| “ | Only the strongest survive! I teach them, train them, raise them to cut and shred! Meddling fools - now I'll teach you a different lesson! | „ |
| ~ The Butcher explaining his ideology before fighting Shadow. |
The Butcher is a major antagonist in the Shadow Fight franchise. He is a social darwinistic bandit who kidnaps children and raises them to become criminals. Before the events of Shadow Fight 2, he, alongside five other powerful fighters, was dragged into the Shadow World through the Gates of Shadows, created by the alien conqueror Titan. Here, he became a host of Titan's Shadow Demon, and was freed alongside other Shadow Demon Hosts after Shadow, an arrogant warrior, opened the Gates, which resulted in the latter losing his physical body and soul.
Before being dragged into the Shadow World, Butcher was ordered by Shogun to kidnap the Prince of Ivory City, but let him go if he will give him money in exchange for freedom and location of the magical Sphere that the Prince seeks. After Prince returned without money, Butcher attempted to kill him and his companion Sensei, but the latter stopped him.
After his release from the Shadow World, Butcher became the keeper of the red demon seal, which, when combined with other demon seals, can open the Gates of Shadows. Shadow, in his quest to regain his body and soul, proceeded to defeat Butcher and his bodyguards, and claimed his seal. Butcher, alongside other Demons, returned when Shadow approached the Gates with all six Demon Seals, to stop him from opening it and unleashing Titan. Following Shadow's failed attempt to regain his body, Butcher and his bodyguards tried to stop Shadow once again, but failed, with Butcher saying that someone will stop Shadow from opening the Gates.
Appearance[]
Butcher is a bulky man in a grey jumpsuit and black hair tied in a bun. He has a demon symbol on his belt.
During the events of Old Wounds, he looks mostly the same, but now has visible pupils and black facial hair, is more muscular and his hair is now down.
Personality[]
Butcher is one of the most evil of the Shadow Demon Hosts, believing that only the strong survive and justifying his actions by saying that he turned his adoptive children into the top of the food chain. He believes that love makes people weak, and Rose, his favorite wife, states that he mistreats her. Despite this, however, he is afraid of Titan and is completely disgusted by what he does against his enemies.
In the Old Wounds Storyline, Butcher has similar personality, stating that he is adopting his bestial nature and that no one dares to question his authority. According to Torment, his first bodyguard, Butcher taught her that pain reveals out true self and freedom, while his second bodyguard, Razor, believes that philosophy is for dorks. However, he is also shown to dislike liars, such as Prince.
In Shades, Butcher has mostly redeemed himself & is shown to truly care for his gang, expressing worry about them when they joined Hermit & Guru's cult, the Family. He also says Hermit has lost his mind. When Shadow finds most of Butcher's gang members, he considers Shadow one of his "brothers" & says that whoever dared to mess with him answers directly to Butcher.
Biography[]
Nothing is known about Butcher's past, although at one point he became a cruel bandit who would kidnap children (after murdering their parents) and teach them to become criminals.
Shadow Fight 2[]
Old Wounds[]
Part II: Shadow of the Future[]
Butcher was mentioned at the end of the act by Hermit, who says that he and his gang kidnapped the Prince.
Part III: The Beast Within[]
Upon meeting Sensei and Prince, Butcher instantly reminded the latter about their deal; the Prince gives him money while Butcher gives him freedom and location of the Sphere, after which Prince attempts to accuse Butcher of lying while Sensei is disappoined that the Prince is not as innocent as he thought. Butcher then explains what type of person Prince is before attempting to murder Sensei, saying that he will give a lesson of humiliation to him. After he and his gang is defeated, Prince escapes, with Butcher happily remarking that Sensei's new friend is a spineless liar. He then explains to Sensei that Shogun was convinced by a certain woman to overthrow and kill the Prince and promised him the Sphere, which will turn him into a great warlord, with Shogun doing all of this to become her liege. He then tells Sensei to go to the port, as the ship with the Sphere will arrive here.
Butcher, alongside other powerful warriors (Lynx, Hermit, Wasp, Widow and Shogun) was latter dragged into the Shadow World through the Gates of Shadows, where the Gates' creator, an intergalactic conqueror known as Titan, turned him and other captured warriors into hosts of the Shadow Demons.
Main Storyline[]
Act III: Trail of Blood[]
Butcher and other Demons were freed after the Gates were opened by Shadow, a powerful but arrogant warrior who wanted to find worthy opponent. This resulted in the latter losing his physical body and soul from the Shadow Energy Emissions.
In order to return his physical form, Shadow and his companions (his Sensei and a blacksmith May), started to pursue the Demon Seals that can open the Gates again, with each of them belonging to a Demon, including Butcher.
Butcher's bodyguards are the members of his gang. Butcher himself appears at the end of the act as its final boss. Before the fight, he justifies his actions by saying that only the strong survive, and that he taught them to cut and shred. He then attacks Shadow, but is defeated. After Shadow defeats him, Butcher still tries to justify his actions saying that his gang will become the top of the food chain because of him.
Act VI: Iron Reign (Gates of Shadows)[]
Butcher, alongside his fellow Demons, appears at the end of the Act, trying to prevent Shadow from opening the Gates and locking them away again. Before the fight, he gloats that after Shadow is defeated, what is left of him will be his. They lose to Shadow again however, but Shadow didn't succeed in his goals, instead losing May after she was dragged into the Shadow World.
Interlude[]
Butcher and his bodyguards once again appear in Act III, serving as the third boss rush of the Interlude. This time, Butcher fights for good cause, as he doesn't want Shadow to re-open the Gates and unleash Titan. Before the fight, he asks the party if they think he is a monster, saying that what Titan does to his enemies is much worse. After being defeated, he asks Shadow why does he persist when no one wants him to open the Gates, and says that someone will be strong enought to defeat him.
Act VII: Revelation (Part III)[]
Guru, Titan's third bodyguard who is also an alternate reality Shadow who was corrupted by Shadow Energy Emissions, killed his reality's Butcher and became the leader of his gang, saying that Butcher's children saw a messiah in him
Butcher, alongside other Shadow Demon Hosts, was freed from his Shadow Demon following Titan's death.
Shadow Fight 4: Arena[]
Butcher appears as one of the playable characters in the game, being an Epic Dynasty Hero.
He currently has three Skins: Wrath Demon (His default skin), Wasp's Quartermaster (A Rare skin), and Fearmonger Demon (A Seasonal Skin).
Powers and Abilities[]
- Combat prowess: Butcher is a very skilled fighter, being capable of putting up a good fight to Sensei and Shadow.
- Enchantments: Butcher's weapons are enchanted with Bleeding, while his Armor is enchanted with Frenzy, the former enchantment causes the victim to rapidly lose health while the latter gives Butcher a limited damage boost after being hit.
- Earthquake: His unique Shadow Demon ability. Butcher jumps on the ground, causing it to quake, which will damage the opponent and cause him to fall.
- Cattle Cage: The Butcher is able to summon a cage infused with Shadow energy within the area that entraps the opponent and himself within it. Within the cage, the Butcher's cleavers will break through the opponent's blocks. The cage itself can be modified based on the Butcher's specifications; its area of effect can be reduced to further entrap the opponent and the cage walls themselves cause damage to them if the opponent is pushed towards them. In addition to that, the Butcher is invincible within the Cage - he cannot take any damage at all as long as it stands.
Equipment[]
- Butcher's Cleavers: Butcher's melee weapons. It is a pair of cleavers enchanted with Bleeding. Later on, the cleavers are modified with Shadow energy and they gain the Wrath effect, which causes them to break through any opponent blocks with ease.
- Kunai/Steel Darts/Chakram: Butcher's ranged weapons, having exact same Enchantments as his Swords. He initially uses Kunai, but switches to Steel Darts after losing once and to Chakram after losing twice.
- Fire Ball/Dark Blast/Dark Implosion: Butcher's Magic Amulets, the first one is capable of projecting a fire ball while the second one projects an explosion blast and the third one projects a chain of explosions.
- Butcher's Jumpsuit: Butcher's Armor, enchanted with Frenzy.
- Red Seal: Butcher's Demon Seal, capable of opening the Gates of Shadows when used with other Demon Seals. According to Sly, those seals bring luck to its owner.
- Butcher's Demon Hook: Butcher's unique ranged attack. The Butcher throws a hook towards the opponent. If hit, the Butcher pulls the opponent towards them. The Butcher is capable of infusing the hook with Shadow energy; if the hook successfully catches the opponent, then the Butcher gains a large amount of Shadow energy boost.
Trivia[]
- Butcher originally appeared as one of the bosses in the original discontinued Shadow Fight game from Facebook.
- According to the Butcher, the Shadow Mind was responsible for an unknown calamity that destroyed most of the Shadow Demons, and hence was deemed as a traitor amongst them.
External Links[]
- Butcher (Shadow Fight) on the Shadow Fight Wiki.
- Butcher (Shadow Fight 2) on the Shadow Fight Wiki.
- Butcher (Shadow Fight 4: Arena) on the Shadow Fight Wiki.
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