Abyssal One

Abyssal Ones are Awakened Beings who were formerly a No. 1 Claymore.

History
There are three known cases of No. 1 Claymores awakening. They are called "Abyssal Ones" (深淵の者, Shin'en no Mono, literally "Persons of the Abyss").

Each Abyssal One settled in one of the five regions of the island—west (Lautrec), north (Alphonse) and south (Mucha). The east (Sutare) is under the control of the Organization. The central region of Toulouse appears neutral.

For an unnamed length of time, a peaceful status quo existed between the entities. Then Isley, the Abyssal One of the North, raises an army of Awakened Beings and expands into the others' realms.

Riful of the West

 * First Appearance: Scene 42, Anime Scene 15.
 * Former Rank: No. 1
 * Type: Offensive (listed as, kougekikata—攻撃型—offensive type, in the "Claymore Databooks")
 * Status: Dead
 * Anime voice: Nana Mizuki

The Japanese "Rifuru" suggests "Riffle," corresponding to her awakened form. Riful is Claymore No. 1 of the first generation of female Claymores. She is the youngest Claymore to awaken. The whimsical and cheerful young girl is actually completely amoral with a disregard for anyone other than her goals. She lives in the west (Lautrec) together with her consort Dauf.

In her struggle against Isley, Riful tries creating an army of Awakened Beings. She captures on a regular basis Claymores, who she tortures and awakens if possible. By the time she meets Jean's Awakened Being Hunting Party, Riful already killed 30 Claymores.

Clare and Galatea get Riful's attention as possible "recruits," but she decides to wait for them to become stronger before turning them into her awakened allies. She also warns that Isley will not be as gentle as she was when she defeated them (Scene 40). Riful has said that the only way to beat Isley is to join her. In her transformed state, she becomes jet-black and can disassemble her body into thin strips. She uses this ability to avoid sword blows or attack her foes.

In the new arc, Riful attempts to recruit Audrey and Rachel, among others. She states that she is looking for Claymores who are skilled at sensing and manipulating Yoki. She needs them for "something interesting" that she found, believing it can even out the balance of power between herself and the Isley-Priscilla alliance.

Riful realizes something amiss about the story of Isley defeating Priscilla, for she noted that Priscilla was much stronger than Isley, her, or Dauf. A rare instance where she reveals real anger.

Riful captures Renee after Renee leaves Raki and Priscilla in Doga village. She wants Renee to assist in awakening both the partially merged Rafaela and Luciela, and will let her go once the deed is done.

After Isley's death, the Organization sends Alicia and Beth, as well as 11 Abyss Feeders, to kill Riful. Riful survives the Organization, but not Priscilla. When Dauf attacks Priscilla, she tosses out Riful's upper torso as a distraction (Helen says "A girl's... corpse?"). When Dauf glances at Riful's body, Priscilla destroys his right arm (Scene 102).

Isley of the North

 * First Appearance: Scene 56, Anime Scene 19
 * Former Rank: No. 1
 * Type: Offensive
 * Status: Dead
 * Anime voice: Kouji Yusa

Isley (イースレイ, "Īsurei") is male Claymore No. 1 of the first generation. His nickname "White Silver King" derives from his long silver hair. He refers to himself as "Isley of Alphonse" and Priscilla's "general." As an Awakened Being, he controls the north, but promises Priscilla to go south. Despite being an Awakened Being for more than 78 generations, Isley still remembers almost everything he ever learned about swordsmanship.

Priscilla
A story for meant for public consumption: Isley defeats Priscilla when she rampaged through the north, then makes her his consort. The reality—Isley had half his torso destroyed by Priscilla. Priscilla reverts back to her human form during her fight with Isley. Realizing that her awakening had caused her mind to regress, Isley returns to his human and swears allegiance to Priscilla. He promises to take her south to find her parents (Extra Scene 3). Thus begins the expansion beyond Alphonse.

While he has pledged his life to the more powerful Priscilla, he is far more intelligent and experienced than she is and often seems to be the dominant and active member of their partnership.

Northern Campaign
Isley amasses an army of Awakened Beings, raising a total of 31 soldiers, including former male Claymore No. 2, Rigardo. Later, an Awakened Being Hunting Party—lead by Eva, No. 7—is wiped out by this army. In response, the Organization begins the Northern Campaign, sending a task force of 24 Claymores to contain Isley. After two battles, all 24 Claymores are defeated.

Isley then splits his army, sending 11 against Organization headquarters in Staff. And 12 against Riful of the West (Scene 71). All 23 are killed, as Isley planned (Scene 62).

With both the Organization and Riful occupied, Isley moves against Luciela of the South, defeating her. His plan is twofold—by distracting Riful, Isley kills any chance of a team-up between her and Luciela, the only possible way to defeat Priscilla. In conquering Mucha, Isley keeps his promise to Priscilla—taking her south to find her parents.

During the Northern Campaign, Isley finds Raki and take him under his wing. Later, Isley agrees to become Raki's teacher and begins to instruct him in swordsmanship, commenting that Raki reminds him a lot of how he was in his own youth. But at some point during the Seven Year Time-Skip, Isley is hounded by a new weapon from the Organization. He meets his fate after the Seven Ghosts return south.

Mucha
In Scene 86, Helen and Deneve detects massive yoki from an unnamed town in Mucha. Dietrich warns them to leave, citing the presence of "Demons." The warning is ignored, as Helen and Deneve assume Dietrich meant Isley. Helen and Deneve decide to find him in town, hoping to catch a glance of him for a thrill.

But he sees through their disguise and attacks. Helen and Deneve fight for their lives. During the ensuing battle, the actual "Demons" appears—Abyss Feeders. Ironically, the Feeders are made from the remains of 11 Awakened Beings that Isley sent to attack the Organization. The Feeders attack Helen, Deneve and Isley. Dietrich intervenes, telling Helen and Deneve to keep still, as the Feeders detect motion. The three escape, while the Feeders destroy Isley.

Isley hacks apart the Feeders, but they quickly regenerate and adapt to his tactics. But he cannot regenerate fast enough. Eventually three of his legs are destroyed and his body collapses to the ground where he is eaten alive. He spends his last moments reminiscing about his time with Raki and Priscilla and wishes his life with his pseudo family could have continued just a bit longer.

Luciela of the South



 * First Appearance: Scene 62
 * Former Rank: No. 1
 * Type: Offensive (listed as, kougekikata—攻撃型—offensive type, in the "Claymore Databooks")
 * Status: Merged With Rafaela/Awakened as Destroyer

Luciela is Rafaela's older sister and the Abyssal One of the South. Former Claymore No. 1, she awoke after a failed "Soul Link" experiment, which blinded her sister and costed her an eye. Taking place at Headquarters in Staff, her awakening nearly destroys the Organization.

Luciela fights Isley following his incursion into her territory, the southern region of Mucha. Rafaela watches.

After Luciela's defeat, Rafaela finds her kneeling exhausted in a stream. Rafaela embraces her sister, but breaks Luciela's back, killing her and discharging yoki at the same time. As a result, the two bodies merged. This entity becomes The Destroyer.

In her Abyssal form, Luciela is a humanoid with feline hindlegs. Her cat-like head has a two jaws column. Luciela fights with foreclaws and two long, muscular tails extending from her buttocks. Tails have multi-fanged mouths along their length, and Luciela can morph similar mouths anywhere on her body.

Alicia

 * First Appearance: Scene 62, Anime Scene 11 (Mention Only)
 * Former Rank: No. 1
 * Type: Special (listed as, tokushukata—特殊型—Special Type, in the "Claymore Databooks")
 * Status: Dead

Alicia is Claymore No. 1 of both Clare's and Clarice's generations. With her twin sister, Beth, the twins succeed at "Soul Link," an Organization experiment to produce controllable Awakened Beings. Technically an "Abyssal One" as Alicia can revert back with Beth's help. However, since both of them awakened, Alicia can no longer return to her human form and became a normal Awakened Being that lost its human mind and heart.

Rosemary

 * Main Article: Rosemary

Rosemary was originally ranked No.1 until Teresa, and she was later demoted to No. 2. As an awakened former No.1, it is highly likely that her power is in the category of an abyssal one.
 * First Appearance: Extra Scene 1
 * Former Rank: No. 2, No. 1
 * Type: Unknown
 * Status: Dead
 * Rosemary was No. 1 until Teresa;s replacement

Teresa

 * First Appearance:
 * Voice Actors: Romi Paku, English:Christine Auten
 * Former Rank: 1
 * Type: Offensive
 * Status: Deceased

Teresa was Claymore No.1 of her generation. She was one of the 8 most powerful No. 1 claymores in the Organizations's history. She was so powerful that she only needed to use ten percent of her yoki when defeating Rosemary. Being that Rosemary was a former No. 1, this makes a case for Rosemary being an Abyssal One. Teresa was able to easily overpower a near awakened Priscilla, who's much stronger than an Abyssal One. It was evident that Teresa was probably the strongest character in the series.

Priscilla

 * First Appearance: Scene 18, Anime Scene 7
 * Voice Actors: Aya Hisakawa, English Brina Palencia
 * Former Rank: No. 2
 * Type: Offensive
 * Status: Awakened

Priscilla was Claymore No. 2 of Teresa's generation, and currently the most powerful character in the series. She was so formidable that she could fight with her yoki entirely hidden. Initially assigned to assassinate Teresa with her fellow Claymores, Irene, Noel, and Sophia. In the process, she awakened and became one of the main antagonist in the series.

Priscilla is the strongest awakened being in the series. She easily destroyed a large portion of Isley's body and was capable of killing Alicia and Beth within a short amount of time.

She is now trapped inside the yoki mass of the Destroyer and Clare.

The Destroyer
The Destroyer is a term used to refer to the merged bodies of Luciela and Rafaela, awakened by Clare. It initially appears as a massive, stationary giant resembling that of the Twin Goddesses, Clare and Teresa. Its actual form is that of a large, dark, tar-like mass of yoki capable of shifting into various forms and absorbing the life out of anything it touches.
 * First Appearance: Scene 92 (as an Awakened Being)
 * Status: Awakened

After Luciela becomes an Awakened Being, as a result of a failed "Soul Link" experiment, Rafaela is exiled by the Organization, till she is needed when the Organization loses Claymores No. 1 through 5.

In Mucha, Rafaela watches Isley defeat Luciela in battle. When Rafaela finds Luciela, she breaks Luciela's back, but injects her life force into Luciela as she kills her. The sisters merge physically together.

Inside the entity's mind, Clare walks with "Jean" in a forest—repeating a scene from the aftermath of Mount Zakol. "Rafaela" emerges and Jean vanishes. Rafaela says that this world is constructed from Clare's memories, but warns if Clare dies in this world, her real body will die.

Rafaela attacks. Clare eventually kills Rafaela. As Rafaela dies, her memories and emotions flood into Clare, so that Clare will "find what she must know."

The awakened Luciela-Rafaela, mushrooming into a sky-high, demonic parody of the Clare and Teresa statue.

The new entity, The Destroyer, begins firing rods from a halo-like crown. Clare warns the approaching Helen and Deneve. The Parasitic Rods morph into Yoma-like creatures.

The real body of the Destroyer, a shapeless dark mass of intertwined bodies, emerges.

Clare entered the mass in order to save her friends from Priscilla And trap her as well.

The Ghosts recover the deformed cocoon. They deposit it in a wooded area on the outskirts of Rabona. Galatea examines it and confirms the presence of Clare and Priscilla. Galatea warns that releasing Clare from the cocoon would likely free Priscilla.