Cadaver is a demon who appears in Darren Shan

Darren Shan

Darren O'Shaughnessy , who commonly writes under the pen name Darren Shan, is an Irish author. Darren Shan is also the main character in Shan's The Saga of Darren Shan young-adult fiction series. He also wrote The Demonata series as well as the stand-alone books, Koyasan and The Thin Executioner...

's The Demonata

The Demonata

The Demonata is a series of books by best selling author Darren Shan. It deals with the world of demons . The series is told by three different protagonists: Grubbs Grady, Kernel Fleck, and Bec MacConn, the latter of which is the first female protagonist in a Darren Shan book...

 series. He has appeared in Demon Thief

Demon Thief

Demon Thief is a book in Darren Shan's Demonata series. Though it is the second book in the series, it is a prequel to Lord Loss, the first book in the series. The protagonist is also different from that of the first book. The narrator here is a new character called Kernel Fleck, as opposed to...

, Death's Shadow

Death's Shadow (novel)

Death's Shadow is the seventh installment in Darren Shan's The Demonata series. It was released in May 2008 in the UK, and November 2008 in the USA.-Plot:...

, and Slawter

Slawter

Slawter is the third book in the The Demonata series written by Darren Shan. Even though all the Demonata books can be read separately this book follows on from the 1st in the series, Lord Loss and the 2nd in the series, Demon Thief...

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Cadaver is the demon hired by Lord Loss to kidnap Art (Artery in disguise) and bring Kernel Fleck

Kernel Fleck

Cornelius "Kernel" Fleck is the protagonist of Demon Thief, the second book of the series The Demonata by Darren Shan and Dark Calling, the ninth book in the Demonata series. He is one of the three main characters in the series...

 into the Demonata's universe. During his retrieval of Art, Cadaver slaughters a large number of teachers and schoolchildren.

He is described as having a stumpy leathery body, four long arms with hairy fingers, and 2 legs, a dark green wolfish head, no mouth (until later in Demon Thief) and long drooping ears.

Cadaver also was the demon that killed Emmet Eijit in Slawter.

Cadaver is sacrificed on an ocean liner

Ocean liner

An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes .Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as...

to open a portal for the Shadow.