Antidarkling Weapons

Weapons that the midnighters use against darklings primarily involve the number 13 and its multiples or squares, tridecalogisms (thirteen-letter words), and modern metals like steel. As the polymath, Dess is the main creator of weapons and the brain behind their names. Jessica's flame-bringer talent means that she does not use traditional antidarkling weapons as often but instead uses flashlights and flares.

Notable Weapons

 * Acariciadote (Jess's bracelet)
 * Jessica's flashlights
 * Rex's boot anklets
 * Rex's rings
 * Jonathan's neck chain
 * Jessica's necklace
 * Melissa's hubcap
 * The knives of the Darkling Manor battle
 * Jonathan's sheild
 * Dess's microphone-stand spear
 * The chain-link fence that Jess unknowingly charged in her first pschokitty encounter
 * The structure of the new Aerospace Oklahoma building

Tridecalogisms

 * Learn more about tridecalogisms at Scott Westerfelds's website
 * Sample list
 * Extensive list of tridecaglisms