Time flows in an endless stream of reality. Sometimes it comes upon rushing rapids, and others, it is calm and tranquil. Though there are a few, who have a power. A Great power to escape the flows of Time, and even the bricks of reality. Some are born with the gift, this power, but only one in recorded history. The rest develop it, through thoughts and many other elements.
The only drawback to their powers is that only they can experience being free of time and reality. Many, many, many have tried to help others, bring them to this place. They call it by many different names, the most common is simply The Waking World.
Awakening in a place that seems familiar and yet forgotten is a strange sensation, especially to those lacking the memories of years that follow before them; almost as if they have slumbered for centuries, undisturbed by the world around them before eventually reawakening in a world almost completely new to them despite being the one they left all that time ago.