The Endless are seven brothers and sisters,
anthropomorphic representations of aspects of human life, appearing in the
comic Sandman by [Neil Gaiman]
?. They are, in order of age:
- /Destiny?, male, who leaves no footprints and casts no shadow,
- /Death?, a perky girl who does her job well,
- /Dream?, a dark and gloomy Prince of Dreams ond Nightmares,
- /Destruction?, who left because he wasn't needed
- /Desire?, neither male nor frmale, always found irresistible,
- /Despair?, a woman who's partial to rats and looks through the backs of mirrors,
- /Delirium?, who replaced the girl called /Delight?.
They form a dysfunctional family, rivalry and scheming by the younger siblings interrupting the work of the older ones. Killing a member of the family, or the child of one, is a severely punished offence.