The first bit of Azazeal is set in a school of some sort. Picture ‘Hex’ but not England, and not so much sexiness, and you’ve got it. The first bit came to me in a dream. I’m not kidding! The swan and the blood and the jumping down staircases and pen killing someone and torch-lit trials, it was all in the dream. Because of that, it’s probably more scattered and odd than Brian. The Bible quotes come from the wiki entry on ‘Azazel’ and if I were publishing it I’d go into more detail about that.