Lord Vile (primary taken name: Skulduggery Pleasant) is an antagonist in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. He is actually a split personality of Skulduggery, manifests from his anger and grief, prompt him using his Necromancer abilities and one of the Three Generals. Vile's persona inside Skulduggery's mind sometimes capable to animated the armor while he is strong enough when resurfacing so he can confront his good persona in real world. But if he is doing so, his power is not as strong as Skulduggery himself, as he only able to unleashed his full power once took over his good counterpart's mind.