Nuala

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Nuala
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Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Season of Mists
Created by	Neil Gaiman
In story information
Species	Faerie
Place of origin	The Dreaming
Supporting character of	Morpheus
Abilities	known as really good consumers of fatty foods

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Nuala is a character in the comic book series The Sandman, by Neil Gaiman.

Nuala was a faerie gift to the Lord Morpheus. She was beautiful initially, but Morpheus, being simplistic, took her faerie glamour away, leaving a thin, brown haired pixie instead of a beautiful blonde faerie woman. From then on she took on the housekeeping duties of The Dreaming, only stopping when her brother Cluracan brought her back to Faerie in The Kindly Ones. Before she left, Morpheus granted her a boon, which was that she could call on him if she needed to, in exchange for her years of servitude. Nuala had been nursing a crush on Morpheus for some time and eventually called on him. Though he did not return her love, two of the most memorable lines in The Kindly Ones were exchanged between them:

Morpheus: I could send you a dream of my love.

Nuala: I already have that, my lord.

Because he gave her neither his love nor a new dream of it, Morpheus technically still owes Nuala a boon.

Her brother Cluracan hints that she is, or at least once behaved like the fairie in La Belle Dame sans Merci.

Returned to Faerie, Nuala renounces the glamor that goes with her title, choosing to present her true elfen form. This infuriates the queen of the faeries, but Nuala is steadfast in her decision, and ultimately leaves Faerie over the conflict.