@Alan - New Ideas

I have found three books that have potential examples of what was discussed in the tutorial I have glanced over to pick out characters, environments, etc to give a brief overview of each book.

Artemis Fowl

Characters

Holly - elf  'fairy - like' in appearance

nut brown skin, cropped auburn hair and hazel eyes

has magic ability

Mulch - dwarf, jaw can extend to help to dig through earth

Commander root - boss at LEP

Face turns purple when angry

Foaly - Centaur

inventor of LEP armour, weapons, etc

Artemis - 12 years old

human

criminal mastermind

Butler - middle aged

human

Artemis's bodyguard

Other characters include gnomes, trolls, goblins

Environment

Underground, hidden from human sight

LEP Recon - elite branch of Lower Elements Police

Haven - World underneath

Surface World - Human

Fowl Manor - Artemis's home and base

Story

Artemis takes fairy to ransom and discovers hidden world

LEP undertake missions below e.g. Troll Problem

Towards end Artemis and magical beings become allies  

 Demonata - The Demon Thief

Characters

Kernel/ Cornelis Fleck - human, teenager

magical

sees lights and makes them into shapes that later become portals to demon realm

Demons

appear with blue light

all kinds of creatures (broad concept of what they could look like depending on part of world they inhabit

Sharmilla - human

magical

Indian, wears a sari

Bernabus - human, older

magical

leader, has a beard

Cadavar - demon

thief - steals children

Raz - human - black

magical

Disciples - resistance against demons

Nadia - human, blond

magical

disciple but turns to side of demons

Shark - human

magical

Deversh - human

magical

Large purple spiky hair

Lord Loss - leader of demons

snakes in stomach

no legs - hovers

Vein and Artery

dog-like and hellish child - like forms

Environment

Castle - Lord Loss

Demon World - bright, vivid colours, corpses, trees that attack, demonic, deadly world

Chess challenge world - a world constructed by Lord Loss where people and demons are play pieces and perils await

Story

Cadavar steals baby and group battles demons to retrieve but baby is actually Artery

Characters

Stephanie/ Valkyrie Edgley - teenage girl

dark hair, clothes, elemental magic

Skulduggery pleasant - walking skeleton

detective dress, elemental magic

China - older

tattoos causes her to chant magic

Serpine - evil sorcerer

wields the sceptre of the Ancients

Tanith Low - young adult 20 - 25

blond

wields a sword

Sorcerers, sages, mythical beasts e.g zombies, vampires, hollow men, etc

Cleavers dressed in white prevent people seeing magical incidents, protect them, etc

Environment

Gordon Edley's house - hidden compartments

Sanctuary - base of sorcerers and sages

Waxwork museum

Story

Serpine steals sceptre of the Ancients and turns back on the order, skulduggery and Valkyrie ally themselves to stop him



@Alan - I quite like the Demon thief book or the Artemis Fowl suggestion that I made in the tutorial because there are wider ranges of possiblities so would one of these be suitable?