He leaves Stephanie (of whom he was especially fond) his mansion and his fortune in his will (family is angry about that). Stephanie Edgley is introduced at the start of the book when her wealthy uncle, Gordon Edgley, a writer of magical horror/gore fiction, dies under mysterious circumstances. Recurring characters Valkyrie Cain / Stephanie Edgley

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She and Skulduggery have a good relationship.

Stephanie subsequently adopts the name Valkyrie Cain which she retains for the rest of the series. In the book Skulduggery meets a strong-willed girl named Stephanie Edgley whose uncle, an old friend of Skulduggery, has died under mysterious circumstances and together the two of them must defend the world from various evil beings who seek to destroy it. Many years ago an evil sorcerer named Mevolent (an Elemental) attempted to conquer the world and was opposed by a resistance movement led by a powerful magician named Skulduggery Pleasant who was later killed by Mevolent's right-hand man Nefarian Serpine, but came back to life as a living skeleton and then defeated Mevolent. Magic is split into many 'Schools' or disciplines, the two main groups being Elemental (which concentrate on magic involving the classical elements of fire, earth, air and water) and Adepts (which is split into many other disciplines, some more obscure than others, examples being Sensitives (similar to traditional psychics or mediums), Teleporters, Shape-shifters, Necromancers etc.). The premise of the novel is that magic is real and those with the ability to wield it live among us. 10 Skulduggery Pleasant: Kingdom of The Wicked.OL20113110W Page_number_confidence 92.78 Pages 390 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200729143520 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 713 Scandate 20200715175033 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780007241620 Sent_to_scribe Tts_version 4. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 11:09:37 Boxid IA1887820 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

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