'The Sandman' on Netflix: Who is ‘The Prodigal’? The missing character is related to Endless family
'The Sandman' by Netflix is a dark fantasy series revolving around Tom Sturridge who plays Dream, the king of the dream realm who gets trapped for a century and journeys across hell, and different worlds to restore his power. The series, which is an adaptation of the comic of the same name written by Neil Gaiman, gained instant popularity soon after its release. The hugely successful series has, however, left the audience curious about certain unexplained characters.
While some are trying to decipher various key plots of 'The Sandman', the others are figuring out the details of the mystery character who were mentioned throughout the span of the series but didn't feature them. One of the characters who was the most mentioned throughout the series was The Prodigal aka Destruction.
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Who is The Prodigal?
During the entire show, there were various mentions of the character 'The Prodigal' and if he has returned. Wondering who the Prodigal is and his relations with the Endless family? Don't worry I have got you covered.
The series has only revealed the first four, which include Dream (played by Tom Sturridge), Desire (Mason Alexander Park), Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), and lastly, Despair (Donna Preston). The remaining ones are Destiny, Delirium, and Destruction (aka The Prodigal) out of the seven siblings. It is said that they are the children of Time and Night, created to serve the natural world as shown in the Netflix series.
Out of the seven siblings Destruction is known to be the Prodigal because he left his duties to serve the world and not destroy it anymore. According to the comics, the character is described as a big man with red hair and sometime in the 1700s. Destruction had decided that he had enough of being the entity of destruction, and he wanted to go do something else than destroy. Each of the Endless has a realm in which they are absolutely sovereign.
Considering how numerous times Destruction was mentioned in the series, it can be only assumed that maybe fans can expect him to make an appearance when the threat of war from Lucifer comes knocking at the Dreaming door and the mortal world. We might see the Endless siblings unity for the cause since they exist because of the humans.
'The Sandman' is streaming on Netflix.
