List of The Demonata characters

This is a list of The Demonata characters.

Protagonists

Grubsitch Grady

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

A 16 year old teenager with large reserves of magical powers who is later discovered to be a magician (at the end Slawter). Grubbs is the main character in the series. In later installments, he receives the curse of the Gradys and transforms into a werewolf. His parents and sister (Gret), were killed by Lord Loss, Artery, and Vein after losing a chess tournament. By playing the tournament, they were trying to cure Gret's lycanthropy. In the first book he plays Lord Loss in chess,winning, and curing Bill-E.

Cornelius 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 rips them out to prevent Kernel from leaving to go to the Ark (at the end of Dark Calling.)

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) , Hell's Heroes

Trained by priestess Banba and has perfect memory recall. Bec and a few other warriors are led by a druid (Drust) and a child named Bran (which later turns out to be the magician Beranabus) to a cave (near where Grubbs lives in the future)where demons have created a tunnel for them to cross.

Lord loss extends his power towards Bec and in doing so he unwillingly transfers the dormant part of the Kah-Gash within him to Bec. This results in Bec gaining his part of the Kah-Gash, which is the memory.

In Hell's Heroes she "joined" forces with Lord Loss to "destroy" the world. Grubbs and Kernel were on the verge of killing her when they found the truth.

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- Main character, Is a Magician and a were-wolf.
Dervish Grady- Uncle of Grubbs and Bill-E, A disciple with Kernel.
Billy "Bill-E" Spleen-Half brother of Grubbs, and a cured were-wolf
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 Demon Apocalypse. Killed by Meera Flame in [Dark Calling]
Bartholomew Garadex-Grubb's ancestor who strikes the deal with Lord Loss that if any person who beats Lord Loss at a game of chess gets a cursed child cured.
Bec MacConn- Ancestor of the Grady`s, a powerful Mage. Died at the end of Bec but was reborn at the end of Demon Apocalypse.
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.

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

Beranabus (aka Bran)- Beranabus grew up in a labyrinth (the same one which Theseus entered) when his mother Brigata was sent into the maze. She had Beranabus in there. Beranabus befriended the Minotaur. When Theseus entered the labyrinth and slayed the Minotaur, he gave Beranabus the option to leave with him. Instead, Beranabus stays with the Dead Minotaur. His father was a demon.

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

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 appearance is in Hell's Heroes. It is he who convinces Grubbs to locate and reclaim Bec. He accompanies Grubbs, despite his extensive injuries and brace that serves the purpose of keeping his guts from falling out. He fights in all the 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 people 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 from the thighs down 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

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. 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. Later, in Dark Calling an Old Creature takes his appearance.

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 end 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 remaining 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 body into many pieces. His new attitude could be part of the reason why his death hits Grubbs quite hard .

Grubbs's Friends

Billy 'Bill-E' Spleen (Grubbs' Half-Brother) (Deceased in Demon Apocalypse)
Loch Gossel (Deceased in Blood Beast) one of Grubbs best friends who dies in Blood Beast when he falls off a cliff. It is revealed in Demon Apocalypse 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' exgirlfriend)
Leon Penn
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 Kah 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.

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 Flame - Friend of Dervish

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 school children, Had a good social status among the other children and was 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 Hell's Heroes
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 brother. He is strange according to Grubbs and he's a child actor. One of the many victim killed by the demons after his twin sister.
Kik Kane - Grubbs think she is also strange as her twin brother. She is a child actor like her brother. She was one of the many victim that are 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 Beranabus.
Drust- A druid who teaches Bec magic. He frequently abused her when she did not get spells right. After being injured by Bran, he was sacrificed instead of Bec to close the tunnel.
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 killed a undead demon in the opening of the book.
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. Leaves after a nervous breakdown when Loch dies and is killed and replaced by Juni Swan.

Named Demons

Lord Losses familiars

Spine: a scorpion-like demon:stabs stinger into a victim's eyes, then spits out eggs into the empty sockets, maggots hatch and devour the brain.

Artery: a child sized demon with an extremely large head. His hair is made up of lice, maggots and cockroaches, and he has fire for eyes.

Vein: body of a large black Labrador, head of a crocodile, and her feet are female hands.

Femur: a rabbit- like demon,with a large bulge on it's back,that spits acid

Malice: body of a larg dog with many spikes every where and the head of a beatle, uses his long spikes to move quickly.

Gregor: Large cockroach demon.

Old Creatures

The Old Creatures are benevolent, god-like entities. They appear in Bec, Death's Shadow (though only in flashbacks), Hell's Heroes and Dark Calling. They are also mentioned briefly on two occasions in Demon Thief, the second installment of the series. The Old Creatures are almost as old as time itself, and possess enormous magical power. They are responsible for the development of sentience among the beings of this universe (including humans), but believe firmly in allowing all beings to choose their own path. Therefore, they interfere as little as possible once any species moves beyond a certain point. They were originally believed to be the creators of all life in the universe, but this theory has since been disproven. Indeed, the Old Creatures are unaware of how life developed in the human universe.

The Old Creatures appear as floating spheres of light. Since light is 'almost ageless', they therefore have an extremely long life span, although they are, in fact, mortal beings. Though individual Old Creatures speak normally, they appear to merge into a single mind and talk with one voice when in groups. When they speak in this manner, Bec describes the voice as warm and comforting, containing all the accents she has ever heard. She also claims that their words are "both loud and soft. Lyrical and flat". Every word which they speak is capitalised, regardless of its position in the sentence, or whether it is a proper noun.

Death

Death, often referred to as The Shadow, is an entity who serves as the main antagonist. It is the main entity controlling the demons. It is described as resembling a massive octopus with many snake-like tentacles, patched together with black shadows. This 'octopus' has no face but can still 'see'. When humans touch the tentacles, it burns and cuts through their flesh. All of the Demonata bow down to it, even Lord Loss. Dark Calling reveals that Death's body can only thrive in an area of magic, which is why it tends to remain in the Demonata universe. However, because all things must ultimately perish, its power extends everywhere in both universes. Despite its immense power, it still needs the Demonata to back it up, showing that it may believe it can completely eradicate humanity with the help of the demons.