Artery (character)

Artery is a character from Darren Shan's Demonata series of books. He is a demon with green skin, flames for eyeballs, insects (that vary) constantly eating his scalp and a small mouth in each of its palms filled with sharp teeth (but no tongue). His bodily proportions are similar to a toddler's, but he has a much bigger head than any human. He is Lord Loss's favourite familiar, and was partnered with Vein (a wolf demon with a crocodile's head and a woman's hands), until she was killed for disobeying Lord Loss. He had appeared in every book up to (and including) Demon Apocalypse (although his appearance in 'Bec' is debatable as there is a demon with a similar description to him but it is not named).

Appearances

"Lord Loss": Artery appeared during the massacre of Grubbs family, and fought Grubbs while Dervish was playing chess against Lord Loss

"Demon Thief": Artery was stolen by Kernel, and Kernel used enormous amounts of magic to sculpt his features into that of a two year old human.

"Slawter": Artery does not have a big part in this book, but he appeared beside Lord Loss during the slaughter.

"Bec": His appearance in this book is debatable. When Bec is being killed, there is a line 'Hands reach inside me and pull out my guts'. This is Artery's preferred method of killing; the book also mentions a demon with a baby's body and mentions the fire in its eyes also dimming.

"Blood Beast": He appears on the plane at the end, ripping a man's face off and is fed half of someone's face by his master, Lord Loss.

"Demon Apocalypse": Artery appears first on the plane killing the passengers, he is next seen fighting Grubbs and the others when the demons get through the tunnel, then in the cave (from Bec)fighting Beranabus and Grubbs until he is killed by Bec in the cave before the end of the book.

Importance

Artery had appeared to be the most important demon, besides Lord Loss. He has definitely appeared in five books, and may have appeared in Bec "(See above)". It is strange that Artery is/was so important to Lord Loss as he is not one of the most powerful demons. At the end of Demon Apocalypse, Artery is killed by Bec.