 Born Morris Burgess Brocklesby and known also as The Daemon King, his magical fraternity was based in "Fawney Rig" in Sussex, and was initially funded by his inherited industrial wealth.Burgess is a magician rather in the vein of the real Aleister Crowley, and within the DC world is Crowley's rival.The series begins with Burgess' attempt to capture and bind Death, which fails, capturing Dream instead.