Within a shared dream one person must take on the role of the Dreamer.

The dreamer's role is to construct and maintain a dream space. Often the dreamer will add personal touches to his or her own dreams. A dreamer's base desires, like the need to go to the bathroom, can unconsciously affect the dream.

The dreamer constructs a space that the subject can then populate with their subconscious in the form of projections.

If the subject's subconscious ever suspects that he or she is in a dream controlled by outside forces, then the projections will seek out and kill the dreamer and any other foreign presence.

While other sleepers can manipulate reality in a dream to some degree, only the dreamer can adjust the architecture of the dream.

Dreamers in the FilmEdit

Dom Cobb - Dom's Memories, Possibly other scenes in the film

Arthur - The Palace, Penrose Stairs, The Hotel

Ariadne - Paris Streets, Paris Cafe

Eames - The Mountain

Yusuf - The City

Nash - The Apartment