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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Origins === | === Origins === | ||
Death was | Death was younger than her sister [[Pain (Set Piece)|Pain]] but older than [[Time (Set Piece)|Time]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'') | ||
According to a Gallifreyan fairy tale, Death was born while the gods were drunk, and they accidentally gave her name to someone else. Since nobody remembered her name or who it had been given to, Death lamented, "Everything and everyone has a name, except for me." As a result, Death began to take away the names of mortal beings. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'') She herself once claimed that her kind were "the dreams of Time Lords", and that they "leak out across the universe", only occasionally being given physical form by entities such as the Timewyrm. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') | According to a Gallifreyan fairy tale, Death was born while the gods were drunk, and they accidentally gave her name to someone else. Since nobody remembered her name or who it had been given to, Death lamented, "Everything and everyone has a name, except for me." As a result, Death began to take away the names of mortal beings. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'') She herself once claimed that her kind were "the dreams of Time Lords", and that they "leak out across the universe", only occasionally being given physical form by entities such as the Timewyrm. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') | ||