dreams where they could not do so before. They can make conscious choices, often giving the opportunity to tap into previously unexplored areas of their own unconscious thought.
STAGE 2: Intermediate
Acquired by completing three pieces of artwork or roleplay that relate directly to your ability
Your wolf begins to discover that they can enter the dreams of other wolves, provided that both the user and the victim are sleeping, and that the two wolves are within visible distance of each other. As before, the dream weaver is able to make conscious choices, possibly altering the paths of the dreams of others without their knowledge.
STAGE 3: Master
Acquired by completing a further three pieces of artwork or roleplay that relate directly to your ability.
In addition to the above, the dream weaver can construct and implant dreams of their own making into the minds of others, sometimes with frightening effect. They are no longer limited by sight, and are able to enter the dreams of any wolf who is also sleeping within the range of their own territory.
OVERALL RESTRICTIONS
This ability is passive in stage 1, in that the user cannot craft their own dream - but can, once within the dream, choose to control it. In stages 2 and 3, the ability is controlled by the user, activated as and when they decide. In all stages, both the user and the victim must be asleep.
This ability seems tied to the phases of the moon. It is at it's most powerful during the full moon, and when used during this moon phase, dreams touched by or crafted by the weaver are convincing and sometimes mistaken for reality. However, this intense power will often make the weaver feel sick and nauseated. As the moon wanes in either direction, the influence of the weaver seems to lessen - they may find some of their influence attempts fail as the moon becomes darker and darker. Under a new moon, the weaver is rendered barren, and cannot use their ability at all.
The ability is akin to lucid dreaming. It allows the user to gain an awareness of the dreaming state, and use the power of their own thought to make concious and deliberate choices in said dream-state, something over which usually they could not exert any control. For example, a dream weaver might manipulate the dream of another to drive them to a new location or to have a particular experience. While some minor communication can be possible, the ability does not, and should not, act as a pseudo-soulbond, where the weaver enters dreams and engages in active, concious conversation with the victim that is remembered by both parties.
The weaver may appear visible in the victim's dream, or they may not be noticed by the victim at all, it's your choice! While the dream weaver can enter and influence the dreams of others, the victim never becomes aware of the weaver's influence and always believes the user (if visible) to be a fragment of their own dream. Like any other dream, the victim may or may not remember it after waking.