Shadrach

When the jar hit him and shattered, his fluttering shroud soaked up the liquor, and the dervish was taken, like the enemies of Shadrach, with a sudden burst.

Yet it was Gillingham who dominated the opening period with Shadrach Ogie and Ethan Coleman both heading over either side of Nadesan's opener.

Set in a confused dystopian future, the novel follows three main characters — twins Nicholas and Nicola and Nicola’s lover Shadrach — as they attempt to confront the mysterious genetic engineer Quin and his manipulated monstrosities.

Shadrach, the upstanding hero of “Veniss,” goes into the underground to fight the disgusting things in the dark and then he crawls back into the light, heroic and basically unchanged, except perhaps purified.

Devine made his Emmerdale debut as Shadrach Dingle, the father of Chas and husband of Faith, in 2000.