List of The Demonata characters

Below is an incomplete list of all characters in Darren Shan's The Demonata series.

Protagonists

Grubbs Grady

Main article: Grubbs Grady

Appeared in: Lord Loss, Slawter, Blood Beast, Demon Apocalypse, Death's Shadow, Wolf Island, Dark Calling,Hell's Heroes

A teenager with large reserves of magical powers who is later discovered to be a magician. Grubbs is the main character in the series.

Kernel Fleck

Main article: Kernel Fleck

Appeared in: Demon Thief, Demon Apocalypse, Death's Shadow, Dark Calling, Hell's Heroes (book) Mentioned in: Slawter

A lonely child with no friends due to the fact they think he is a freak. He could open windows between universes extremely quickly but only in the demonata universe. Is unable after Demon Apocalypse because he lost his eyes but regains them with the help of Beranabus. However, Grubbs destroys them at the end of Dark calling.

Bec MacConn

Main article: Bec MacConn

Appeared in: Bec, Blood Beast, Demon Apocalypse, Death's Shadow, Wolf Island (novel), Dark Calling (Only appeared as a spirit trapped in rock in Blood Beast)

Trained by priestess Banba and has perfect memory recall.

Grady Family

The MacGrigor Clan

Struan

Aednat

Aideen

Bec MacConn

Many Generations

The Garadex Family

Bartholomew Garadex

Urszula Garadex

The Moore Family

Forty Years Later

Abraham Garadex

Many Generations

Juni Swan/ Nadia Moore

Davey McKay

The Grady Family

Five Children

Caspar Grady

Augustine Grady

Unknown Grady

Emily Spleen

Cal Grady

Sharon

Dervish Grady

Billy "Bill-E" Spleen

Gretelda "Gret" Grady

Grubitsch "Grubbs" Grady

Blood Family

• Grubbs Grady
• Dervish Grady
• Billy "Bill-E" Spleen
• Cal Grady - Grubbs' father. Had an affair with a woman in Dervish's village (Emily Spleen) , which resulted in Bill-E Spleen. Died trying to cure Gret of lycanthropy. Presumed to be killed by Lord Loss, but possibly by Vein or Artery.
• Sharon Grady - Grubbs' mother. Refused to visit Dervish, which is why Cal went on his own. Died trying to cure Gret of lycanthropy. Presumed to be killed by Vein.
• Gretelda 'Gret' Grady - Grubbs' sister. Died when her parents failed to cure her of lycanthropy. Presumed to be killed by Artery.
• Nadia Moore/Juni Swan Trusted ally in [Slawter] but sides with Demonata in [Blood beast].Killed by Meera Flame in [Dark Calling]
• Bartholomew Garadex
• Bec MacConn
• Aednat - Bec's Mother, killed her husband (Bec's Father). Died after childbirth.
• Struan - Bec's father, killed by his wife (Bec's Mother).
• Torin - Leader of the MacGrigor clan.
• Ert - Male member of the MacGrigor clan.
• Fand - Female member of the MacGrigor clan.
• Aideen - Bec's aunt/Aednat's sister.
• Dara - Female member of the MacGrigor clan.
• Caspar - He was a member of the Grady family who turned and his parents turned him over to the Lambs. They used him in Death's Shadow (novel) as a werewolf who attacked Bec, Dervish, and Meera at the mansion.

Extended Family

• "No date" Kate - Grubbs' aunt, Grubbs was sent to stay with her when Gret turned
• Mike - Grubbs' uncle, Grubbs lived with his family for a short time
• Rosetta - Uncle Mike's wife
• Conor - Mike's son, 10 years old
• Lisa - Mike's daughter, 7 years old
• Laura - Mike's daughter, 6 years old
• Emily Spleen - Bill-E's mother, had an affair with Cal Grady.
• Ma and Pa Spleen - Bill-E's grandparents. They dislike Grubbs and Dervish. When Grubbs turns into a werewolf, he is tricked into believing he killed them.
• Prae Athim Her daughter is a subject of the curse but it's unknown how Prae Athim relates to any of the other Gradys.

The Disciples

The Disciples are a fictional group of mages from Darren Shan's The Demonata series. They travel the world and the Demons' universes attempting to keep humans safe from the demons. Their long-term goal is to find the legendary Kah-Gash, a weapon that is said to be able to either destroy the human universe or the Demonata universes and every demon and human in them. They are well organized and can cover up any situation that involves demons from getting out to the public. Although there are fairly few mages in the disciples, they manage with what they have.

Beranabus

Main article: Beranabus

Beranabus (aka Bran)- Leader of the Disciples, magician, half human/half demon. Hunts down Cadaver in Demon Thief alongside Kernel and Disciples, Kernel then joins him in his quest to fight the Demonata. In Blood Beast, he is summoned by Dervish after the Cave in Carcery Vale is unnearthed by Grubbs, Loch and Bill-E. Watches over Grubbs and watches him transform into a Werewolf. In Demon Apocalypse Beranabus saves Grubbs from Lord Loss on a plane and with Kernel attempts to close the Cave in the vale after a Demon invasion. Is later revealed to be Bran who appears in Bec, a boy who's befriended by Drust, he can "Run fast!". He is killed by Death, the 'shadowy demon' who first appeared in book 6. Cruelly killed by tentacle through the brain when destroying a lodestone. However, he appears in Dark Calling as a trapped soul and he informs them about how to release trapped souls and temporarily incapacitate Death. Sadly, he also said that Death can't be defeated.

Dervish Grady

Main article: Dervish Grady

Dervish Grady- Grubbs and Bill-E's uncle, first appears in Lord Loss who tells Grubbs that Demons are real and takes him to his home in Carcery Vale. In Demon Thief, Dervish is a punk who meets Kernel while trying to stop a mage summon a Demon. In Slawter Dervish is plagued by nightmares and is persuaded to go to the film set of Slawter. In Blood Beast Dervish helps Grubbs fight his Lycanthrophic curse, while falling in love with Juni Swan. In Demon Apocalypse Dervish is captured by Lord Loss in the cave and helps stop the Demon invasion.He has a heart attack in Death's Shadow. At the end of Dark Calling he is fatally wounded during a battle in the demonic universe. Although he is still alive at the end of the book, it is unlikely he will survive and Grubbs is sitting with him as he waits to die. He dies very early in the 10th book "Hell's Heroes" with Grubbs by his side, cracking low taste jokes till the very end.

Shark

Shark- a Disciple who first appears in Demon Thief, and a friend of Dervish. He was a member of the army, and first discovered his magical abilities when demons attacked his army base. He has since always worn his army uniform to commemorate his fellow soldiers who died in the attack. He has the word "SHARK" tattooed on his knuckles, one letter per finger.

He also appears in a hallucination in Slawter and helps to fight in Demon Apocalypse. He fights using both his fists and his traditional military weapons. His style is more melee-oriented. As he says himself, in Demon Thief, he isn't very imaginative. He also appears in Wolf Island (novel) he tries to get other disciples to join him but when none come he gathers some his friends from the army and he calls them The Dirty Dozen. He appears to have died battling a werewolf but near the end he is found to be alive but in bad shape missing fingers,ear and almost one of his eyes.

His final apperaence is in Hell's Heroes. It is he who convinces Grubbs to locate and reclaim Bec. He accompanies, despite his extensive injuries and brace that serves the prpose of keeping his guts from falling out. He fights in all teh battles subsequent to this before being melted by a demon master in the final battle, still maintaining his gung ho attitude to fighting. shark is one of the poeple who Grubbs, Kernel and Bec vow to save from his fate.

Sharmila Mukherji

Sharmilia Mukherji- Old Indian Disciple. In Lord Loss Grubbs and Dervish watch a documentary about her and she was one of Kernel's companions in Demon Thief. She also appears in Slawter, but it is a hallucination.

She has been healed from possibly fatal wounds by Bernabus, showing he likes her or needs her services.

She appears in Demon Apocalypse, first trying to contact with Beranabus, and then helping them fight the demons so they can close the tunnel. She fights primarily using fire.

Sharmila loses her legs and hips during a fight Death's Shadow and although Beranabus reconstructs some fake legs for her, they disintegrate without magic, making travelling into the human world impossible for Sharmila. She allows Bec and Dervish to kill her in order to open a hole through a trap of magical energy that Lord Loss has sprung upon them. Sharmila went to her death willing and with a prayer on her lips, thinking that she was of no use anyway in her feeble state.

Meera Flame

Meera Flame- A beautiful woman who flirts with men just to annoy them. She was killed when the tunnel first opened in Demon Apocalypse but a time reversal meant that she wasn't killed. She befriends Bec in the girl's new life. She loves Dervish Grady. In Dark Calling, whilst fighting Lord Loss, Juni and Death's army, Meera is greatly injured but saves Dervish by fighting to the death with Juni. Because Death had been momentarily defeated, they would both die permanently, and so Meera suicidally explodes, taking Juni with her.

Nadia Moore

Main article: Juni Swan

Nadia Moore/Juni Swan- A woman who can see the future. Formerly one of Beranabus' assistants, Nadia joins Lord Loss in Demon Thief, and takes on the name 'Juni Swan'. As Juni, she pretends to fall in love with Dervish, but is later revealed to Grubbs as a servant of Lord Loss. In Demon Apocalypse, Juni is revealed by Beranabus as Nadia Moore, whilst trying to open the gate between the Demonata's universe and ours. Is later impaled on a stalagmite by Dervish in the cave. Juni later returns in the book Death's Shadow, as she somehow cheated death. Her new figure is now a disfigured shadow of its former self. In Wolf Island (novel) Juni gets into a savage fight with Grubbs and she nearly kills him. She stops and explains that she had foreseen Grubbs destroying the universe and so leaves him alive. However, in Dark Calling, Juni engages a badly wounded Meera Flame in a vicious fight, and while Juni has the upper hand, she is ultimately killed by Meera as she explodes, both women dying and never returning.

Raz Warlo

Raz Warlo- a Disciple who traveled with Beranabus in Demon Thief. Kernel says that his skin is so dark that, on a moonless night, he would disappear. He is killed in a bloody battle with demons after being led into a trap by Cadaver.

Kirilli Kovacs

Kirilli Kovacs- a Disciple who was introduced in Death's Shadow, he was found hiding in a lifeboat onboard a ship full of zombies and the site where Death fought and defeated Beranabus. When he was younger he wanted to become a stage magician, but lacked the knack for it although he was good enough for clubs; however, when he was found on the ship he was dressed undercover as a magician. He shows a complete lack of courage in battle and is known to be more of a spy for the Disciples than a fighter. At the middle of Death's Shadow he is floating in the ocean in a lifeboat with Dervish and Bec. Kirilli also appears at the end of Wolf Island trying to flirt with nurses and telling them how he "single handedly battled" zombies (in truth, he ran away and when he did try to fight a zombie, it bit some of his fingers off). In Dark Calling, he appears to be resigned to fighting and still wears his now tattered stage magicians uniform. He fights bravely against millions of demons, attempting to rescue Meera Flame unsuccessfully. He has his right foot torn off and it is not replaced at the end of the book. In Hell's Heroes, he fights in a replaced stage uniform. he has a far less cowardly attitude and performs many brave acts. He and Kernel martial the remianing disciples when it seems all hope is lost. His final act is to take on a demon master, performing a deadly card trick which turns against him and ends up not only decapitating him but carving his bodies into many piecies. His new attitude could be part of teh reason why his death hits Grubbs quite hard indeed.

Grubbs' Friends

• Billy 'Bill-E' Spleen (Grubbs' Half-Brother) (Deceased as of Demon Apocalypse)
• Loch Gossel (Deceased as of Blood Beast) one of Grubbs best friends who dies in Blood Beast when he falls off a cliff. It is revealed in Demon Apocolypse that Bill-E could have saved Loch, but took his hand away from Loch when he slipped off the cliff.
• Mary Hayes
• Charlie Rall
• Robbie McCarthy
• Reni Gossel (Grubbs' girlfriend)
• Leon
• Frank
• Shannon
• Nina
• Emmet Ejitt (Deceased as of Slawter)

Other Main Human Characters

• Drust - The druid who teaches Bec magic. Is sacrificed at the end of Bec. Could be at times very stubborn. Introduced Lord Loss to chess. His skeleton is seen in Hell's Heroes when Grubbs destroys the lodestone in the cave.

• Timas Brauss - A close friend of Shark, who killed his father, "the best in this field" at computers. Timas helps the "dirty dozen" enormously on Wolf Island. He is last seen driving away in a truck with Shark, promising to come back, "extremely soon". Returns in Hell's Heroes and fights in Lord Loss' realm, and stays with the nuclear button at the final book, but is destroyed by the Ka-Gash.

• Prae Athim - First seen in Slawter, in Wolf Island Prae has been framed for stealing werewolves by Antonie Horowitzer, she stays on Wolf Island to right her wrongs. Joins Disciples in Hell's Heroes and is seen fighting whilst showing a great love for the werewolves. Dies protecting a werewolf.

Minor Human Characters

In Lord Loss

• Leah - Nurse at institute, very kind
• Kelly - Nurse at institute, impatient
• Tim - Nurse at institute
• Aleta - Nurse at institute
• Emilia - Nurse at institute
• "Doctor Slaughter" - Mean doctor whom Grubbs dislikes
• Meera - Dervish's friend who was attacked by Bill-E Spleen

In Demon Thief

• Caspian Fleck - Kernels father.
• Melena Fleck - Kernels mother.
• Mrs. Egin - An old woman who the children call a witch. Mumbles a lot about a "thief". Explodes when the demon Cadaver emerges through the window between the universes.
• Sally - A villager who looks after Kernel and Art when their parents are at an art fair. Allegedly a great singer.
• Logan Rile - One of the teachers at Paskinston. Killed by Cadaver.
• Dave English - One of the schoolchildren who were afraid of death. Killed by Cadaver.

In Slawter

• Davida Haym - A mad movie producer who intends to massacre hundreds of people in the interest of the media. Made a deal with Lord Loss to ensure her demons would look realistic, which actually just back-fired on her.
• Prae Athim - A prominent member of the Lambs, a group who fights lycanthropy and kills infected teenagers. Killed in Book
• Mr Mauch - Mentioned as the school councilor
• Bo Kooniart - A snooty girl who is an actor in the film in Slawter. She becomes a hero near the end. She went back onto on the film set amid the demons to look for her family. In Hell's Heroes she is found in Lord Loss's torture chamber and is sent through a portal back to Earth, where she will later die when Grubbs, Kernel and Bec form the Kah-Gash and destroy the world.
• Abe Kooniart - Bo's brother. Presumably dead.
• Tump Kooniart- Agent to many of the actors/actresses, Bo's and Abe's father. Worked with the Demonata. Presumably dead.
• Karin- A girl who dies in Slawter when trying to bait the demons towards the barrier.
• Chuda Sool- Assistant director, killed by Juni. Worked with the Demonata.
• Emmet Eijit - One of the child actors on the set. He was Grubbs and Bill-E's friend. He was killed by a demon thinking it was part of his script.
• Nora Eijit - Emmet's mother, she was killed by demons.
• Salit Smit - Child star of Slawter. Not the brightest kid around. Killed in front of Bill-E.
• Kuk Kane - Kik's male twin. Strange child actor. Killed by the demons after his sister.
• Kik Kane - Kuk's female twin. Also strange. Child actor. Killed by demons.
• Vanalee Metcalf - Spoilt child actor. Rich parents.
• Supatra Jaun - The tutor for the children on the set.
• Chai - A mime artist on the set. Killed by demons. The book claims that he stayed true to his mime skills till the very end: Not once did he scream.
• Filmer - Killed by the snakes from the hole of Lord Loss where his heart is supposed to be.

In Bec

• Bran - A small boy with magical talent who fell in love with Bec. Revealed in Demon Apocalypse to be Baranabus.
• Connla - The son of the leader of the rath. Betrays the group when he strikes a deal with Lord Loss. Killed when Bec pushes him under a water fall which washes away the blood that kept him safe from the demons
• Goll - The ex-king. Lost Kingship due to an arrow in his eye. Killed by fighting demons in the end. He was the one who found Bec in her dead mother's arms. Named her, looked over her and is considered by Bec as her father.
• Fiachna - A brave smith who goes with the group. Loves Bec. Dies near the end because of Connla who poisoned him, from a powder given to him by Lord Loss. Bec mentions that if she could marry any man it would be Fiachna
• Ronan - One of the youngest fighters, but one of the fiercest. Twin of Lorcan. Pushed off the cliffs of Moher by Connla.
• Lorcan - One of the youngest fighters, but one of the fiercest. Twin of Ronan. Killed by demons.
• Orna - A woman of the MacCadan clan, who goes with the group. Dies after being eaten alive by zombies of her dead children.
• Banba - A priestess. Bec's original mentor. Dies before the book begins.
• Amargen - Ninian's father, gets killed at the end of the second chapter after challenging demons.
• Brude - Drust's Twin Brother. Shown on the cover. Merged with the rock in a cave that links our world to the demon world.
• Cera - Female member of the MacConn clan.
• Conn - Current king of Bec's Rath. Connla's father.
• Ena - Female warrior of the MacConn clan. She was killed by her undead 'children' cause of Lord Loss.
• Erc - Ronan and Lorcan's younger brother, killed by demons.
• Fintan - Fand's brother. Struck by the lycanthropy. He's chained so he can't do any harm.
• MacCadan - An ancient Irish clan.
• MacGrigor - An ancient Irish clan. The clan Bec's mother was originally from.
• MacRoth - An ancient Irish clan.
• Nectan - A former slave of the MacConn, won by Goll when he was king. Now a free man in all but name.
• Ninian - Boy killed by demon at the start of the second chapter.
• Padraig - Refers to St. Patrick.
• Scota - Woman of the MacConn. Struck in the face by demonic blood which dissolves her face.
• Tiernan - Leader of the surviving members of the MacCadan clan.

In Blood Beast

• Mr. "Misery" Mauch- Grubbs school former councilor. Murdered and replaced by Juni Swan.

Named Demons

Main article: Demons (The Demonata)