In Polish, it's 'Mąciwodziciel', which is a portmanteau of two terms: "Mąciwoda", a troublemaker. 'Wodziciel', the One who Leads, comes from 'wodzić,' to lead. Taken together, 'Mąciwodziciel" translates to 'troublemaker who leads you astray'. [7]. Riddell, Paul Stewart, Chris. "The Edge Chronicles 13: The Descenders". www.penguin.co.uk . Retrieved 6 May 2019. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) The original Gloamglozer was one of many ancient demons which roamed the Deepwoods. The other demons perished when the Mother Storm first seeded the edge with life, but the Gloamglozer survived because it could disguise itself and deceive the unwary. Later, during the Time of Enlightenment, the Gloamglozer faded away to nothing, banished by the wisdom of Kobold the Wise.

Soon after, Nate was chased to the top of a tower, surrounded by Gloamglozers. However, a storm rolled forth and the Immortals - Quint, Twig, and Rook - appeared, resembling themselves as they were in their youth. The leader of the Gloamglozers was frightened of Quint, and Quint reached into the folds of the Gloamglozer's cloak and pulled out a tiny glister, destroying the Gloamglozer. The original Gloamglozer assumed the form of his creator, Linius Pallitax, and served as a guide to the group that boarded Sanctaphrax, led by Nate Quarter. This Gloamglozer lured Nate away from the others, then turned into its true form, from where it referred to Nate as 'Spawn of Quintinius Verginix'. The Edge Chronicles is a children's fantasy novel series [1] written by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. [2] It consists of four trilogies, plus four additional books, and other books related to the universe (The Edge). [3] The series was originally published by Doubleday, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House, [4] and has sold more than three million copies, according to its publisher. [5] The Farrow Ridges - Dispatches from the Deepwoods". Blog. 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. After its banishment, the Gloamglozer moved to the Deepwoods and the Edgelands. It led Twig astray and tried to kill him, but the Caterbird rescued him.The Curse of the Gloamglozer: the novel was first published in 2001. [10] It is the fourth volume of chronicles and the first of the Quint Saga trilogy; within the stories' own chronology it is the first novel, preceding the Twig Saga trilogy that was published earlier. [11] But its soul was still present; it returned to Open Sky and awaited its return for years. Kobold predicted its return when he lay dying, but his followers did not know what he meant. Its true return was finally predicted on the steps of Sanctaphrax, but many people dismissed it as a bogeyman figure of myth. In Dutch, the gloamglozer is called the 'schermergluiperd' which can be translated as 'twilight-creeper'. He returned to the place with Chine and showed the Gloamglozer its true form, upon which it shifted into it, revealing its ugly majesty, but Linius threw Chine upon it and it screamed and burned it.

Clash of the Sky Galleons: first published in 2006, it is the ninth volume of chronicles and the third of the Quint Saga trilogy; within the stories' own chronology it is the third novel. a b Middleton, Christopher (4 July 2008). "Family bookclub: The Edge Chronicles: Beyond the Deepwoods". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 6 May 2019. It was initially unaware of its true form and took on various forms of creatures it had read of, but when Linius guessed its true form, he showed it a picture, and then it took on its true form. The true form of the demon was that with matted hair, a twisted, snarling face, and long sharp horns. The creature gloated its true form but was burned hideously by Linius with Chine sand, which was the only weakness the Gloamglozer had. The first three trilogies were released over the course of 1998 to 2006, with a standalone saga serving as a conclusion to the first two ages of flight and a beginning to the third released in 2009. [3] The series was planned to end after the tenth book, [8] with the author's blog, Weird New Worlds serving as the continuous adventures with weekly 'chapter' installments. [9] After the completion of the 66 chapters of the blog, the authors decided to revisit the series with the fourth trilogy which would adapt the characters and stories from the blog, with the first and second books released in 2014 and 2015 respectively. The series also includes a number of short stories, along with a companion book. [ citation needed] Books [ edit ] The Quint Trilogy [ edit ]When Twig met his long-lost father, he was dismayed to find he had been abandoned again. Then the forest caught fire, he ran to the Edgeland. The Gloamglozer appeared to him, trying to seduce him with ultimate power, shape shifting and immortality, and revealed that he was the characters who Twig had met on his quest, the slaughterer, the trog, the goblin. Then, he tempted Twig into joining him, but when Twig did accept, the demon cruelly refused, yanking Twig's hand from his and letting Twig fall forever into the gloom under the Edge, crying that Twig was useless and a fool like all the Gloamglozer's other victims. But, fortunately, Twig was saved from falling to death by the caterbird, who had said he would always be there to protect him. You see, the Edgelands hold a certain terror for me, for it was there that I met the Gloamglozer - and lived to tell the tale. Meanwhile, the Sub-Dean of the School of Mist, Seftus Leprix, along with a Flat-Head Goblin by the name of Bagswill, were resolving to kill Linius Pallitax, resentful of the fact that his leadership was not increasing the influence of their school. Their attempt to kill Linius by cutting the chain of the low-sky cage had failed, because Quint and Maris were the ones in the cage at the time. In their second attempt, they gave a bottle of poisoned sapwine to Linius Pallitax's butler, Tweezel, telling him to give the bottle to his master. Part of The Lost Barkscrolls (Also marked by "Side Story" in book number column). Cloud Wolf and The Stone Pilot were also released separately as individual novellas previously.

Bungus and Maris returned to the Stonecomb in an attempt to stop Quint releasing the gloamglozer, but were ambushed by the Blood-Red Glister. Bungus stayed behind to stave off the creature, while Maris ran to the laboratory. She revived Quint and they returned to find that Bungus gave his life to trap the Blood-Red Glister inside its lair.

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In German, the gloamglozer is called 'Schleimschmeichler'. Not only does this sound rather unpleasant but it literally translates to 'Slimy Flatterer' [5]. Moreover, the German verb 'schleimen' not only means 'to crawl' but figuratively, 'schleimen' also means 'to brown-nose one's way to the top'. When the city returned to the Edge, the Gloamglozer made illusions which seemed like the city was perfect and pristine and made the other Gloamglozers turn into aged academics in robes which made it seem like nothing had changed. But Nate, Quint's great-great-great-great grandson, realized something was odd, and he revealed the Gloamglozer's true forms and they all chased him to the top of the towers of Sanctaphrax. Nate was surrounded by the Gloamglozers, and they tried to kill him, but a Storm rolled in, and three Glisters came out. These turned into Quint, Twig and Rook, Nate's ancestors, of whom the Gloamglozers were deeply loathful of. Quint reached into the Gloamglozer's robe, and pulled out a Glister. This caused the first Gloamglozer and all his army of Gloamglozers to turn into dust. The Gloamglozer was the overall major antagonist of The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell. It was an ancient, immortal, supremely intelligent demon from the dawn of Time in the Edgeworld. It plagued the young Edgeworld as it could shape-shift and seduce the brave. It was eventually banished into dust by an ancient warrior, prophet and scholar named Kobold the Wise, but inadverdantly resurrected from Open Sky by the Ruler of Sanctaphrax, Linius Pallitax. Up until shortly before the publication of Beyond the Deepwoods, the Gloamglozer had not yet gotten this name. In early drafts, it had been called "hornswoggle", a name inspired by an American word that means to deceive [6]. This name also inspired Chris Riddell to give the gloamglozer horns. As his children were listening to "The Minpins", Paul Stewart found out that the name had already been used by Roald Dahl, a famous British children's author. He came up with a new name and thus the "gloamglozer" was born. [5] In translation [ ]

In the Ukranian translation of the Edge Chronicles, the gloamglozer is called 'Темнолесник', which means "the being from the Darkwoods', 'Darkwoods' referring to the Deepwoods. [9] Alternatively, it may mean "the lord of the Darkwoods". The Curse of the Gloamglozer (Edge Chronicles, book 4) by Chris Riddell and Paul Stewart". www.fantasticfiction.com . Retrieved 20 May 2019. In French, it's "le luminard", which, according to Paul Stewart has "a connotation of falseness". [5]. The Russian translation is Хрумхрымс, 'Hrumhryms' or 'Khroomkhryms' which means 'munch-crunch', an onomatopoeia of bones being gnawed.

In the Deepwoods, Quint's son, Twig, accidentally summoned the Gloamglozer years later when he got lost on the path, and despite being warned all his life against the Gloamglozer, he cursed "Oh Gloamglozer, please get me on the path again." The Gloamglozer heard him, and met him many times on his quest. First, he appeared as a slaughterer who told him to move on. Second, he appeared as a goblin in the Mire who pulled him to safety. Third, he appeared as a male termagant trog who showed him the exit to their tunnels.