Vanembar

"That man isn't a matoran, brother. He's as cold, reptilian and uncaring as the rest of his accursed kind. Don't bother trying for his sympathy." -Xalos addressing Gringat following the latter's arrest.

Vanembar was a male Vortixx who served as viceroy to Lord Poliaz, and led the island of Poliaz's guard. After the reformation of Spherus Magna, Vanembar was forcefully made to join with the other Vortixx and attack the Glatorian, until he was killed by Soleku.

Life on Xia
Like all Vortixx, Vanembar started life on the island of Xia, amongst the masses of metal foundries and weapons factories. He knew Roodaka in his youth, and loathed her with a fervor.

Vanembar trained daily, and became a skilled fighter, proficient in almost every weapon Xia could produce, although his primary focus was with a two-bladed sword. His fighhting style was described as a "lethal whirlwind of clashing blades". As such he entered the Xian military as a grunt, and gradually, surprisingly for a male, rose to the rank of sargeant - which meant he had authority over the females in his battalion.

His job on Xia was, however, tricky, and politically unstable. His superior officer engaged a coup on him and had him left alone in a battle against the Zyglak without his squad. Having overheard their plans via his "contacts", Vanembar escaped the Zyglak battle unharmed by sticking to the shadows. He then decided upon a life of piracy, stealing and killing for his own greed and bloodlust, in the seas around Stelt and between the Nothern and Southern continents. He made sure at all times to keep well clear of Korrothis, whose prescence deterred many pirates from that region.