The Endless

### Aliases

Perpetuals, The Endless Ones, The Great Elders of Origins, The Originals, the Pillars of Existence, Seven Primordial Gods, Primordial Personifications, A Powerful Family, Seven siblings that embody seven different powerful aspects of creation, Abstract entities, Abstract Beings, Abstract Deities, Abstracts, Cosmic Abstracts, Cosmic Aspects, Cosmic Embodiments, Cosmic Presences, Universal Abstracts, Universal Constants

## Origin and Status

### Base of Operations

Various personal realmsPlaces of CreationSphere of the Gods Dimension of Manifestations

### Origin

Seven abstract objects engendered by Eternity and Infinity, along with other creatures as primary aspects of the universe

## Organization

### Members

Destiny, Departure, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair and Delirium

> We are not gods. Nor are we spirits or angels. We're not even "beings". We just...are. The Endless are merely patterns. The Endless are ideas. The Endless are wave functions. The Endless are repeating motifs. The Endless are echoes of darkness, and nothing more... And even our existences are brief and bounded. None of us will last longer than this version of the Multiverse.
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The **Endless** are seven siblings that embody seven different powerful forces or aspects of creation. They have existed since the dawn of universe and are considered to be some of the most powerful beings in existence in the multiverse. But even so, they are all individual beings and have their own feelings, thoughts, and personalities, yet they are different and more powerful than most gods, even some of the Primevals.

## Overview

Throughout all time, the **Multiverse Alpha** undergoes a process of dying and being reborn called the "renewal cycle" in which the embodied version of the universe is replaced by a new, reset being. Unlike all previous renewals, however, when the Sixth Cosmos died, it was replaced by two embodied beings instead of one. These two-in-one beings representing the Seventh Cosmos were Infinity and Eternity.

When Infinity and Eternity began to interact with each other, as they were both infinite and without end between them, there being no barriers between them, the two began to blend together, with this blending being equivalent to a collision of universes, which resulted in a big bang, with that "big bang" being the birth of the Endless, each embodying an aspect of existence.

The Endless spend most of their time fulfilling their functions as embodiments of natural forces. For example, Death leads the souls of the dead away from the realm of the living, while Dream oversees the realm of dreams and imagination ("The Dreaming") and regulates dreams and inspiration. One notable facet of their depiction is that none of them are "representations" or "personifications" of their function, they simply are their function.

Some of the Endless are more dedicated to their tasks than others. The younger Endless, especially Desire, are known to play games with mortal lives. Destruction, often called "The Prodigal", abandoned his duties altogether. If one of the Endless is destroyed, then he or she will be replaced by another aspect of their role, but this does not occur if they are simply absent or inactive. In such cases, the aspect of existence supervised by that member of the Endless becomes more random and chaotic.

## Description

The Endless are beings that embody and personify concepts related to human desires in their primordial state. Because of this, they have no definite appearance, shape or form, always varying according to those who see them. They are not beings, entities or creatures, they are names, ideas and words, Death (or Departure), Dream, Delirium, Destruction, Desire and etc. They are what their names say they are.

Death often appears as a beautiful Gothic woman, while Dream often appears as a tall, handsome man. However, these forms may vary in other universes, with Death appearing as a typical reaper or Dream appearing as a large reddish dragon. As true abstractions and conceptual entities, they are free from power constraints such as gravity, time, space, dimensionality, etc., existing between and above the multiverse.

As children of Infinity and Eternity, the Endless are incredibly powerful beings, capable to create entire realms and dimensions while existing as the embodiment of their realms. They are said to be more powerful than every single god, even surpassing some of the weaker Primordials.

In addition to overseeing their own sphere of influence, the Endless also help to define their own opposites. This dualistic aspect of the Endless has been confirmed in the case of Death, who is present at the beginning as well as the end of every life. Destruction has an interest in creative pastimes, including art, poetry and cooking. Dream seems to have some power to shape reality, in which a large number of entities, dreaming of an alternate reality, create said reality. Also, Delirium has some kind of strange logic that only makes sense to her, but that allows her to understand things that others do not.

The exact limits of the powers the Endless may/must use are subject to debate - but are set by rules (such as Dream being forbidden to kill dreamers, unless they become a vortex - in which case, killing becomes an obligation). It is unknown if the Endless are allowed/capable/supposed to use their powers on those more powerful or more ancient than them; when at one point Dream heads into Hell, he admits that his power will allow him entrance, but he does not be able to defeat Lucifer, who is a former archangel created by God.