Darquesse stood amongst what remained of the chaos she had caused and surveyed it with pride. Valkyrie Cain had been angry; Skulduggery Pleasant had been taken from her and replaced permanently with Lord Vile causing her to snap and allow Darquesse complete control. The anger had passed over to her and she had lain waste to the world, destroying country after country and hearing it's people scream as she soured over them.

Now she was back on Irish soil, or more fittingly, Irish dust, where it had all started. Now that she thought about it she didn't much care that Skulduggery had been replaced by Lord Vile, she liked Vile much more. Which is why she had left him alive when she set about destroying humanity. They were the only two beings left alive on the planet, and they were going to have a lot of fun.

Lord Vile observed Darquesse from a distance where she stood in the ruins of what had once been their country. He could easily have stopped her homicidal rampage, but gratuitous murder was just so attractive.