The Sandman/Characters: Difference between revisions
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* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]]: While all of them can assume any form they choose, they each have a preferred human-like shape that they assume in front of mortals.
* [[Fisher King]]: Each has a domain, and within it, he or she is the only power that matters, and [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them| that power is complete.]] While some do indeed have a [[Sacred Hospitality]] policy, it is wise for a guest to also observe it.
* [[Power Limiter]]: While nearly omnipotent and omniscient, there is a set of ancient rules that each must follow, although nobody knows who imposed them or enforces them. An Endless cannot spill the blood of another Endless, and doing so causes the offender to forfeit the protection of his/her other siblings. Also, they are forbidden from entering a crypt within the Necropolis Litharge where their funeral garbs are kept; exactly ''why'', only they know.
** Some rules seem to be unique to only one of them. For instance, some beings are above Death's jurisdiction and cannot be taken by her; the only named being is Lucifer Morningstar, but there may be others.
* [[The Powers That Be]]: Possibly far more powerful than other beings in the DC universe who are called gods.
* [[The Problem with Fighting Death]]: The Endless can be harmed, captured, and sometimes even killed by those with enough power and motivation, but the consequences would be ''cataclysmic''. In the first story, a cult attempts to imprison Death but manages to capture Dream instead, causing all sorts of disasters - from weird to horrendous - to occur all over the world. When he frees himself, he tells them "The entire freaking world should count itself lucky you blew it and got me instead."
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== Dreams and Nightmares ==
=== Matthew ===
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