The Disciples (Demonata)
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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 in them.
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[edit] Disciples
[edit] Beranabus
The leader of The Disciples, and a real magician, as opposed to a mage. Appearance-wise, he wears a very old suit with a sad looking flower in it, and has dirty teeth, leading to an overall very unkempt appearance. Although he is very magically strong, he is often criticised by the other Disciples for being somewhat sadistic, giving up humans in smaller battles for, what he claims is a greater good, the search for the Kah-Gash. He is also criticised for being somewhat cruel in his methods for recruiting mages into The Disciples, and for keeping them in the group against their will. However, he confesses that he really does feel sorry for them, but, once again, claims that its all part of a greater good. Kernel Fleck believes that, although some think that he doesn't have feelings, he simply does a better job of hiding them than others.
Though much about his past is unknown, he claims that a demon universe featuing a waterfall of blood was a favorite place of his mother. He claims that his mother was "not as such" a magician, and died after he was born. He has also shown contempt towards his father. He confesses that as a child, he felt confused and alone in the world. It is revealed in Demon Apocalypse that his father was actually a demon that mated with his human mother. He was brought up by the Minotaur.
Aside from his appearance in The Disciples in Demon Thief, he is mentioned in Slawter, appears in Bec (under the name of Bran) and Blood Beast.
In book seven he gives up control over his demon side and allows himself to become the savage beast seen on the cover of Deaths Shadow (book 7). He does this to give Bec and the other Disciples a chance to escape. Unfortunately, he is killed by Death.
[edit] Kernel Fleck
[edit] Sharmila Mukherji
An old Indian Disciple. In Lord Loss Grubbs and Dervish watch a documentery about her and, she was one of Kernel's companions in Demon Thief. She also appears in Slawter, but it was 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 looses her legs and hips during a fight Death's Shadow and although Beranabus reconstructs some fake legs for her, they disintergrate without magic, making travelling into the human world impossible for Sharmila.
Sharmila allows Bec and Dervish to kill her in order to open a window through a trap that Lord Loss has sprung upon them. Sharmila went to her death willinging, thinking that she was of no use anyway in her feeble state.
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[edit] Shark
Shark (presumably a nick-name) is a Disciple from 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 is also 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.
[edit] Dervish Grady
Dervish is a member of the Disciples who helped Kernel in Demon Thief, and now has the duty of protecting the cave from Bec from having a demon crossing. He is a jack of all trades.
[edit] Grubbs Grady
Grubbs is one of two Disciples who continuously travels with Beranabus. He is one-third of the Kah-Gash, half-werewolf, and a Magician. He is the nephew of Dervish Grady and half-brother of Billy "Bill-E" Spleen.
[edit] Kirilli Kovacs
Kirilli (a former student of Disciple Zahava Lever) 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; 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.
[edit] Former Disciples
[edit] Nadia Moore
A young blonde woman with the gift of precognition, a rare power which Beranabus believed could be invaluable to the Disciples. To this end, he kidnapped her in 1929, and forced her to join the Disciples, for which she has resented him ever since. She often bites her nails, and uses them as her weapons.
In Demon Thief, Nadia tells Beranabus that a piece of the Kah-Gash will be found soon, and that somebody from the group will die (turns out to be Raz). Although in the book Kernel is able to lead her to freedom in the human world, Beranabus makes Kernel open a portal so that Nadia can be taken back into the Demonata universe. Nadia hates Beranabus even more for this.
When The Disciples arrive at the castle of Lord Loss in Demon Thief, Nadia makes a deal with Lord Loss, promising to serve him if he will stage her death, and grant her some "simple pleasures" as reward for her services. This deal goes through, and Nadia is presumed dead by all the Disciples. She reappears briefly to save Kernel from dying in Lord Loss' magical chessboard, where she informs Kernel of her deal with Lord Loss, as well as swearing him to secrecy. Before departing, she states that although she doesn't hate any of the Disciples (except for Beranabus), she will still fight on the side of Lord Loss, and that if she and Kernel ever meet again, it will be as enemies.
There has been much speculation that Juni Swan may in fact simply be Nadia in disguise, supported by the fact that Juni refers to Lord Loss as "master". Nadia has said that her favorite month was June in Demon Thief (explaining the first name of "Juni", which is the Dutch word for the month June), as well as telling Kernel that her father told her she would turn into a beautiful swan one day (explaining the last name of "Swan"). Also, in Demon Thief, Nadia transforms into a swan-like demon.
It is confirmed in Book 6 of the series, Demon Apocalypse, that Nadia and Juni Swan are indeed the same person.
During Death's Shadow, Juni is revealed to have suvived Dervish's attack in Demon Apocalypse, due to the intervention of the Shadow. She is now an insane and tender walking corpse. Her magical abilities have also grown.
[edit] Raz Warlo
Raz was 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 the demon Cadaver in Demon Thief. He was presumed to be very rich. In the book he was able to make the ground morph
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[edit] Zahava Lever
A Disciple (presumed dead as she's refered to in the past tense) who is regarded by Sharmila as one of the best; who never ran away and hid. She was a tutor to Disciple Kirilli Kovacs.
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