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"You want to know how I really feel? To be honest, I hate all of you, I really do. If I had the option I'd ax you all in the face, I really would."

- Artek explaining his "love" for others.

Artek was a pessimistic Elmain on Niar within the Empowered Universe.

History
Elmians, began their lives differently than the Matoran. Where as Matoran began life on Spherus Magna, Elmians started upon the island of Niar, just as Artek did. Artek was "born" as a simple ball of elemental energy as most Elmians are. His body eventually took the form of an Aeronus; Elmian of the sky. Artek was raised by a female Chorrum and a male Aeronus, his "parents". Quite early in his childhood, Artek's father left due to unknown reasons and left Artek witha silver Akaku Nuva in it's skyform. Artek doned the mask and throughout the majority of his life he would keep it as a momento of his "father".

When Artek had reached the age of 180, he was considered to be mature enough to enroll within the Elmian military and aid in fighting a violent war with the Lykos Kinsman. However, Artek refused the offer and was jailed for cowardice. Because his society was so heavily  built around honor, Artek's was sentenced to execution and currently still awaits his death.

Abilities and Traits
Artek has always been a bit of a pessimist, always seeing the down side of things. He also has quite the temper and can be very stubborn at times. Due to his upcoming execution, Artek has also lost a good portion of his sanity out of fear.

Being an Aeronus, Artek can control, manipulate and become the air around him. He can also use limited light and shadow powers like most Elmians. He wore an Akaku Nuva though hasn't learned to fully use it's powers. He currently wields no weapons.

Trivia

 * Artek is Artek the crazy one's primary self moc.
 * Artek got his name from from a random tree Artek the crazy one saw.
 * Interestingly, Artek shares his name with a finnish furniture company, a Russian children's camp, a vanilla wafer, and a dj. Artek is also a Celtic baby name meaning rock or bear