The next storyline is the Kindly Ones. In it we see the death of this incarnation of Dream. The story starts with the Kindly Ones, the three women who weave the tale we are experiencing. Lyta Hall, who was pregnant with Daniel in the Dreaming (in The Doll’s House) is searching for Daniel who has been kidnapped. She goes on a quest through the real and imaginary realms. She is after Dream (she remembers his promise to take her child) and in search of the Kindly Ones for revenge. Dream sends the Corinthian and Matthew off in search of Daniel.
They find Daniel and Dream returns to the Dreaming to find that the Kindly Ones have taken over and threaten to destroy it all. Death arrives and calls off the Kindly Ones and she and Dream talk. They touch hands and Dream dies, but Death comes from life and the story ends with Daniel transforming into the new incarnation of Dream in white.