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* VindicatedByHistory: He mostly just seems like a bit of a weirdo and a joke to most people, outside of the Darquesse society (who are a bunch of oddballs in their own right), but at the end of ''Until the End'' [[spoiler: the priests of the Church of Darquesse are dressed as Plague Doctors and he's remembered as the man who persuaded Darquesse to save the universe]].
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* VindicatedByHistory: In-Universe example. He mostly just seems like a bit of a weirdo and a joke to most people, outside of the Darquesse society (who are a bunch of oddballs in their own right), but at the end of ''Until the End'' [[spoiler: the priests of the Church of Darquesse are dressed as Plague Doctors and he's remembered as the man who persuaded Darquesse to save the universe]].
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* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Spends her dying moments thanking Skulduggery for making her happy and telling him and Valkyrie to look after each other.]]
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* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Spends her dying moments thanking Skulduggery for making her happy and telling him and Valkyrie to look after each other. Even after Cadaver resurrects her again, she has no problem having a quick chat with Omen to get caught up and holds nothing against him for Auger killing her father in her son's body.]]
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the last book, she cheerfully, and somewhat wryly, points of that she's the best mother of everyone present. Given that the other two mothers present are [[spoiler: China]], who loved in her own way but isn't exactly overflowing with emotional reserves, and Solace, her daughter, who holds a grudge against her but is if anything infinitely worse, and Abyssinia is for all her flaws, a very devoted mother.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the last book, she cheerfully, and somewhat wryly, points of that she's the best mother of everyone present. Given that the other two mothers present are [[spoiler: China]], who loved in her own way but isn't exactly overflowing with emotional reserves, and Solace, her the latter's daughter, who holds a grudge against her but is if anything infinitely ''infinitely'' worse, and Abyssinia is for all her flaws, a very devoted mother.mother... she's not wrong.
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* AffablyEvil: In a cool sort of way he can be genuinely quite polite, having civil conversations with people with whom he shares a mutual loathing.
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* AffablyEvil: In a cool chilly, dispassionate sort of way he can be genuinely quite polite, having civil conversations with people with whom he shares a mutual loathing.
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* EvilMatriarch: Sees China as this, while her own son considers her to be this in turn. While she has legitimate reason for a grudge against China, she was a much, much worse parent in turn.
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* EvilMatriarch: Sees China as this, while her own son considers her to be this in turn. While she has legitimate reason for a grudge against China, she was a much, much worse parent in turn.her own right.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's a bit ridiculous, but he went into a dead universe to find Darquesse (who was fighting Faceless Ones), talked her into coming back, survived having her as a very strange house guest, then further survived raising her. More to the point, he's the only person willing and able to stand up to the reincarnated Darquesse and call her out on her habit of [[ItAmusedMe letting things happen because she's bored]].
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's a bit ridiculous, but he's shown to be a fairly skilled fighter from the start, he went into a dead universe to find Darquesse (who was fighting Faceless Ones), talked her into coming back, survived having her as a very strange house guest, then further survived raising her. More to the point, he's the only person willing and able to stand up to the reincarnated Darquesse and call her out on her habit of [[ItAmusedMe letting things happen because she's bored]].
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* GoodAllAlong: At first, it seems like believing Darquesse is the means of saving the world is little more than a delusional fanatic's dream. Turns out however, [[spoiler:he knows exactly what he's doing because Darquesse really ''is'' needed to save everyone from Obsidian.]]
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* GoodAllAlong: At first, it seems like believing Darquesse is the means of saving the world is little more than a delusional fanatic's dream. Turns out however, [[spoiler:he he knows exactly what he's doing because Darquesse [[spoiler:Darquesse really ''is'' needed to save everyone from Obsidian.]]
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The President of the United States of America. His hatred for magic users is only rivalled by his stupidity and malice.
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* BigBadWannabe: Martin Flannery wants to believe that he's the most important man in the room, but is often a pawn to stronger characters such as Crepuscular Vies.
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* BigBadWannabe: Martin Flannery wants to believe that he's the most important man in the room, but is often a pawn to stronger characters such as Crepuscular Vies.Vies who are the only ones who can force him to heel, much to his displeasure.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: After taking a Splash that boosts his intelligence, Martin Flannery briefly manages to be more efficent and understanding of his subordinents and realizes that his behavior stems from his upbringing and personal insecurities. This bothers him so much that he refuses to take another intelligence boosting Splash and ends up reverting to type.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: After taking a Splash that boosts his intelligence, Martin Flannery briefly manages to be more efficent and understanding of his subordinents subordinates, and realizes that his behavior stems from his upbringing and personal insecurities. This bothers him so much that he refuses to take another intelligence boosting Splash and ends up reverting to type.
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* PresidentEvil: To put it lightly, Martin is not a moral person. He has no problems allying with shady characters such as Doctor Nye to create an army of super-powered super soldiers, or
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* PresidentEvil: To put it lightly, Martin is not a moral person. He has no problems allying with shady characters such as Doctor Nye to create an army of super-powered super soldiers, or stoking hatred between mortals and magic users due to his own paranoid fears of "sorcerers" being more powerful than him.
* {{Sadist}}: He takes joy in forcing Magenta Blithe to serve him by taking her son hostage to force her into using her powers to convince people to view him as a more popular politician.
* {{Sadist}}: He takes joy in forcing Magenta Blithe to serve him by taking her son hostage to force her into using her powers to convince people to view him as a more popular politician.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the last book, she cheerfully, and somewhat wryly, points of that she's the best mother of everyone present. Given that the other two mothers present are [[spoiler: China]], who loved in her own way but isn't exactly overflowing with emotional reserves, and Solace, her daughter, who holds a grudge against her but is if anything infinitely worse.
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the last book, she cheerfully, and somewhat wryly, points of that she's the best mother of everyone present. Given that the other two mothers present are [[spoiler: China]], who loved in her own way but isn't exactly overflowing with emotional reserves, and Solace, her daughter, who holds a grudge against her but is if anything infinitely worse.worse, and Abyssinia is for all her flaws, a very devoted mother.
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* BumblingDad: He makes Desmond Edgley look smooth, suave, and put together as a parent. However, like Desmond, he's a good father under difficult circumstances - in this case, to the most challenging child in existence.
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* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: At first, it seems like believing Darquesse is the means of saving the world is little more than a delusional fanatic's dream. Turns out however, he knows exactly what he's doing because Darquesse really ''is'' needed to save everyone from Obsidian.]]
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* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: GoodAllAlong: At first, it seems like believing Darquesse is the means of saving the world is little more than a delusional fanatic's dream. Turns out however, he [[spoiler:he knows exactly what he's doing because Darquesse really ''is'' needed to save everyone from Obsidian.]]
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* TheLeader: Unintentionally, but the Darquess worshipors all find him to be the natural choice for leading their cause, with the main opposition being Sebastian himself.
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* TheLeader: Unintentionally, but the Darquess worshipors Darquesse worshippers all find him to be the natural choice for leading their cause, with the main opposition being Sebastian himself.
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* PlagueDoctor: Dresses like one, in a specialised suit that nourishes his body without the need for food or water. He can't take it off [[spoiler: without risking being dragged back to his time]].
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* PlagueDoctor: Dresses like one, one and initially refers to himself as 'the Plague Doctor', in a specialised suit that nourishes his body without the need for food or water. He can't take it off [[spoiler: without risking being dragged back to his time]].time]], which leaves him persistently a bit glum.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Initially just goes by 'the Plague Doctor'.
* VindicatedByHistory: He mostly just seems like a bit of a weirdo and a joke to most people, outside of the Darquesse society (who are a bunch of oddballs in their own right), but at the end of ''Until the End'' [[spoiler: the priests of the Church of Darquesse are dressed as Plague Doctors and he's remembered as the man who persuaded Darquesse to save the universe]].
* VindicatedByHistory: He mostly just seems like a bit of a weirdo and a joke to most people, outside of the Darquesse society (who are a bunch of oddballs in their own right), but at the end of ''Until the End'' [[spoiler: the priests of the Church of Darquesse are dressed as Plague Doctors and he's remembered as the man who persuaded Darquesse to save the universe]].
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* {{Hypocrite}}: She hates her mother for how she treated her, and more to the point, how she treated her ward/Solace's husband, Caisson, giving him up to protect Solace. She accuses China of being a bad mother. She is, if anything, ''infinitely'' worse. She went out of her way to conceive over 20 children with [[ChosenConceptionPartner Caisson]] (picked for his bloodline's power, though she fell in love with him anyway) to act as {{Living Weapon}}s, and treated Reynard, TheSpare, a.k.a. [[spoiler: Fregoli Cleft]] a.k.a. [[spoiler: Crepuscular Vies]] so badly that when he says that anyone who harms his family dies, [[BlackComedy he then casually amends it to exempt his mother, who anyone can kill if they feel like it]], remarking that the only love she had was spared for her husband. [[spoiler: He'd probably have liked her even less if he knew his real purpose was to act as a vessel for all his siblings]].
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* {{Hypocrite}}: She hates her mother for how she treated her, and more to the point, how she treated her ward/Solace's husband, Caisson, giving him up to protect Solace. She accuses China of being a bad mother. She is, if anything, ''infinitely'' worse. She went out of her way to conceive over 20 children with [[ChosenConceptionPartner Caisson]] (picked for his bloodline's power, though she fell in love with him anyway) to act as {{Living Weapon}}s, and treated Reynard, TheSpare, explicitly designated as the spare, a.k.a. [[spoiler: Fregoli Cleft]] a.k.a. [[spoiler: Crepuscular Vies]] so badly that when he says that anyone who harms his family dies, [[BlackComedy he then casually amends it to exempt his mother, who anyone can kill if they feel like it]], remarking that the only love she had was spared for her husband. [[spoiler: He'd probably have liked her even less if he knew his real purpose was to act as a vessel for all his siblings]].
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* AbusiveParents: Let's see, bred twenty children to be raised and trained by a doomsday cult, had another prepared as a spare [[spoiler: (actually a host for all the others)]], may or may not have known that another was [[FateWorseThanDeath turned into one of the Kith]] (and it's hard to imagine her caring)... yeah. She makes ''the Unnamed'' look like a good parent. Really, it's not hard to see why [[spoiler: Crepuscular]] casually amended his remark about how no one was to touch his family by saying that if someone wanted to kill his mother, who was right there, they could go ahead.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: While she had a lot of aunts and uncles, and some of her family by blood and marriage was already the definition of screwed up, she emphasised this by having at ''least'' 22 children (The Twenty, Reynard/[[spoiler: Crepuscular Vies]], and one unknown child that ended up as one of the Kith after being experimented on by Damocles Creed).
* ChosenConceptionPartner: Caisson was this, on behalf of the Hosts, thanks to his heritage. However, she ended up falling in love with him.
* ElderlyImmortal: Not immortal, but she's around 400 and something years old, and she looks pretty damned old.
* EvilMatriarch: Sees China as this, while her own son considers her to be this in turn. While she has legitimate reason for a grudge against China, she was a much, much worse parent in turn.
* EvilOldFolks: She has the look and most of the personality, even if it's tinged with being a PsychopathicWomanchild, despite being younger than most of the main cast.
* HappilyMarried: With Caisson, despite originally being TheVamp. This is initially sympathetic, until you find out that she conceived all her children for the purposes of a magical doomsday cult/nuclear deterrent, and that by her son's account, he's the ''only'' person she loved.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She hates her mother for how she treated her, and more to the point, how she treated her ward/Solace's husband, Caisson, giving him up to protect Solace. She accuses China of being a bad mother. She is, if anything, ''infinitely'' worse. She went out of her way to conceive over 20 children with [[ChosenConceptionPartner Caisson]] (picked for his bloodline's power, though she fell in love with him anyway) to act as {{Living Weapon}}s, and treated Reynard, TheSpare, a.k.a. [[spoiler: Fregoli Cleft]] a.k.a. [[spoiler: Crepuscular Vies]] so badly that when he says that anyone who harms his family dies, [[BlackComedy he then casually amends it to exempt his mother, who anyone can kill if they feel like it]], remarking that the only love she had was spared for her husband. [[spoiler: He'd probably have liked her even less if he knew his real purpose was to act as a vessel for all his siblings]].
* InLoveWithTheMark: With Caisson, much to her surprise. They ended up HappilyMarried for the best part of 200 years.
* LackOfEmpathy: She cares for Caisson and that is literally it. Seriously, she makes ''China'' look like a wellspring of compassion.
* PsychicPowers: She's a Sensitive strong enough to stick China in a multi-book coma, nearly force Valkyrie (who has a documented history dealing with that sort of thing and is by this point a very powerful if poorly trained Sensitive herself) to kill herself, and run long term MindControl on someone so well that a recovered China doesn't pick up on it.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: While her inability to use magic at Greymire has left her a very old woman, physically, at a contrast to her glamorous and youthful looking mother, and she initially has shades of being a bitter old woman, as a whole she comes off as an angry child in an old woman's body, impulsive, selfish, and lashing out at her mother and the world. Caisson even calls her out for blaming everyone, even Temper Fray who wasn't even ''born'' when she was locked up, because she wants to hate forever.
* SmugSnake: She's competent and very dangerous, putting China in a coma for several books, but it's quite clear that the planning genius skipped a generation, with China pointing out more than one of her clumsier moves, and her plans are heavily reliant on the scheming of her son, [[spoiler: Crepuscular Vies]].
* BigScrewedUpFamily: While she had a lot of aunts and uncles, and some of her family by blood and marriage was already the definition of screwed up, she emphasised this by having at ''least'' 22 children (The Twenty, Reynard/[[spoiler: Crepuscular Vies]], and one unknown child that ended up as one of the Kith after being experimented on by Damocles Creed).
* ChosenConceptionPartner: Caisson was this, on behalf of the Hosts, thanks to his heritage. However, she ended up falling in love with him.
* ElderlyImmortal: Not immortal, but she's around 400 and something years old, and she looks pretty damned old.
* EvilMatriarch: Sees China as this, while her own son considers her to be this in turn. While she has legitimate reason for a grudge against China, she was a much, much worse parent in turn.
* EvilOldFolks: She has the look and most of the personality, even if it's tinged with being a PsychopathicWomanchild, despite being younger than most of the main cast.
* HappilyMarried: With Caisson, despite originally being TheVamp. This is initially sympathetic, until you find out that she conceived all her children for the purposes of a magical doomsday cult/nuclear deterrent, and that by her son's account, he's the ''only'' person she loved.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She hates her mother for how she treated her, and more to the point, how she treated her ward/Solace's husband, Caisson, giving him up to protect Solace. She accuses China of being a bad mother. She is, if anything, ''infinitely'' worse. She went out of her way to conceive over 20 children with [[ChosenConceptionPartner Caisson]] (picked for his bloodline's power, though she fell in love with him anyway) to act as {{Living Weapon}}s, and treated Reynard, TheSpare, a.k.a. [[spoiler: Fregoli Cleft]] a.k.a. [[spoiler: Crepuscular Vies]] so badly that when he says that anyone who harms his family dies, [[BlackComedy he then casually amends it to exempt his mother, who anyone can kill if they feel like it]], remarking that the only love she had was spared for her husband. [[spoiler: He'd probably have liked her even less if he knew his real purpose was to act as a vessel for all his siblings]].
* InLoveWithTheMark: With Caisson, much to her surprise. They ended up HappilyMarried for the best part of 200 years.
* LackOfEmpathy: She cares for Caisson and that is literally it. Seriously, she makes ''China'' look like a wellspring of compassion.
* PsychicPowers: She's a Sensitive strong enough to stick China in a multi-book coma, nearly force Valkyrie (who has a documented history dealing with that sort of thing and is by this point a very powerful if poorly trained Sensitive herself) to kill herself, and run long term MindControl on someone so well that a recovered China doesn't pick up on it.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: While her inability to use magic at Greymire has left her a very old woman, physically, at a contrast to her glamorous and youthful looking mother, and she initially has shades of being a bitter old woman, as a whole she comes off as an angry child in an old woman's body, impulsive, selfish, and lashing out at her mother and the world. Caisson even calls her out for blaming everyone, even Temper Fray who wasn't even ''born'' when she was locked up, because she wants to hate forever.
* SmugSnake: She's competent and very dangerous, putting China in a coma for several books, but it's quite clear that the planning genius skipped a generation, with China pointing out more than one of her clumsier moves, and her plans are heavily reliant on the scheming of her son, [[spoiler: Crepuscular Vies]].
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* VillainHasAPoint: In the last book, she cheerfully, and somewhat wryly, points of that she's the best mother of everyone present. Given that the other two mothers present are [[spoiler: China]], who loved in her own way but isn't exactly overflowing with emotional reserves, and Solace, her daughter, who holds a grudge against her but is if anything infinitely worse.
* AffablyEvil: In a cool sort of way he can be genuinely quite polite, having civil conversations with people with whom he shares a mutual loathing.
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* NoSenseOfHumor: No matter the situation, Creed is alway always stone cold and serious. So when Omen finds him and he's cracking jokes and being sarcastic, it shows how badly he's taken [[spoiler:the Faceless Ones' defeat.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: While there's a streak of frothing fanatic in him, he is eminently practical and able to assess both allies and enemies relatively dispassionately, noting what kind of GodzillaThreshold it is for Skulduggery to suffer the return of even an imprisoned Abrogate Raze to their reality.
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The end result of Auger Darkly's corruption from a fragment of the Obsidian Blade. He ends up as the final antagonist of Phase 2.
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The end result of Auger Darkly's corruption from a fragmentSolace]]
One of theObsidian Blade. He ends up as inmates of the final antagonist Greymire Asylum, the wife of Phase 2.Caisson... and the daughter of China Sorrows by [[spoiler: Skulduggery Pleasant]].
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The end result of Auger Darkly's corruption from a fragment of the Obsidian Blade. He ends up as the final antagonist of Phase 2.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: He's a HumanoidAbomination, but it's not always entirely clear how much of his humanity remains. [[MoralityPet It usually shows up around Omen]].
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* FlyingBrick: When he chooses to bother, and an exceptionally powerful one, easily crushing Valkyrie.
* HumanoidAbomination: At the end of[[spoiler:Dead ''Dead Or Alive, Alive'', he becomes "Obsidian" where his entire body is jet black, including his eyes and the inside of his mouth.]]mouth.
* MoralityPet: Even as an inhuman impossibly calm OmnicidalManiac, what's left of Auger still loves his brother and tries to help him.
* HumanoidAbomination: At the end of
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[[folder:The Apocalypse Kings]]
Representatives of three now-extinct races of gods: the Deathless, the Cythraul, and the Sathariel. They seek to destroy earth as a last act of desperate revenge against their oppressors.
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: They read Adedayo's mind to learn about the modern world and the English language.
* AntiVillain: They see wiping out Earth as simply NecessarilyEvil, though they are amenable to being persuaded otherwise.
* {{Arc Villain}}s: The titular main antagonists of the ''Apocalypse Kings'' novella.
* LastOfHisKind: Each is the last member of their race.
* OmnicidalManiac: They want to wipe out humanity so the Faceless Ones will starve. Adebayo makes them rethink this.
* SealedCastInAMultipack: The three were sealed in a magic box by the Faceless Ones.
* AntiVillain: They see wiping out Earth as simply NecessarilyEvil, though they are amenable to being persuaded otherwise.
* {{Arc Villain}}s: The titular main antagonists of the ''Apocalypse Kings'' novella.
* LastOfHisKind: Each is the last member of their race.
* OmnicidalManiac: They want to wipe out humanity so the Faceless Ones will starve. Adebayo makes them rethink this.
* SealedCastInAMultipack: The three were sealed in a magic box by the Faceless Ones.
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: They read Adedayo's mind to learn about AchillesHeel: Obsidian's only weakness is the modern world Void Meteorite. Skulduggery and Valkyrie intend to forge a weapon they can use to defeat Obsidian only to lose the meteorite. [[spoiler:Damocles Creed had later forged a set of bullets from the Void Meteorite and manages to nearly kill Obsidian only for him to escape.]]
* FinalBoss: He serves as the final boss of Phase 2 as a whole, and is the final antagonist left in "Until The End".
* HumanoidAbomination: At the end of [[spoiler:Dead Or Alive, he becomes "Obsidian" where his entire body is jet black, including his eyes and theEnglish language.
inside of his mouth.]]
*AntiVillain: They see wiping out Earth as simply NecessarilyEvil, though they are amenable to being persuaded otherwise.
* {{Arc Villain}}s: The titular main antagonistsNearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:He very nearly succeeds in destroying everything, having erased the universe and most of the ''Apocalypse Kings'' novella.
* LastOfHisKind: Each isplanet by the last member of their race.
time the final chapters roll around. It's only due to a StableTimeLoop that Darquesse is able to create a new universe.]]
* OmnicidalManiac:They want Obsidian has one goal and one goal only. Erase everything. It takes Darquesse sacrificing herself to wipe out humanity create a new universe that Auger is finally freed from his corrupted state.
* TheDreaded: He ends up being a very powerful threat, enough so that he scares the Faceless Oneswill starve. Adebayo makes with his sheer power, forcing them rethink this.
to turn into a harmless spark-like form and surrender.
*SealedCastInAMultipack: ThinkingUpPortals: Obsidian can create portals, allowing him to move around, and ends up [[spoiler:preventing him from being killed by Damocles Creed during "Until The three were sealed in End".]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Early on, Skulduggery and Valkyrie have been investigating amagic box by series of murders related to followers of the Faceless Ones. As it turns out, Obsidian had been killing them, likely to strike fear into the Faceless Ones.
* FinalBoss: He serves as the final boss of Phase 2 as a whole, and is the final antagonist left in "Until The End".
* HumanoidAbomination: At the end of [[spoiler:Dead Or Alive, he becomes "Obsidian" where his entire body is jet black, including his eyes and the
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: After joining with the cult of Tunnrak Rakhir, he gained influence on her so she could enact his will on earth.
* TheHeavy: Tunnrak's "agent of destruction" while he tries to maintain his benevolent and innocent facade within his court.
* TheHeavy: Tunnrak's "agent of destruction" while he tries to maintain his benevolent and innocent facade within his court.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: BigBadWannabe: Martin Flannery wants to believe that he's the most important man in the room, but is often a pawn to stronger characters such as Crepuscular Vies.
* CelebrityParadox: Despite being based off Donald Trump, he and Trump are separate people who both exist in the world. Considering that he's US President, it could be implied that Donald Trump either lost the 2016 US Election or never ran for President.
* CurbstompBattle: During an ill-fated attempt to force Flannery to stop killing magic users, Skulduggery Pleasant ends up demolished due to Flannery taking Splashes that increase his strength immensely.
* FantasticRacism: He utterly hates magic users, enough so that he has no problem with persecuting them despite them being willing to put their lives on the line to fight off the Shaggoths attacking the US.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Afterjoining taking a Splash that boosts his intelligence, Martin Flannery briefly manages to be more efficent and understanding of his subordinents and realizes that his behavior stems from his upbringing and personal insecurities. This bothers him so much that he refuses to take another intelligence boosting Splash and ends up reverting to type.
* MugglePower: He's noticeable for being one of the few antagonists aside from Ian Moore to be an ordinary man with no ties to thecult of Tunnrak Rakhir, magical. During "Until the End", he gained influence on her so she could enact uses Splashes created by Doctor Nye and Professor Nye to boost his will on earth.
* TheHeavy: Tunnrak's "agent of destruction" while he tries to maintainphysical strength and at one point, his benevolent and innocent facade within his court.intelligence.
* PresidentEvil: To put it lightly, Martin is not a moral person. He has no problems allying with shady characters such as Doctor Nye to create an army of super-powered super soldiers, or
* {{Trumplica}}: Martin Flannery is Donald Trump in all but name, though he's co-incidentally named after a UK politician. Unfortunately for him, he lives in a world where he's a far smaller fish compared to the various magic users he's forced to submit to.
* CelebrityParadox: Despite being based off Donald Trump, he and Trump are separate people who both exist in the world. Considering that he's US President, it could be implied that Donald Trump either lost the 2016 US Election or never ran for President.
* CurbstompBattle: During an ill-fated attempt to force Flannery to stop killing magic users, Skulduggery Pleasant ends up demolished due to Flannery taking Splashes that increase his strength immensely.
* FantasticRacism: He utterly hates magic users, enough so that he has no problem with persecuting them despite them being willing to put their lives on the line to fight off the Shaggoths attacking the US.
* IgnoredEpiphany: After
* MugglePower: He's noticeable for being one of the few antagonists aside from Ian Moore to be an ordinary man with no ties to the
* TheHeavy: Tunnrak's "agent of destruction" while he tries to maintain
* PresidentEvil: To put it lightly, Martin is not a moral person. He has no problems allying with shady characters such as Doctor Nye to create an army of super-powered super soldiers, or
* {{Trumplica}}: Martin Flannery is Donald Trump in all but name, though he's co-incidentally named after a UK politician. Unfortunately for him, he lives in a world where he's a far smaller fish compared to the various magic users he's forced to submit to.
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: They read Adedayo's mind to learn about the modern world and the English language.
* AntiVillain: They see wiping out Earth as simply NecessarilyEvil, though they are amenable to being persuaded otherwise.
* {{Arc Villain}}s: The titular main antagonists of the ''Apocalypse Kings'' novella.
* LastOfHisKind: Each is the last member of their race.
* OmnicidalManiac: They want to wipe out humanity so the Faceless Ones will starve. Adebayo makes them rethink this.
* SealedCastInAMultipack: The three were sealed in a magic box by the Faceless Ones.
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The king of the Order of the Maggot.
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* AntiVillain: They see wiping out Earth as simply NecessarilyEvil, though they are amenable to being persuaded otherwise.
* {{Arc Villain}}s: The titular main antagonists of the ''Apocalypse Kings'' novella.
* LastOfHisKind: Each is the last member of their race.
* OmnicidalManiac: They want to wipe out humanity so the Faceless Ones will starve. Adebayo makes them rethink this.
* SealedCastInAMultipack: The three were sealed in a magic box by the Faceless Ones.
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A former worshipper of the Faceless Ones, now a follower of the Order of the Maggot.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: After joining with the cult of Tunnrak Rakhir, he gained influence on her so she could enact his will on earth.
* TheHeavy: Tunnrak's "agent of destruction" while he tries to maintain his benevolent and innocent facade within his court.
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[[folder:Remember Me]]
A former worshipper of the Faceless Ones, now a follower of the Order of the Maggot.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: After joining with the cult of Tunnrak Rakhir, he gained influence on her so she could enact his will on earth.
* TheHeavy: Tunnrak's "agent of destruction" while he tries to maintain his benevolent and innocent facade within his court.
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!! The Dead Men
[[folder:Luke Skywalker]]
An American mage who joins the Dead Men on their expedition to the Leibniz Universe to assassinate Mevolent.
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* DimensionalTraveller: Has the Dimensional Shunter discipline which why he was hired for the mission.
* FanBoy: In case you haven't guessed, he loves ''Franchise/StarWars''.
* MaliciousMisnaming: At first, nobody wants to call him Luke Skywalker and Tanith calls him [[Franchise/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]].
* NonActionGuy: Is ashamed of the fact that his reaction to a draugar attack is to run away when everyone else is fighting.
* ProneToVomiting: Spends a lot of the boat trip to Germany vomiting over the side.
* RedShirt: [[spoiler:Gets killed in one of the earlier fights on their mission, leaving the Dead Men stranded in the Leibniz Universe.]]
* YouWannaGetSued: Skulduggery states after the MaliciousMisnaming that they will respect his Taken Name... and hope that they won't get sued for it.
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!! Major Antagonists
[[folder:Abrogate Raze ('''SPOILERS!''')]]
Skulduggery Pleasant's father, actually the weakened form of the God of the Apocalypse known as Gog Magog.
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* AmnesiacGod: He turns out to be Gog Magog after losing his memory.
* ArchnemesisDad: All of his children (those who didn't end up brainwashed, anyway) absolutely despise him for murdering their mother.
* TheBadGuyWins: The four archivists putting together the ''Grimoire'' are converted into his followers, and begin searching for his coffin. And anyone who reads the book, most likely Sanctuary Elders, will also become worshippers.
* BigBad: Of ''The Skulduggery Pleasant Grimoire''; his influence leads to the four archivists putting together the book to become his worshippers, he's suspected of being the villain of ''The Age of the Maggot'' short story, and his past is detailed in his titular sections of the book.
* TheCorruption: Those who learn more about Gog Magog begin worshipping him.
* ElementalPowers: His son, Clarver mentions this was his original discipline.
* GodInHumanForm: He's a God who lost his memory and lives as a human mage.
* MeaningfulName: Abrogate means "evade responsibility or duty" and Raze means "completely destroy". Because he lost his memories of being Gog Magog, he was evading his duty as god of the apocalypse to destroy the world.
* MistakenForServant: Variation where due to lost memories he doesn't realize he's Gog Magog and thinks he's the god's servant.
* RealityWarper: Skulduggery once fought him and said he had a countermove for anything and it seemed his only limit was his imagination.
* TheRedMage: His son, Bayard says he probably had multiple disciplines before meeting Gog Magog as he thinks all their siblings likely inherited their magical ambidexterity from him.
* SealedEvilInACan: Skulduggery and his siblings eventually managed to seal him in a coffin and transferred it to another dimension. Skulduggery is eventually forced to retrieve, much to his displeasure.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Bayard thinks all his children inherited magical ambidexterity from him.
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[[folder:Abyssinia]]
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A powerful sorceress who served under Mevolent before finding incredible power of her own. Subsequently killed by the combined forces of the Dead Men and the Diablerie, she was reduced to a heart and locked away.
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* AffablyEvil: She's genuinely quite friendly, and has nothing personal against anyone unless they harm her son - she even tells Auger that it's genuinely NothingPersonal, and she'd really prefer he and her son didn't fight. She also respects and oddly quite likes Valkyrie, both because of her abilities and because they both genuinely care for Skulduggery, asking her to take care of him when she's dying - and both agree that Skulduggery isn't quite as clever as he thinks he is, somewhat to his annoyance.
* AlasPoorVillain: Her death is rather tragic, given that she was only ever used as a means to an end by her father. [[spoiler: Then she's brought back by Cadaver Cain]].
* ArcVillain: The main antagonist of the fourth trilogy of books.
* BackFromTheDead:[[spoiler: She's introduced in a book called ''Resurrection'' for a reason.]]
** [[spoiler: Cadaver ends up resurrecting her again in ''Until The End''.]]
* BigBadEnsemble: Finally puts her plan into motion in ''Bedlam'', working with the Blackbrook mercenaries to start a war between sorcerers and mortals. However, she has no knowledge of the mercenaries' employer Crepuscular Vies, and as such is unprepared for when he sabotages her scheme.
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:In both of her main appearances in the series she winds up being betrayed by an underling (first when Cadaverous kidnaps Caisson and then when Vies and Flannery have their mercenaries attack her and the other neoterics instead of First Wave) forcing her to work with the good guys. She is ultimately killed by Vies, but not before transferring The Unnamed's essence into Caisson (which she instantly regrets).]]
* CameBackStrong: Was ''very'' efficiently killed by Lord Vile, but came back years later even stronger than before. You can thank the King of the Darklands for that.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Inverted. She is constantly being betrayed. Even in the backstory, when Lord Vile chooses to attack her rather than help usurp Mevolent (because he didn't want the war to end).
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: When Skulduggery was at his lowest, she was there to push him well and truly off the deep end.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Spends her dying moments thanking Skulduggery for making her happy and telling him and Valkyrie to look after each other.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She cares greatly for [[spoiler: her son, Caisson,]] and puts her evil plans on hold just to rescue him when he's endangered. She also genuinely cares for Skulduggery, in her own, slightly odd way.
* {{Flight}}: An ability she got from her father.
* FlyingBrick: She has the strength, flight durability and regeneration.
* FromASingleCell: [[spoiler: Regenerates from a heart, but she needs the life force of three sacrifices to do it.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: The anti-Sanctuary work on her orders despite being long dead, and Cadaverous Gant was already working for her when he makes his first appearance in ''The Dying of the Light''.
* IGaveMyWord: Mainly why she resurrects [[spoiler:her father.]] She immediately regrets it.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: By Crepuscular Vies, after having lost the power that brought her back previously.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Abyss" can refer to a dark void, but the word "Abyssinia" was also the name of an ancient empire - fitting for the name of a sorceress who wants to conquer the world.
* NotThatKindOfMage: President Flanery keeps calling her a witch when she's a Sorceress.
* ThePowerOfLove: When Valkyrie does this to turn Cadaverous Gant temporarily good, Abyssinia says she could have done a better job of it and maybe made it permanent.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: [[spoiler: Skulduggery's.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Is long dead by the time of ''Resurrection.'' [[spoiler: Until the end of the book, that is.]]
* RunningBothSides: She tried to instigate a war between mortals and sorcerers with herself controlling both sides.
* TheStarscream: To Mevolent.
* SuperStrength: She was able to send Valkyrie flying and was described as if a mountain was swinging a freight train like a bat.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Nobody did figure out how she survived getting gutted and thrown to the rocks by Lord Vile. [[spoiler: It's finally revealed in ''Bedlam'' that, after being gravely wounded, she received the power of her father - the King of the Darklands - which kept her alive and allowed her to recuperate. It's that same power that enables her to stay alive and conscious even after being reduced to a heart in a box.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: When Cadaverous send a six year old with a hatchet after them, she kicks him unconscious when Skulduggery and Temper wouldn't and then says she loves kicking children.
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[[folder:Damocles Creed]]
The Arch-Canon of the Church of the Faceless
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* BigBadEnsemble: With Cadaver in ''Dead or Alive''. Also with Crepuscular and Obsidian in ''Until The End''.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: He's later resurrected after being assassinated, though he's under some sort of mind control.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: After the Faceless Ones anbandon their power and flee Obsidian, he's faced with the fact that his gods are gone forever and his lifes work has been for nothing, leaving him to spiral into depression]].
* NoSenseOfHumor: No matter the situation, Creed is alway stone cold and serious. So when Omen finds him and he's cracking jokes and being sarcastic, it shows how badly he's taken [[spoiler:the Faceless Ones' defeat.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: As a sign of how much [[spoiler: the defeat of the Faceless Ones]] has affected him, he develops a sense of humour. He lampshades it.
* SinisterMinister: He's in charge of the Church of the Faceless Ones and is as every bit as menacing as one would think.
* SmugSnake: Creed is as cunning as he is cruel, and he know that it's only a matter of time before the Faceless Ones return.
* TheBadGuyWins: Pretty much all of his appearances end with him victorious: he manages to gain increasing influence with China and the Sanctuaries in his first few appearances, he becomes Supreme Mage in ''Seasons of War'', [[spoiler:and activates his Child of the Faceless Ones in ''Dead or Alive'']]. At the end of ''Until the End'', it all comes undone for him, however.
* VillainousRescue: His arrival stops Mevolent from killing Valkyrie.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He completely disappears from the story after being [[spoiler: ousted from power]]. Even at the end of the book it’s left ambiguous if he is still out there or has been imprisoned for his numerous crimes.
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[[folder:Lethe]]
An enigmatic masked figure who leads the anti-Sanctuary in their goal to both resurrect Abyssinia, and bring war between sorcerers and mortals. Has held a man named Savant Vega hostage for five years in order to force his husband into the anti-Sanctuary.
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* ActualPacifist:[[spoiler: As Savant Vega.]]
* AdaptiveAbility: Learns how to deal with his opponents as he fights them, meaning he'll start and end fights on opposite sides of a CurbStompBattle.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy:[[spoiler: His suit is filled with Smoke's corruption magic.]]
* BigBad: Of ''Resurrection'', as the de facto leader of the anti-Sanctuary.
* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: He isn't holding Savant Vega hostage, he ''is'' Savant Vega.]]
* TheHeavy: For Abyssinia and the anti-Sanctuary as a whole, taking over as the latter's leader from the incompetent Smoke.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: Wears a full body Necronaut suit, complete with mask.
* MeaningfulName: "Lethe" was the name of the river from the Greek mythological Underworld, which erased the memories of any who touched its waters. [[spoiler: This foreshadows the revelation that Lethe is Savant Vega after having his past and identity removed.]]
** [[spoiler: Lethe's original taken name also counts: "savant" refers to a person of learning, which reflects his magical ability of being able to learn incredibly quickly. "Vega" is the name of a star that, in some stories, represents a long-lost lover who was separated from their beloved - much like how Savant was taken from his husband, Richard Melior.]]
* NighInvulnerable: His suit was originally used for basically holding someone in stasis while they travelled through different dimensions.
* WouldHurtAChild: Or at least order someone else to.
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!! Minor Antagonists
[[folder:The Apocalypse Kings]]
Representatives of three now-extinct races of gods: the Deathless, the Cythraul, and the Sathariel. They seek to destroy earth as a last act of desperate revenge against their oppressors.
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: They read Adedayo's mind to learn about the modern world and the English language.
* AntiVillain: They see wiping out Earth as simply NecessarilyEvil, though they are amenable to being persuaded otherwise.
* {{Arc Villain}}s: The titular main antagonists of the ''Apocalypse Kings'' novella.
* LastOfHisKind: Each is the last member of their race.
* OmnicidalManiac: They want to wipe out humanity so the Faceless Ones will starve. Adebayo makes them rethink this.
* SealedCastInAMultipack: The three were sealed in a magic box by the Faceless Ones.
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[[folder:Commander Hoc]]
A corrupted, racist and bullying member of the city guard.
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* BigBadWannabe: Only with his authority as a city guard is he a threat and even then, he's outperformed a humiliating number of times. He gets absolutely no respect for anyone, with his authority constantly undermined and even Creed being unable to stand him. He gets nothing done in ''Until the End'', as he's beaten up and outwitted, and in his last appearance, Creed lets him know he's going to be fired.
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[[folder:Remember Me]]
A former worshipper of the Faceless Ones, now a follower of the Order of the Maggot.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: After joining with the cult of Tunnrak Rakhir, he gained influence on her so she could enact his will on earth.
* TheHeavy: Tunnrak's "agent of destruction" while he tries to maintain his benevolent and innocent facade within his court.
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[[folder:Tunnrak Rakhir]]
The king of the Order of the Maggot.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The being behind the deaths of the other high-ranking Rakhirrian demons and Remember's maggot attacks.
[[folder:The King of The Darklands]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Abyssinia resurrects him in his grandson's body.]]
* BigBadWannabe: Set up as a major villain and Auger's ArchEnemy, [[spoiler:only to get quickly killed by him in his first major outing after being resurrected]].
* CaptainErsatz: Has shades of Voldemort from the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise with a prophecy saying that he and Auger are due to fight sand that one will kill the other. Voldemort and Harry had a similar prophecy.
* CastFromLifeSpan: Being attacked by the Obsidian Blade meant that doing magic would kill him. Passing his powers to his daughter finished him off.
* CessationOfExistence: The Obsidian Blade destroys its target's very soul.
* CompleteImmortality: Is thousands of years old and can only be hurt by the Obsidian Blade. He believes he'll live forever if he kills Auger.
* FlyingBrick: He can fly and is superstrong and indestructible.
* KryptoniteFactor: The Obsidian Blade is the only thing that can hurt him.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: Anything stabbed by the Obsidian Blade fades from existince.]]
* NoImmortalInertia: Mevolent's attack on him with the Obsidian Blade drastically aged him.
* NoNameGiven: He's only ever referred to as The King of The Darklands or The Unnamed.
* OffingTheOffspring: He didn't want any male successors so he killed all his children apart from Abyssinia.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He was foretold in an ancient prophecy that's well known in-universe but wasn't mentioned until the phase 2 books.
* SuperEmpowering: Was able to pass his FlyingBrick and HealingFactor onto Abyssinia.
* TilMurderDoUsPart: He killed his wife alongside most of his children.
* ZergRush: [[spoiler:Being distracted by a barrage of fireballs from Corrival students leads to him getting killed.]]
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[[folder:Sebastian Tao]]
A mysterious masked individual who calls himself "The Plague Doctor", who first appears in ''Resurrection'' and wishes to bring back Darquesse in order to save the world from a greater threat to come.
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* ButtMonkey: For all his mystery and skill, he's still a massive dork who struggles with other people and is frequently treated as a joke. [[spoiler: This should be an obvious connection between him and Omen]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's a bit ridiculous, but he went into a dead universe to find Darquesse (who was fighting Faceless Ones), talked her into coming back, survived having her as a very strange house guest, then further survived raising her. More to the point, he's the only person willing and able to stand up to the reincarnated Darquesse and call her out on her habit of [[ItAmusedMe letting things happen because she's bored]].
* FutureBadass: [[spoiler: While he always had the training, Sebastian is really able to show how far Omen comes through the series]].
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: At first, it seems like believing Darquesse is the means of saving the world is little more than a delusional fanatic's dream. Turns out however, he knows exactly what he's doing because Darquesse really ''is'' needed to save everyone from Obsidian.]]
* GoodParents: He's a bit of a BumblingDad to the reincarnated Darquesse, but he's actually a pretty good parent for what has to be the most challenging child in existence.
* TheLeader: Unintentionally, but the Darquess worshipors all find him to be the natural choice for leading their cause, with the main opposition being Sebastian himself.
* MeaningfulRename: At the end of the series, Sebastian [[spoiler: retakes the name Omen Darkly after being able to accept his parents despite their flaws]].
* PlagueDoctor: Dresses like one, in a specialised suit that nourishes his body without the need for food or water. He can't take it off [[spoiler: without risking being dragged back to his time]].
* StableTimeLoop: As the world draws to an end, [[spoiler:Omen agrees to put on the plague doctor suit in order to become Sebastian. Sebastian Tao spends his time getting Darquesse back from the Faceless Ones, then eventually ends up raising a reincarnated Darquesse, and eventually has a philosophical conversation with a strange man before eventually witnessing his parents and accepting their flaws before returning to his own time and shedding his new name to become Omen again. From Omen's perspective, this takes 2 years; for Valkyrie and Skulduggery, it only takes a few seconds for all this to happen.]]
* SetWrongWhatWasOnceMadeRight: His entire motivation is to find Darquesse and convince her to save the world from [[spoiler: his brother Obsidian]].
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!! The Dead Men
[[folder:Luke Skywalker]]
An American mage who joins the Dead Men on their expedition to the Leibniz Universe to assassinate Mevolent.
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* DimensionalTraveller: Has the Dimensional Shunter discipline which why he was hired for the mission.
* FanBoy: In case you haven't guessed, he loves ''Franchise/StarWars''.
* MaliciousMisnaming: At first, nobody wants to call him Luke Skywalker and Tanith calls him [[Franchise/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]].
* NonActionGuy: Is ashamed of the fact that his reaction to a draugar attack is to run away when everyone else is fighting.
* ProneToVomiting: Spends a lot of the boat trip to Germany vomiting over the side.
* RedShirt: [[spoiler:Gets killed in one of the earlier fights on their mission, leaving the Dead Men stranded in the Leibniz Universe.]]
* YouWannaGetSued: Skulduggery states after the MaliciousMisnaming that they will respect his Taken Name... and hope that they won't get sued for it.
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!! Major Antagonists
[[folder:Abrogate Raze ('''SPOILERS!''')]]
Skulduggery Pleasant's father, actually the weakened form of the God of the Apocalypse known as Gog Magog.
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* AmnesiacGod: He turns out to be Gog Magog after losing his memory.
* ArchnemesisDad: All of his children (those who didn't end up brainwashed, anyway) absolutely despise him for murdering their mother.
* TheBadGuyWins: The four archivists putting together the ''Grimoire'' are converted into his followers, and begin searching for his coffin. And anyone who reads the book, most likely Sanctuary Elders, will also become worshippers.
* BigBad: Of ''The Skulduggery Pleasant Grimoire''; his influence leads to the four archivists putting together the book to become his worshippers, he's suspected of being the villain of ''The Age of the Maggot'' short story, and his past is detailed in his titular sections of the book.
* TheCorruption: Those who learn more about Gog Magog begin worshipping him.
* ElementalPowers: His son, Clarver mentions this was his original discipline.
* GodInHumanForm: He's a God who lost his memory and lives as a human mage.
* MeaningfulName: Abrogate means "evade responsibility or duty" and Raze means "completely destroy". Because he lost his memories of being Gog Magog, he was evading his duty as god of the apocalypse to destroy the world.
* MistakenForServant: Variation where due to lost memories he doesn't realize he's Gog Magog and thinks he's the god's servant.
* RealityWarper: Skulduggery once fought him and said he had a countermove for anything and it seemed his only limit was his imagination.
* TheRedMage: His son, Bayard says he probably had multiple disciplines before meeting Gog Magog as he thinks all their siblings likely inherited their magical ambidexterity from him.
* SealedEvilInACan: Skulduggery and his siblings eventually managed to seal him in a coffin and transferred it to another dimension. Skulduggery is eventually forced to retrieve, much to his displeasure.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Bayard thinks all his children inherited magical ambidexterity from him.
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[[folder:Abyssinia]]
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A powerful sorceress who served under Mevolent before finding incredible power of her own. Subsequently killed by the combined forces of the Dead Men and the Diablerie, she was reduced to a heart and locked away.
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* AffablyEvil: She's genuinely quite friendly, and has nothing personal against anyone unless they harm her son - she even tells Auger that it's genuinely NothingPersonal, and she'd really prefer he and her son didn't fight. She also respects and oddly quite likes Valkyrie, both because of her abilities and because they both genuinely care for Skulduggery, asking her to take care of him when she's dying - and both agree that Skulduggery isn't quite as clever as he thinks he is, somewhat to his annoyance.
* AlasPoorVillain: Her death is rather tragic, given that she was only ever used as a means to an end by her father. [[spoiler: Then she's brought back by Cadaver Cain]].
* ArcVillain: The main antagonist of the fourth trilogy of books.
* BackFromTheDead:[[spoiler: She's introduced in a book called ''Resurrection'' for a reason.]]
** [[spoiler: Cadaver ends up resurrecting her again in ''Until The End''.]]
* BigBadEnsemble: Finally puts her plan into motion in ''Bedlam'', working with the Blackbrook mercenaries to start a war between sorcerers and mortals. However, she has no knowledge of the mercenaries' employer Crepuscular Vies, and as such is unprepared for when he sabotages her scheme.
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:In both of her main appearances in the series she winds up being betrayed by an underling (first when Cadaverous kidnaps Caisson and then when Vies and Flannery have their mercenaries attack her and the other neoterics instead of First Wave) forcing her to work with the good guys. She is ultimately killed by Vies, but not before transferring The Unnamed's essence into Caisson (which she instantly regrets).]]
* CameBackStrong: Was ''very'' efficiently killed by Lord Vile, but came back years later even stronger than before. You can thank the King of the Darklands for that.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Inverted. She is constantly being betrayed. Even in the backstory, when Lord Vile chooses to attack her rather than help usurp Mevolent (because he didn't want the war to end).
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: When Skulduggery was at his lowest, she was there to push him well and truly off the deep end.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Spends her dying moments thanking Skulduggery for making her happy and telling him and Valkyrie to look after each other.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She cares greatly for [[spoiler: her son, Caisson,]] and puts her evil plans on hold just to rescue him when he's endangered. She also genuinely cares for Skulduggery, in her own, slightly odd way.
* {{Flight}}: An ability she got from her father.
* FlyingBrick: She has the strength, flight durability and regeneration.
* FromASingleCell: [[spoiler: Regenerates from a heart, but she needs the life force of three sacrifices to do it.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: The anti-Sanctuary work on her orders despite being long dead, and Cadaverous Gant was already working for her when he makes his first appearance in ''The Dying of the Light''.
* IGaveMyWord: Mainly why she resurrects [[spoiler:her father.]] She immediately regrets it.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: By Crepuscular Vies, after having lost the power that brought her back previously.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Abyss" can refer to a dark void, but the word "Abyssinia" was also the name of an ancient empire - fitting for the name of a sorceress who wants to conquer the world.
* NotThatKindOfMage: President Flanery keeps calling her a witch when she's a Sorceress.
* ThePowerOfLove: When Valkyrie does this to turn Cadaverous Gant temporarily good, Abyssinia says she could have done a better job of it and maybe made it permanent.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: [[spoiler: Skulduggery's.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Is long dead by the time of ''Resurrection.'' [[spoiler: Until the end of the book, that is.]]
* RunningBothSides: She tried to instigate a war between mortals and sorcerers with herself controlling both sides.
* TheStarscream: To Mevolent.
* SuperStrength: She was able to send Valkyrie flying and was described as if a mountain was swinging a freight train like a bat.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Nobody did figure out how she survived getting gutted and thrown to the rocks by Lord Vile. [[spoiler: It's finally revealed in ''Bedlam'' that, after being gravely wounded, she received the power of her father - the King of the Darklands - which kept her alive and allowed her to recuperate. It's that same power that enables her to stay alive and conscious even after being reduced to a heart in a box.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: When Cadaverous send a six year old with a hatchet after them, she kicks him unconscious when Skulduggery and Temper wouldn't and then says she loves kicking children.
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[[folder:Damocles Creed]]
The Arch-Canon of the Church of the Faceless
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* BigBadEnsemble: With Cadaver in ''Dead or Alive''. Also with Crepuscular and Obsidian in ''Until The End''.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: He's later resurrected after being assassinated, though he's under some sort of mind control.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: After the Faceless Ones anbandon their power and flee Obsidian, he's faced with the fact that his gods are gone forever and his lifes work has been for nothing, leaving him to spiral into depression]].
* NoSenseOfHumor: No matter the situation, Creed is alway stone cold and serious. So when Omen finds him and he's cracking jokes and being sarcastic, it shows how badly he's taken [[spoiler:the Faceless Ones' defeat.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: As a sign of how much [[spoiler: the defeat of the Faceless Ones]] has affected him, he develops a sense of humour. He lampshades it.
* SinisterMinister: He's in charge of the Church of the Faceless Ones and is as every bit as menacing as one would think.
* SmugSnake: Creed is as cunning as he is cruel, and he know that it's only a matter of time before the Faceless Ones return.
* TheBadGuyWins: Pretty much all of his appearances end with him victorious: he manages to gain increasing influence with China and the Sanctuaries in his first few appearances, he becomes Supreme Mage in ''Seasons of War'', [[spoiler:and activates his Child of the Faceless Ones in ''Dead or Alive'']]. At the end of ''Until the End'', it all comes undone for him, however.
* VillainousRescue: His arrival stops Mevolent from killing Valkyrie.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He completely disappears from the story after being [[spoiler: ousted from power]]. Even at the end of the book it’s left ambiguous if he is still out there or has been imprisoned for his numerous crimes.
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[[folder:Lethe]]
An enigmatic masked figure who leads the anti-Sanctuary in their goal to both resurrect Abyssinia, and bring war between sorcerers and mortals. Has held a man named Savant Vega hostage for five years in order to force his husband into the anti-Sanctuary.
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* ActualPacifist:[[spoiler: As Savant Vega.]]
* AdaptiveAbility: Learns how to deal with his opponents as he fights them, meaning he'll start and end fights on opposite sides of a CurbStompBattle.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy:[[spoiler: His suit is filled with Smoke's corruption magic.]]
* BigBad: Of ''Resurrection'', as the de facto leader of the anti-Sanctuary.
* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: He isn't holding Savant Vega hostage, he ''is'' Savant Vega.]]
* TheHeavy: For Abyssinia and the anti-Sanctuary as a whole, taking over as the latter's leader from the incompetent Smoke.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: Wears a full body Necronaut suit, complete with mask.
* MeaningfulName: "Lethe" was the name of the river from the Greek mythological Underworld, which erased the memories of any who touched its waters. [[spoiler: This foreshadows the revelation that Lethe is Savant Vega after having his past and identity removed.]]
** [[spoiler: Lethe's original taken name also counts: "savant" refers to a person of learning, which reflects his magical ability of being able to learn incredibly quickly. "Vega" is the name of a star that, in some stories, represents a long-lost lover who was separated from their beloved - much like how Savant was taken from his husband, Richard Melior.]]
* NighInvulnerable: His suit was originally used for basically holding someone in stasis while they travelled through different dimensions.
* WouldHurtAChild: Or at least order someone else to.
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!! Minor Antagonists
[[folder:The Apocalypse Kings]]
Representatives of three now-extinct races of gods: the Deathless, the Cythraul, and the Sathariel. They seek to destroy earth as a last act of desperate revenge against their oppressors.
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: They read Adedayo's mind to learn about the modern world and the English language.
* AntiVillain: They see wiping out Earth as simply NecessarilyEvil, though they are amenable to being persuaded otherwise.
* {{Arc Villain}}s: The titular main antagonists of the ''Apocalypse Kings'' novella.
* LastOfHisKind: Each is the last member of their race.
* OmnicidalManiac: They want to wipe out humanity so the Faceless Ones will starve. Adebayo makes them rethink this.
* SealedCastInAMultipack: The three were sealed in a magic box by the Faceless Ones.
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[[folder:Commander Hoc]]
A corrupted, racist and bullying member of the city guard.
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* BigBadWannabe: Only with his authority as a city guard is he a threat and even then, he's outperformed a humiliating number of times. He gets absolutely no respect for anyone, with his authority constantly undermined and even Creed being unable to stand him. He gets nothing done in ''Until the End'', as he's beaten up and outwitted, and in his last appearance, Creed lets him know he's going to be fired.
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[[folder:Remember Me]]
A former worshipper of the Faceless Ones, now a follower of the Order of the Maggot.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: After joining with the cult of Tunnrak Rakhir, he gained influence on her so she could enact his will on earth.
* TheHeavy: Tunnrak's "agent of destruction" while he tries to maintain his benevolent and innocent facade within his court.
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[[folder:Tunnrak Rakhir]]
The king of the Order of the Maggot.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The being behind the deaths of the other high-ranking Rakhirrian demons and Remember's maggot attacks.
[[folder:The King of The Darklands]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Abyssinia resurrects him in his grandson's body.]]
* BigBadWannabe: Set up as a major villain and Auger's ArchEnemy, [[spoiler:only to get quickly killed by him in his first major outing after being resurrected]].
* CaptainErsatz: Has shades of Voldemort from the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise with a prophecy saying that he and Auger are due to fight sand that one will kill the other. Voldemort and Harry had a similar prophecy.
* CastFromLifeSpan: Being attacked by the Obsidian Blade meant that doing magic would kill him. Passing his powers to his daughter finished him off.
* CessationOfExistence: The Obsidian Blade destroys its target's very soul.
* CompleteImmortality: Is thousands of years old and can only be hurt by the Obsidian Blade. He believes he'll live forever if he kills Auger.
* FlyingBrick: He can fly and is superstrong and indestructible.
* KryptoniteFactor: The Obsidian Blade is the only thing that can hurt him.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: Anything stabbed by the Obsidian Blade fades from existince.]]
* NoImmortalInertia: Mevolent's attack on him with the Obsidian Blade drastically aged him.
* NoNameGiven: He's only ever referred to as The King of The Darklands or The Unnamed.
* OffingTheOffspring: He didn't want any male successors so he killed all his children apart from Abyssinia.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He was foretold in an ancient prophecy that's well known in-universe but wasn't mentioned until the phase 2 books.
* SuperEmpowering: Was able to pass his FlyingBrick and HealingFactor onto Abyssinia.
* TilMurderDoUsPart: He killed his wife alongside most of his children.
* ZergRush: [[spoiler:Being distracted by a barrage of fireballs from Corrival students leads to him getting killed.]]
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!!
[[folder:Sebastian Tao]]
A mysterious masked individual who calls himself "The Plague Doctor", who first appears in ''Resurrection'' and wishes to bring back Darquesse in order to save the world from a greater threat to come.
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* ButtMonkey: For all his mystery and skill, he's still a massive dork who struggles with other people and is frequently treated as a joke. [[spoiler: This should be an obvious connection between him and Omen]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's a bit ridiculous, but he went into a dead universe to find Darquesse (who was fighting Faceless Ones), talked her into coming back, survived having her as a very strange house guest, then further survived raising her. More to the point, he's the only person willing and able to stand up to the reincarnated Darquesse and call her out on her habit of [[ItAmusedMe letting things happen because she's bored]].
* FutureBadass: [[spoiler: While he always had the training, Sebastian is really able to show how far Omen comes through the series]].
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: At first, it seems like believing Darquesse is the means of saving the world is little more than a delusional fanatic's dream. Turns out however, he knows exactly what he's doing because Darquesse really ''is'' needed to save everyone from Obsidian.]]
* GoodParents: He's a bit of a BumblingDad to the reincarnated Darquesse, but he's actually a pretty good parent for what has to be the most challenging child in existence.
* TheLeader: Unintentionally, but the Darquess worshipors all find him to be the natural choice for leading their cause, with the main opposition being Sebastian himself.
* MeaningfulRename: At the end of the series, Sebastian [[spoiler: retakes the name Omen Darkly after being able to accept his parents despite their flaws]].
* PlagueDoctor: Dresses like one, in a specialised suit that nourishes his body without the need for food or water. He can't take it off [[spoiler: without risking being dragged back to his time]].
* StableTimeLoop: As the world draws to an end, [[spoiler:Omen agrees to put on the plague doctor suit in order to become Sebastian. Sebastian Tao spends his time getting Darquesse back from the Faceless Ones, then eventually ends up raising a reincarnated Darquesse, and eventually has a philosophical conversation with a strange man before eventually witnessing his parents and accepting their flaws before returning to his own time and shedding his new name to become Omen again. From Omen's perspective, this takes 2 years; for Valkyrie and Skulduggery, it only takes a few seconds for all this to happen.]]
* SetWrongWhatWasOnceMadeRight: His entire motivation is to find Darquesse and convince her to save the world from [[spoiler: his brother Obsidian]].
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