Editing Dream (character) (section)

===Daniel Hall===
Daniel's father [[Hector Hall]] was a [[ghost]] revived by the two nightmares Brute and Glob, in Morpheus's absence, whereafter [[Fury (DC Comics)|Hippolyta "Lyta" Hall]] and Hector's ghost lived in the dreams of a child named [[Jed Walker]] for two years. Upon Dream's return to the Dreaming, he destroyed the barrier that the two had created around the child's mind from the real Dreaming, imprisoned the two nightmares, released Hector's ghost, and restored Lyta to the waking world. Upon leaving Lyta, Dream revealed that he would someday claim their unborn son because he had spent much of his [[gestation]] in the Dreaming. Before Dream faced [[Lucifer (DC Comics)|Lucifer]], he paid another visit to the two and named the child Daniel. In one of the issues in ''[[The Sandman: Fables and Reflections|Fables and Reflections]]'', Daniel was regaled with stories by [[Cain and Abel (Sandman)|Cain]], [[Cain and Abel (comics)|Abel]], and [[Eve (DC Comics)|Eve]] while [[Matthew Cable|Matthew the Raven]] watched.

In ''[[The Sandman: The Kindly Ones|the Kindly Ones]]'' saga, Lyta incorrectly believed that Daniel had been 'abducted' by Dream, and took her grievances to the [[Furies]], with whom she destroyed much of the Dreaming. Unknown to her, Daniel was abducted by [[List of The Sandman characters#Loki|Loki]] and [[List of The Sandman characters#Puck|Robin Goodfellow]], and retrieved by the [[Corinthian (comics)|Corinthian]] and Matthew. At Morpheus' citadel, Morpheus transfers his role to Daniel and allows Death to take him. Daniel as the new Dream is an amalgam of a child and the [[Endless (comics)|Endless]] whom he represents. His speech is largely unchanged, but it is drawn with black font on a white background (as opposed to the direct contrasting style of the former self). He is still identified by the honorific "Dream of the Endless", but refuses the name of 'Morpheus'. He is inexperienced in government of the Dreaming and relies on Matthew for advice. As Dream, Daniel is a gentler and more merciful lord than Morpheus.

Daniel was named in accordance with [[Neil Gaiman]]'s decision to give the Endless names or titles beginning with the letter 'D', and after the [[Daniel (biblical figure)|Biblical prophet]] who interpreted dreams. Whereas Morpheus almost always wears black, Daniel robes himself in white. Morpheus' garments also tended to be styled with a flame motif, while Daniel's are often adorned with floral patterns. Daniel is unable to convince Fiddler's Green to return to the Dreaming but otherwise recreates the entire land, including its populace, as it was before.

Daniel has appeared from time to time in other Vertigo series. He was often identified, and infrequently appeared, in ''[[The Dreaming (comics)|The Dreaming]]'' by [[Caitlin Kiernan]]. He appeared in ''[[Lucifer (DC Comics)|Lucifer]]'': in Nirvana, helping Lucifer track an enemy, and in ''The Sandman Presents: The Furies'', in which he met his mortal mother for the first time since ''The Wake''.

Within the main [[DC Universe]], Daniel has made guest appearances in ''[[Justice League|JLA]]'' #22–23, in which he helped save the Earth from [[Starro]] and in which he repaid the 'debt' his predecessor had owed the Justice League. He also assured [[Kyle Rayner]] that he had surpassed [[Hal Jordan]] and will continue to do so. Daniel next appeared in a handful of issues of ''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]'' in which he, among other things, transferred the prophetic dreams from [[Sandman (Wesley Dodds)|Wesley Dodds]] to [[Sandy Hawkins]]. In another appearance, he prevents the time-traveling villain [[Per Degaton]] from tormenting his parents.<ref>''JSA'' #59. DC Comics.</ref> Still later in the series, Daniel, in the form of a magic mirror, tells Hector Hall (reincarnated as Doctor Fate) and Lyta about [[Sandy Hawkins|Sand]], who is trapped in a dream world created, again, by Brute and Glob.<ref>''JSA'' #63. DC Comics.</ref> Daniel brought the spirits of his mortal parents to live in the Dreaming after their deaths.<ref>''JSA'' #80. DC Comics.</ref>

[[Nura Nal|Dream Girl]] tells [[Doctor Destiny]] that she foresaw his death, being tortured in his sleep by "the owner of the dreamstone".<ref>''Justice Society of America'' #5. DC Comics.</ref>

Daniel appears in ''Dark Nights: Metal'' a crossover written by [[Scott Snyder]], with Neil Gaiman's blessing.