Unity Kinkaid is a mortal woman, the grandmother of Rose Walker, and the one-time fated harbinger of The Dreaming's destruction.
History[]
Unity was born around 1900 in to a wealthy family and lived an uneventful life in Britain. Unity was initially destined to be a "dream vortex", a unique and dangerous entity that can cause the destruction of The Dreaming. In 1916, however, Dream of the Endless was imprisoned by Roderick Burgess, and people all across the world were suddenly afflicted by an inexplicable "sleepy sickness." Unity was among them; victims slept almost constantly, unable to wake up before the Dream Lord was freed.[1] In 1932, during her long sleep, Unity was raped by Desire of the Endless,[note 1] and gave birth to a daughter, Miranda Walker who was then put up for adoption. Miranda would eventually become the mother of Rose and Jed Walker. Both Dream's captivity and Desire's interference warped what was to be, and Unity never became the vortex.
By 1955, her parents had died, and the family executors installed Unity in a private nursing home. In 1988, after Dream's escape from captivity, she awoke at last, along with the other surviving victims. Unity found out that their family house on Bedford Square had been sold, and decided to stay at her nursing home. When she learned she'd had a daughter, she hired private detectives to locate her family and invited Miranda and Rose to England to reconnect.[2]
During their reunion, Unity learned about Jed, another missing member of their family, and asked Rose to go to Florida and find him, covering all her expenses.[3] At almost 90 years old by this time, however, Unity soon suffered a stroke, and Miranda stayed in England to look after her.[4]
Young Unity in the Dreaming
While bedridden, Unity realized that her granddaughter, Rose, had become the new vortex, whom Dream was now seeking to destroy. Unity entered the Dreaming and stopped him, explaining that she should have been the vortex. She asked Rose for her heart, and Rose produced a red glass heart, thus returning her essence to Unity. Unity took the heart and broke it, killing herself, and ending what would have been a catastrophe for both Dream and the Dreaming.[5]
Physical Appearance[]
As a young person, Unity had long, dark red hair, pale skin, and light eyes. As she aged, her hair lost its color and became a white-grey.
Relationships[]
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Powers and Abilities[]
- Dream Vortex: Though was never developed Unity had the ability.
Continuity notes[]
- Unity's statement that she had only truly lived for about 17 years, given a year after her awakening, places her birth around 1900.[2] This is supported by the notion that she's "almost" 90.[4]
Trivia[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ Desire's motivation for raping the helpless Unity was that as the lethargic woman could not fulfill her role as vortex, a descendant would inevitably have to fill the role, and Dream would then be forced to kill a member of his own family in order to destroy the vortex, thus bringing the vengeance of the Furies on himself.