The Demonata
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The Demonata is a series by best selling author Darren Shan. It deals with the world of demons, and includes chess, (as opposed to his other series, The Saga of Darren Shan which deals with vampires). The series will be told by three different protagonists in three different time periods: Grubbs Grady, Kernel Fleck, and Bec, the first female protagonists in a Darren Shan book. It is currently planned that the series will contain ten books, of which four have been released
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[edit] About the series
[edit] Demons
Main Article:Demons (The Demonata)
The series focuses on a world of demons that exists in thousands of universes parallel to our own that are accessible only through special portals. Demon masters like Lord Loss can create universes, but the lesser demons just hop between existing worlds. Also, the universes do not have to go by earths laws of physics. In the universes live thousands of soulless demons in many monstrous forms. Demons range in size from a few feet to the size of a star. The demons find enjoyment in death and pain and are only concerned with killing other creatures. Many of the worlds contain grotesque scenery, such as piles of organs or a waterfall of blood. One of the demons focused on especially on in the series, Lord Loss, enjoys causing pain more than death.
[edit] Different protagonists
All The Demonata books can be read separately, but an overall series plot arc clicks together throughout the books. The Demonata will change stories from time to time through three main characters, the first, Grubbs Grady (the protagonist of Lord Loss, Slawter, Blood Beast, and the sixth book), the second, Kernel Fleck (from Demon Thief), and the third character, a girl whose name is Bec (from Bec)
Grubbs Grady seems to be the main protagonist of the series, and so far is known to be narrating four of the ten books.
[edit] The books
[edit] Released
- Lord Loss - June 6, 2005
- Demon Thief - December 2005
- Slawter - June 1, 2006
- Bec - October 2, 2006
[edit] Unreleased
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- Blood Beast - June 2007
- Demonata Book 6 - October 2007
- Demonata Book 7 - June 2008
- Demonata Book 8 - October 2008
- Demonata Book 9 - June 2009
- Demonata Book 10 - October 2009
[edit] Chronological order
(Note that this is only for Books 1-6 and past that is yet to be known where they'll fit in)
- Bec (around 400 AD)
- Demon Thief (mid 1970s)
- Lord Loss (early 21st century)
- Slawter (a few months after Lord Loss)
- Blood Beast
[edit] Origins
Lord Loss was originally a poem written by Darren Shan, found in the front of Lord Loss. The story of Lord Loss and the Demonata came to Darren while he was working on The Saga. He wrote the book and left it alone until the Saga was finished. Originally, the Demonata was to just be a couple of books about various kids having encounters with the Demon Master, Lord Loss. While Darren was doing this, he found a way to make the plots for each of these separate books come together and form one whole.
[edit] Main Characters
[edit] Humans
- Grubitsch "Grubbs" Grady - A teenager with immense magic powers. (Lord Loss, Slawter, Blood Beast, Demonata Book 6)
- Cornelius "Kernel" Fleck - A boy with the abilility to make windows between universes incredibly quickly. (Demon Thief)
- Bec (little one) MacGrigor - A priestess, who is almost sacrificed at the end of the book. (Bec)
- Dervish Grady - Grubbs Grady's uncle, Disciple, and a practical joker. (Lord Loss, Demon Thief, Slawter)
- Beranabus - A magician who founded the group known as The Disciples. (Demon Thief)
- Billy "Bill-E" Spleen - Grubbs half brother. Was conceived in an affair Grubbs dad had with a girl from the village Dervish lives in. Was struck by lycanthropy, but cured by Dervish and Grubbs. (Lord Loss, Slawter)
- Shark - A member of the Disciples, a former army member, and a friend of Dervish. (Demon Thief, Cameo in Slawter)
- Sharmila Mukherji - Another of the Disciples. (Demon Thief, Cameo in Slawter)
- Meera Flame - Dervish's friend. She likes to make men blush. (Lord Loss)
- Juni Swan - A worker in the town of Slawter, and Dervish's primary love interest. (Slawter)
- Prae Athim - A worker for the Lambs, a group of scientists trying to fight lycanthropy. (Slawter)
- Davida Haym - An evil maniac who tries to kill everyone in Slawter just for a movie. (Slawter)
- Drust - A druid who teaches Bec magic. (Bec)
- Goll - A man who would have been king, had he not lost his eye. (Bec)
- Bran (a.k.a. Run Fast) - A boy who can run incredibly fast. (Bec)
- Connla - The son of the leader of Bec's rath. In the end he betrays the group, through promises of power by Lord Loss. Of course, he is killed. (Bec)
- Fiachna - A smith who decides to come on the fateful voyage. Near the end, he is poisoned and left behind to die. (Bec)
[edit] Named Demons
- Lord Loss - A demon master who enjoys suffering and sadness rather than pain and death. (Lord Loss, Demon Thief, Slawter, Bec, Blood Beast)
- Artery - A hell child with fire in it eye sockets and cockroaches on its head. (Lord Loss, Demon Thief, Slawter, possibly Bec (see Bec for more details))
- Vein - A dog with the head of a crocodile, killed in Lord Loss for disobeying her master. However, she appeared in Demon Thief and Bec due to the fact that they are set before the first book. (Lord Loss, Demon Thief, Bec)
- Cadaver - The demon who snatched Art/Artery and took him into the demons universe. Beranabus was tracking it throughout the book. (Demon Thief and possibly Slawter.)
- Malice - (Slawter)
- Gregor - A giant cockroach. Grubbs and Dervish use it to destroy the barrier surrounding Slawter. (Slawter)
[edit] Cartoon Network Competition
Cartoon Network also ran a Darren Shan competition in the UK which could be accessed through the UK Cartoon Network website (CartoonNetwork.co.uk), which people could earn the chance to win Darren Shan prizes. The prizes are the first three Demonata books; Lord Loss, Demon Thief and Slawter. The competition ran from June 6, 2006 until June 29, 2006.
[edit] References
| The Demonata | |
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| Released Novels | Lord Loss · Demon Thief · Slawter · Bec |
| Upcoming Novels | Blood Beast · Demonata book 6 |
| Protagonists | Grubbs Grady · Kernel Fleck · Bec (character) |
| Other Characters | Dervish Grady |
| Demons | Lord Loss (character) · Artery (character) |
