The Undertaker (Black Butler)



Undertaker (アンダーテイカー, Andāteikā) is an ex-Shinigami and a funeral director who works with the underworld of Britain. He frequently acts as an informant to Ciel Phantomhive.

In the early days of Kuroshitsuji The Undertaker was a somewhat harmless old man who would trade underground information for what he consitered 'first rate laughs'. He was nither good nor evil, he was nutral as a Shinigami should be. Undertaker was and is still regarded as a legandary Shinigami. He passed judgement on the soul of Robin Hood and sent Mariee Antoinette to hell, this testifies to Undertaker's age and his ability to judge moratl souls.

Anime

I can't really say that Undertaker is a villian here he is nutral, But I will not say that he is good. Undertaker is seen helping twelve year old Ciel Phantonhive solve London crimes. Undertaker is also choked out and burried in salt by fellow Shinigami Grell Sutcliff, But Undertaker doesn't seem upset by this. Infact later in that episode after William T. Spears explained Undertakers past and Grell lifted his bangs Undertaker lets Grell hug him. (Something no other character had allowed before) In the anime Undertaker seems to help more than he harms, thou he does steal internal organs from his 'guests'

Manga

Again Undertaker isn't a real villian for about 60 chapters, in the first 58 he is still a joke loving, bone cookie munching old man who almost no one fears. Undertaker is only depicted as 'evil' during the Ship Voyage where he explains that he is the one who created the bizarre dolls (Re-Animated human's) thou at first he is his normal fun loving self. Undertaker is aboard the Campania and taking part in the Aurura Society's private meeting thou he uses the his job as an excuse for being there. He is later seen carrying the device that controlled the dead corpses. While questioned by Ciel how to activate it, he answers that he doesn't know, and he doesn't see how such a device would be of any help. The Viscount of Druitt attempted to use the device to control the dolls, he failed. When grell attempted to kill the Viscount of Druitt Undertaker stopped him, blocking Grell's deathscythe with his sotoba. The two fought for several pages untill Undertaker lifted his bangs revialing his eyes, this act also showed Grell and Ronald Knox that Undertaker is a Shinigami. And acording to Grell Undertaker is a deserter who has broken one of the Shinigami's most important rules by editing the cinamatic records of the dead. Upon closer examation of the records it is discovered that Undertaker cut out larghe chunks of the persons life and replaced it with a recording of him dancing while dressed as Charlie Chaplin. A four way battle soon breaks out while the Campania slowly sinks, after some time Undertaker manages to slice both Grell and Ronald he then uses Ciel to lure Sebastian into a well planned trap. He then stabs Sebastian and watches his cinamatic record, after the show ends Sebastian saves Ciel and Grell re-enters the fight.

Apperance

Undertaker is a very tall slender man (six foot one to six foot three) long silver hair that hides his green double iris eyes. Undertaker wears all black robes what look like over the knee black boots an old looking top hat with a long tail. Undertaker also has several large scars, one that runs across his face and over his right eye, another that goes round his neck and the last (visable) one almost looks like a ring that wraps round his left pinky finger. Undertaker wears several intersting pieces of jewlery, two beaded necklaces, and a belt adorned with morning lockets. Undertaker also has three pericings in each ear, two rings in his ear lobe and a rod going threw his upper ear.

Personallity

Undertaker seems to like scaring people and acts creeply just to see how people will react, but Undertaker can be very calm and level headed speaking deeply about death and the joys of life.