Everyone Is Bi: By nature of having longer lifespans than mortals, sorcerers have largely embraced sexual fluidity and most of the characters in the series are therefore bisexual. In fact, it's more unusual for a sorcerer to remain attracted to a single gender for their whole life. The Button: (7.5–8) Set after Theatre of Shadows: Skulduggery and Valkyrie attempt to avert the cause of the world's destruction. Derek Landy announced on 14 December 2012 that from 21 to 22 December, a short story relating to the Mayan 2012 apocalypse theory would be available on his blog, titled The Button. It was eventually included in the short story collection. [35]

The Dying of the Light have several chapters (such as Chapter 1) from the perspective of a mortal named Danny, in present tense rather than past tense, but clearly involves Valkyrie. Across a Dark Plain: 1861: (–1) The Dead Men traversed South Dakota on the hunt for their target, Nefarian Serpine.Mortal Coil: The Remnants, accidentally released into the world by the Necromancers. Tesseract, an assassin hired by the Roarhaven mages to tie up loose ends in the Sanctuary bombing from the previous book serves as the main antagonist up until they're released, and continues to serve as The Heavy with the Remnants' unofficial leader possessing him for the climax. The story follows Valkyrie and Skulduggery going to America to investigate a witch. It introduces the concept of "Horts", essentially people outside of the fictional universe who consume entertainment (that is actually real in the fictional world) and have choices as to what happens. Valkyrie receives this again in Seasons of War, after being captured by Mevolent's forces in the Leibniz Universe.

Magic Wand: Sorcerers experimented with using them centuries ago but abandoned it because they made them subconsciously limit their own potential. Heel–Face Revolving Door: The White Cleaver. Justified, as he becomes the servant of whichever Necromancer is the strongest. Knowledge Broker: China Sorrows. Myron Stray used to be this before Mr. Bliss found out his true name. Living Emotional Crutch: Skulduggery and Valkyrie tend not to function particularly well without each other. They're a wee bit codependent. This is best demonstrated in "Dead or Alive" where in the alternate future 72 years later, Skulduggery goes dark (again) and renames himself Cadaver Cain, having lost Valkyrie who had been transformed into a vicious harpy.

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From Bad to Worse: Last Stand of Dead Men. The moment Mantis's forces get trapped in the Keep is the last Hope Spot before everything goes progressively more and more to Hell. Relentlessly. While a direct description has never been given, Valkyrie described one as being five times taller than trees. Its appearance is said to not make sense and that it couldn't be real, as it had no weight or substance. It is said to have mass, but behind it is no depth. In Mortal Coil, Craven mentions that he wears thermals underneath his Necromancer robes. We see them in Death Bringer when Valkyrie sets fire to them.