This post contains spoilers for Season One of The Sandman.
Morpheus is one of the most powerful beings in the universe by the end of The Sandman's debut season on Netflix, and it's all thanks to the King of Dream's ability to rule over our subconscious minds. He's also immortal—as are his other six family members, Destiny, Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, and Destruction.
As Spider-Man's Uncle Ben would say, "with great power, comes great responsibility." And Morpheus certainly loves talking about his sense of duty and the weight of ruling his dream kingdom, but what can this powerful being actually do when he's putting out fires in the waking world? Read on for a full breakdown of the Sandman's powers. And get ready to wait it out for The Sandman Season Two.
Morpheus Can Enter Your Dreams
Just because Morpheus can pick around in your mind while you sleep doesn't mean he's going to murder you like Freddy Krueger. The King of Dreams is there to help protect you in the subconscious realm, known as The Dreaming. Morpheus is such a pouty, emo guy, that he most likely won't even bother you unless you're in danger. Like Neo in The Matrix, he has complete control over The Dreaming. He can do whatever he wants in there, change your dreams, and even come and go as he pleases.
Special Tools Enhance His Powers
Heroes like Batman may be known for their utility belts, but he's not the only one with an enviable took kit. When Sandman is in possession of his pouch of sand, he can put people to sleep or take the ability to sleep away from them forever. He has a magical helm that helps him travel throughout The Dreaming, and he also imbued a ruby with the power to blur dreams and reality. (His black trench coat and makeup may not give him any special abilities per se, but it's another moody vibe that proves Dream and Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne would be such good friends.)
The King of Dreams Has Many Different Appearances
Along with his many names, Morpheus, a.k.a. Dream, also possesses many different faces. Depending on whom he is speaking with, Dream can appear how we see him for most of the series (as actor Tom Sturridge) or as a totally different persona. When speaking with a woman named Nada in Hell, his entire being changes into Lord Kai'ckul, the Dream Lord of a fictional African tribe from The Sandman comics.
Morpheus Can Create Dreams and Nightmares
To aid your experience in The Dreaming, Morpheus can create dreams to ease your mind or scary nightmares to teach you a lesson. Fiddler's Green, a dream of a wonderful, luscious garden paradise, helps Dream by protecting Rose Walker. Gault, a shape-shifting nightmare, is later recreated to be an inspiring dream. However, not all of Morpheus's creations are so pleasant. He also created a nightmare known as The Corinthian to be a black mirror for humanity. But after escaping into the waking world, The Corinthian became a serial killer.
Does The Sandman Have Any Weaknesses?
Like many tragic heroes, Dream often falls prey to love. His sibling, Desire, often uses Dream's search for everlasting romance to try and destroy him, but Dream has been able to prevent his latest attempts. Desire and Despair are cooking up a new plan to torture the King of Dreams at the end of Season One, however, as is Lucifer down in Hell.
FAQs
He can turn himself into a sandstorm, which enables him to fly great distances and to suffocate his enemies. His body takes on sand's chemical qualities, impervious to many, but not all, elements. Once, cement's ingredients were mixed into Sandman. That mixture turned him into cement that dried, rendering him immobile.
Why is The Sandman so powerful? ›
Morpheus is one of the most powerful beings in the universe by the end of The Sandman's debut season on Netflix, and it's all thanks to the King of Dream's ability to rule over our subconscious minds. He's also immortal—as are his other six family members, Destiny, Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, and Destruction.
Does The Sandman control nightmares? ›
In popular culture, The Sandman is a folkloric being who helps us drift off to the land of nod where he controls whether we have nightmares or dreams. He is also the centre of Neil Gaiman's popular comic book series (1989-96), which the new series is based on.
How powerful is dream Sandman? ›
Morpheus, the title character of The Sandman and Dream of the Endless has considerable power, being all but invincible within his realm, the Dreaming. Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for The Sandman season 1. Dream of the Endless, the protagonist of The Sandman, is a being of considerable if subtle powers.
What is Sandman's weakness? ›
Sandman, as in Spider-Man's frequent playmate, does indeed have a weakness to water. If he gets wet, he's turned to sludge and is basically immobilized. This got really embarrassing when he got mixed with another Spidey villain named Hydro-Man, who had the power to turn into … water.
What are the 7 Endless? ›
The Endless are a somewhat dysfunctional family of seven siblings who each represent an aspect of the universe: Dream, Death, Destiny, Despair, Desire, Delirium and Destruction.
Why did Sandman turn evil? ›
Ultimately, Sandman's antagonistic actions were mostly the result of his fear of losing his daughter. However, when he found out that Spider-Man was really Peter Parker, Flint lost all his animosity towards him, realizing that Peter was only opposing him because of what he had unwittingly done to Ben Parker.
Who can beat Sandman? ›
Heat vision and super-breath. This is how Sandman would be defeated by the Man of Steel. Supes would use his breath powers to separate Flint's sand particles, similar to what Flash would do when he smartened up. The other way Kal could defeat Marko is with his heat vision.
Can Sandman beat Thor? ›
Thor or Sandman? Thor should take this without to much difficulty. Sandman's best bet is to try and enter his body and explode him like he did to Spider-Man in a Marvel Zombieverse Thor may be too durable for this though. Thor could turn sandman to glass with lightning.
Why is Dream so skinny Sandman? ›
“What was important to me was conveying the sense that he was not human. There are very specific images of Morpheus naked in the comic, and what I take from them is that because he is metabolising dreams, he's lost all his flesh. He's just sinew and bone. I really wanted to make that body.
Sandman will use sand streams that can cause hefty damage, so keep swinging around to avoid them. Use web shooters and use his sand chunks to hit him again. Finally, Peter will aid Miles by throwing a water tank toward Sandman's face. Players will have to press the Triangle button to attack the target one more time.
Who is the most powerful of the endless? ›
Death is one of the most powerful members of the Endless and one of the most powerful beings in existence in the DC Universe. Her ultimate duty as the embodiment of death lasts until the last living thing dies and she puts the universe itself to rest.
Are the endless more powerful than God? ›
The Endless are greater than gods, as they are things that influence all life everywhere.
Who is the weakest Endless? ›
I know the older siblings are more powerful than the younger ones. That means Destiny is the most powerful and Delirium the weakest. I however think this order of age and power makes more sense: Destiny, Dream, Destruction, Death, Delirium, Desire, then lastly Despair.
How powerful is Death the endless? ›
Powers and abilities
Death is an immortal being of virtual omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence. She is not a god of death or agent of it, but Death itself: the end of life. As for the end of her role, Death has said: "When the last living thing dies, my job will be finished.
What is Morpheus powers? ›
Hypnokinesis: As the god of dreams, Morpheus has divine authority and control over dreams. He can make people fall asleep and shape peoples' dream.
Where did Sandman get his powers? ›
Marko obtained powers when he fell into a super collider that molecularly altered his body by bonding it with sand, making him able to transform his body and control the sand. With these powers, Marko became known as Sandman and clashed with Spider-Man, discovering his true identity as Peter Parker.
Who is the most powerful Endless? ›
Death is one of the most powerful members of the Endless and one of the most powerful beings in existence in the DC Universe. Her ultimate duty as the embodiment of death lasts until the last living thing dies and she puts the universe itself to rest.
