Dream

**Dream,** also known as **Dream Lord**, **The King of Dreams,** **Morpheus** or **The Sandman** is one of the seven Endless, a familial group of cosmic entities as old as time itself. As his names indicate, he is the sole ruler of the Dream Realm, responsible for the forging and shaping of the dreams and nightmares that are experienced by all mortal beings. His only companions are his librarian Lucienne and his raven emissary Matthew.

## Physical Appearance

Dream is a thin, tall man with extremely pale skin, short black hair, and silver eyes.

He normally wears an ankle-length black robe and black uniform, while incarcerated he was completely naked.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Dream Personification**: As the personification of sleep, Dream has divine authority and absolute control over dreams and everything linked to them.
	+ **Magic**: Dream can use magic like the rest of his siblings, all of his spells and enchantments are based on dreams.
	+ **Oneiromancy**: Dream can give people pleasant dreams and even send messages and visions through them.
		- **Nightmare Inducement**: Dream can induce fearsome nightmare into people whose greatly offend him
		- **Dream Tracking**: Dream has the ability to track and locate people through their dreams.
	+ **Creation**: Dream can create living beings and things that exist in his realm.
	+ **Immortality**: As an eternal, Dream has existed since the beginning of creation, he cannot get sick, age or die from weapons.
	+ **Teleport**: Dream can teleport through his magic sand.
	+ **Shapeshifting**: Dream has the ability to shapeshift at will, he can turn into a young African American, a black cat, or anything he wishes.
	+ **Persuasions**: Dream can persuade the minds of others people to obey his compelling suggestions.

## Weaknesses

**Magic**: Despite being an endless, Dream is still susceptible to the effects of magic as it can be summoned and imprisoned through specific spells and rituals.

## Relationships

Dream has had a history of romantic involvements, all of which ended poorly for various reasons. Despite his cold exterior, Dream is often passionate and infatuated with his lovers. Whenever his respective relationships end, he is often crushed and goes into a state of depression. Very few of Dream's relationships are depicted in *the Sandman Library*, forcing readers to a great deal of speculation. Dream seldom mentions his past relationships, they usually are only mused upon by his servants or by his siblings.

### Nada

A young African Queen of an ancient kingdom, Nada fell in love with Dream or Kai'ckul as he is known to her people. It was love at first sight for her after noticing him standing below her palace's window. She went on to search the world for him, at last discovering Kai'ckul in the Dreaming. Nada, however, changed her mind despite being deeply in love, once she realized that Kai'ckul was of the Endless. Being mortal, their love was forbidden. She turned Kai'ckul down but he disregarded her words, stating that he, too, loved her, and that no woman had ever sought him. He swore to make her his Queen. Nada, however, ran from Kai'ckul who chased her. Eventually the two consummated their relationship, only to discover the Sun destroyed Nada's kingdom in punishment for the improper coupling. Nada, ashamed, killed herself. Kai'ckul, however, followed her to the netherworld, and enraged by her rejection of him, he imprisoned her in Hell.

### Calliope

A muse of poetry that was at one point married to Dream then called Oneiros. The couple lived separately as to make their meetings special. Calliope is the only known consort of Oneiros to have had a child with him. Their son, Orpheus, grew up in the Dreaming, where he was treated well by Dream, though a rift was beginning to form between Calliope and him by then. After Orpheus' wedding, the couple began to argue over Dream's cruel treatment of Orpheus, leading her to insult and leave him.

Calliope, while still in love with Oneiros, was not able to reconcile as the next time she returned to the Dreaming, the guardians of the gate pretended they did not know her. Calliope and Dream would not see each other for millennia, until 2021, in which he freed her from her imprisonment by Richard Madoc.

### Beatrice Chambers

Morpheus met Beatrice when she was only fifteen years old during his centennial meeting with Hob Gadling. They didn't meet again until 1594 when Beatrice entered the Dreaming for the first time.

They continued meeting in the Dreaming, Beatrice helping Lucienne in the Library every so often. Beatrice continues to wander the world of the dreaming, eventually making friends with some of its inhabitants like Cain and Abel and learning about Morpheus and The Endless.

On June 10, 1916, Beatrice is in The Dreaming with Morpheus when he talks about having to apprehend The Corinthian and how draining his duties can be. He confesses that that is why he enjoys her meeting him in the Dreaming all the time. The two almost kiss―initiated by Beatrice, but are interrupted by Lucienne. Morpheus didn't come back, having been captured and imprisoned by Roderick Burgess.

A century later, Morpheus asks Lucienne for the book of her dreams in the library. Confused about her dreams ending 50 years after his imprisonment, he turns to Lucienne for answers. She sums up Beatrice's life during the last century. After some prompting by Morpheus, she tells him that Beatrice has taken a lover. Curious (and with some jealousy) he sends Matthew to the waking world to spy on her. He does this for a few weeks, watching her live her life with her friends and lover. He contemplates leaving her be, but continues watching her―saying that he's doing it to protect her.

When Beatrice is attacked she finally calls on Morpheus who comes to rescue her. She confesses that she's known about him watching her through his raven for a while now. She then yells at him and slaps him across the face―much to Morpheus's surprise. Once she's finished she tells him she hates him for leaving her, then kisses him.