Descendant of the Wallmakers and the ex-Abhorsen-in-waiting.

Prince Sameth - Sabriel's and Touchstone's son, prince of the Old Kingdom.

The other seven Bright Shiners defeated and bound it.

Orannis - The Destroyer, formerly a powerful free magic creature.

Hedge - An evil necromancer who serves Orannis.

Lirael - New Abhorsen-in-waiting, daughter of the Clayr, and Remembrancer.

Main article: List of characters in the Old Kingdom series In the epilogue, the Dog revives Nicholas, and herself departs along the border of Life and Death. As Lirael prepares to give the necessary final blow, the Disreputable Dog sacrifices herself to complete it, in Lirael's place. When the re-enactment fails, Sameth frees Mogget, who identifies himself as the spirit 'Yrael', and imprisons the Destroyer. In the end, all the leading characters re-enact the original binding of the Destroyer, with each member holding a bell to represent its namesake: King Touchstone (Ranna) and Abhorsen Sabriel (Saraneth), Sanar and Ryelle (Mosrael), Ellimere (Dyrim), the Disreputable Dog (Kibeth), Sameth (Belgaer), and Lirael (Astarael). En route to the Red Lake, Lirael uses her Rembrancing powers to determine the means of re-imprisoning Orannis, and later defeats Hedge. Meanwhile, Prince Sameth's parents, the Abhorsen Sabriel and King Touchstone, are in Ancelstierre to stop the slaughter of refugees forced into the Old Kingdom but themselves become victims of an assassination attempt and barely escape. With the help of their familiars Mogget and the Disreputable Dog, protagonists Lirael and Sameth escape the House and depart for the Red Lake, where the Destroyer is being unearthed, to rescue Sameth's friend Nicholas Sayre from the Destroyer's control, and prevent the Destroyer from consuming the world. The Abhorsen's House is besieged by Dead Hands led by Chlorr of the Mask under the control of Hedge the Necromancer, who in turn serves Orannis the Destroyer.

The origin of this title is known: Nix chose the name referencing 'Abhorson', the executioner in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.

The novel is named after the position of Abhorsen in the book's world. It is the third book in the Old Kingdom series (following Sabriel and Lirael).Ībhorsen features Lirael, who is the recently revealed Abhorsen-in-Waiting Prince Sameth, who is Lirael's new-found nephew and descendant of the Wallmakers Mogget, a bound servant of the Abhorsen line and the Disreputable Dog. Print ( Hardcover, Paperback), Audio Cassette, Audio Download, e-bookĪbhorsen is a fantasy novel by Australian writer Garth Nix, first published in 2003.

Abhorsen by Garth Nix