*Not content with his riches, or with the leadership of the Order of Ancient Mysteries, Roderick Burgess craved physical immortality. To that end, he sought to capture Death, but instead abducted Dream. Years later he died, still raging at his prisoner, still pleading for Life Eternal.
Alexander Burgess inherited his father's leadership of the Order, and with it his captive. When Dream escaped after 70 years, he condemned Alexander to Eternal Waking. As Alexander wakes screaming from each nightmare, he finds himself in another, worse than the last. Somewhere, even now, he prays that somebody, somehow will wake him up. *Source: Back of card