Dessal (Fractures Alternate Universe)

"This piece of ancient timber isn't valuable just because it's old, rare and looks nice. It's valuable because it can tell you about the archaeology in the garden you ruined trying to find it."

- Dessal teaching Memel, Over Your Shoulder.

Dessal was an Onu-Matoran who was the Chief Archivist in the Fractures Universe.

Early Life
Similarly to all other Onu-Matoran, Dessal began his life on Spherus Magna, where he aided in the constructions of the Matoran Universe and was placed in Metru-Nui, along with a number of other Onu-Matoran.

Upon arriving in Metru-Nui, Dessal invested heavily in the growth of the Archives, aspiring to become a leading Archivist. In his earliest days as a young trainee, Dessal guided the early Toa Orde to the most dangerous of the Archives' sub-levels known as the Fikou Web, where the Toa confronted an extremely dangerous

many Archivists have gotten lost and never found a way out. This level is also the former home of Krahka and many wild Rahkshi

Hence, for a brief portion of his life, the Onu-Matoran began documenting current affairs. After several decades of research, he became an expert in the field of early Kanohi production in Ta-Metru, establishing many of the earliest historical records, most of which remain in exhibits on public display.

Throughout the course of his career, Dessal participated in a number of development projects for the Archives, including his unsuccessful attempt to employ Makuta Chirox at one point, which resulted in a long-lasting joke amongst his fellow Archivists.

Whenua was part of the Underwater Rahi Study with fellow Archivists Onepu and Mavrah. When one of the Rahi attempted to escape by trying to smash the ceiling, he fell in. Mavrah saved him just in time to prevent him from being eaten.

and managed to work his way through to become the Chief Archivist.

Brotherhood Invasion
Due to the fact that Makuta Teridax never existed in the Fractures Universe, the Brotherhood did not form The Plan and, instead of waiting for events to fall into place around the Great Cataclysm, accelerated their invasion of the Matoran Universe. Mata Nui still was able to safely land on Spherus Magna. By this point, Dessal was still living in Metru-Nui.

War
Dessal managed to survive the brunt of the War by staying in Onu-Metru, which had been fortified to allow the Onu-Matoran to defend themselves against Rahkshi attacks. In more recent times, Dessal established a position in Turaga Matoro’s High Council.

Current Times
However, on the final day of the war, Dessal was summoned to meet Toa Tollubo after he arrived in the Fractures Alternate Universe. He was the first of the Council members to attend. Several days after this encounter with Toa Tollubo, Dessal was summoned to Po-Metru to inspect the archaeological activity taking place in the Canyon of Unending Whispers following the discovery of a Toa of Earth's remains. Upon arriving, Dessal was reunited with Danza, a good friend of his who was also working on the same site. The two Matoran worked together to predict how the Toa - who they believed to be Varna - had been killed. However, Tollubo then appeared at the site in search of Toa Orkahm. Feeling confident with their results, Dessal and Danza decided to test their theory on Tollubo as he had not been present during their devising process. Following the discovery of a Ta-Matoran near to Varna's grave, Dessal and Danza predicted that the Matoran had been Varna's Metru-Nui aide. However, Tollubo disproved their theory by claiming that the Matoran was in fact and Av-Matoran named Glon and that he had been carrying the Kanohi Vahi. This left Dessal speechless.

Over Your Shoulder
Six months later, Memel approached Dessal with an archaeological find. Unintentionally, he interrupted an interview between the Chief Archivist and Toa Jollun in order to present a piece of ancient timber to him, thinking that it would make his dwelling a historical landmark. However, he was run down by Dessal, who claimed that his find was useless for anything other than showing the archaeological composition of his neighborhood.

Disheartened, Memel turned to leave only to be blown aside by an explosion as several members of the Metru-Nui Law Enforcement entered the office intent on bringing Jollun into custody.

Trivia

 * Dessal was named after Richard Bessal, a leading Historian in the field of German History. Many of Dessal's future quotes will be paraphrased from Richard Bessal's historical comments in order to aid BobTheDoctor27 to remember them.

Appearances

 * Whispers in the Dark - First Appearance
 * Over Your Shoulder
 * Judgement Day - To be Written