"Scummy" Schomberg. The demon murders Schomberg and sexually assaults D'Amour before leaving. The trauma of this night leads D'Amour to leave the police force and become a private investigator. The Scarlet Gospels also focuses on his relationship with elderly blind medium Norma Paine, who D'Amour meets after coming to terms with the existence of the supernatural. Norma teaches D'Amour many things about occult magic and entities. D'Amour also meets tattoo artist Caz King who then put sigils on the detective's body to alert him to and/or protect him from supernatural threats. Since Harry has no protective tattoos in his original story "The Last Illusion" and seems largely ignorant of the nature of magic and demons, the story must retroactively take place in-between his departure from the NYPD and the time he meets Caz King and Norma Paine. "The Last Illusion" states that Harry D'Amour was married for a time but then divorced by his late twenties. It is not clear if the divorce occurred during his time with the NYPD or after he left. "The Last Illusion" In the short story "The Last Illusion" in Books of Blood Volume 6, Harry D'Amour is introduced as a man in his thirties, a divorced private investigator living in New York City. His recent case at the Lomax house on Wyckoff Street in Brooklyn has shaken his views of the world and himself, as he now knows for certain that magic and demonic forces are real. The case also leaves Harry with a fear of stairs for some time. A famous illusionist named Swann is killed. His wife Dorothea Swann learns of Harry D'Amour from news coverage of the Lomax case in Brooklyn. She hires D'Amour to protect Swann's body while she makes arrangements for cremation, believing her husband's enemies might interfere. D'Amour learns demons want to claim Swann's soul because years ago he made a deal with them, gaining real magic that he then used to become famous while pretending to only be a stage illusionist. Swann's attorney Butterfield convinces Dorothea to release D'Amour from employment. After speaking with Swann's aid Valentin, Harry decides to continue protecting Swann's body regardless of Dorothea's decision. After avoiding and then battling demons, D'Amour succeeds in cremating the magician's body before the demons can take the man's soul. Butterfield, revealed to be a demon, says Hell won't forget or forgive Harry's actions, declares they are enemies