The Dreaming: Waking Hours (2020) #5

"The Bard and the Bard, Finale": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"The Bard and the Bard, Finale"
The Dreaming: Waking Hours Vol 1 #5
February, 2021
Rated M for Mature (18+)
Publisher	DC Black Label
Executive Editor	Mark Doyle
Cover Artists	Tiffany Turrill
The Bard and the Bard, Finale
Writers	G. Willow Wilson
Pencilers	Nick Robles
Inkers	Nick Robles
Colorists	Mat Lopes
Letterers	Simon Bowland
Editors	Chris Conroy Arianna Turturro
Previous Issue	The Dreaming: Waking Hours # 4
Next Issue	The Dreaming: Waking Hours # 6

Hello, Ruin. I'm hurt that you tried to slink off without saying goodbye.

— Dream (Daniel Hall)

The Dreaming: Waking Hours #5 is an issue of the series The Dreaming: Waking Hours (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 2021. It was published on December 1, 2020.

Appearing in "The Bard and the Bard, Finale"

Featured Characters:

• Lindy Morris
• Ruin

Supporting Characters:

• Anne Morris (Real name revealed)
• Dora
• Jophiel
• William Shakespeare (In dream sequence only)
  • Anne Hathaway (In dream sequence only)
  • Illuminati Shakespeare (In dream sequence only)
  • Kit Marlowe (In dream sequence only)
  • Sheik Zubayr (In dream sequence only)

Antagonists:

• Dream (Daniel Hall)
  • Brute
  • Glob
  • Lucien
• The Heavenly Host
  • Kushiel (First appearance)
• Merlin (Real identity revealed) (In dream sequence only)

Other Characters:

• Tybalt the Cat (Cameo)
• Benedict/"Ben"/"The Dreamer" (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Death (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth 0/"Waking World"/"The Mortal World"
  • United States of America
    • New Jersey
      • Old Branch
        • 316 East John Street
          • Jophiel's House
        • Lindy Morris' House
• Sphere of the Gods
  • The Dreaming
    • Nightmare Realm
    • Palace of Dreams
    • Stratford House
  • Sunless Lands (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
  • Worlds' End
  • Heaven (Mentioned only)
    • Silver City
      • Throne of Heaven (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Box of Nightmares (Mentioned only)
• Death's Ankh (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
• Eagles Stone

Concepts:

• Free House
• Magic
  

Notes

• There's a continuity error in this story as Worlds' End is referred to be part of the Dreaming but it is actually located between the worlds of the Sphere of the Gods.
• This issue is collected in The Dreaming: Waking Hours.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the The Dreaming: Waking Hours series
• Images from The Dreaming: Waking Hours Vol 1 5

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