In what issues does Delirium appear? Sandman #21, 31, 41-49, 55, 56, 59, 63, 64, 66, Special In Sandman #45, Del counts the ravens who have worked for Dream. She mentions Aristaeus, but not by name. ("The one who came back again after he was a man again.") Del's count, however, is not accurate. In The Kindly Ones: 1 (Sandman #57), Dream informs Matthew that there have been quite a few more than Del reckoned. Has Delirium appeared outside of The Sandman? She has her own card in the Vertigo Trading Card set (#53, Greg Spalenka). Is the visual image of Delirium based upon anyone/anything? Is she based on Tori Amos? The first Delirium, since she changes so often, comes from a strange photograph. People have wondered whether Del is based on Tori Amos. The easy answers are none and no. While Neil Gaiman and Tori Amos are friends, the character of Delirium was created before their friendship. However, Jill Thompson does seem to have drawn at least one aspect of Del with some of Tori's features. (Supposedly, Thompson may have included some of her own traits, though she denies being anything like the character.) Also it has been reported that occasionally Tori says things that Del winds up saying later. Tori (or at least a poster of her) does appear in The Kindly Ones and a couple of her lyrics appear in Sandman. Is Delirium known by other names? In The Sandman Special, Del is known as Mania. What is Delirium's "age"? The list of the Endless from oldest to youngest is usually given as: Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, Delirium All the Endless are extremely old by human standards. Even Del, who looks like a twelve year old, is very ancient indeed. Can Delirium die or be destroyed? The Endless as entities can die or be destroyed. The Endless as positions will eventually cease to exist, but only as the end of the universe approaches. In Sandman #48, Dream, Destruction and Del talk about the one time an aspect of one of their siblings was destroyed. In Books of Magic #4 (miniseries), we learn that the Endless and their realms and positions eventually end. At the very end of the Universe, Death will come for her last sibling. In Sandman #48, Destruction says that the existence of the Endless are bounded and none of them will last longer than the Universe. An exception to this may be Death herself. In Sandman #20, she says that when the last living thing dies, she'll close up shop and leave. Del mentions this point in response to Destruction's comments in #48, but Dream conditions it with, "So we suppose." We have seen a possible end of the Universe where this happens, but not all futures will come to pass. What is Delirium's sigil? The sigil for Delirium is a chaotic pattern. The true significance of the sigils housed in the galleries of the Endless remains uncertain. So far we've only seen them used as a means of communication between the Endless and a means of travel between the realms. Each gallery contains a copy of the sigils of the other six Endless. The order of the sigils seems to vary, though most seem to be in a Destiny-to-Delirium order with a few translocations. (An exception to this pattern is Destiny's gallery. Instead of sigils, each Endless is represented by a large portrait.) In Sandman #46, when Delirium closes off her realm, her sigil in Dream's gallery (and probably Death's since Death mentions the change) turns black. According to Delirium, she has lost her own gallery somewhere within her realm (Sandman #41). However, she must have rediscovered it later as she uses it properly in Sandman #64. What is Delirium's realm like? Delirium's realm appeared in #46. It is a jumble of bright colors, strange shapes and bodiless voices. The centerpiece is a sun dial with the caption Tempus Frangit. Delirium explains to Dream that the sun dial is broken. As Delirium tells Barnabas, her new guardian, "We're going to my place. It's very interesting. You'll like it, unless maybe you don't." Does Delirium appear differently to different people? Del's appearance changes often, but not to suit her surroundings or audience. The one notable exception to this is in Sandman #48 where her physical appearance, but not her clothes, changes as she recounts her search for Destruction. Note that Del's appearance matches how she looked during the part of the story she is describing. When did Delight become Delirium? Why? We have never seen Delight. All of Del's appearances, including at Orpheus' wedding have been as Delirium. Destiny's portrait for Del suggests it was made when she was Delight, and an image of Delight appears to Dream and Delirium in Destiny's garden, but the character of Delight has not appeared in the book. It is possible that the Del standing with the Endless in the unnamed necropolis ("Cerements", Sandman #55, page 16, panel 1) is Delight and not Delirium. However, there is no conclusive evidence that such is the case. In Sandman #42, we see Delirium after her transformation. (She realizes she is no longer Delight.) This is set in the Dawn Days, a hazy period set before Earth's recorded history. From the description of the changes in Delirium's realm ("the blossoms had already begun to fall in her domain") it's possible that this is shortly, in the terms of the Endless, after her transformation. Why Delight became Delirium has not been revealed. Del knows the reason, but she may be the only one. In Sandman #47, she tells Destiny "There are things not in your book. There are paths outside this garden." Destiny does not or cannot answer when Del asks if he knows why she stopped being Delight. In an interview for Musing magazine, Jill Thompson says that Neil Gaiman knows that reason for the change, but he's not telling, yet. Whom was Delirium going to marry? In The Sandman Special, Del comments, "Well...you know...I nearly got married. But that was a long time ago. It never happened." Whom Del was going to marry and why the marriage never happened have never been explained. Occasionally, someone will suggest that the cancelled marriage may have had something to do with the transformation of Delight into Delirium. Did Delirium attend the funeral witnessed in the final issue of "Worlds' End," Sandman #56? Del and Death are in the funeral procession (page 18). main ~ DelFic ~ Del/Tori ~ Del the Vampire ~ State of Delirium