The Sandman's Dream Of The Endless: All You Need To Know About Morpheus

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Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for The Sandman season 1.

Morpheus, the title character of The Sandman, is known by many names and titles, including Lord Shaper and Dream of the Endless. A being of vast power, he is also a man of mystery in so far as he can be said to be a man at all, being a living avatar of imagination and all that might be and is not. This makes Morpheus an interesting character, though difficult to describe.

The same might be said of the original The Sandman comics, which ran for 75 issues and one special from 1988 to 1996. Even the series' author Neil Gaiman struggled to think of a succinct description of The Sandman's story, once summarizing it with the sentence "The Lord of Dreams learns that one must change or die, and makes his decision." While this does sum up the plot ofThe Sandman and how Morpheus' character changes as he learns empathy, it does little to convey the wild journey the series takes through classical mythology, world history and the universe of DC Comics.

Related: Everything We Know About Netflix's Sandman

Netflix's adaptation of The Sandman is one of the most highly anticipated comic book shows of all time. Hopes are high among fans of the series given Neil Gaiman's involvement, though it is still unclear if The Sandman can attract a mainstream audience with a main character who is an aloof god-like being. Yet in appraising the series' titular protagonist, it's important to consider Morpheus' background as one of the Endless and the world of pure imagination he rules over, in addition to his powers, weaknesses and backstory heading into The Sandman episode 1.

Born of a short-lived romance between Night and Time, the Endless family are seven siblings, including Dream,