- "Kill a little girl? Yeah, I think we could just about manage that momentous task."
- — Deadfall, Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With Fire
Hieronymus Deadfall | |
Character Information | |
Taken Name | Hieronymus Deadfall |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Birth | Unknown |
Age | Unknown |
Death | December 23, 2011 |
Magic | Adept |
Location | Deceased |
Hieronymus Deadfall is a lowlife bartender in Roarhaven, and the ringleader of a group of six mages that includes Lightning Dave, Hokum Pete, and Brobding.
He is an Adept, with the power to change his fists into sledgehammers, though he is fairly unskilled at this and it requires a great deal of effort.
Biography[]
Deadfall is a former mercenary, having fought in both mortal and magical wars before retiring to Roarhaven. He befriended Vaurien Scapegrace, although he didn't like him very much, partly due to Scapegrace's interactions with Deadfall's sister. He eventually won Scapegrace's pub off of him in a poker game: both of them cheated, but Deadfall cheated "better".
When Scapegrace leads Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain to his former pub in 2009, they come across Deadfall and his companions. With Deadfall's encouragement, the group attempts to kill Skulduggery and Valkyrie, but fails. Deadfall himself is defeated by Skulduggery when his sledgehammer-hand becomes stuck in a wall.
In December 2011, Deadfall's group attends Scapegrace's auction for the location of Skulduggery's house, seeking retribution. Deadfall threatens to tear Scapegrace apart unless they give him the information, but is interrupted by the arrival of Tesseract. Deadfall threatens Tesseract, who responds by slaughtering the Roarhaven mages. Deadfall himself is the last to die.
Although Deadfall and his companions were not well liked in Roarhaven, the Torment still double-crosses Tesseract and attempts to have him killed for their deaths.