Cleavers

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==Summary==
Cleavers are highly skilled soldiers, enforcers, and guards that have been trained by the Sanctuaries, they are the result of brainwashing and training from birth to be conditioned into the perfect soldiers. Cleavers are predominantly male due to the brainwashing used in their training being not as effective on females. Ethical debates as to the nature of the brainwashing led to a new indoctrination process resulting in a failed generation of Cleavers known as the first of the "Rippers" who lack the psychological ability to flawlessly carry out orders but were just as physically impressive.
When Skulduggery Pleasant was captured by Serpine, two Cleavers helping Tanith Low in his rescue distracted a horde of Hollow Men and fought them off despite being heavily outnumbered, One of the Cleavers was killed but another was captured and brought back to Serpine for him to experiment on, After finishing the surgery on its body, the Cleaver was killed but came back to life as the procedure was successful. It gained new abilities from being undead and followed Serpine's orders. However, at the fight for the Book of Names in the Irish Sanctuary, it ignored Serpine's command to kill Valkyrie Cain and deserted him. The White Cleaver was later revealed to be under the control of the Necromancers and tried to fight off Lord Vile in Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer only to be shredded to pieces. Once the pieces of it were stitched back together, it's clothes became black. 
==Powers and Stats==
Tier:  | At least 
Key: Cleavers | The Black Cleaver
Name: Cleavers | The White Cleaver (Pre-Death Bringer), The Black Cleaver (Post-Death Bringer)
Origin: Skulduggery Pleasant
Gender: Predominantly male
Age: Varies, at most several hundreds of years old
Classification: Human, Sanctuary Soldiers | Undead
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Magic, Expert Scythe Wielders, Empowerment (Their magic goes into enhancing them physically), Acrobatics, Longevity (Magic users age slower), Limited Resistance to Magic with their armor (including Elemental Manipulation, Telekinesis, Energy Manipulation, Telepathy, Mind Manipulation and several other abilities, with magic being described to simply "fold" around them) and Empathic Manipulation (Undergo behavioural indoctrination, with personality traits and emotions being dampened) | All of the previous abilities plus, Immortality (Types 1, 2, 3 and 7), Regeneration (Low-Mid; was slammed with enough force to break every bone in his body but later returned fine), Immense Pain Tolerance (Was unaffected by having his torso drilled through and a scythe piercing his neck, embedding into his torso)
Attack Potency: Small Building level with scythes (Able to inflict minor damage to The Grotesquery) | At least Small Building level (Took out multiple normal Cleavers. Fought Skulduggery, Tanith Low and Ghastly Bespoke at the same time)
Speed: Subsonic (Their movement is described as flashes of gray, Cleavers have blitzed or outsped Valkyrie Cain on several occasions) | At least Subsonic (China Sorrows, who previously dodged 3 Cleavers simultaneously, was having difficulty keeping up with all of his attacks)
Lifting Strength: Possibly Superhuman (Their magic enhances them physically)
Striking Strength: Small Building level via Scythes | At least Small Building level
Durability: Small Building level (Armored clothes allow them to tank hits from Skulduggery and comparable opponents with ease, but were easily killed by the Grotesquery) | At least Small Building level (Shrugged off China Sorrow's Symbol Magic attacks), regeneration and immortality make him extremely difficult to kill
Stamina: At least Peak Human (Trained to be perfect soldiers in a world of superhuman mages so they should be far superior to any normal human) | Infinite (They are an undead being that cannot physically get tired, feels no pain from attacks that shred through his body and can still fight effectively with injuries such as a scythe tearing into his torso)
Range: Standard Melee Range physically; Extended Melee Range with scythes
Standard Equipment: Their magic-resistant reinforced armor and woven scythes
Intelligence: Gifted (Have undergone training and indoctrination from a young age to become perfect soldiers, work almost flawlessly as a team)
Weaknesses: Normal human weaknesses | None notable
==Notable Matchups==
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Category:Characters
Category:Skulduggery Pleasant
Category:Book Characters
Category:Empowerment Users
Category:Immortals
Category:Longevity Users
Category:Magic Users
Category:Regeneration Users
Category:Scythe Users
Category:Soldiers
Category:Undead
Category:Weapon Masters