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- "He wanted to find Darquesse. He needed to. In a world gone mad, bringing her back was the only sane thing to do."
- — Sebastian Tao, Skulduggery Pleasant: Resurrection
| Sebastian Tao | |
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| Character Information | |
| Given Name | Oisín Caddock |
| Taken Name | Sebastian Tao, Omen Darkly |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Birth | 1/1/2004 |
| Age | 19-21 |
| Magic | Unknown, possibly Elemental |
| Faction | The Darquesse Society |
| Titles | The Plague Doctor, Mr Beakface |
| Location | Roarhaven |
| Relations | Emmeline Darkly (mother) Caddock Sirroco (father) Auger Darkly/Obsidian (twin-brother) Gretchen (girlfriend) |
Sebastian Tao is the future self of Omen Darkly, sent back in time to retrieve Darquesse and convince her to save the universe from Obsidian.
History[]
Prior to changing his name to Sebastian Tao, Sebastian's taken name was Omen Darkly. He went to school at Corrival Academy. His twin brother, Auger Darkly, was the Chosen One in a prophecy and was destined to battle to the death with the King of the Darklands. Because of this, Omen's parents, Emmeline Darkly and Caddock Sirroco, gave Omen little to no attention, and in every area he was overshadowed. Omen, however, was not jealous of his brother, but rather happy for him and, to an extent, content with his current life.
In Seasons of War, Auger completed the prophecy one year early by stabbing the King of the Darklands with the Obsidian Blade, and breaking it. However, Auger was splintered with part of the Obsidian Blade and started withdrawing.
Meanwhile, Omen met Crepuscular Vies and started embarking on adventures with him, saving lives. During one of these adventures, he saved an American mortal named Gretchen from death. She would later become his girlfriend.
In Dead or Alive, Cadaver Cain stabbed Auger with the rest of the Obsidian Blade, turning Auger Darkly into the individual known as Obsidian.
In Until the End, Obsidian started to wipe away the Universe. With the help of Destrier, Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant figured that the only way to save the world would be to have someone as powerful, if not more, than Obsidian; Darquesse. To bring Darquesse back, someone would have to go back in time and retrieve her from the dimension the Faceless Ones inhabited. To go back in time, they had to wear a suit akin to the ones Plague Doctors wore during the Middle Ages. When Destrier was shot to death, Omen was the only one of the three present who could fit into it. He changed his name to Sebastian, and went back in time with a plan to bring Darquesse back and stop Obsidian.
Biography[]
Resurrection[]
He first appears in Resurrection where he sees Valkyrie Cain being attacked by three Roarhaven citizens, bitter over what she had done as Darquesse. Sebastian takes out the third mage by jumping on him from a rooftop. He informs her that he is here to help, that he is on her side. He also asks Valkyrie not to tell Skulduggery Pleasant about him. Valkyrie agrees, then promptly tells Skulduggery about him.
He meets Bennet, a member of a cult that also worships Darquesse called The Darquesse Society. Sebastian attempts to rescue Bennet's wife Odetta who has presumably been kidnapped. It turns out Odetta hadn't been kidnapped at all but had fallen in love with a Hollow Man she calls Conrad. She leaves Bennet for Conrad but Bennet still appreciates Tao's help and agrees to assist him in return by bringing Darquesse back.
Midnight[]
In Midnight, Sebastian, Bennet, and Tantalus sneak into the Dark Cathedral in order to get the scythe with the blood of a Faceless One on it. The reason why they were going after the scythe is that in theory, Darquesse is where ever the Faceless Ones are and they could use the blood of the Faceless one as an Isthmus anchor to get Darquesse back. This entire plan revolved around an if, though. There was a high chance that Darquesse is dead and if that is the case, the Darquesse society would be endangering the lives of 7.4 billion people for nothing.
Once they enter the Dark Cathedral though a secret passage, the team splits up so they can cover more ground. Sabastian later runs into Tanith Low after she saved him from being discovered. Tanith herself was on a mission which she later reveals to be to kill China Sorrows who was visiting Arch-Canon Damocles Creed that day. Sebastian needed China for his plan to work so he stopped her from killing China by distracting Tanith long enough for China to leave. Tanith was furious but didn't kill him.
Sebastian took the scythe from its case causing the alarm to ring. Sebastian got back to the secret passage to find Tantalus who had sent Bennet ahead. Tantalus saw Sebastian as a threat to his leadership and thought that he would take his unofficial title of leader away from him so he attacked Sebastian. Sebastian ultimately won the fight and made his way back to the rest of the Darquesse society members. They found out about what Tantalus did and they kicked him out of their group.
Bedlam[]
Sebastian and the rest of the Darquesse Society, using the Faceless blood, track Darquesse through dimensions, Bennet and Sebastian become closer friends, but were interrupted by the finding of Darquesse. Sebastian, using Lily's scooter, finds Darquesse in The Faceless One's realm, and returns her to our world.
Seasons of War[]
In Seasons of War, Darquesse lives in Sebastian's house. Sebastian tries to convince Darquesse to save the world, and Darquesse sends out copies of herself, also known as 'aspects', to pick up information on whether this world is worth saving or not. When picking up information is not enough, Darquesse decides to have a second childhood; impregnating herself and then giving birth to herself; as way of experiencing emotions, and has Sebastian work as the equivalent to a father. Shortly after the New Year, Darquesse gives birth to a baby version of herself for Sebastian to take care of.
Dead or Alive[]
In Dead or Alive, Sebastian starts to take care of baby Darquesse, along with the rest of the Darquesse Society, although she singles him out quite often.
After Sebastian and Darquesse have a brief discussion, after which Darquesse teleports to Sebastian's house, Sebastian goes home to find Darquesse gone and Tarry and Demure killed. A Darquesse Society meeting is called into action, but Sebastian soon figures that the only person who could have known and/or cared about Darquesse was Tantalus. The Darquesse Society goes to his house, to find him shackled to his own basement.
Tantalus had hired two men named Granton Bicker and Gobemouch to steal Darquesse for him, but was unaware that they had murdered Demure and Tarry. Sebastian leaves Tantalus in the basement and forms a plan to take Darquesse back from Bicker and Gobemouche. When Sebastian gets into trouble, Darquesse appears and has them fight. Sebastian wins, and returns to his house.
While Sebastian is alone in his house a month or so later, the City Guard barge in and take him away. He wakes up in a cell in the High Sanctuary along with the rest of the Darquesse Society, including Tantalus. They are there to lure Darquesse in, so that she can be captured. After Tantalus is killed, Darquesse enters and the City Guard's plan works.
Until the End[]
In Until the End, while in his cell and feeling sorry for Darquesse, who is being tortured with magical means, Sebastian meets someone who calls himself Flibbertigibbet Bedfellow, but asks to be referred to as Nuncle. Sebastian immediately thinks of him as a little insane and out of touch.
One of the guards who supervises the cells, named Raylan, takes pity on Sebastian and Darquesse, and promises that he will get them out. He does so, and Sebastian runs out. After fighting some City Guards, he encounters Nuncle, who has somehow escaped with him. Sebastian is suspicious of him, and eventually gets rid of him.
After meeting up with Darquesse and taking to the rooftops, Sebastian stumbles into Temper Fray. Nuncle appears, and essentially shoves the gist back inside of him. Afterwards, he takes Sebastian out of this world, and shows him the Universe from a different perspective. Once he is happy with that, he brings Sebastian back down to Roarhaven.
Sebastian watches Obsidian kill his parents, before running up to Valkyrie and Skulduggery just as his past self leaves to embark on the mission Sebastian has completed. He takes off his suit, changes his taken name back to Omen Darkly, and tells Valkyrie and Skulduggery about what happened in the past two years. Darquesse approaches them just as Obsidian wipes Omen, Skulduggery and Valkyrie from existence. She then restarts it, tweaking some things.
At the end of the book, Omen graduates Corrival Academy, and sees Bennet there, who is celebrating Kase, his son's graduation. Omen approaches him and lies, telling him that he met Sebastian once and that he told him to pass the message to Bennet that he was a great friend to him. Bennet picks up on the lie, however, and tells Omen that he wishes Sebastian the best and that their friendship meant everything to him. They part ways.
Physical Appearance[]
Sebastian is always seen wearing a beak-shaped mask of a plague doctor and a wide-brimmed hat. Sebastian acknowledges that the mask makes him look equal parts ridiculous and intimidating, but reasons that plague doctors had always looked strange. However, this causes some confusion and an inclination not to take him seriously. The mask earns him the nickname. "Beakface" by Valkyrie after he refuses to give her his Taken Name. One boy asks why he is dressed as a bird. The suit itself, created by Destrier, enables him to time travel, and taking it off would either kill him or send him back to his designated time, which is why he is so hell-bent on keeping it on.
Sebastian also wears a long coat that flaps in the wind, due to the amount of time he spends on rooftops.
Trivia[]
- Sebastian Tao is one of the two characters that is known to have traveled in time.
- The other is Valkyrie Cain.
- Sebastian is one of the few characters to have more than one taken name.
- Some examples are Crepuscular Vies (Fregoli Cleft) and Skulduggery Pleasant (Lord Vile, Cadaver Cain in the alternate timeline).
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