Characters List of The Wardstone Chronicles characters

1 characters

1.1 thomas jason ward
1.2 john gregory (the spook)
1.3 alice deane
1.4 mam (lamia/zenobia)
1.5 bill arkwright
1.6 judd brinscall
1.7 ward family

1.7.1 john ward
1.7.2 jack ward
1.7.3 ellie ward
1.7.4 mary ward
1.7.5 james ward


1.8 gregory family

1.8.1 paul gregory
1.8.2 father gregory
1.8.3 andrew


1.9 antagonists

1.9.1 humans

1.9.1.1 father cairns
1.9.1.2 quisitor
1.9.1.3 morgan hurst
1.9.1.4 irish mages


1.9.2 witches

1.9.2.1 malkin clan
1.9.2.2 deane clan
1.9.2.3 mouldheel clan
1.9.2.4 greek witches
1.9.2.5 water witches


1.9.3 demons

1.9.3.1 fiend


1.9.4 old gods

1.9.4.1 golgoth
1.9.4.2 morrigan
1.9.4.3 ordeen
1.9.4.4 pan
1.9.4.5 zeus
1.9.4.6 hera
1.9.4.7 siscoi




1.10 beasts

1.10.1 boggart

1.10.1.1 hairy boggart
1.10.1.2 hall knocker
1.10.1.3 ripper


1.10.2 demon

1.10.2.1 buggane


1.10.3 elementals

1.10.3.1 fire elementals

1.10.3.1.1 salamander


1.10.3.2 asteri


1.10.4 water elementals
1.10.5 hydra
1.10.6 skelt
1.10.7 selkie
1.10.8 sirens
1.10.9 wight
1.10.10 worme


1.11 spirits

1.11.1 ghast
1.11.2 ghost
1.11.3 banshee
1.11.4 jibber

characters
thomas jason ward

tom flourishing apprentice john gregory, county spook. spook has had twenty-nine apprentices before tom, although best far. seventh son of seventh son, revealed in sixth book of series mother original lamia witch, known zenobia. @ beginning of series, in first fifth books seems little afraid, hunted, after sixth book hunter, in position, real spooks apprentice.

as seventh son of seventh son, tom has acquired many gifts, including being able see , hear ghosts , masking scent long-sniffing of witches. these, tom has inherited gifts mother, such being able (although difficulty) slow down , stop time , smell presence of death on someone. in moonlight, shadow abnormally long, ordeen (one of old gods) described signal of what, 1 day, become. mother taught him greek, speaks well, , learning latin , old tongue mr. gregory. youngest in family , relates jack ward.

tom has accomplished many things, despite lack of experience, such binding full grown ripper boggart after 6 months spook.

he has friendship, though disapproved of master, alice, young girl grow witch, though uncertain whether become malevolent or benign. tom continues friendship alice, despite warnings given spook. seems develop feelings her, although possible fretting on because closest thing ever had friend. in fifth book, kisses him first time, before running off, supposedly pendle. in eighth book admits loving when fiend takes away dark.

not known appearance, although written in spook s battle (attack of fiend) has green eyes , left-handed, seems common among spooks (bill arkwright, spook , tom left-handed).

tom can considered hero of wardstone chronicles (along john gregory), defeats of series major antagonists.

in spook s brand-new sequel series, tom has replaced gregory new spook in chipenden. later, takes young girl, named jenny, apprentice; seventh daughter of seventh daughter. @ first, tom not believe her, later proven true. tom surprised, because there has never been female spook.

tom s has become weaker ever since day master died, when did perform reminded him of when , master used train (john gregory), hardly tries used new daily routine.

john gregory (the spook)

john gregory 1 of prolific spooks , has mysterious history discovered series progresses. trained priest, after falling out brother, became spook. has medium length grey hair tufts @ giving him wolf-like appearance. has sharp yellow teeth , grey goatee. tom, has green eyes , left handed.

gregory strict mentor, point , hard please. however, gives praise tom @ moments, albeit rather gruffly , reluctantly, showing has soft side, afraid show it. claims lack of praise @ least in part him doing best avoid tom becoming big-headed , making mistakes.

he has had relationships meg skelton (a lamia witch) , emily burns, , suspected have had more. met emily burns first, admitting brother s lover, claiming young . however, got tired of him , moved on, although remained friends. says had got on brother, 1 of reasons why relationship started.

when had become spook, gregory met meg. had been going off take care of monster , happened in tower it, bound silver chain. kissed him passionately after took off silver chain bound her, discovered lamia witch after noticing line of yellow , green scales along spine. when tried put pit, gregory found couldn t bring himself it. eventually, sends meg , sister, marcia, home in greece @ end of third book, (the spook s secret).

he has brother named andrew, skilled locksmith. has made keys can open door both spook , tom, have come in use, such when battling creature known bane in priestown catacombs. introduced in second book.

gregory has 1 other significant brother, priest. first introduced in horshaw after tom has begun apprenticeship. gregory , brother not speak because emily burns once priest s lover, went spook instead. however, spook did decide pay last respects , attend brother s funeral when died. man killed after attacked ripper (a powerful boggart).

in spook s tale john s brother paul introduced. not known him apart fact shared nightmare john in childhood.

during fifth installment, sends apprentice train bill arkwright, previous apprentice, receive further training against everlasting battle against dark. later has tom rescue arkwright several water witches. @ end of book, sends alice away because, among other things, used mirror communicate other witches, including witch assassin grimalkin, ended saving tom s life in fifth book.

in tenth book, john retires , allows tom become new spook of chipenden, though tom had not yet finished training.

john uses greek symbols mark places of witches, boggarts, , unquiet dead. β (beta) used boggarts; line through beta shows boggart bound. (gamma) used mark ghost or ghast. roman numerals i-x mark how strong boggart or unquiet dead (i strongest , x weakest); in case of unquiet dead, however, shows how strong or if classified ghost or ghast. ghost coherent spirit, left on earth purpose; ghast fragment of person has gone afterlife , fade on time.

death

in final book, spook s revenge, john gregory dies in battle of wardstone; not told killed him, presumed witch on opposing dark side 1 it. in last moments before death stood back grimalkin , helped kill witches, , allowed fiend destroyed. afterwards, buried tom ward, along starblade, tom says never disturb dead master, , therefore never use starblade again. after death, tom becomes chipenden spook , acquires belongings.

alice deane

alice orphan parents different clans, or thought, until comes out daughter of fiend , bony lizzie. raised bony lizzie , great-granddaughter of mother malkin. first tricks tom freeing mother malkin later helps him defeat , vengeful relatives.

later in series sticks tom , spook, assisting them countless times magic when principles inhibit them. cares great deal tom, though not spook, , considers inhibitions feelings varying amusement exasperation.

originally pendle, alice supposedly daughter of malkin mother , dean father.

in first part of wardstone chronicles, alice deane seems confused young girl seemingly under wrong influence. however, series goes on, starts see , bad, , starts tom in many ways. shown irritable, throwing fit when tom suggested cooks. (although tom later pointed out @ it.) seems reluctant out mr. gregory when s in tight spot, pointing out wouldn t same her, ends being convinced tom anyway. doesn t fact mr. gregory doesn t trust her, , known throwing fits when s left out of important. however, tom s mother worried how alice turn out, seems on fine line between , evil. though helped destroy mother malkin , bane, (mostly) fault had stopped in first place, albeit unknowingly. bony lizzie had made convince tom give mother malkin blood cakes, , had made sacrifice bane out of pure hatred , spite toward quisitor. although knew consequences, had freed bane tom, mr. gregory, , herself.

alice seems have gift botany, putting leaves on tom s hand treat burn. gregory, despite intense distrust alice, appreciates work scribe. tom has stated has nice handwriting.

during series, alice said pretty big, hazel eyes , long, black hair, hair turned white in eighth book when truamatized after spending time in fiends domain.

she seems have feelings tom jokes using, during moment of solitude during day of birthday, glamor , fascination on him, 2 witch powers seduce , control. reason believing alice has feelings tom may come fifth book, tormented idea separated him , kisses him on lips while. yet hint when trying convince tom use blood jar, stating if did never separate , wasn t opposed idea, saying rather it. finally, in spook s blood, tom must sacrifice 1 loves... turns out alice.

at end of fifth book, alice contacts grimalkin (a savage witch assassin) tom defeat fiend s daughter, morwena, later results in being banished chipenden. revealed tom going become witch once in pendle hill, claiming s belonged.

in sixth book, alice uses blood jar fend off fiend , keep him taking tom s soul. tom, worried alice have face fiend s wrath, realizes on have stick close hard life tom worried let alice out of sight.

in seventh installment, alice named bony lizzie own gift county , mam said same son tom.

in spook s destiny, dragged fiend s domain fiend after blood jar cracks. after god pan returns favor tom after fiend defeated, hair snow-white shock.

in spook s revenge, opens doomdryte grimoire, in order read gain immense power , destroy fiend. however, upon opening book, supposedly dead mage, lukrasta appears , takes away. upon looking eyes in first moment, alice falls in love him, , enthralled him, understanding fates intertwined , soul mates . becomes malevolent witch, going dark. contributes re-attaching of fiend s head , body,as according her, fiend not allow newborn god talkus rise , take on world, , fight humans. however, tom continues despite , destroys fiend. afterwards, gives lukrasta power, in order them combat rising kobalos god, talkus, has been born , going rise in power , exterminate men of world in future. tom tells alice never come see him in chipenden ever again in final meeting of book, , shall put in pit. claims know shall meet again in future, not put in pit. upon note, separate on own paths, tom loving alice not loving him.

in spook s brand-new sequel series, alice , tom meet again after lukrasta s death while attempting defeat kobalos. fall in love once more , although alice witch separated tom of eternity after death, stay together, along tom s new apprentice jenny. leaves in final book of starblade chronicles continue own unfinished business , continue war against kobalos.

mam (lamia/zenobia)

also known lamia , zenobia in spook s blood, first witch of kind. allegedly, wife old god zeus , bore him children. jealous goddess hera found out, however, @ point had lamia s hand nailed rock, , sentenced killed exposure sun. saved tom s father and, after refusing chance return dark killing him, gave immortality, married him , moved him county. bought farm give sailing , bore him 7 sons only. when tom born @ last started grooming him become next spook.

lamia/zenobia had several special abilities, never normal human being. had ability manipulate time being close her: slow time or stop it. fiend, gift passed on tom. smell whether person close death. passed ability onto tom.

she leaves farm greece after husband s death , bequeaths tom 3 coffers held money, books , potions , 2 wild lamia sisters . helped drive mouldheels out of malkin tower during events of spook s battle. later, during spook s sacrifice asked tom money buy boat , hire crew. sets greece, bound confront archenemy ordeen. holds ordeen in lamia form while ord falls darkness, killing herself.

she proud woman , extraordinary midwife, having saved more dozen women in county. can allegedly see future , letters seem further proof of that, although spook grudgingly explains them intuition , intellect, , has helped tom advice whenever could.

bill arkwright

a spook in operation in caster, bill arkwright 1 of spook s few apprentices survive. in charge of training tom make him more apt in battle in book: spook s mistake. bill had own set of demons , namely alcohol called demon drink . bill arkwright spook other side of county makes first appearance in spook s mistake. tom sent him tom learn physical side of being spook s apprentice , learn things john gregory not teach him anymore. bill drunkard , couldn t control urge drink, because parents not sent light , remained in world in form of spirits. later found out fiend had bound them earth. arkwright s ways of teaching seem hard , aggressive, come in handy, when tom comes save him after captured morwena, water witch. 1 of dogs, tooth, killed on her, , other dog, claw, has 2 pups- blood , bone. spook of north, , later on of tom , grimalkin, bill manages set parents free. after mood seemed lift , became happier man. lived in mill surrounded moat full of salt keep enemies dark away. later reappears in book: spook s sacrifice . in travels thomas ward, alice deane, john gregory, mam (lamia), , many witches greece, face old god, ordeen. joins thomas, alice , mr. gregory in ord, ordeen s home , , helps try find ordeen. once ordeen dying, try escape ord, , stays stop fire elementals harming them, sacrificing himself them escape. features shortly, , mentioned in spook s nightmare, ghost trapped in limbo bony lizzie, used save thomas ward s life, stopping dogs- claw, blood , bone, killing thomas under power of shaman, lord barrule. later freed light due bony lizzie s death.

tooth grey black lines wolfhound
claw black wolfhound bitch , tooth s mate
blood , bone pups

judd brinscall

judd brinscall trained spooks apprentice under john gregory. moved romania, learning spooks of country, , moved county, found ex-master, , new apprentice, tom ward . first featured in book spooks: blood. brinscall took part in battle of wardstone.

he ends in caster watermill, once belonged bill arkwright, , still has ties tom ward.

the ward family
john ward

originally sailor, john ward got married tom s mother, whom met in greece, bought farm money , settled down. dies during events of spook s secret. before death, tells story son how met mam, thomas mother. sailor on coast of greece , saw mam, naked, nailed hand rock , bound silver chain, die when sun came , shine on body. however, freed , protected her. after staying in home (unaware of being lamia whole life), came county settle down in farm, , had 7 sons. did not know @ first, mam marrying him have seventh son (when learnt himself seventh son wanted produce spook, inherit own powers lamia), later grew love him, hence why devastated @ death. john ward honourable man never tricked people, , kept word, being kind man.

jack ward

the eldest of 7 ward brothers, jack jovial , patronizing towards tom. later reveals underlying jealousy when bitterly tells tom d been mother s favourite. later turns greater , greater animosity @ each brush peculiarity or danger tom s job entails. goes shock when malkin witches abduct him. has black hair, blue , bushy eyebrows meet in middle.

ellie ward

ellie ward jack ward s wife @ end of spook s apprentice has baby girl called mary. captured , beaten in spooks battle, pendle witches take , baby in high towers , beat them, affects relation between , tom, gives mental stress. ellie supports tom still , thankful, nothing more fifteen conversations seen in entire series.

mary ward

the daughter of jack , ellie, born near ending of spook s apprentice.

james ward

initially blacksmith, moves in jack @ farm after events in spook s battle start making ale. nicer tom jack him. thought killed fiend s servants in spook s blood. later revealed survived. in spooks revenge tom asked him fight in final battle against fiend. managed survive battle. tom returns home few days later find grimalkin in yard. confirms james survived , made home.

the gregory family
paul gregory

when young, had same dreams spooks;the dream of being dragged down cellar man.

father gregory

the spooks brother:- priest until in second book spooks curse killed ripper tom bound. brothers hadn t spoken each other in on forty years because spook had fallen in love woman marry, emily burns.

andrew

initially locksmith in priestown, moves after events in spook s curse. andrew reliable brother - spook, helping him in different situations. tends courageous when tom`s alone fighting bane , comes rescue brother meg skelton, lamia.

the antagonists
humans
father cairns

father cairns john gregory s cousin , priest in priestown. tries sway tom sanctimonious speeches god , duty while sending soldiers arrest master. he, of church, prejudiced against spooks believes @ end of apprenticeship sell souls powers , fight small-fry, these supposed influences of bane - because father cairns friend in need spook.

the quisitor

a cruel man cherishes burn things, , seizes belongings poor, or falsely accused witches, burns them alive. noble, shown clothes , behaviour, wealth comes ordinary people killed take goods.

morgan hurst

hurst seventh son of emily burns , carpenter edward furner, seventh son. seventh son of seventh son of seventh son. made him believe s superior spooks. adopted hursts , fell in love daughter, eveline. claiming forbidden love, beat him, , left. eveline later drowned herself. morgan had interest in dark, , apprenticed spook. believed himself spook s son , became cocky , ambitious leading him part ways master , study necromancy.

his ambition drove him try summon old god, golgoth. blackmailed tom steal old grimoire master in order complete necessary ritual. golgoth brought world, killed morgan in process due spook s changing of ritual. morgan couldn t spot error, knowledge of ancient language poor.

irish mages

also known goat mages, worship old god pan , sacrifice goats , people bind him body of he-goat , share madness feels.

witches

witches of powerful physical-being forces have been known serve dark. power have advantage of numbers. many of them reside in pendle , belong @ least 1 of 3 clans: malkins, deanes , mouldheels. romania , greece host great number of witches. based on actions, can be:

benign - witches use power other people
malevolent - witches use blood, bone, or familiar magic evil.
unaware - witches don t know are
falsely accused - women unjustly accused of being witches , consequently put death.

the malkin clan

while coven lives @ malkin tower, rest of clan lives in goldshaw booth village.

anne malkin – leader of malkin clan.
bony lizzie – bony lizzie alice s aunt (later discovered mother) , mother malkin s granddaughter. s dangerous witch practicing bone magic, hence nickname bony . trained alice in witchcraft 2 years. caught spook @ end of spook s apprentice escaped in spook s nightmare after reaching 40th birthday.

in film adaption, played antje traue, bony lizzie alice s mother , sister mother malkin. instructs alice spy on spook , tom , assists malkin in wreaking havoc upon city. @ end of film fights mother malkin because latter threatens harm lizzie s daughter. ends being killed malkin, manages wound griveously in return.

mother malkin – malevolent witch main antagonist of spook s apprentice .she able use blood magic , has committed several acts of murder, pretending boarder expectant mothers can kill them , babies in order use blood.

when gregory learned of this, bound mother malkin , placed pit, became old hag powers seeped away earth. years later, bony lizzie has alice use tom sneaking mother malkin cakes filled suet, bits of meat, , alice s blood. able escape, tom fought , killed striking rowan staff while in running water. came back, possessing butcher towards end of book, in order reborn tom s niece. tom throws salt , iron @ her, , begins shrinking , turning goo. eaten hairy pigs on farm.

in film adaption, played julianne moore, mother malkin s story of being imprisoned changed. here former love of gregory , witch. in response humans hatred kind , own fears embraced dark , murdered gregory s wife out of envy. mother malkin freed @ start of blood moon, , attempts recruit followers while seeking revenge on gregory , humankind. in end griveously wounded bony lizzie , killed , burned tom.

grimalkin – 33-year-old assassin of malkin witch clan, malevolent witch skilled knives , scissors in combat. mark pair of scissors. nonetheless follows strict code of honour not use trickery in combat, point where, when ordered kill tom, regretted not able face him when @ prime, , offered him quick death (although did survive).

she gained protection fiend bearing him son. baby not witch ordinary boy fiend killed him. result of this, vows destroy him. reason s unlike average antagonist hatred makes side tom.

grimalkin best character in physical limits , has battle smarts. best malkin clan assassin. grimalkin dies in starblade chronicles , reborn in different undescribed world of dead. although of witches , people used food new creatures described in new series or book.

needle- malkin clan assassin known killing victims long spear.
thorne- apprentice of grimalkin has potential suppress mentor witch assassin. later killed fiend s servants while trying retrieve fiend s head. in dark/hell, thorne later attempts revive herself betraying alice (who sent there fiend), later regrets decision , helps alice escape.
kernolde- malkin clan assassin known form alliances dead witches kept in position long. dug traps in witch dell grimalkin fell when went duel kernolde. later killed grimalkin.
maggie – maggie malkin hanged @ caster 3 years before events in spook s battle , clan left @ witch dell. has bulging eyes , longer usual neck, head twisted left. s dressed in long dark gown covered in patches of mold.
tibb – kretch (as outlined grimalkin) made balance mab s power. created past halloween before events in spook s battle malkin , deane clans. s powerful scryer, small yet stronger grown man. spook kills him @ norwell s residence after shares wurmalde s plans lammas.
radu - leader of malkin clan s assassins movie exclusive character. radu played djimon hounsou.

the deane clan

the deanes live in roughlee village of pendle.

florence deane – leader of deane clan.
agnes sowwerbutts – alice s supposed aunt. benign witch lives on outskirts of pendle. powerful scryer.

in grimalkin, tortured , killed grimalkin s pursuers in retaliation healing grimalkin s poisoning.

the mouldheel clan

the mouldheel clan practices blood , bone magic , takes pride in members scrying skills. because of them, people in pendle either have no mirrors in house or turn them face wall. mouldheels live in bareleigh village.

mab mouldheel - leader of clan, mab talented foresight. in love tom ward hates because s witch , once kill niece, mary.

she s green eyed , has long blond hair. dressed in washed-out blue dress ragged sleeves. doesn t wear shoes witches, walks barefoot.

she has 2 twin sisters younger her, beth , jennet.

the greek witches

meg skelton - domesticated lamia witch physical characteristics has silver hair, high cheek bones , looks young woman though old. meg used have relationship spook john gregory.
marcia skelton - meg s sister, feral lamia witch locked under spook s winter home. traveled meg home land of greece @ end of spook s secret .
wurmalde - s described tom in late thirties, tall woman, abundant dark hair lion s mane. has bold , piercing eyes , lips pale resembled of corpse contrast obvious strength , vitality. carries herself proudly makes people s above herself. happens 1 of tom s mother s bitter enemies , plans set fiend kill tom. 1 of lamia witches in tom s trunks grabs flees after finishing ritual , drops onto gore rock, killing her.

water witches

water witches hunt burying in mud or marshes , waiting victims. can hold breath hours , unlike normal witches, can cross running or stagnant water. have nail curled around hook use spear ear or cheek of victim.

morwena - water witch, daughter of fiend , more powerful other water witches. practices blood magic , can t stand on dry land more hour. has dark hair down shoulders. around shoulders has smock covered in green scum, while on lower half of body wears ragged skirt caked brown marsh slime. has 2 rows of yellow-green teeth 4 immense fangs instead of normal canines. left eye closed, right 1 open – vertical slit cold eye of snake or lizard – , nose beak of sharp bone without covering of flesh or skin. hands human fingernails, sharp, curved talons. toes webbed , ending in sharp talon. opens left eye touching fingers release seal on it. eye red if filled blood , person looking @ eye becomes paralyzed. eye closed because uses lot of energy , can use on 1 person @ time.

demons
the fiend

the fiend dark made flesh , series primary antagonist. known old nick, devil, satan, , father of lies. has control on time, , can change shape @ will. claims alice deane s father, later proven true tom ward s mam. there few ways keep fiend approaching you, 1 way bear him child, (witches often) , other have blood jar, contain s 1 of fiend s child s blood, , wearer s blood.

in spook s destiny, sealed away spook, grimalkin, , tom. dies in last book body cut , fed god talkus has replaced him powerful old god.

the old gods
golgoth

also known lord of winter , god of ice, awoken morgan through wrong ritual. tries coerce tom freeing him pentagram tom refuses , golgoth runs out of power before can kill tom.

morrigan

the morrigan celtic goddess of magic. appears raven`s head , female body. main antagonist of spook s destiny . although not slain tom, wounded him, head cut off.

ordeen

an elemental goddess of fire, , clear opposite golgoth. true form salamander, powerful form of fire elemental. extremely hard kill, degree of immunity silver. also, unlike other old gods , fiend, doesn t need humans dark earth. tom suggests perhaps done in past her. possibly has fact part witch, part fire goddess, shows both forms.

she has many followers. maenads worship on earth, many more followers come through portal ordeen. these include: vaengir, demons, fire elementals, , dark warriors. fiend mentions there others wake right before ordeen. servants powerful ordeen herself. portal pillar of fire, causes birds , animals flee area.

she killed tom s mother (lamia) during events in spook s sacrifice. mortal enemy of lamia, unknown reasons.

pan

he worshipped irish mages bind him through dark magic body of goat share in madness grabs him.

to tom appears young boy long hair, pale face , pointy, elongated ears , toenails long curl spiral. s talented musician. tom him favor in spook s destiny helping pan commit suicide (killing goat bound to) escape mages ritual. pan returns favor returning alice fiend s realm when tom defeats him , barriers between , pan s realms weaken.

zeus

the leader of old gods , husband of hera. lover of lamia, tom ward s mother. had children lamia, 1 slaughtered hera out of jealousy.

hera

jealous wife of zeus (leader of old gods). slaughtered 1 of infants lamia (tom s mam) bore zeus.

siscoi

siscoi romanian vampire old god, known god of blood . appeared main antagonist of spook s blood . destroyed tom ward after sucking tom s blood, poisonous him.

beasts
boggart

there many kinds of boggarts. can travel along special kinds of faults, instead of being faults in earth, faults in spiritual magic. can travel along these instantly, if teleporting.

hairy boggart

hairy boggarts take shape of animals. dogs, there still many cats, goat or 2 , horse. boggart guards mr gregory s chipenden house called kratch , returns house after tom locates , makes new deal it. invisible when happy (or angry) takes form of large ginger cat 1 eye. lost other eye in battle bane.

hall knocker

a hall knocker boggart announces or existence knocking. can develop in stone chucker, , spook fought 1 twice, coming close death.

ripper

a ripper dangerous , deadly of boggarts. starts out killing cows , sucking blood (hence name cattle ripper ). however, if taste human blood, ll switch cattle humans. hunt humans, open fissure in ground , trap 1 of human s limbs in it, leg. rip open limb , viciously suck blood it. process can take anywhere 5 minutes, 10 hours, depending on size. in 1 of books, tom had bind ripper in horshaw sucking blood out of leg of priest (who was, in fact, spook s brother) had tried ward off praying. happened in church.

demon
buggane

the buggane category of demon frequents ruins , materialises black bull or hairy man, although other forms chosen if suit purpose. in marshy ground bugganes have been known shape-shift wormes.

the buggane makes 2 distinctive sounds – either bellowing enraged bull warn off venture near domain or whispering victims in sinister human voice. can speak mind of prey , hear die in few days if buggane isn t killed then.

bugganes immune salt , iron, makes them hard both kill , confine. thing vulnerable blade made silver alloy, must driven heart of buggane when has materialized. spook , tom meet bugganes on isle of mona during events in spook s nightmare.

elementals
fire elementals

a jellyfish object clings ceilings, on fire , able take flight 1 touch burst flames immediately, in spooks: sacrifice, jellyfish killed bill arkwright

salamander

a salamander powerful known fire elemental, being hot can reduce victim ashes instantly ease. ordeen, appears near end of sixth book, can take form of salamander, similar bane s ability become gargoyle. ordeen known salamander.

asteri

an asteri star-shaped elemental hangs on ceilings , falls on victim s head, of them waiting fall on spook , apprentice on `trip` in ord - re not ones encounter these fire elementals, witches pendle burnt death them.

water elementals
hydra

at near end of spook s nightmare , buggane transforms hydra. nine-headed snake keeps body submerged in water while 9 heads attack it. can killed thrust through heart silver blade.

skelt

s rare , lives in crevices, either submerged or close water. instead of flexible tongue, long hollow bony tube protrudes mouth. tube s sharp , pointed @ end creature can suck blood of victims. kobalos god talkus known skelt god.

selkie

a selkie or seal-woman shape-shifter turns woman marry fisherman. can t have children , don t appear age. take 1 or 2 days take human shape can revert in seconds if threatened.

sirens

they creatures of sea, females, used strange, melodious cries lure sailors onto rocks , destroy vessels. drag drowning sailors depths , feed upon flesh @ leisure. unlike ordinary men, spooks have degree of resilience cries.

they appear beautiful women bright eyes, golden hair , skin, allure powerful, s illusion create. in reality, although retain body of woman have long , green hair tangled seaweed, , faces monstrous, huge fangs sprouting grotesquely swollen lips. spook, bill arkwright , tom met them when sailing greece fight ordeen. trying avoid them, seventh sons of seventh sons paralysed cries, sailors hypnotized , crash.

wight

wights creatures created , used witches, guardian of secret place. witches use dark magic create wight , bind drowned sailors soul body, causing body stop decaying. instead body bloated , strong. wights don t have eyes, since these have been eaten fish, have keen hearing helping them locate victims while under water.

the wight pull victim water, victim drowns while wight dismember victim. can defeated same things used against witches: rowan staff, silver chain, , iron , salt

worme

not confused worm . creatures water dwellers. vary in size , looks , can between size of small dog size of house. can have legs, though of them have tails. bodies eel-like , covered in hard scales hard penetrate blades. mouth has deadly fangs can bite off limb ease and, when on land, can spit out deadly poison. of wormes can have wings , mistaken dragons because of steam erupts mouth

spirits
ghast

a ghast fragment s left behind when s soul has moved on. repetitive. examples of ghasts spirits on hangman s hill , ones in house in horshaw.

ghost

unlike ghast, ghost spirit stays behind after body s death. unlike ghasts can reasoned , convinced move on.

banshee

is female water spirit predicts , warn of death. invisible, , thing can hear wailing cry, repeated 3 times per night - on 3. day s said in house close by, going die. happens if seen washing burial shroud , if there blood on it, upcoming death going violent.

the banshee witches can confused celtic witches, re known copy act bring death victim instead of foreseeing it.

jibber

they souls of people d committed suicide , have been bound dark magic area of death. spook , tom encountered them in ireland , far, way have found set them free having alice use spell avaunt(to go), spook s disgruntlement.