Demons of the Hellmouth

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Demons of the Hellmouth
A Guide for Slayers by Rupert Giles
Type	Epistolary novel
Writer(s)	Nancy Holder
Publication	September 4, 2015
Length	160 pages
Publisher	Titan Books
ISBN	9781783293384

Demons of the Hellmouth: A Guide for Slayers by Rupert Giles is a Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel. Written by Nancy Holder, it was originally published on September 4, 2015, by Titan Books.

Synopsis

Demons of the Hellmouth is a fully licensed guide to the vampires and other demons that flocked to the Sunnydale Hellmouth in Joss Whedon's cult TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This in-universe illustrated guide is written by Rupert Giles, and also contains handwritten notes from Buffy and Willow. This unique book promises a diabolical romp through the highlights of the beloved show.

Summary

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Continuity

• Giles completes the guide after the destruction of Sunnydale in "Chosen."
• Giles mentions when Buffy contacted the Shadowmen in "Get It Done."
• Buffy thanks Willow for changing the prophecy of the Slayer so she won't be alone anymore due to the Slayer activation spell in "Chosen."
• Giles mentions Buffy was called when she was fifteen (The Origin, Part One) and died at sixteen ("Prophecy Girl").
• Giles lists using modern weaponry against the Judge ("Innocence") and Glorificus ("The Gift").
• Buffy mentions dreaming about her mother when she consulted the Watcher's Codex in "Bring on the Night."
• Giles writes about discovering the existence of the Guardians in "End of Days."
• Giles mentions Buffy undergoing the Tento di Cruciamentum ("Helpless"), Gwendolyn Post arriving as Faith's new Watcher ("Revelations"), and Wesley Wyndam-Pryce replacing him as Buffy's Watcher ("Bad Girls").
• Giles writes about the existence of two Slayers, as discovered in "What's My Line? Part Two."
• Giles mentions the losses of Spike ("Chosen") and Jenny ("Passion").
• Giles mentions Buffy not risking the lives of her dates Scott Hope ("Faith, Hope & Trick") and Owen Thurman ("Never Kill a Boy on the First Date").
• Giles mentions Olivia as a woman fearful of his world, referring to when she discovered the existence of the supernatural in "Hush."
• Giles lists as former members of the Scooby Gang: Tara ("Who Are You?]" to "Seeing Red"), Anya ("Fear, Itself" to "Chosen"), Oz ("Innocence" to "Wild at Heart"), Riley ("Doomed" to "Into the Woods"), and Angel ("Out of Mind, Out of Sight" to "Graduation Day, Part Two").
• Giles writes about encounters with the vampires Absalom ("When She Was Bad"), Andrew Borba ("Never Kill a Boy on the First Date"), William Fordham ("Lie to Me"), Boone ("Who Are You?"), Dracula ("Buffy vs. Dracula"), Collin ("School Hard"), Dalton ("What's My Line? Part One" and "Surprise"), the Gorch family ("Bad Eggs" and "Homecoming"), Kakistos ("Faith, Hope & Trick"), Luke ("Welcome to the Hellmouth" and "The Harvest"), Sunday's gang ("The Freshman"), Whip ("Into the Woods"), vampire Willow ("The Wish" and "Doppelgängland"), and Zachary Kralik ("Helpless").
• Giles writes Angel's biography based on the episodes "The Prodigal," "Becoming, Part One," "Angel," "Innocence," "Passion," "Becoming, Part Two," "City Of," and "Chosen."
• Giles writes Darla's biography based on the episodes "Darla," "Fool for Love," "Five by Five," "Angel," and "To Shanshu in L.A."
• Giles writes Drusilla's biography based on the episodes "Becoming, Part One" and "Becoming, Part Two" and adds a note based on "Crush."
• Giles writes Harmony's biography based on the episodes "Graduation Day, Part Two," "The Harsh Light of Day," "The Initiative," "Real Me," and "Crush."
• Giles writes the Master's biography based on "The Harvest," "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date," "Prophecy Girl," and "When She Was Bad."
• Giles writes Spike's biography based on "Fool for Love," "Destiny," "The Problem with Vampires," "Becoming, Part Two," "The Harsh Light of Day," "The Initiative," "Hush," "The Gift," "Smashed," "Seeing Red," "Grave," and "Chosen."
• Giles writes Trick's biography based on "Faith, Hope & Trick," "Homecoming," "Band Candy," "Lovers Walk," "Bad Girls," and "Consequences."
• Giles writes about the Turok-Han based on "Never Leave Me," "Bring on the Night," "Showtime," and "Chosen."
• Giles writes about encounters with the demons Acathla ("Becoming, Part One" and "Becoming, Part Two"), Lloyd ("Villains"–"Grave"), Avilas ("Help"), Balthazar ("Bad Girls"), Hans and Gretta Strauss ("Gingerbread"), Eyghon ("The Dark Age"), a Fyarl demon ("A New Man"), Gachnar ("Fear, Itself"), the Gentlemen ("Hush"), a Ghora demon ("Forever"), a Glarghk Guhl Kashmas'nik ("Normal Again"), Glorificus' minions ("Intervention"), Gnarl ("Same Time, Same Place"), Grimslaw demon ("Selfless"), Hellions ("Bargaining, Part One"), the Judge ("Surprise"/"Innocence"), Ken ("Anne"), der Kindestod ("Killed by Death"), Kulak of the Miquot Clan ("Homecoming"), Lagos ("Revelations"), Lei-ach demons ("Family"), Lissa ("First Date"), Lurconis ("Band Candy"), Machida ("Reptile Boy"), Mandraz ("Wrecked"), Marc ("The Puppet Show"), an unidentified demon ("Older and Far Away"), M'Fashnik ("Flooded"), Mok'tagar demons ("Living Conditions"), Moloch the Corruptor ("I Robot, You Jane"), Stewart Burns ("Hell's Bells"), Ovu Mobani ("Dead Man's Party"), Polgaras ("The I in Team"), Proserpexa ("Grave"), Queller demons ("Listening to Fear"), Rwasundi demon ("Dead Things"), the Sisterhood of Jhe ("The Zeppo"), Skyler ("Enemies"), Sluggoth demons ("Selfless"), Suvolte demon ("As You Were"), Sweet ("Once More, with Feeling"), Bro'os ("Tabula Rasa"), the Monster ("Superstar"), the Child of Words ("After Life"), Torg ("Showtime"), Toth ("The Replacement"), Vahrall demons ("Doomed"), Whistler ("Becoming, Part Two"), and the Wig Lady ("Doublemeat Palace").
• Giles writes Clem's biography based on "Life Serial," "Potential," "Hell's Bells," "Older and Far Away," and "Villains."
• Giles writes Doc's biography based on "Forever," "The Weight of the World," and "The Gift."
• Giles writes the First Evil's biography based on "Amends," "Bring on the Night," "Touched," "Dirty Girls," "Empty Places," and "Chosen."
• Giles writes Glory's biography based on "The Gift," "Checkpoint," "No Place Like Home," "Tough Love," and "The Weight of the World."
• Giles writes about vengeance demons based on "The Wish," "Something Blue," "Selfless," and "Chosen."
• Giles writes Adam's biography shortly after "Restless" and bases on the episodes "The I in Team," "The Yoko Factor," "Superstar," and "Primeval."
• Giles writes about encounters with other creatures such as the Inca Princess ("Inca Mummy Girl"), Beljoxa's Eye ("Showtime"), Bezoar ("Bad Eggs"), the spawn of Sobek ("Shadow"),
• Giles writes about Harbingers of Death based on "Amends," "Bring on the Night," "Storyteller," and "Touched."
• Giles writes Caleb's biography based on "Chosen," "Dirty Girls," "Salvage," and "Empty Places."
• Giles writes Willow's biography based on "Becoming, Part Two," "Hush," "All the Way," "Flooded," "Bargaining, Part One," "Smashed," "Entropy," "Seeing Red," "Villains," "Passion," and "Grave."
• Giles writes Ethan Rayne's biography based on "The Dark Age," "Halloween," "A New Man."
• Giles writes Faith's biography based on "Faith, Hope & Trick," "Consequences," "Enemies," "Graduation Day, Part One," "This Year's Girl," "Who Are You?", "Sanctuary," and "Chosen."

Appearances

Individuals

• Absalom (Only in picture)
• Acathla (Only in picture)
• Adam (Only in picture)
• Angel (Only in picture)
• Francis Angleman (Only mentioned)
• Avilas (Only in picture)
• Aurelius (Only mentioned)
• Balthazar (Only in picture)
• Heidi Barrie (Only mentioned)
• Beljoxa's Eye (Only in picture)
• Blair (Only mentioned)
• "Bodyguard" (Only mentioned)
• Boone (Only in picture)
• Andrew Borba (Only in picture)
• Bro'os (Only in picture)
• Buffybot (Only mentioned)
• Stewart Burns (Only in picture)
• Caleb (Only in picture)
• Jennifer Calendar (Only in picture)
• Caridad (Only mentioned)
• Celia (Only mentioned)
• Chao-Ahn
• Cordelia Chase (Only in picture)
• Peter Clarner (Only mentioned)
• Clement (Only in picture)
• Collin (Only in picture)
• D'Hoffryn (Only in picture)
• Dalton (Only in picture)
• Darla (Only in picture)
• Dav (Only in picture)
• Desert Gnome (Only mentioned)
• Doc (Only in picture)
• Dracula (Only in picture)
• Dreg
• Drusilla (Only in picture)
• Kyle DuFours (Only mentioned)
• Sean Dwyer (Only mentioned)
• Edward (Only mentioned)
• Chris Epps (Only mentioned)
• Daryl Epps (Only mentioned)
• Eyrishon (Only mentioned)
• Eyghon (Only in picture)
• Allan Finch (Only mentioned)
• Riley Finn (Only mentioned)
• Samantha Finn (Only mentioned)
• First Evil (Only mentioned)
• William Fordham (Only in picture)
• Gachnar (Only in picture)
• Mr. Giles (Only mentioned)
• Edna Giles (Only mentioned)
• Rupert Giles
• Eric Gittleson (Only mentioned)
• Glorificus (Only in picture)
• Gnarl (Only in picture)
• Candy Gorch (Only mentioned)
• Lyle Gorch (Only in picture)
• Tector Gorch (Only in picture)
• Gronx (Only mentioned)
• Ampata Gutierrez (Only mentioned)
• Halfrek (Only in picture)
• Alexander Harris
• Alexander Harris (Wishverse) (Only in picture)
• Tor Hauer (Only mentioned)
• Hobson (Only mentioned)
• Andrew Hoelich (Only mentioned)
• Scott Hope (Only mentioned)
• Hus (Only in picture)
• Inca Princess (Only in picture)
• Janus (Only mentioned)
• Anya Jenkins (Only in picture)
• Jerry (Only mentioned)
• Jinx (Only mentioned)
• Josh (Only mentioned)
• Judge (Only in picture)
• Justin (Only in picture)
• Kakistos (Only in picture)
• Kathy (Only mentioned)
• Rhonda Kelley (Only mentioned)
• Ken (Only in picture)
• Harmony Kendall (Only in picture)
• Kennedy (Only mentioned)
• Khul (Only mentioned)
• Der Kindestod (Only in picture)
• David Kirby (Only mentioned)
• Klyed (Only mentioned)
• Zachary Kralik (Only in picture)
• Lagos (Only in illustration)
• Faith Lehane
• Jonathan Levinson (Only in picture)
• Lissa (Only in picture)
• Luke (Only in picture)
• Lurconis (Only in illustration)
• Tara Maclay (Only mentioned)
• Machida (Only in picture)
• Amy Madison (Only in picture)
• Catherine Madison (Only mentioned)
• Mag (Only in picture)
• Mandraz (Only in picture)
• Marc (Only in picture)
• Sheila Martini (Only mentioned)
• Master (Only in picture)
• Dodd McAlvy (Only mentioned)
• Jesse McNally (Only mentioned)
• Warren Mears (Only in picture)
• Kulak of the Miquot Clan (Only in picture)
• Ovu Mobani (Only mentioned)
• Molly (Only in picture)
• Moloch the Corruptor (Only in picture)
• The Monster (Only in picture)
• Rodney Munson (Only mentioned)
• Murk (Only mentioned)
• Grace Newman (Only mentioned)
• Kathy Newman (Only in picture)
• Cassandra Newton (Only mentioned)
• Peter Nicols (Only mentioned)
• Jack O'Toole (Only in picture)
• Octarus (Only in picture)
• Olaf (Only in picture)
• Olvikan (Only in illustration)
• Daniel Osbourne (Only in picture)
• Osiris (Only mentioned)
• Pat (Only mentioned)
• Patrice (Only mentioned)
• Gage Petronzi (Only mentioned)
• Norman Pfister (Only mentioned)
• Gwendolyn Post (Only mentioned)
• Proserpexa (Only in illustration)
• Rack (Only in picture)
• Randall (Only mentioned)
• Ethan Rayne (Only in picture)
• Razor (Only mentioned)
• Rona (Only mentioned)
• Rookie (Only in picture)
• Willow Rosenberg
• Willow Rosenberg (Wishverse) (Only in picture)
• Marcie Ross (Only mentioned)
• Shannon (Only mentioned)
• Morgan Shay (Only in picture)
• She-Mantis (Only in picture)
• Sid (Only in picture)
• Fritz Siegel (Only mentioned)
• Katrina Silber (Only mentioned)
• Sineya (Only in picture)
• Skyler (Only in picture)
• Slook (Only mentioned)
• Snyder (Only mentioned)
• Spike (Only in picture)
• James Stanley (Only mentioned)
• Hans and Gretta Strauss (Only in picture)
• Buffy Summers
• Buffy Summers (Normal Again) (Only mentioned)
• Dawn Summers (Only in picture)
• Joyce Summers (Only mentioned)
• Sunday (Only in picture)
• Sweet (Only in picture)
• Lucious Temple (Only mentioned)
• Owen Thurman (Only mentioned)
• Tom (Only mentioned)
• Torg (Only in picture)
• Toth (Only in picture)
• Quentin Travers (Only mentioned)
• Trick (Only in picture)
• Ugly Man (Only in picture)
• Veruca (Only in picture)
• Violet (Only in picture)
• Cameron Walker (Only mentioned)
• Maggie Walsh (Only mentioned)
• Weirick (Only mentioned)
• Andrew Wells (Only in picture)
• Tucker Wells (Only mentioned)
• Whip (Only in picture)
• Whistler (Only in picture)
• Whitmore (Only mentioned)
• Wig Lady (Only in picture)
• Richard Wilkins (Only in picture)
• Benjamin Wilkinson (Only in picture)
• Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (Only mentioned)
• Kendra Young (Only mentioned)
• Sam Zabuto (Only mentioned)
• Zack (Only in picture)
• Collin's mother (Only mentioned)
• Faith Lehane's Watcher (Only mentioned)
• First Turok-Han (Only mentioned)
• High Priest (Only in picture)
• Kalderash girl (Only mentioned)
• Liam's father (Only mentioned)
• Shadow demon (Only mentioned)
• Spawn of Sobek (Only in picture)
• Unidentified demon (Older and Far Away) (Only in picture)
• Unidentified girl (Hush) (Only mentioned)
• Unidentified van driver (Only mentioned)
• Unidentified woman (Never Kill a Boy on the First Date) (Only mentioned)
• Virtuous Knight (Only mentioned)

Organizations and titles

• Anointed One (Only mentioned)
• Cordettes (Only mentioned)
• Devon coven (Only mentioned)
• Dingoes Ate My Baby (Only mentioned)
• El Eliminati (Only mentioned)
• Family Home (Only mentioned)
• Gorch family (Only in picture)
• Guardians (Only mentioned)
• Initiative (Only mentioned)
• Kalderash (Only mentioned)
• Key (Only in picture)
• Mothers Opposed to the Occult (Only mentioned)
• Order of Aurelius (Only mentioned)
• Order of Taraka (Only mentioned)
• Pack (Only mentioned)
• Potential Slayer (Only in picture)
• Scooby Gang
• Slayer
• Shadowmen (Only mentioned)
• Sunday's gang (Only in picture)
• Technopagan (Only mentioned)
• Temple of Sobek (Only mentioned)
• Trio (Only in picture)
• Vessel (Only in picture)
• Watcher
• Watchers Council (Only mentioned)
• Witch

Species

• Avenging spirit (Only in picture)
• Bio-mechanical demonoid (Only in picture)
• Demon (Only in picture)
  • Bezoar (Only in picture)
  • Bone-eater (Only mentioned)
  • Brotherhood of seven demons (Only in picture)
  • Footmen (Only mentioned)
  • Fyarl demon (Only in picture)
  • Gentlemen (Only in picture)
  • Ghora demon (Only in picture)
  • Glarghk Guhl Kashmas'nik (Only in picture)
  • Glorificus' minions (Only in picture)
  • Grimslaw demon (Only in picture)
  • Harbingers of Death (Only in picture)
  • Hellhound (Only in picture)
  • Hellion (Only in picture)
  • Lei-ach demon (Only in picture)
  • Loose-skinned demon (Only in picture)
  • Lower being (Only in picture)
  • M'Fashnik (Only in picture)
  • Miquot Clan (Only in picture)
  • Mok'tagar demon (Only in picture)
  • Polgara (Only in picture)
  • Queller demon (Only in picture)
  • Rwasundi demon (Only in illustration)
  • Sisterhood of Jhe (Only in picture)
  • Skaggmore demon (Only mentioned)
  • Skitterer (Only mentioned)
  • Sluggoth demon(Only in illustration)
  • Suvolte demon (Only in picture)
  • Tothric Clan (Only in picture)
  • Trellbane demon (Only mentioned)
  • Vahrall demon (Only in picture)
  • Vengeance demon (Only in picture)
• Gill Monster (Only mentioned)
• Half-demon (Only in picture)
• Higher being (Only in picture)
• Human
• Mummy (Only in picture)
• Old One (Only in illustration)
• Robot (Only in picture)
• Troll (Only in picture)
• Turok-Han (Only in illustration)
• Vampire (Only in picture)
• Werewolf (Only in picture)
• Zombie (Only in picture)

Events

• Battle at the Hellmouth (Only mentioned)
• Battle at Crawford Street mansion (Only mentioned)
• Buffy Summers' birthday (Only mentioned)
• Graduation Day battle (Only mentioned)
• Halloween (Only mentioned)
• Night of Saint Vigeous (Only mentioned)
• Primordium Age (Only mentioned)
• Rise of the Anointed One (Only mentioned)
• SlayerFest '98 (Only mentioned)
• Tento di Cruciamentum (Only mentioned)
• Watchers Retreat (Only mentioned)

Locations

• Arashmaharr (Only mentioned)
• Beljoxa's Eye dimension (Only in picture)
• Buffy Summers' heaven (Only mentioned)
• Cleveland (Only mentioned)
  • Hellmouth (Only mentioned)
• England (Only mentioned)
  • Watchers Council headquarters (Only mentioned)
• Factory dimension (Only mentioned)
• Los Angeles (Only mentioned)
• New York City (Only mentioned)
• Sunnydale (Only in picture)
  • 1630 Revello Drive (Only in picture)
  • Alexander Harris' apartment (Only in picture)
  • Alpha Delta (Only mentioned)
  • Bronze (Only in picture)
  • Church (Order of Aurelius) (Only in picture)
  • Church (Who Are You?) (Only mentioned)
  • Doc's apartment (Only in picture)
  • Doublemeat Palace (Only in picture)
  • Ethan's Costume Shop (Only mentioned)
  • Hawley mausoleum (Only mentioned)
  • Hellmouth (Only mentioned)
  • Lucky Pint (Only mentioned)
  • Magic Box (Only mentioned)
  • Rupert Giles's apartment (Only in picture)
  • Shadow Valley Vineyards (Only in picture)
  • Sunnydale Arms (Only in picture)
  • Sunnydale Funeral Home (Only mentioned)
  • Sunnydale High School (Only mentioned)
  • Sunnydale Mall (Only mentioned)
  • Sunnydale Natural History Museum (Only mentioned)
  • Sunset Club (Only mentioned)
  • Temple of Proserpexa (Only in illustration)
  • University of California, Sunnydale (Only in picture)
  • Whip's vampire den (Only in picture)
• Wishverse (Only in picture)

Objects

• Amulet of Balthazar (Only mentioned)
• Behavior-modification circuitry (Only mentioned)
• Blessed sword (Only mentioned)
• Blood (Only mentioned)
• Books of Ascension (Only mentioned)
• Champion's amulet (Only in illustration)
• Claddagh ring (Only in illustration)
• Cross (Only mentioned)
• Cursed seal (Only mentioned)
• Dagon Sphere (Only mentioned)
• Draconian Katra (Only mentioned)
• Du Lac cross (Only mentioned)
• Gem of Amara (Only mentioned)
• Gentlemen's box (Only mentioned)
• Ghora demon egg (Only mentioned)
• Holy water (Only mentioned)
• Katie (Only in picture)
• Khul's amulet (Only mentioned)
• Kiss the Librarian (Only mentioned)
• Kitten poker (Only mentioned)
• Mark of Eyghon
• Mark of Gachnar (Only mentioned)
• mʔ (Only in picture)
• Olaf the Trollgod's Enchanted Hammer (Only mentioned)
• Ovu Mobani mask (Only in picture)
• Pergamum Codex (Only mentioned)
• Pete's formula (Only mentioned)
• Seal of Danzalthar (Only in illustration)
• Soul (Only mentioned)
• Spike's duster (Only in picture)
• Stake (Only mentioned)
• Sword of Virtuous Knight (Only mentioned)
• Urn of Osiris (Only mentioned)
• Watcher's Codex (Only in picture)
• Watchers Diaries
• Word of Valios (Only mentioned)
• Writings of Aurelius (Only mentioned)

Rituals and spells

• Augmentation spell (Only mentioned)
• Ascension (Only mentioned)
• Circle of Kayless (Only mentioned)
• Communication spell (Only mentioned)
• Enjoining spell (Only mentioned)
• Harvest (Only mentioned)
• Invocation of Avilas
• Love spell (Only mentioned)
• Resurrection spell (Bargaining) (Only mentioned)
• Resurrection spell (Forever) (Only mentioned)
• Revealing spell
• Revivification ritual (Only mentioned)
• Rat transformation reversal spell (Only mentioned)
• Ritual of Restoration (Only mentioned)
• Sacrifice of Three (Only mentioned)
• Sobekian transmogrification spell (Only mentioned)
• "Tabula rasa" (Only mentioned)

Behind the scenes

Production

• The book's foreword is written by Anthony Stewart Head.

Pop culture references

• Buffy refers to Giles as the folkloric figure Friar Tuck.
• Giles quotes the poem "A Heterodoxy" by Lord Dunsany.

Goofs

• The character Sean Dwyer is instead referred by its actor's name, Shane West.
• Rhonda Kelley's surname is misspelled as "Kelly."
• Hobson is instead named "Hobbs."
• Lucious Temple's name is misspelled as "Lucius."
• Peter Nicols's surname is misspelled as "Nichols."
• The god Glory, the humans of the Order of Taraka, and the half-demon Whistler are listed in the "Demons" section.