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  Destiny (DC Comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Destiny is the oldest of the Endless, and is portrayed as a tall figure, obscured within a brown robe and cowl.
Destiny is also featured in the three-issue miniseries Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold, authored by Alisa Kwitney with art by Kent Williams, Michael Zulli, Scott Hampton, and Rebecca Guay.
Destiny is there shown transforming the son of Byzantine Empress Theodora into a pestilence-bearing Horseman of the Apocalypse.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Destiny_(Sandman)   (350 words)

  
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Destiny stops in front of the first painting -- an ornately- framed oil portrait of Death, she in an elegant pose.
Sandman's RUBY is in a small vice; the Corinthian peers at it through a magnifying light, measuring the stone.
Sandman peers through the bars into one of the caves -- Inside, Roderick Burgess is chained to a wall, his own arms wrapped several times around his body, forming a flesh straight jacket.
www.holycow.com /dreaming/stories/sandman_script.txt   (9968 words)

  
 The Sandman - Wikiquote
Destiny is the oldest of the Endless; in the beginning was the Word, and it was traced by hand on the first page of his book, before ever it was spoken aloud… Destiny smells of dust and the libraries of night.
Stheno and Euryale, in SANDMAN #61: "The Kindly Ones:5"
Lucien and The Corinthian: in SANDMAN #67, "The Kindly Ones:11"
en.wikiquote.org /wiki/The_Sandman   (7168 words)

  
 Quotations from Neil Gaiman
Destiny is the oldest of the Endless; in the beginning was the Word, and it was traced by hand on the first page of his book, before ever it was spoken aloud.
Hob Gadling at a graveside, in SANDMAN #59: "The Kindly Ones:3"
The house of the Morrigan, in SANDMAN #63: "The Kindly Ones:7"
www.amk.ca /quotations/neil-gaiman.xml   (13605 words)

  
 Sandman Frequently Asked Questions - Part I
Destiny, Death and Dream are mentioned in "In the beginning...", the introduction that appeared in "The Sound of Her Wings" (Sandman #8).
The second Sandman originally was presented as an immortal who monitored dreams (using the Universal Dream Monitor that displayed images on the Dream Screen) and protected people within their dreams and in the "mortal world." Dressed in a yellow and red costume, the Sandman was "aided" by the nightmares Brute and Glob.
Destiny's portrait for Del suggests it was made when she was Delight and an image of Delight appears to Dream and Delirium in Destiny's garden, but the character of Delight has not appeared in the book.
www.holycow.com /dreaming/lore/sandfaq1.html   (7832 words)

  
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Destiny addressed her with an almost pitying glance and said somberly.
You are to live forever in their dreams." Her expression grew wild with confusion as the landscape opened behind her like a hungry maw and a thin, pale man emerged, his form twinkling with a million shining stars.
In terror, she fell at Destiny's feet and pleaded, "Why?" "It is your destiny." Tears formed in her eyes as the tall, thin man lifted her with cold, strong hands.
solo.abac.com /lubakmetyk/others/queenb/maid.txt   (1229 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes: Books: Neil Gaiman,Sam Kieth,Mike Drinkenberg,Malcolm Jones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Sandman, the ENTIRE Sandman saga, altogether ten books long - collected from magazine-form comics that were published regularly throughout most of the 90s - is one of the truly glorious, shining, perfect creations of, I'll say it, adult comics.
Preludes and Nocturnes is a basic quest storyline; the sandman has been trapped for sixty years, and the items that gave him power have been scattered throughout the multiverse.
Free's home) after Dr. Destiny escapes Arkham (he did it so easily, it took me awhile to get the injoke: villains are always escaping from Gotham's resident madhouse, so why should his breakout be any different?) and uses the power of Morpheus' stolen magic to manipulate the actions of customers at a local diner.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563890119?v=glance   (3296 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman's Sandman Web Ring
They are embodiments of (in order of age) Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair and Delirium.
Poetry page and a Sandman page with images and links and information on one of the greatest literary masterpieces of our time.
My shrine to The Sandman, made into a world of the Endless.
t.webring.com /hub?ring=morpheus   (545 words)

  
 MothComiX.com - Your Source for Original Comic Book Art and Hardcovers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In a not-too-distant future ravaged by plague, a charismatic stranger offers a decimated small town a chance at salvation courtesy of what he claims is a page torn from the Book of Destiny of the Endless.
At a meeting of the towns few survivors, he announces that his stolen page has not only predicted the last three great plagues, but reveals where the current one will strike next.
To prove his claims, he reads from the page, telling captivating stories that reveal Destiny?s role - as well as his own - in the previous three plagues.
www.mothcomix.com /html/shoppingcart/addtocart.asp?prdId=3685   (210 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Destiny (Sandman)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He is the eldest of the Endless, and is portrayed as a tall figure, obscured within a brown robe and cowl.
Like Lucien (Sandman), Cain and Abel and some other Sandman characters, Destiny was initially the host of a 1970s DC horror comic, Weird Mystery Tales.
Click for other authoritative sources for this topic (summarised at Factbites.com).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Destiny-(Sandman)   (253 words)

  
 :: y.d.n.a ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A king of his own realm, he controls the sleeping world where most mortals are unwary of his presence.
With his family of twisted souls, Desire, Delirium, Death, Deceit, Despair and Destiny, the Sandman is a nightmarish hell of a force to reckon with.
In the Dream of The Endless, he girds himself for battle with Lucifer, the great fallen angel who rules Hell.
www.freewebs.com /ydna/sandman.htm   (114 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Sandman: Endless Nights: Books: Neil Gaiman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In Sandman cosmology, "The Endless" are seven immortal siblings who personify abstract concepts: Dream, Death, Destiny and so on.
As I've heard before, Gaiman decided that Sandman story should end at the end of Wake, his tenth Sandman book, and I've heard he'd eventualy do minus one Sandman story, that is a story before Morpheus' imprisonment in Preludes and Nocturnes.
The Destiny story, while beautifully illustrated by Frank Quitely, was really a "biography" of Destiny.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1401200893?v=glance   (1900 words)

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