She does not have many friends her age and laments the boredom of her dull ordinary life in the village, Haggard, in which she lives. Stephanie Edgley is extremely brave to the point of being fearless and also possesses a great desire for adventure and discovering the unknown. Although the two annoy each other considerably they do have a great respect and affection for one another. Skulduggery says that she is much like her uncle of whom he says he is 'strong-willed', 'intelligent', 'sharp-tongued', and 'doesn't suffer fools gladly.' Stephanie proves herself to possess all these qualities and she and Skulduggery frequently exchange witty banter. Stephanie is depicted as an exceptionally mature and independent girl who possesses great confidence and self-esteem. 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 A Guest indicates the character appeared once in the property.A Recurring indicates the character appeared in two or more times within the property.A Main indicates a character had a starring role in the property.A dark grey cell indicates that the character was not in the property or that the character's presence in the property has yet to be announced.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.

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