Dark Hunters (Kuurk's Empire)

The Dark Hunters are a band of mercenaries and bounty hunters under the command of a single leader known as Ombrista, aka, The Shadowed One. Many of the organization's members are frequently known by their codenames, and they specialize in theft and assassination, all in the name of profit.

Dark Hunters

Organization
Base	Odina
Leader	Ombrista, Ancient
Group	Active

History[]

Ancient, a native of Ombrista's homeland, began a business of hiring himself out to whoever paid the most. The Shadowed One was inspired by the idea, and approached Ancient with the idea of starting a business. As a result, they founded the Dark Hunters and took control of the island of Odina from its original inhabitants.

The Dark Hunters began their long campaign of crime, stealing precious objects, killing Toa, making Turaga disappear, and recruiting new members through manipulation, force, treachery, and even mutation. They struck up a mutually beneficial deal with the Brotherhood of Makuta: the Brotherhood used their talents to modify Ombrista's agents to be more powerful and effective, make Rahi, and loan out weapons to them, and the Dark Hunters gladly lent the services of their employees to the Makuta.

A winged agent of the Dark Hunters was later dispatched to retrieve the Makoki Stone from a heavily guarded fortress. The member later divulged some of his information to the Skakdi Hakann, who retrieved the stone with his partner Vezok before the Hunter could reach it. Ancient later caught the Skakdi as they were escaping, and brought them to Ombrista. Along with four other members of their species, they were inducted into the Hunters.

Soon, five of the Skakdi planned for the fall of the Shadowed One. Vezok and Zaktan were able to get Prototype away from the fortress' gate, though they were confronted by Darkness once inside. To punish the disobedient Hunters, Ombrista fired his eyebeams at Zaktan; instead of disintegrating however, the Skakdi turned into a mass of Protodites.

Ombrista soon set his eyes on the island city of Metru Nui, a prize coveted by other powers. He unleashed the ancient Kanohi Dragon on the city, but it was defeated and shipped to Xia by Toa Lhikan. He tried numerous other attempts and when trying to kidnap Turaga Dume failed, he declared war on Metru Nui. As the Hunters massed on the island city, Toa Naho slipped past and brought others to the city's aid. One of the Toa Mangai, Nidhiki, thought about betraying his comrades in exchange for ruling the city. He struck a deal with one of Ombrista's most trusted operatives, Lariska, and agreed to sell out the city. Lhikan, who was spying on Nidhiki, bargained for the Makoki Stone from Hakann, and surrounded the Hunters with reinforcements. Instead of forcing the location of Odina from them, he let them go back to their base provided that they take Nidhiki along with them. The Hunters later stole back the stone, split it into six pieces, and sold them to the Brotherhood of Makuta.

The Dark Hunters once captured a group of Matoran, but the Matoran were rescued by Toa Orde, though he did not escape. The Dark Hunters interrogated him until Orde's Toa Team rescued him.

Over a century later, Ombrista was informed by one of his subordinates that Nidhiki and Krekka had defected from the Dark Hunters and had joined Kuurk's Empire, Angered by the news, he declared war on the organization's headquarters on Metru Nui and attempted to destroy their forces, but was swiftly defeated when he realized they were fighting a losing battle, and retreated in frustration.

Ombrista is now planning a counter assault on Kuurk's Empire for all their troubles, though he doesn't realize the latter organization has since moved over to Helvean.

Members[]

Ombrista/The Shadowed One - Leader.
Ancient - Co-Founder/Second in Command.
Airwatcher - A dumb, yet merciless Dark Hunter who acts as one of the many sentries on Odina.
Amphibax - An aquatic Dark Hunter.
Charger - A violent Dark Hunter who was formerly a Kane-Ra bull.
Conjurer - A Dark Hunter who is currently in a coma after attempting to absorb a Brotherhood of Makuta member's power.
Darkness - A shadowy Dark Hunter who follows the Shadowed One.
Devastator - A Dark Hunter shrouded in myths.
Dweller - A Dark Hunter who observed the events that had transpired on Metru Nui.
Eliminator - A Dark Hunter who eliminates other Dark Hunters who fail in their missions.
Firedracax - A Dark Hunter that was mutated from a Ta-Matoran by Energized Protodermis.
Gatherer - A former Onu-Matoran leader who collects a piece of fallen foe's armor after each kill.
Gladiator - A Dark Hunter from Stelt.
Guardian - A Dark Hunter that assassinated captured Dark Hunters before they betray organization secrets.
Kraata-Kal - A Dark Hunter that is a Kraata dipped in the substance used to turn Bohrok into Bohrok-Kal, and then given a special suit of armor.
Lurker - A strong and quick Dark Hunter.
Mimic - A Dark Hunter capable of replicating a physical feat of another.
Minion - A silent Dark Hunter created from an experiment on Rahi.
Phantom - A Nynrah Ghost who was experimented on and then shunned by his people.
Poison - A Dark Hunter with poison surging through his body.
Primal - A troublesome Dark Hunter whose land was invaded by the Visorak.
Prototype - A Dark Hunter that was two Toa fused from the effect of the Spear of Fusion.
Ravager - A powerful Dark Hunter with no memories.
Recorder - A Dark Hunter who Chronicles everything the Shadowed One has ever said or done.
Savage - A Toa Hordika in the Dark Hunter organization.
Seeker - A Dark Hunter that worked for the Brotherhood of Makuta, guarding the Mask of Light.
Sentrakh - The Shadowed One's bodyguard.
Silence - A stealthy Dark Hunter.
Spinner - A former Toa of Air and now an effective Dark Hunter.
Subterranean - A former Onu-Matoran from Metru Nui; now a Dark Hunter who hunts Toa.
Tracker - A Dark Hunter with deep hatred for the Visorak and Roodaka.
Triglax - A shapeshifting Dark Hunter.
Vanisher - An independent Dark Hunter who was suspected by the Shadowed One to be working for the Brotherhood of Makuta.
Vengeance - A Dark Hunter who wanted to kill Teridax.
Voporak, a mutated Upper-Class Steltian who acts as a tactician for the Dark Hunters.

Former Members[]

Lariska - A ruthless Dark Hunter who once oversaw the Dark Hunters in Ombrista's absence; left the organization to pursue a new life as a Bounty Hunter.
Krekka - A former guard on Stelt hired by the Dark Hunters for his strength; defected to join Kuurk's Empire
Nidhiki - The Toa Mangai of Air before he betrayed the Toa to the Dark Hunters; defected to join Kuurk's Empire
The six Piraka, rogue Skakdi Dark Hunters
- Avak - An irritable, untrustworthy Skakdi.
- Hakann - An egotistical, unpredictable Skakdi.
- Reidak - A destructive, impatient Skakdi.
- Thok - A solitary, manipulative Skakdi.
- Vezok - A cold, temperamental Skakdi.
- Zaktan - A brilliant, ruthless Skakdi and the accepted leader of the group.
Shadow Stealer - A former member of both the Hand of Artakha and the Dark Hunters capable of using the shadows to his advantage; (Rogue)
Tyrant - A Dark Hunter who attempted to usurp Ombrista before being abandoned and left for dead by the organization.