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* Darquesse's ultimate act is to save the universe by restarting it and effectively becoming ''God''. She also makes a few tweaks, such as bringing back Ghastly and the Bentley.
* Lord Vile's first manifestation in the altered timeline of ''Hell Breaks Loose''. Skulduggery is shown to be incredibly formidable and on the verge of snapping throughout the story, but when he's dogpiled and being pretty much torn apart, he snaps and unleashes his necromancy in full. According to a horrified Ghastly, the newborn Vile effortlessly slaughters over a hundred people in moments, and is effectively untouchable, almost instantly mastering his powers, and figuring out some that we haven't seen any other version of Vile demonstrate, such as the ability to regenerate FromASingleCell into a shadow construct - all while plainly curious as to what he can do.
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** Which gives several retroactive awesome moments to Bantu, even if he was evil.

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** Which gives several retroactive awesome moments to Bantu, Batu, even if he was evil.



* How do you kill someone who kills gods? Who treats killing everything, including Eldritch Abominations, as a goal? Who will not die no matter what you do? Oh, Darquesse will take hits, but she always avoids the [[WeaponOfXSlaying God Killer weapons]] and regenerates everything else. Well....You get four of the most powerful Sensitives to make a ''very'' powerful illusion spell that told her that she won. That she killed everything in the universe and absorbed their LifeEnergy, and there was nothing left but to cross over to where the [[EldritchAbomination Faceless Ones]] live and challenge them with the power from killing everything. She does cross over...but she doesn't have the power needed to fight them all.

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* How do you kill someone who kills gods? Who treats killing everything, including Eldritch Abominations, as a goal? Who will not die no matter what you do? Oh, Darquesse will take hits, but she always avoids the [[WeaponOfXSlaying God Killer weapons]] and regenerates everything else. Well....You get four of the most powerful Sensitives to make a ''very'' powerful illusion spell that told her that she won. That she killed everything in the universe and absorbed their LifeEnergy, and there was nothing left but to cross over to where the [[EldritchAbomination Faceless Ones]] live and challenge them with the power from killing everything. She does cross over... but she doesn't have the power needed to fight them all.all. Or so they think.



* Valkryie is still tormented by hallucinations of Darquesse. As it turns out, they're not hallucinations, it's a small shred of Darquesse lingering in our reality that only she can see. What does she do with this information? [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Punch her in the face.]]

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* Valkryie Valkyrie is still tormented by hallucinations of Darquesse. As it turns out, they're not hallucinations, it's a small shred of Darquesse lingering in our reality that only she can see. What does she do with this information? [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Punch her in the face.]]



* When confronted by Quell, who intends to kill her so Valkyrie will take him back, Militsa [[[spoiler:ensnares him from behind with her shadows and flings him into the death field.]] The act itself isn't framed as awesome from her perspective, but it's definitely cathartic.

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* When confronted by Quell, who intends to kill her so Valkyrie will take him back, Militsa [[[spoiler:ensnares ensnares him from behind with her shadows and flings him into the death field.]] field. The act itself isn't framed as awesome from her perspective, but it's definitely cathartic.
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* Villainous example. Eliza Scorn utterly outplays MagnificentBitch China Sorrows. She foils her plan to end the Church of the Faceless Ones and takes away ''everything'' she holds dear. When she says "Finished with you? I haven't even started." she bloody well means it.

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* Villainous example. Eliza Scorn utterly outplays MagnificentBitch China Sorrows. She foils her plan to end the Church of the Faceless Ones and takes away ''everything'' she holds dear. When she says "Finished with you? I haven't even started." she bloody well means it.
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*** Not to mention ''enormously'' [[KickTheSonOfABitch satisfying.]]

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* Cadaverous creates an entire city within the Midnight Hotel, which we learn actually ''grows'' into new locations via magic seeds. When Valkyrie finally runs out of time to save her sister, she plants a seed ''inside'' the Hotel, and smashes through the roof, dropping out of the sky as a giant. Even Cadaverouus is taken aback.

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* Cadaverous creates an entire city within the Midnight Hotel, which we learn actually ''grows'' into new locations via magic seeds. When Valkyrie finally runs out of time to save her sister, she plants a seed ''inside'' the Hotel, and smashes through the roof, dropping out of the sky as a giant. Even Cadaverouus Cadaverous is taken aback.aback, and grudgingly impressed.



* Valkyrie trolls her interrogators into chopping off her thumb so she can escape the handcuff.

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* Valkyrie trolls her interrogators into chopping off her thumb so she can escape the handcuff.handcuff, before tracking down Nye and hacking into its mind to gain the knowledge to regenerate her thumb.


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* Leibniz!Mevolent is an absolute juggernaut, who can take on Darquesse thanks to raw power and preparation, and Darquesse herself reckoned he was the strongest sorcerer after herself and Argeddion - and unlike them, ''hadn't'' unlocked his True Name. Even killing him doesn't keep him down. When he travels over, he wrecks all his enemies, tricks Valkyrie into exposing herself with the Sceptre of the Ancients via a Reflection, after she destroyed Leibniz!Vile with it, which he then destroys. All told, it seems like HeroWorship later on when Omen assumes that the person wrecking Mevolent is Valkyrie. Nope. ''Mevolent himself'' freely admits to Valkyrie that not only are her powers genuinely extraordinary, but he needs to use his age and guile to beat her, she's that strong and that dangerous. Skulduggery and literally everyone else? That's an interesting challenge. Val? She's a serious threat, eclipsed only by his former boss, the King of the Darklands. That kind of VillainRespect doesn't come around often.
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* Shudder is ambushed by 24 mages sent to kill him in his hotel. He decimates them before making his getaway, "without even unleashing his magic." He just uses weapons he steals from the assassins, mastery of his own hotel, and even his bare hands.

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* Shudder is ambushed by 24 mages sent to kill him in his hotel. He decimates them before making his getaway, "without ''without even unleashing his magic." '' He just uses weapons he steals from the assassins, mastery of his own hotel, and even his bare hands.
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* Shudder is ambushed by 24 mages sent to kill him in his hotel. He decimates them before making his getaway, "without even unleashing his magic." He just uses weapons he steals from the assassins, mastery of his own hotel, and even his bare hands.
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*China Sorrows managing to defeat an accelerator boosted Erskine Ravel offscreen.
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** Note that the assassin was smart enough not to drink any of the tea, so Finbar outsmarted him by poisoning the handle instead. Poisoned mug of tea, not a mug of poisoned tea.
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** Another moment worthy of note is that when Skulduggery tells Scapegrace he ''has'' to win against the Warden if they want to have a chance of defeating Darquesse, Scapegrace, though obviously scared, doesn't once consider backing out or changing his mind.

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** Another In ''The Dying of the Light'' another moment worthy of note is that when Skulduggery tells Scapegrace he ''has'' to win against the Warden if they want to have a chance of defeating Darquesse, Scapegrace, though obviously scared, doesn't once consider backing out or changing his mind.
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* When confronted by Quell, who intends to kill her so Valkyrie will take him back, Militsa [[[spoiler:ensnares him from behind with her shadows and flings him into the death field.]] The act itself isn't framed as awesome from her perspective, but it's definitely cathartic.

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* "Get away from my ex-girlfriend, you moany little whinge-bag." [[spoiler: You tell that sad little emo git, Fletcher Renn.]]

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* "Get away from my ex-girlfriend, you moany little whinge-bag." [[spoiler: You tell that sad little emo git, Fletcher Renn.]]



* Villainous example. Eliza Scorn [[spoiler: utterly outplays MagnificentBitch China Sorrows. She foils her plan to end the Church of the Faceless Ones and takes away ''everything'' she holds dear.]] When she says "Finished with you? I haven't even started." she bloody well means it.

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* Villainous example. Eliza Scorn [[spoiler: utterly outplays MagnificentBitch China Sorrows. She foils her plan to end the Church of the Faceless Ones and takes away ''everything'' she holds dear.]] When she says "Finished with you? I haven't even started." she bloody well means it.



* Skulduggery at the end of ''Death Bringer'', tossing off his [[spoiler: SuperpoweredEvilSide]] casually to throw off [[spoiler: [[TheAntichrist Darquesse's]]]] BreakingSpeech.

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* Skulduggery at the end of ''Death Bringer'', tossing off his [[spoiler: SuperpoweredEvilSide]] SuperpoweredEvilSide casually to throw off [[spoiler: [[TheAntichrist Darquesse's]]]] Darquesse's]] BreakingSpeech.



** Skulduggery somehow manages to make ''giving in'' to his [[spoiler: SuperpoweredEvilSide]] seem awesome.
--> "That is not [[spoiler: Lord Vile]]. ''This'' is [[spoiler: Lord Vile]]."

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** Skulduggery somehow manages to make ''giving in'' to his [[spoiler: SuperpoweredEvilSide]] SuperpoweredEvilSide seem awesome.
--> "That is not [[spoiler: Lord Vile]]. Vile. ''This'' is [[spoiler: Lord Vile]].Vile."



** [[spoiler: Darquesse and Lord Vile]] team up. [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny And It. Is. AWESOME]].

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** [[spoiler: Darquesse and Lord Vile]] Vile team up. [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny And It. Is. AWESOME]].



** [[spoiler: Darquesse taking on Mevolent... and winning.]]
*** [[spoiler: By hitting him with a horse.]]
** [[spoiler: Serpine,]] for [[spoiler: stopping Darquesse from using the Sceptre]]. Think about that. [[spoiler: Serpine]] just accidentally [[spoiler: SAVED THE UNIVERSE.]]
** Both [[spoiler: Darquesse]] and Valkyrie getting to [[spoiler: kill]] or kick the crap out of [[TeensAreMonsters Kitana and her gang]].
** Shudder versus [[spoiler: Baron Vengeous.]]
** Argeddion and Darquesse are the two most powerful individuals in the universe. They are, to all extents and purposes, [[PhysicalGod basically gods]]. But they are gods who still have human bodies and human brains, so it turns out [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Skulduggery can still beat them]]. Both. Simultaneously. With ''[[GeniusBruiser science]]''. [[spoiler: Specifically, he induces an ''epileptic fit'' using a particular rhythm of flashes he had [[CrazyPrepared memorised some time ago.]]]]

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** [[spoiler: Darquesse taking on Mevolent... and winning.]]
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winning by hitting him with a horse.]]
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** [[spoiler: Serpine,]] Serpine, for [[spoiler: stopping Darquesse from using the Sceptre]].Sceptre. Think about that. [[spoiler: Serpine]] Serpine just accidentally [[spoiler: SAVED THE UNIVERSE.]]
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** Both [[spoiler: Darquesse]] Darquesse and Valkyrie getting to [[spoiler: kill]] kill or kick the crap out of [[TeensAreMonsters Kitana and her gang]].
** Shudder versus [[spoiler: Baron Vengeous.]]
Vengeous.
** Argeddion and Darquesse are the two most powerful individuals in the universe. They are, to all extents and purposes, [[PhysicalGod basically gods]]. But they are gods who still have human bodies and human brains, so it turns out [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Skulduggery can still beat them]]. Both. Simultaneously. With ''[[GeniusBruiser science]]''. [[spoiler: Specifically, he induces an ''epileptic fit'' using a particular rhythm of flashes he had [[CrazyPrepared memorised some time ago.]]]]]]



* Oddly enough, [[spoiler:Stephanie's]] ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Skulduggery in "Last Stand of Dead Men".
-->'''[[spoiler:Stephanie:]]''' I get that you hate me. Of course you hate me. I've done horrible things. Not as many horrible things as Valkyrie, but still.. But that's not why you hate me. You hate me because I'm not her. And it's fine if you want to continue like that. Then whenever you hear that I've done something good or nice, you can pretend to be surprised, because everyone knows you think I'm nothing but [[spoiler:the evil version of Valkyrie. But I'm not the evil version of Valkyrie. ''Valkyrie'' is the evil version of Valkyrie. And now that I'm real, now that I'm a real person, I'm not going to hurt anymore innocent people. Can she say the same?]]

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* Oddly enough, [[spoiler:Stephanie's]] Stephanie's ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Skulduggery in "Last Stand of Dead Men".
-->'''[[spoiler:Stephanie:]]''' -->'''Stephanie:''' I get that you hate me. Of course you hate me. I've done horrible things. Not as many horrible things as Valkyrie, but still.. But that's not why you hate me. You hate me because I'm not her. And it's fine if you want to continue like that. Then whenever you hear that I've done something good or nice, you can pretend to be surprised, because everyone knows you think I'm nothing but [[spoiler:the the evil version of Valkyrie. But I'm not the evil version of Valkyrie. ''Valkyrie'' is the evil version of Valkyrie. And now that I'm real, now that I'm a real person, I'm not going to hurt anymore innocent people. Can she say the same?]]same?



-->'''[[spoiler:Stephanie:]]''' How? You have no idea, do you? You're terrified that the next time you see her you'll have to kill her, because you'll have no other choice. So you can say all the mean things you want. It doesn't bother me. You're just scared.
* Skulduggery curb-stomping the Black Cleaver using [[spoiler: ''Necromancy'']]. Without his [[spoiler:armour.]]
* Darquesse casually [[spoiler:taking out an army.]]

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-->'''[[spoiler:Stephanie:]]''' -->'''Stephanie:''' How? You have no idea, do you? You're terrified that the next time you see her you'll have to kill her, because you'll have no other choice. So you can say all the mean things you want. It doesn't bother me. You're just scared.
* Skulduggery curb-stomping the Black Cleaver using [[spoiler: ''Necromancy'']]. ''Necromancy''. Without his [[spoiler:armour.]]
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* Darquesse casually [[spoiler:taking taking out an army.]]



** She also goes from losing almost all her resources and allies to ''[[spoiler:Grand Mage of Ireland]]'' in a year.

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** She also goes from losing almost all her resources and allies to ''[[spoiler:Grand ''Grand Mage of Ireland]]'' Ireland'' in a year.



* [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Finbar Wrong]] in ''Last Stand of Dead Men''. [[spoiler:He sees the assassin coming. He sends his wife and child away and cancels all his appointments. He then puts a poisoned tea cup into the man's hands. And calmly informs the dying man what he has done.]] Do not mess with a Sensitive.

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* [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Finbar Wrong]] in ''Last Stand of Dead Men''. [[spoiler:He He sees the assassin coming. He sends his wife and child away and cancels all his appointments. He then puts a poisoned tea cup into the man's hands. And calmly informs the dying man what he has done.]] Do not mess with a Sensitive.



* The scene in ''Last Stand of Dead Men'' where Clarabelle is trapped by three wraiths. Who comes to her rescue? [[spoiler: ''Scapegrace and Thrasher'']]. True it's the most unheroic rescue you could imagine, but seriously, who would have expected that from [[spoiler: [[DirtyCoward Scapegrace]] ]] of all people?
** [[spoiler: Another moment worthy of note is that when Skulduggery tells Scapegrace he ''has'' to win against the Warden if they want to have a chance of defeating Darquesse, Scapegrace, though obviously scared, doesn't once consider backing out or changing his mind.]]
* Lord Vile and [[spoiler:Melancholia]] team up in ''The Dying of the Light.'' [[spoiler:They beat the crap out of [[AGodAmI Darquesse]] and very nearly kill her.]]
* Sanguine showing up to fight [[spoiler: the Black Cleaver]], starting with him whistling [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Ennio Morricone]]. And then in the ensuing battle Sanguine manages to completely outmatch his opponent, [[CombatPragmatist using his powers to stay out of reach and attack unpredictably]]. And when he's eventually disarmed and cornered he doesn't even miss his stride, diving straight ''through'' his opponent to tear them apart using his tunneling power. granted [[spoiler: the cleaver promptly recovers and kills him]], but it's an impressive display of his skill all the same, and puts him on par with a lot of powerful individuals.
* [[spoiler: Tanith]] ''finally'' kills the damn [[spoiler: Black Cleaver, formerly the White Cleaver]], by making it follow the rules of conduct in a circle duel. You have to remove your armor, you can't exit the circle. (Which restricts its wide attacks.)
* How do you kill someone who kills gods? Who treats killing everything, including Eldritch Abominations, as a goal? Who will not die no matter what you do? Oh, Darquesse will take hits, but she always avoids the [[WeaponOfXSlaying God Killer weapons]] and regenerates everything else. Well....[[spoiler: You get four of the most powerful Sensitives to make a ''very'' powerful illusion spell that told her that she won. That she killed everything in the universe and absorbed their LifeEnergy, and there was nothing left but to cross over to where the [[EldritchAbomination Faceless Ones]] live and challenge them with the power from killing everything. She does cross over...but she doesn't have the power needed to fight them all.]]

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* The scene in ''Last Stand of Dead Men'' where Clarabelle is trapped by three wraiths. Who comes to her rescue? [[spoiler: ''Scapegrace and Thrasher'']]. Thrasher''. True it's the most unheroic rescue you could imagine, but seriously, who would have expected that from [[spoiler: [[DirtyCoward Scapegrace]] ]] of all people?
** [[spoiler: Another moment worthy of note is that when Skulduggery tells Scapegrace he ''has'' to win against the Warden if they want to have a chance of defeating Darquesse, Scapegrace, though obviously scared, doesn't once consider backing out or changing his mind.]]
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* Lord Vile and [[spoiler:Melancholia]] Melancholia team up in ''The Dying of the Light.'' [[spoiler:They They beat the crap out of [[AGodAmI Darquesse]] and very nearly kill her.]]
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* Sanguine showing up to fight [[spoiler: the Black Cleaver]], Cleaver, starting with him whistling [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Ennio Morricone]]. And then in the ensuing battle Sanguine manages to completely outmatch his opponent, [[CombatPragmatist using his powers to stay out of reach and attack unpredictably]]. And when he's eventually disarmed and cornered he doesn't even miss his stride, diving straight ''through'' his opponent to tear them apart using his tunneling power. granted [[spoiler: the cleaver promptly recovers and kills him]], him, but it's an impressive display of his skill all the same, and puts him on par with a lot of powerful individuals.
* [[spoiler: Tanith]] Tanith ''finally'' kills the damn [[spoiler: Black Cleaver, formerly the White Cleaver]], Cleaver, by making it follow the rules of conduct in a circle duel. You have to remove your armor, you can't exit the circle. (Which restricts its wide attacks.)
* How do you kill someone who kills gods? Who treats killing everything, including Eldritch Abominations, as a goal? Who will not die no matter what you do? Oh, Darquesse will take hits, but she always avoids the [[WeaponOfXSlaying God Killer weapons]] and regenerates everything else. Well....[[spoiler: You get four of the most powerful Sensitives to make a ''very'' powerful illusion spell that told her that she won. That she killed everything in the universe and absorbed their LifeEnergy, and there was nothing left but to cross over to where the [[EldritchAbomination Faceless Ones]] live and challenge them with the power from killing everything. She does cross over...but she doesn't have the power needed to fight them all.]]




* Cadaverous Gant and [[spoiler: Skulduggery]] are sent to kidnap a crazed hermit named Tanner Rut as a sacrifice in the anti-Sanctuary's dark ritual. After they force their way into his home, Rut offers them tea, and when they make their intentions clear, [[NotSoHarmless he attacks them with an enormous scimitar that can slice through balls of fire.]] Even the narration seems taken aback.

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* Cadaverous Gant and [[spoiler: Skulduggery]] Skulduggery are sent to kidnap a crazed hermit named Tanner Rut as a sacrifice in the anti-Sanctuary's dark ritual. After they force their way into his home, Rut offers them tea, and when they make their intentions clear, [[NotSoHarmless he attacks them with an enormous scimitar that can slice through balls of fire.]] Even the narration seems taken aback.



* Omen, in a beautiful mix of suicidal courage and RefugeInAudacity, managing to [[spoiler: hitch a ride with Nero, a Teleporter, directly to the Neoteric's base of operation WITHOUT Nero noticing (which would have quickly resulted in Omen's death), and freeing Temper Fray.]]
* Valkryie is still tormented by hallucinations of Darquesse. As it turns out, [[spoiler: they're not hallucinations, it's a small shred of Darquesse lingering in our reality that only she can see.]] What does she do with this information? [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Punch her in the face.]]

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* Omen, in a beautiful mix of suicidal courage and RefugeInAudacity, managing to [[spoiler: hitch a ride with Nero, a Teleporter, directly to the Neoteric's base of operation WITHOUT Nero noticing (which would have quickly resulted in Omen's death), and freeing Temper Fray.]]
Fray.
* Valkryie is still tormented by hallucinations of Darquesse. As it turns out, [[spoiler: they're not hallucinations, it's a small shred of Darquesse lingering in our reality that only she can see.]] see. What does she do with this information? [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Punch her in the face.]]



* [[spoiler: Crepuscular saves Omen]].
* Valkyrie trolls her interrogators into [[spoiler: chopping off her thumb so she can escape the handcuff]].
* Omen [[spoiler: saves Auger and attacks his kidnapper with a crowbar]].
* Abrupt as it might be Auger manages to [[spoiler: fulfil his destiny and kill the infinitely more powerful King of the Darklands]] by juggling the Obsidian Blade, a weapon that ''erases whatever it cuts from existence,'' and stabbing him in the confusion.

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* [[spoiler: Crepuscular saves Omen]].
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* Valkyrie trolls her interrogators into [[spoiler: chopping off her thumb so she can escape the handcuff]].
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* Omen [[spoiler: saves Auger and attacks his kidnapper with a crowbar]].
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* Abrupt as it might be Auger manages to [[spoiler: fulfil his destiny and kill the infinitely more powerful King of the Darklands]] Darklands by juggling the Obsidian Blade, a weapon that ''erases whatever it cuts from existence,'' and stabbing him in the confusion.
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* Valkyrie head-butting Melancholia after Melancholia takes Skulduggery to pieces. To reiterate, she nearly takes down the Death Bringer ''without'' magic.

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