Story: "A Dalliance with the Damned, Part 1" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Mike Carey (plot, script)
Peter Gross (pencils)
Ryan Kelly (inks)
Comicraft (letters)
Daniel Vozzo (colors)
Jamison (color separations)
Will Dennis (assistant edits)
Shelly Bond (edits)

Supporting Characters:

Lady Lys (last in issue #15)
Lord Arux (first appearance; High Lord of Effrul and father of Lys and Brosag)
Prackspoor (first appearance; Lord Arux's feline advisor)
Christopher Rudd (first appearance; a former teacher of swordsplay and etiquette; dies in flashback and becomes one of the Damned)

Villains:

Seviram (first appearance; Duke of Gly)
Brosag (first appearance; Lord Arux's son)
Quell (first appearance; an associate of Seviram; next in issue #19),

Other Characters:

Glieve (last in issue #15)
Sirrah (first appearance; a servant of Lord Arux's messenger)
Minokh (first appearance; Lord Arux's messenger; dies)
Morgastes (first appearance; ruler of Veradne)
Bazu (first appearance)
Kusornes (first appearance; a demon; dies)
Emma Rudd (first appearance; Christopher's wife; in flashback)
Harry (first appearance; a young boy; dies in flashback)
Harry's father (first appearance; in flashback)

Comments: Lucifer des not appear in this issue.