The Endless revoked the Necropolis charter, causing it to be destroyed. The Necropolitans had long lost their passion for their job, and didn't know about the Necropolis arrangement with the Endless, so they laughed at them when they asked for Despair's cerements and the book of rituals.
When Abel got lonely, Dream commissioned his brother Cain to join him next door as a storyteller in the House of Mystery.Īfter Despair was murdered, Dream and the Endless went to the Necropolis to put her body to rest. He made Abel a storyteller and gave him the House of Secrets to live in. The parents, who predate all other existence, have grown estranged, and care little for the mortal world Dream concerns himself with.ĭream took Abel away from his sister Death, and offered him a place in the Dreaming. The Endless are the children of Time, and Night is the mother of at least Dream.
Dream was one of the Endless, personifications of ideas and concepts that were tied to life, and were fated to fulfill their functions until the universe ended and all life disappeared from the cosmos. Dream came into existence once lifeforms capable of dreaming appeared in the universe.
