Dead Men

"Strike for the shadows, disappear into darkness."

- The Dead Men's Motto. The Dead Men was a group who fought of the side of the Sanctuaries during the War. Originally just a group of friends the group only became official military squad when Eachan Meritorious, one of the leaders of the Sanctuaries, asked for volunteers for a suicide mission. He eventually managed to get 7 volunteers who were nicked named "Dead Men" by their fellow sorcerers when they were out of earshot as nobody expected them to return. When the did the title "Dead Men" became an official name for the unit and they quickly gained a reputation for going on supposedly impossible or suicidal missions and coming back alive (mostly). The group existed with various members until the end of the war when it was disbanded and each of the members went their separate ways. The group was later reformed during the War between Sanctuaries when yet another impossible mission was required.

The original members of the group were Skullduggery Pleasant (whose hand was the first one up), Ghastly Bespoke (whose hand was second up in the misguided belief that Skulduggery had a plan), Anton Shudder, Dexter Vex, Hopeless, Erskine Ravel and Saracen Rue (who claims he was only stretching but was forced to go anyway. Whenever a member went missing or was injured (notably Ravel and Skulduggery) Larrikin would take their place temporarily, gaining a permanent place when Hopeless was ironically enough killed. Larrikin himself was killed by Serpine but as the war ended mere months later he was not officially replaced. When the group reformed during the War between Sanctuaries Valkyrie Cain was inducted as a new member (as the number of dead Men was always seven), with the name remaining despite now having a female member.

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