Eight

“*You like that, huh? You like a little pain to get you fired up? You always let your opponents beat you up a little before you really get going. What’s that, huh? You get off on that shit? Do you cream yourself when you and Seven beat the hell out of each other? You two fucking in between blowing your noses over your teary, tragic bleeding heart backstories? But wait, you don’t fuck, right? Why is that, by the way? Oh, don’t tell me, don’t tell me, let me guess: your uncle jerked you off and now you can only take it up the a-*”

— Eight to Ten in Chapter 60: Monsters (Gallows Humor)

## Debuts

### Graphic novel debut

N/A

Eight, also known as Number
Eight, was a Haint in the Mausoleum. He was the second Haint Ten killed in the Onslaught.

## Background

Before the Mausoleum, Eight
was a serial rapist. He was also a scrapper for upper middle-class
tourists in the big city. In one fight, he had hit a man hard enough that his
head clashed against a brick wall, which caused him to slip into a coma.

 Through Ten, it is known that
a man with thick and bushy facial hair kicked Eight and told him that “if he
doesn’t back the fuck up, he’ll take his mother’s place and if he’s lucky,
he’ll still be able to walk tomorrow.” A woman described as cold and hard was
seen sneering from the stairwell. Eight stumbled on the living room and saw his
father washing dishes without looking at him.

In the same chapter, there is another flashback of Eight’s mother
saying to him: “Why the fuck are you
crying? Were they wrong all along? After I spent hours shoving you out of my
pussy, I guess they mistook your cunt for a penis. Or maybe someone switched my
boy with some sniveling little bitch while I wasn’t looking. Stop fucking
crying, you little pussy, and man the fuck up. You’re just like that bitch
father of yours. Get the fuck out of my way.”

## Appearance

Eight has watery blue eyes.
He has hardened, leathery, and scarred skin. His nose is described as ugly, and
it has piercings that are described as nasty. He also has a thick and ropy scar
on his chin and upper neck.

## Personality

Eight is vile, bad-mouthed,
and ill-mannered. He’s usually angry and aggressive. He is shown to be
incredibly selfish and egotistical. He is also described as arrogant by Seven.

He is the least amiable of
the Haints, showing distaste and hatred for the majority of them. Eight
is also shown to be sexist, misogynistic, homophobic, and transphobic. He
constantly uses slurs.

Eight is shown to be
sadistic and have a complete lack of care for others. He considers women to be
lesser than men and rape to be a joke.

Eight greatly enjoys sex
and constantly references it. It is stated that when he was alive, nothing had
given him more pleasure than having sex with women.

 It is implied that Eight
does not enjoy other people seeing his private moments as shown when he
appeared livid that the audience in the Arena was watching his fight with Seven
in the Gallows.

 In battle, Eight is known
as a bruiser and someone who mostly punches into submission.

## Pulse

Eight’s Pulse takes the
form of four or five huge gray hands. His Pulse is fluid and floats around his
waist.

Eight’s Pulse can dissolve
and reappear continuously.

The hands are described as
strong and fast. They have a range of ten feet. Eight cannot slice and dice
with his Pulse—only pummel and pound. Eight can only increase the size and
strength of the Pulse hands. Attempting to grab Eight’s Pulse hands is
described as attempting to grasp smoke.

His Pulse has an area. If
they remain in his range, they can appear anywhere.

The fingers of his Pulse
are thick and blunt. They are not sharp and do not cut, only inflict “pure pressure.”

## Death

Eight was beat to death by
the brother of a girl he had raped. The brother beat him over and over with his
bare hands. It is implied that the brother took a brass lamp and hit Eight with
it, potentially on the head, which might have killed him instantly.

## Battles

Eight vs. Seven: Interrupted

Eight vs. Ten: Lost

## Trivia

* Eight usually spent his time on Death Row, scaring female Necrologists.
* Eight was nicknamed “Angry Man” in chapter 42 of Shock Values.

## Quotes

* (To Seven) “*Reapers? Don’t make me laugh*.”
* (To Seven) “*You’re scared of Reapers? Don’t tell me those pathetic wannabes scare you*.”
* (To Five) “*He was a little bitch anyway. Maybe you should start fucking a real man, and I mean a real one, not like One, that ball-sucking queer. Or his fucking cock-swallowing candy-assed friend. Or hey, you could give me a turn on that used-up, broken down cu-*?”
* (About Five) “*Rude little bitch. All you do is act like a slut but when time comes to put your money where your mouth is, you don’t put your mouth where it outta be*.”
* (To Ten) “*You like that, huh? You like a little pain to get you fired up? You always let your opponents beat you up a little before you really get going. What’s that, huh? You get off on that shit? Do you cream yourself when you and Seven beat the hell out of each other? You two fucking in between blowing your noses over your teary, tragic bleeding heart backstories? But wait, you don’t fuck, right? Why is that, by the way? Oh, don’t tell me, don’t tell me, let me guess: your uncle jerked you off and now you can only take it up the a-*”
* (To Ten) “*What? But this is too much fun. This is the pathetic back story you’re never willing to share with anyone? Come on, I can’t miss this opportunity, look at you, you ugly little squinty-eyed fuck*.”
* (To Ten) “*You’re even less human than me. But I gotta admit, I like you better this way. I told you there was no point in doin’ anything with that bitch but fuck her. And you didn’t even get to do that. You’ve got less balls than Two and the only balls that guy has are the ones regularly in his mouth. Hell, even the fucking pussy who killed me had more balls than you and he was cryin’ the whole fuckin time. I wonder what he would think, knowing that he didn’t even do the job right and I got to get his sister one last time before I got hauled here*-”

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Memoirs of the Mausoleum: Gallows Humor* Chapter 58
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Memoirs of the Mausoleum: Gallows Humor* Chapter 59
3. ↑ *Memoirs of the Mausoleum: Shock Values* Chapter 13
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Memoirs of the Mausoleum: Shock Values* Chapter 8
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Memoirs of the Mausoleum: Gallows Humor* Chapter 48
6. ↑ *Memoirs of the Mausoleum: Roman’s Numeral* Chapter 12
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 *Memoirs of the Mausoleum: Gallows Humor* Chapter 45
8. ↑ *Memoirs of the Mausoleum: Gallows Humor* Chapter 60
9. ↑ *Memoirs of the Mausoleum: Gallows Humor* Chapter 64
10. ↑ *Memoirs of the Mausoleum: Gallows Humor* Chapter 77