The Shadowed One

"Understand this, scribbler! I am second to no-one! Least of all that arrogant, scheming, walking scrap of shadow!"

- The Shadowed One

"The Shadowed One" was the leader of the Dark Hunters.

History
"The Shadowed One" originated on the same island as fellow hunter "Ancient". They started the Dark Hunters as a result of rejecting their island's moral values.

At one point, "The Shadowed One" appointed "Ancient" and Sentrakh as his personal bodyguards.

"The Shadowed One" was responsible for the start of the Toa\Dark Hunter War.

Time Trap
After Nidhiki and Krekka were sent to Metru Nui and didn't return, "The Shadowed One" went to Metru Nui with Voporak and Sentrakh. Voporak, soon after their arrival, stole the Kanohi Vahi from Vakama and gave it to "The Shadowed One."

He later discovered that Teridax had absorbed and killed his Dark Hunters, and battled him for supremacy. However, during the fight, he was thrown into Voporak's aging shield, resulting in him aging over 3,000 years in moments. He survived this encounter and still existed in the time of the Toa Nuva, having sworn revenge on the Brotherhood and causing a war that had raged for at least 1,000 years and resulted in the mass deaths of Toa everywhere.

He actually intended to kill Zaktan some time ago with his eyebeam power. However, something went horribly wrong, and Zaktan was transformed into his current Protodites condition. "The Shadowed One" faced a difficult decision during the invasion of Karda Nui: to either keep all of his Dark Hunters fighting against the Brotherhood of Makuta or send half of them to go after the Mask of Life, leaving the other half vulnerable to attack.

At some point, he sent several Dark Hunters toward Voya Nui. It is unknown what became of them.

Destiny War
He formed an alliance with the Order of Mata Nui and had blockaded Xia to prevent them from making weapons for the Brotherhood. He wanted to destroy them but Helryx ordered him not to. Then while inspecting the destroyed factories, he found a Vortixx who was hiding something in a chest. He opened the chest and found something that could make him ruler of the universe. When Ancient found him, "The Shadowed One" revealed that the vials inside the chest were viruses that Kojol brought to Xia, but were lost. He had also killed the Vortixx hiding it, and then killed "Ancient" with his disintegration beams. "The Shadowed One" then confronted Barraki Kalmah, Ehlek and Mantax in Xia's main factory. The Barraki suggested an alliance between the two factions, for which "The Shadowed One" demanded something in return. However, when he found out that the Barraki knew of the virus he had obtained and apparently knew how it was used, "The Shadowed One" eventually decided to take the alliance into consideration. at length he agreed to talk with the Barraki's leader, Pridak in Karzahni.

Reign of Shadows
"The Shadowed One" never met Pridak however, as something struck Xia, killing many Vortixx and making "The Shadowed One" himself disappear.

"The Kingdom"
"The Shadowed One" was one of the survivors of Mata Nui's death in The Kingdom Alternate Universe. After they all moved to the island of Mata Nui, "The Shadowed One" became a part of a ruling council of the newly founded Kingdom of the Great Spirit.

"Dark Mirror"
In the Toa Empire Alternative Universe, the Toa Empire invaded Odina, but "The Shadowed One" managed to escape with the help of Toa Naho. He then went into hiding. His staff, however, is held in the Archives as a trophy.

Personality
"The Shadowed One" was a charasmatic leader. One of hiscore rules of being a Dark Hunters was that a Hunter was a Hunter for life; withdrawal resulted in death, or a worse punishment. He enjoyed pairing foes or very different Dark Hunters together, but whether this was for character building or his personal fun is unknown. His most well known pair is Krekka and Nidhiki.

Powers and Abilities
"The Shadowed One's" powers included disintegrator eye beams, madness Rhotuka spinners, and a staff that created solid, crystalline Protodermis.

Trivia

 * "The Shadowed One" could be built as a combiner set consisting of Roodaka and Keetongu.
 * Greg Farshtey knows "The Shadowed One's" real name, but simply won't reveal it due to the amount of backlash revealing Teridax's name received.

Appearances

 * Birth of a Dark Hunter
 * BIONICLE Legends 4: Legacy of Evil (In a flashback)
 * BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno (Mentioned only)
 * BIONICLE Adventures 10: Time Trap
 * Toa Nuva Blog
 * Federation of Fear (Mentioned only)
 * The Kingdom (Mentioned only)
 * Dark Mirror (Mentioned only)
 * Destiny War
 * Dwellers In Darkness
 * Reign of Shadows
 * BIONICLE Encyclopedia (Mentioned only)
 * BIONICLE: Dark Hunters
 * BIONICLE World
 * BIONICLE Encyclopedia: Updated
 * Makuta's Guide To the Universe (Mentioned only)

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