Battle of Aranmore Farm

Battle of Aranmore Farm
Vakyrie holding the Sceptre, Skulduggery and Cleavers
Battle of Aranmore Farm
Name(s)	Battle of Aranmore Farm
Date	2009
Book	The Faceless Ones
Participants	The Sanctuary The Diablerie Batu The Faceless Ones
Location	Aranmore Farm
Previous	The Trade at Liffey Bridge
Next	The Slightly Ignominious End To The Legend Of Black Annis

The Battle of Aranmore Farm was against the Faceless Ones and the Diablerie in the third book.

Main Events

1. Skulduggery and the gang arrive at Aranmore Farm.
2. Fletcher Renn is forced to open the portal by Jaron Gallow.
3. Three Faceless Ones come through the portal.
4. The Faceless Ones take over the bodies of Murder Rose, Gruesome Krav and Batu.
5. Mr. Bliss is killed by the Faceless One inhabiting Krav.
6. Billy-Ray gets cut across the stomach by Valkyrie Cain with Tanith Low's sword.
7. Jaron Gallow cuts off his own arm to avoid becoming possessed by the Faceless Ones and escapes.
8. Valkyrie uses the Sceptre of the Ancients to kill the first Faceless One.
9. The second Faceless One turns to dust while destroy the Sceptre beyond repair.
11. The gang manage to get the last Faceless One back into the portal.
12. Skulduggery throws the Grotesquery into the portal.
13. The last remaining Faceless One wraps one of his host body's intestines around Skulduggery's leg and pulls him into the portal.

Outcomes

1. Billy-Ray Sanguine's abilty of Tunneling is "broken".
2. The Grotesquery is thrown through the portal.
3. Skulduggery Pleasant is stuck in The Faceless Ones' universe for eleven months.
4. Valkyrie Cain decides to learn Necromancy from Solomon Wreath.
5. Jaron Gallow no longer worships The Faceless Ones.
6. The Sceptre is destroyed by the Faceless One possessing Rose

Characters

Sanctuary

• Skulduggery Pleasant (Trapped in Faceless One's Realm for a year.)
• Valkyrie Cain
• Ghastly Bespoke
• Tanith Low
• Mr. Bliss (Killed by Faceless One)
• Cleavers (Several killed during the battle.)
• Fletcher Renn

The Diablerie

• Jaron Gallow (Escapes at the loss of his arm.)
• Batu (Possessed, technically killed.)
• Murder Rose (Possessed, technically killed.)
• Gruesome Krav (Possessed, technically killed.)
• Faceless Ones (Two killed.)
• Hollow Men (Most, if not all, killed.)
• Billy-Ray Sanguine (escaped)

Necromancers (Allied with Sanctuary Forces)

• The White Cleaver
• Solomon Wreath (wounded)
• Baritone (killed during the battle)
• Unnamed Female Necromancer (Killed when the Faceless One possessing Krav turned her body inside out).