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Alice Edgley
Character Information
Given Name Alison "Alice" Edgley
Taken Name Winter Grieving
Species Human
Gender Female
Birth 2011
Age 15/16
Death 2013/2014 (temporary, resurrected)
Magic Elemental

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Location Haggard, Ireland
Relations Melissa Edgley (mother)
Desmond Edgley (father)
Stephanie Edgley (sister)
Beryl Edgley (aunt)
Fergus Edgley (uncle)
Gordon Edgley (uncle)
Carol Edgley (cousin)
Crystal Edgley (cousin)

Alison “Alice” Edgley is the daughter of Melissa and Desmond Edgley, and the sister of Valkyrie Cain. In “Dead or Alive” it is revealed that in the future, she takes “Malice” as her taken name, as it sounded similar to “Alice”. However, in Book 16 “Mind Full of Murder” we are told her taken name is Winter Grieving.

Biography[]

Death Bringer[]

Alice first appeared in the series at her naming ceremony. She cried when Beryl Edgley moved towards her to take her from her older sister, as she said Valkyrie was holding her wrong, much to Beryl's annoyance.

Alice was later babysitted by both Valkyrie and Fletcher Renn. She was woken by all the noise and began crying when Ian Moore attacked Valkyrie.

Valkyrie was dubious as to whether she would introduce Alice into the world of magic.

Kingdom of the Wicked[]

Valkyrie spoke and played with Alice a number of times during the Summer of Light. She also put Alice in the care of her reflection.

Last Stand of Dead Men[]

Valkyrie still couldn't decide about revealing her secret identity to her family. After Stephanie forced her to flee her house, Alice was left in the care of it. Alice accidentally touched the Sceptre of the Ancients which panics Stephanie for a moment until she realises that she was also descended from The Ancients and immune from the power of Black Crystals.

The Dying of the Light[]

Alice is kidnapped by the Remnants who take her and her family including Valkyrie to Roarhaven in time for the final battle with Darquesse. During the battle, Valkyrie is forced to kill her using the Deathtouch Gauntlet so Valkyrie could obtain the Sceptre of the Ancients to battle Darquesse. She is immediately revived by a Sunburst, however it is unknown at the time how this temporary death will affect her.

Resurrection[]

As a result of the tremendous guilt that Valkyrie felt for having to kill her sister, Alice has not seen her sister for 5 years. However, at the conclusion of the Coldheart Prison adventure, Valkyrie decides that she will be more present in her life and sets aside her guilt.

Midnight[]

Alice is first seen playing in her house when Valkyrie comes around for dinner. She tells her sister in secret that she has overheard her parents talking and is subsequently aware of true Magic, and that her sister is a powerful mage. Valkyrie rebuffs her sister’s request to be taught, stating she needs to be at least 12 before she can start to learn. Later she is abducted by Cadaverous Gant who challenges Valkyrie to find her Sister. After a long battle Alice is the one to kill Gant by crushing him with her hands through the Midnight Hotel in the Midnight Hotel. In the aftermath of the battle it is revealed that when Valkyrie killed her, Alice's soul was split into three parts.

Bedlam[]

The first piece of Alice's soul was found within a fortune-teller named Margaret Kennelly. Valkyrie retrieved the soul using a soul catcher. The other piece of the soul was found at the Necropolis. After retrieving both soul fragments, Valkyrie returned them to her.

Valkyrie has a vision after returning the soul fragments. In the vision, she sees Alice eight years into the future. She is wearing protective clothing, similar to what Ghastly has made for Valkyrie. This Alice is a sorcerer, preparing to defeat her "arch-nemesis". Valkyrie begins to fret, however, Alice reassures her that "I've been doing this for years". Alice says that with this battle, the world actually hangs in the balance. Alice from the future says that she thinks she is about to change, as "everyone must sacrifice something for the future they want". Alice tells Valkyrie that this cannot be prevented, it is the final battle between the Child of the Faceless Ones and the Child of the Ancients. At the end of the vision, Alice says to Valkyrie "I miss you every single day".

Afterwards, Valkyrie goes back to Alice's room and finds her crying, something she did not do before having the soul fragments returned to her.

Seasons of War[]

Alice joins her family at Fergus's birthday party. She reveals to Valkyrie that there's a new boy in her class, Dima, and that he said that she was beautiful and that he loved her after she gave a welcome card to him which was written in Russian. Much to Valkyrie's amusement, she shows annoyance when Beryl joins her when going to the bathroom.

Skulduggery Pleasant: Dead or Alive[]

During a visit, Valkyrie teaches Alice a few ninja tricks because Milissa is late to drive her to Desmind. Instead, Valkyrie takes it over, but she doesn't drive the car as Alison had hoped with Valkyrie's motorcycle. Valkyrie travels to the year 2093 and meets a 16-year-old Alison who became the child of the Faceless and now calls herself Malice. At the end of the book, Valkyrie sacrifices herself and throws herself into the activation wave to prevent Alison from becoming the child of the Faceless Ones.

Skulduggery Pleasant: Until the End[]

Alice, like all other members of the Edegley family, has been protected by magic and scythes since Valkyrie became the Faceless Child. At first she is mad at Valkyrie because she is not allowed to visit with her friends. When the Faceless Ones enter the world, Alice, along with other members of the Edegley family, is rescued by the Resistance before Creed's men could get them. In the end, Valkyrie decides Alice has to go her own way, teach her how to fight as a bit of magic. Whether Corrivel Academy will go at some point remains to be hoped.

A Mind Full Of Murder[]

Alice is already 16 or 15 years old and goes to Corrival Academy. She has taken the name Winter Grieving.

Description[]

Alice has blue eyes.[1] Thus, she was the only one of the four Edgley-children who doesn't have brown eyes.

Alice is described in Skulduggery Pleasant: Midnight as being constantly happy and content, even in situations where she should be distressed. When Valkyrie utilised her aura vision, she was unable to see the aura of Alice, implying that her temporary death at the hands of the Deathtouch Gauntlet caused her soul to split into three parts, of which only one of which returned to her.

Trivia[]

  • In Last Stand of Dead Men it was stated that she was eighteen months old. However, she was born in February 2011 and Last Stand of Dead Men is set in August/October 2013 which implies she should have been 30 months old. Armageddon Outta Here has established a slightly different timescale to the series, which may rectify this problem.
  • The Sceptre of the Ancients was able to bind to Alice, meaning she must be magical.[2]
  • Derek Landy promised that whatever the gender of his niece would be, Valkyrie's new little brother or sister would be the same. His niece is a female and her name is Clara.[3]
  • As Alice does not have an aura and it is implied she is missing her soul, it is unknown if she will still have access to any magic she may have been able to access prior to her temporary death

Appearances[]

Death Bringer
Kingdom of the Wicked Front Cover
Last Stand of Dead Men Cover
The Dying of the Light Cover
Skulduggery Pleasant Resurrection
Midnight Cover
Bedlamcover
Skul-13-final-cover

References[]

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