- I guess you could say it runs in the family. A shitty, twisted backstabbing family that will end with me.
- — Heather After
The Dreaming: Waking Hours #2 is an issue of the series The Dreaming: Waking Hours (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 2020. It was published on September 1, 2020.
Synopsis for "The Bard and the Bard, Part Two"
Appearing in "The Bard and the Bard, Part Two"
Featured Characters:
- Jophiel (Flashback and main story)
- Lindy Morris
- Ruin (Real name revealed) (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
Supporting Characters:
- Anne Hathaway Morris (Unnamed)
- Heather After/"Auntie Heather" (First appearance)
- William Shakespeare (In dream sequence only)
- Anne Hathaway (In dream sequence only)
- Illuminati Shakespeare (Real name revealed) (First full appearance) (In dream sequence only)
- Kit Marlowe (In dream sequence only)
- Sheik Zubayr (In dream sequence only)
Antagonists:
- Dream (Daniel Hall) (Flashback and main story)
- Lucien (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Benedict/"Ben" (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only)
- Brute (Cameo)
- Demons (Flashback only) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- Endless Teeth (First appearance)
- Glob (Cameo)
- Saint Joan of Arc (Single appearance) (Dies in flashback) (Cameo)
- Tybalt the Cat (In dream sequence only)
- Angels (Mentioned only)
- Cherubim (Mentioned only)
- British Army (Mentioned only)
- The Endless (Mentioned only)
- Dream (Morpheus) (Mentioned only)
- Ethel Cripps (Mentioned only)
- John Constantine (Mentioned only)
- John Dee (Mentioned only)
- Lucifer Morningstar (Mentioned only)
- Roderick Burgess (Mentioned only)
- Ruthven Sykes (Mentioned only)
- Sheik Zubayr's children (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- The Inquisition (Mentioned only)
- John Milton (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth 0/"Waking World" (Flashback and main story)
- France (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- New Jersey
- Old Branch
- 316 East John Street
- Jophiel's House
- Heather After's House
- 316 East John Street
- Old Branch
- New York
- New York City (Mentioned only)
- New Jersey
- England
- Dover (Mentioned only)
- Stratford-upon-Avon (Mentioned only)
- Italy (Mentioned only)
- Spain (Mentioned only)
- Frigiliana (Mentioned only)
- Sphere of the Gods
- The Dreaming (Flashback and main story)
- Palace of Dreams (Real name revealed)
- Nightmare Realm (First full appearance)
- Stratford House/"Shakespeare Multiverse"
- The Garden
- Heaven
- Garden of Eden
- Tree of Life (Mentioned only)
- Garden of Eden
- The Dreaming (Flashback and main story)
Items:
- Box of Nightmares
- Eagles Stone
- Jophiel's Flaming Sword (First appearance)
Concepts:
Notes
- Heather After reveals that she's a descendent of Roderick Burgess.
Trivia
- Heather After never appeared in the Pre-Flashpoint continuity.
- While speaking about Jophiel with Ruin, the girl references John Milton's Paradise Lost that featured Jophiel among its characters.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the The Dreaming: Waking Hours series
- Images from The Dreaming: Waking Hours Vol 1 2
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