Scar Night

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Scar Night is the first novel in The Deepgate Codex series of novels, written by Alan Campbell and published in 2006. Scar Night centers around a young angel named Dill who lives in the city of Deepgate. It revolves around his quest to save Deepgate from annihaltion.

Setting

Scar Night is set in Deepgate, a slowly deteriorating city suspended by thousands of chains over an apparently bottomless abyss. The people of Deepgate worship their god Ulcis, who is building an army of dead to overthrow Ayen, the goddess who sealed the doors of heaven, effectively damning all souls to hell, described as a maze ruled by the God Iril.

Characters

• Dill: The last descendant of Ulcis' warrior Callis, Dill is one of only two surviving angels, destined to become a temple archon.
• Mr. Nettle: Father of Abigail, a young girl who, before the events of Scar Night, was murdered and completely drained of blood. His mission is simple: get revenge on the person who murdered his daughter.
• Rachel Hael: Daughter of the esteemed General Hael, Rachel is a temple Spine, or assassin, who has yet to be tempered, a process that, if completed successfully, will remove a Spine's emotions, making him/her more effective. She is also Dill's overseer.
• Presbyter Sypes: Dill's mentor, a temple priest, and the keeper of Deepgate's massive codex, or library. And a holder of

Deepgates darkest secrets.

• Carnival: One of the last surviving angels, like Dill. Possessed of an extremely volatile and unstable personality, she must consume one soul once on every Scar Night to survive and inflicts greivious self-torture upon her self as evidenced by the numerous scars that cover her body.
• Devon: Deepgate's arch chemist and Head Poisoner, a mad man consumed by his work who would even become a heartless wretch to complete his resarch, even though he comes off to be a gentleman. He is slowly dying from the effects of handling the many poisons that he has made.He lost his wife many years ago.
• Adjunct Fogwill: Sypes' assistant, he is extremley suspicious of Devon, also homosexual.
• Mark Hael': Rachel Hael's brother, commander of the aeronaunts, he is the person stopping Rachel from being tempered, he and his sister are not on the best terms.

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