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Arguably the least human out of all the Malefactors, the Burrowers appear to represent live burial, having been stuffed into a burlap sack and wrapped in chains at some point. Travelling across the island by burrowing and moving more like snakes than anything else, they emerge from the ground to lash at their victims with their chains, occasionally constricting them to death. Clem's notes detail that they were likely inspired by an accident at the Carnate Island quarry, where several inmates were trapped by a cave-in and left to die by the guards.
Arguably the least human out of all the Malefactors, the Burrowers appear to represent live burial, having been stuffed into a burlap sack and wrapped in chains at some point. Travelling across the island by burrowing and moving more like snakes than anything else, they emerge from the ground to lash at their victims with their chains, occasionally constricting them to death. Clem's notes detail that they were likely inspired by an accident at the Carnate Island quarry, where several inmates were trapped by a cave-in and left to die by the guards.


* [[Achilles Heel]]: Because Burrowers leave holes in the ground when they retreat from battle, the easiest way to kill them is to drop in a stick of dynamite into one of the holes and let the explosion do the rest.
* [[Achilles' Heel]]: Because Burrowers leave holes in the ground when they retreat from battle, the easiest way to kill them is to drop in a stick of dynamite into one of the holes and let the explosion do the rest.
* [[Buried Alive]]
* [[Buried Alive]]
* [[Chained by Fashion]]
* [[Chained by Fashion]]
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* [[Driven to Suicide]]: He's evidently tried to slit his wrists in the past, and judging by the fresh bandages around his neck, he's also tried to cut his throat.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: He's evidently tried to slit his wrists in the past, and judging by the fresh bandages around his neck, he's also tried to cut his throat.
* [[Mysterious Past]]
* [[Mysterious Past]]
* [[Southern-Fried Genius]]
* [[Southern-Fried Genius]]