Roderick's former mistress Ethel Cripps runs away with him. He steals a large sum of money from Roderick as well as the artifacts found upon Dream's person. Ruthven Sykes, second-in-command to Burgess' Order of Ancient Mysteries decides to strike out on his own. He merely sits silently in his prison, patiently waiting. He tries to force Morpheus to serve up his sibling Death, but Morpheus does not respond. He always knew that the being inside the glass dome was one of the Endless, but up until now he did not know which one. Young Alexander consults with the Paginarum Fulvarum and learns his prisoner's true identity. Burgess is investigated, but cleared of all charges, having used occult magic to burn the suicide note before it was found. He leaves behind a suicide note implicating Burgess in the theft of the Grimoire. Roderick has bled him dry through blackmail, so Hathaway decides to take his own life. People like Ellie Marston, Stefan Wasserman, Daniel Bustamonte and Unity Kincaid fall into a deep malaise an unnatural comatose state from which they cannot awaken.ĭoctor John Hathaway, torn over Burgess' failure to reproduce his dead son, can no longer live with himself. Around the world, different people suffer after effects of the Sandman's imprisonment. Burgess keeps his ethereal presence consigned to the mystic ward on the floor, while his cultists erect a crystal dome over the ward to contain the Dream King's corporeal form. This is actually Morpheus - the Lord of Dreams. Roderick immediately knows that this is not Death. After a lengthy incantation, Burgess opens the veil between worlds and a strange being clad in a cape and an elaborate helmet spills into the middle of the circle.
Roderick's young son Alexander is present during the ritual. Burgess seeks to capture the very essence of death, through which, no one need ever die again. Burgess agrees and takes possession of the book.Īt the stroke of midnight, Burgess and his fellow cultists in the Order of Ancient Mysteries begin their summoning ritual. He offers him a mystical tome called the Magdalene Grimoire and begs Burgess to use his knowledge of the occult to resurrect his son. He explains to Burgess that his son Edmund had been killed in the war.
Doctor John Hathaway of Scotland's Royal Museum visits the Sussex manor Fawny Rig, home of the occult magus Roderick Burgess.
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