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===Ethel Cripps=== '''Ethel Cripps''', also known as '''Ethel Dee''', is the mother of [[Doctor Destiny|John Dee]]. She was the mistress of [[#Roderick Burgess|Roderick Burgess]] until she fled with [[#Ruthven Sykes|Ruthven Sykes]]. Her last joy was her son, John Dee, whom she sought for 10 years. She discovered that he had become a living corpse, which happened because of his use of the Sandman's Ruby. At this time, she was 90 years old, and it was alluded that she had been kept alive by an amulet in the shape of an eye which granted its user protection, the amulet that [[#Ruthven Sykes|Ruthven Sykes]] had been given by the demon [[#Choronzon|Choronzon]] in exchange for Dream's helmet. Sykes, who had been second in command in The Order of Ancient Mysteries, needed protection from [[#Roderick Burgess|Roderick Burgess]] who was seeking retribution for Sykes' treachery of the theft of the Β£200,000 and Dream's magical items, which were in possession of the Order at the time he fled with Ethel Cripps to San Francisco in 1930. "Magical War" was declared upon them, and Ruthven knew he would need a way to protect himself from the hexes Burgess sought to put upon him. In 1936, Ethel walked out on Ruthven, taking with her the amulet of protection and Dream's Ruby. While in his possession, the amulet protected Sykes from Burgess' hexes, but without it, he died a messy and painful death, with his insides exploding out of him. The amulet continued to protect Ethel while Choronzon was still in possession of Dream's helmet. After Dream escaped and sought to regain his items, he descended to Hell to find his helmet. He had to battle Choronzon to regain it. After his victory, the compact was withdrawn and the power of protection the amulet possessed ended which also ended the life of Ethel Dee. In the podcast, Ethel Cripps is voiced by Karen Bartke. In the Netflix series, Ethel Cripps is portrayed by [[Joely Richardson]] as an older woman and by [[Niamh Walsh]] as a younger woman. Unlike the comics, Ethel gave the Amulet of Protection to her son before dying.
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