Characters in The Sandman

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• The Endless
  • Destiny
  • Death
  • Dream (See also Daniel)
  • Destruction
  • Desire
  • Despair
  • Delirium

The Endless are seven brothers and sisters, anthropomorphic representations of aspects of life. While they primarily control the aspects of life they represent, they also define the opposite of those aspects. Thus, Death also defines life, Delirium defines sanity, etc. They form a dysfunctional family, rivalry and scheming by the younger siblings interrupting the work of the older ones. Killing a member of the family, or the child of one, is a severely punishable offence. Each of the Endless has a realm, a place of uncertain location, geography, geometry and physics in which they are absolutely sovereign. The Endless are generally uncomfortable in each others realms, and do not travel between them unless they absolutely have to. Death is the exception, as she goes wherever she needs to. Within their realm, each member of the Endless has a gallery. In the gallery hang picture frames containing symbols of the other Endless, or sigils. Holding these sigils and speaking a ritual sentence is a formal way for the Endless to contact each other, although at times, merely speaking their name is enough.

• Inhabitants of the Dreaming
  • Cain and Abel
  • Eve
  • Matthew the Raven
  • Mervyn Pumpkinhead
  • Lucien
  • The Corinthian
  • Goldie the Gargoyle
  • Brute
  • Glob

• Gods
  • Ishtar
  • Thor
  • Loki
  • Bast - A Feline Goddess from the Egyption Pantheon.

• Sundry Immortals
  • Remiel (angel)
  • Duma (angel)
  • Robert 'Hob' Gadling
  • Lucifer
  • Mazikeen - Lucifer's demonic escort.

• Inhabitants of Faerie
  • Oberon
  • Titania
  • Cluracan
  • Nuala
  • Puck

• Sundry Mortals
  • Alex Burgess
  • Roderick Burgess
  • Daniel Bustamonte - a victim of the 'sleepy sickness' that results from Morpheus' capture. He sleeps from 1926, then after an uncertain period of time, wakes up, and stays awake without speaking much of the time. He starts to speak again on Morpheus' escape.
  • Compton - Roderick Burgess' butler.
  • Foxglove
  • Dr. John Hathaway - curator of the Royal Museum. He steals from the museum's collection to aid Roderick Burgess' magical experiments.
  • Hipolyta 'Lyta' Hall
  • Unity Kinkaid
  • Ellie Marsten - a victim of the 'sleepy sickness' that results from Morpheus' capture. She sleeps from the time Morpheus is captured to the time he escapes, awaking four or five times a year.
  • Rose Walker
  • John 'Dr Destiny' Dee - a DC villain, he is said to have been decended from a member of the Burgess' inner circle, and thus gains his powers from Dream's belongings, stolen by Ruthven Sykes.
  • Stefan Wasserman - a victim of the 'sleepy sickness' that results from Morpheus' capture. He is unable to sleep, and commits suicide in 1918.

Related articles

• The Sandman