Tantibus

"It is said that shadow cannot exsist without the light, lets see if the reverse is true."

Tantibus to Tasorin, Brotherhood In Arms book three.

Tantibus is a crafty and powerful Toa of Shadow. He is a former hero who was corrupted by shadow leeches early in his life. He was uneffected by them till several years later, when he betrayed his brothers to Makuta Teridax. Tantibus is aware of his actions, but he can do nothing against them. Tantibus's power exceed that of a normal Toa of Shadow.

Biography:
Tantibus was an Av-matoran that was placed on Kysian Nui during the Time Slip. Makuta Keera noticed the new presense on the nearby island and investigated, and found the Av-matoran in his home. Keera abducted him and brought him back to his mountain labrotory on his island, where he decided to test a new breed of shadow leeches on Tantibus, resulting in him becoming a shadow matoran, but without the dark personality and desire for evil. Keera was dissapointed that his expirament failed, and tossed Tantibus out the window.

Tantibus survived the thousand foot fall with minimal injuries, and stood up just in time to hear an explosion  in the direction of the front gates. He rushed around the base of the mountain in time to see matoran escaping from the labrotory. He saw two matoran running faster then the rest and followed them for several days. He manged to find a Toa stone in the crevice he slept in one night, and thought nothing of it. He continued following the two matoran untill they reached a small abandoned village. Tantibus saw that they too carried Toa stones, and revealed himself to them, they greeted him warmly and said their names were Tasorin and Lithal. Shortly after they were joined by four more matoran, and each of them carried a Toa stone as well. They went to the suva in the center of the village, and were transformed into Toa. Tantibus became a Toa of Shadow, Motakku became a Toa of air, Kyxien became a Toa of Protosteel, Magnam became a Toa of Fire, Water, and Earth, Sythen became a Toa of Metal, Tasorin became a Toa of Fire, Water, and Stone, And Lithal became a Toa of Lightning, Water and Gravity.

Tantibus was pleased with his newfound powers and became the teams resident spy, and his brothers accepted him dispite his shadow powers. Tasorin and Lithal set off on their own for a few days. During the week that Tasorin was gone, Lithal came to Tantibus and their brothers and brought them to the area that where Tasorin was training with Pyran. When Tasorin finished training he assumed leadership of his Toa team, and they went on many harrowing adventures together. But as time went on, Tantibus was beginning to show signs of his exposure to shadow leeches, Keera sensed that a connection was growing between him and Tantibus, and would occasionally pull on it, resulting in Tantibus losing control over his own body. Instead of telling the other Toa, Tantibus hid this, and it would be his downfall.

Tantibus and his brothers were on a mission to free a group of matoran prisoners from Makuta Teridax's castle when Keera pulled harder then ever before, and took complete control over Tantibus. Tantibus stood and proclaimed what the were doing and where every single one of his brothers was hiding and began to shoot shadow bolts at them to flush them out. Tantibus was aware of what he was saying and doing, but he could not control his own body, he tried to call for help, but no sound would come. Keera finished off the connection to Tantibus and permanently enslaved him to his will, then he summoned Tantibus to him, and he proptly obeyed. His brothers barely escaped with their lives.

When Tantibus arrived at Keera's island he was put through riggorus tests to see how far the control extended. Tantibus found that the things that were truely against his nature, he could make his body stop before he did it. He could not kill anything, but he could siriously injure. Keera saw this as only a minor setback, and started to send Tantibus to do his dirty work on a daily basis.

More coming soon...

Trivia:

 * Tantibus is a Latin word meaning nightmare.
 * Tantibus is unable to kill anything.