Death Masks Study Guide

Death Masks

Death Masks by Jim Butcher

Death Masks is the story of Harry Dresden, a wizard detective living in Chicago, who is drawn into a case when a powerful demon, Nicodemus, steals the Shroud of Turin and uses it to cause a terrible plague. Harry, aided by three holy knights, races to stop Nicodemus and prevent the plague from touching off a Biblical apocalypse. Harry's journey is marred by loss and injury, but in the end he is able to thwart Nicodemus's designs.

Death Masks Characters

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  • Dr. Waldo Butters : Night shift coroner (medical examiner) at the Cook County morgue (Forensic Institute). He tips off Dresden and Murphy when he gets odd causes of death or the corpses of paranormal creatures. In later books he provides off-the-books medical aid, when going to a hospital could be dangerous or awkward.
  • Shiro Yoshimo : A Knight of the Cross, who bears the sword Fidelacchius ; he is killed by Nicodemus. He had become a baptist due to a misunderstanding at an Elvis Presley concert.
  • Sanya : A Knight of the Cross, who bears the sword Esperacchius . A Russian, a former Denarian, and an agnostic even though the Archangel Michael gave him his sword.
  • Molly Carpenter : Michael and Charity's daughter and eldest child.
  • The Archive : A young girl who has had the sum of all human knowledge passed down to her along the maternal line. Dresden nicknamed her "Ivy," because she has no given name.
  • Jared Kincaid : The Archive's bodyguard and driver.
  • The Denarians : The 30 fallen angels who reside in Judas Iscariot's 30 denarii of silver.
  • Nicodemus : possessed by the demon Anduriel, and leader of the Denarians.
  • The Fellowship of St. Giles : The Fellowship of St. Giles (named for the patron saint of lepers and similar Outcasts) is made up of people who are half-human and more specifically those who have been infected by Red Court vampires, but have yet to drink the lifeblood of another human to complete their transformation.
  • Lasciel : A Denarian, the Temptress.

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