Sledgehammer

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Overview

• History

• Powers and Abilities

• Relationships

• Gallery

Sledgehammer
Name	Unknown
Alias	Pade's Dog (by Victoria)
Personal Information
Gender	Male
Race	Gift User
Age	Over 100+ (?)
Hair Color	Bald Gray Beard
Eye Color	Black
Professional Information
Affiliation	Bishop Hero Clan
Occupation	District Lord of YS Harbor Politician
Gift	Rune Hammer
Status	Deceased
Place of Death	YS Harbor
Resides	YS Harbor
Relationships
Relations	Bishop (Leader) Unnamed Son 🪦
Appearances
Debut	Episode 90

Sledgehammer was the district manager of YS Harbor and the right-hand man of Bishop. He is a famous politician as well as a powerful Gift user.

Appearance

Sledgehammer is a tall and muscular old man with black eyes and large thick eyebrows. While completely bald, he has a long, thick gray beard. For clothing, he wears a formal business suit with a white formal shirt and black dress shoes. When enraged, his head can bulge with veins, and his pupils disappear.

Personality

Sledgehammer was a dutiful man who held a firm loyalty to his lord, Bishop. He was an eloquent well-spoken man who isn't afraid to voice his opinion as he once stood up to the likes of Victoria without a hint of fear or nervousness.

Aside from that, Sledgehammer is polite but incredibly shrewd that uses his intimidating figure to come off as a hot-headed meat head kind of warrior as a pretense to fool his enemies in the political scene to underestimate him.

Sledgehammer can also be ruthless when he's fighting or getting his dirty, this was first shown when he was willing to kill Nenya despite her being a child.

History

Sledgehammer's early life isn't fully known in detail but by his age and appearance, he was mostly likely born in the days of the Chaotic Era.

Story

The Torch Arc

Sledgehammer is mentioned by

Assault on Castle Gray Arc

Sledgehammer accompanies his lord, Bishop in his raid of the Black Hand's safe house in order to save the villain, Hero Killer.

After Bishop grievously wounds the Card Agent Sledgehammer finished off the assassins by crushing him with his hammer.

Abilities

Overall Abilities: Sledgehammer, while mainly serving in an administrative position, was a powerful Gift user and skilled combatant. His strength is considerably potent as he can destroy an entire cityscape with his abilities.

As a politician, he is extremely talented having rose to the position of a district manager through skillful cunning which is greatly valued by Bishop. But he isn't afraid to get his own hands dirty when it comes to fighting.

Gift

Rune Hammer: Sledgehammer's Gift allowed him to create runes that appear to relate to the Germanic languages. These runes differ in their appearance, but Sledgehammer can cause huge explosions that are capable of leveling a city block and significantly injuring or killing a Gift user.

• Rectification: Sledgehammer creates a yellowish green T shaped rune that can unleash a huge energy blast on a target or opponent.

Physical Prowess

• Expert Combatant: Sledgehammer was an incredibly powerful warrior and experience as proof of his position as a district manager

• Hammer Proficiency: Sledgehammer wielded his EST created hammer with incredible power and surprising swiftness. The Hammer itself is quite powerful as it was able to hurt Hekate.

Battles & Events

Battles & Events

The Torch Arc Hero Killer vs. Sledgehammer Hero Clan's Civil War Arc Hero Clan's Civil War

Trivia

• Sledgehammer was one of the most muscular characters in the series aside from Prosecutor, Ijincheon, and Paladin.