Editing List of The Sandman characters (section)

===Roderick Burgess===
'''Roderick Burgess''' (1863–1947), born '''Morris Burgess Brocklesby''' and known also as '''The Daemon King''', was the Lord Magus of The Order of the Ancient Mysteries. His magical fraternity was based in "Fawney Rig" in [[Sussex]], and was initially funded by his inherited industrial wealth. Burgess is a magician rather in the vein of the real [[Aleister Crowley]], and within the [[DC Universe|DC world]] is Crowley's rival.

The series begins with Burgess' attempt to capture and bind [[Death (DC Comics)|Death]], which fails, capturing [[Dream (comics)|Dream]] instead. Burgess keeps Dream trapped in a glass globe for the rest of his (Burgess') life, attempting to bargain with Dream, but Dream remains silent. Burgess dies from a heart attack still attempting to get a response out of Dream. His order passes the globe and Dream to his son Alex.

Burgess is a bald-headed, slightly pot-bellied man with a large hook nose. He is ultimately self-centred; his sole purpose for the Order is to bring money and power to himself, and he is consumed by his desire to achieve immortality. His relationship with his son is only briefly touched on, though it is implied that it is unhealthy, with Burgess pushing his son to spend his life pursuing his father's dreams.

In the podcast, Roderick Burgess is voiced by [[Stephen Critchlow]].

[[Charles Dance]] portrays the character in the television series ''[[The Sandman (TV series)|The Sandman]]'' on [[Netflix]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title='Sandman' Netflix Series Casts Tom Sturridge as Dream, Adds Gwendoline Christie, Charles Dance |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/sandman-netflix-series-cast-1234894383/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=January 28, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131223817/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/sandman-netflix-series-cast-1234894383/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This version of the character dies of a brain hemorrhage instead of a heart attack.