Netflix’s The Sandman has always been about more than just gods and monsters; it’s about a family unlike any other. The Endless are timeless, powerful beings, each representing a force that shapes the universe. With The Sandman Season 2 reuniting the entire clan for the first time, here’s a breakdown of their family tree.
List of all members in The Sandman’s Endless family tree
The Endless Siblings
- Destiny: The eldest sibling, Destiny, carries a book that reveals all of time, past, present, and future.
- Death: Death is Dream’s older sister and his emotional anchor. She meets every being twice—once at birth, and again at the end.
- Dream: Also known as Morpheus, governs the realm of sleep, dreams, and nightmares.
- Destruction: The Prodigal sibling abandoned his role long ago.
- Desire: A shapeshifting force of attraction and craving. He is both admired and feared by their siblings, especially Dream.
- Despair: Desire’s twin, who embodies hopelessness and rules over the Gray Realm.
- Delirium: Once known as Delight, Delirium is the youngest and most unpredictable of the Endless.
Dream’s family tree
- Calliope: Melissanthi Mahut plays Calliope, one of the nine Muses from Greek mythology. She had a romantic relationship with Dream, which resulted in the birth of their son, Orpheus.
- Orpheus: He is the child of Dream and Calliope. A gifted bard, his tragic love story with Eurydice mirrors the myth as seen in The Sandman Season 2. Furthermore, his strained relationship with Dream has lasting consequences for both parents.
Desire’s family tree
- Unity Kinkaid: A human woman who fell into a magical sleep while Dream was imprisoned. During this time, she was manipulated by Desire and gave birth to a daughter, Miranda Walker.
- Miranda Walker: The daughter of Unity and Desire, Walker later married Burt Paulsen and had two children, Rose and Jed Walker. While not immortal herself, Miranda’s bloodline ties her family directly to the Endless.
- Rose Walker: Miranda’s daughter and Unity’s granddaughter. In Season 1, Rose discovers she’s a Dream Vortex, a rare and dangerous anomaly in the Dreaming. Her existence puts the entire realm at risk.
- Jed Walker: Rose’s younger brother, was separated from her and suffered abuse at the hands of his guardians. Used as a pawn in larger cosmic games, he’s eventually rescued with help from Dream.
