Hope

Hope Beautiful Lost Nebula, who described herself as "egg-daughter of Cleary who died in childbirth, sperm-daughter of Troubling World, who was murdered by revers," was an alien child who was a previous acquaintance of Dream. She was known simply as Hope in the series. She first appeared in Overture.

History
Hope was discovered by Dream and a disguised Desire under a bed in a shelter on a ''"Godforsaken bridge on the ass end of nowhere." ''Her father had been murdered by Brundage and his partner, and hung as meat. Dream put them to sleep, and Hope joined him on his journey to the City of Stars. She informs Dream that her father had called her his "Little Star" because she shone on his life and made it better.

When taken by the stars in the city, they condemned her, calling her "nothing." She replied, "I am not nothing. I am Hope." The star, Fomalhaut, then touched her forehead and she was destroyed.

Desire later took her from the afterlife of her people, to represent the dead among the 1,000 dreamers it collected to aid Dream in the salvation of the universe. Dream's ship was filled with the dreamers, and he then instructed Hope what must be done. She then told the dreamers what they must do, and coached them to dream of the universe as it should be, not as it was. Through them, the universe was restored.