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| Ombrista | |
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| Dark Hunter | |
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Disintegration Eyebeams, Madness Rhotuka
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| Tools |
Staff of Protodermis
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| Status |
Alive
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| Location |
Odina
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Ombrista, also known as "The Shadowed One", is the cunning, yet merciless leader of the Dark Hunters.
History[]
Ombrista was created by Mata Nui during the early years of the Matoran Universe's existence.
Much of Ombrista's early life is shrouded in mystery. He and his fellow Dark Hunter co-founder, Ancient, originated from the same island: a bleak, icy realm. A great deal of his early life was spent performing tasks that neither the Brotherhood of Makuta nor Matoran would take upon themselves to do. At the end of a civil war that had occured in their homeland, Ombrista met with Ancient, and together they came up with the idea of creating a band of mercenaries for hire: the Dark Hunters.
Ombrista soon began calling himself "The Shadowed One" as a means to keep his true identity a secret from new recruits.
Journeying together, the Shadowed One and Ancient discovered the island of Odina, where they seeded the base of their new organization. He began chronicling the histories and profiles of the many beings he recruited into the Dark Hunters. Much later, as he was experimenting to produce more effective Dark Hunters, Ombrista created Sentrakh, who began serving him as his bodyguard.
Desiring a live trophy to display in his chamber as a show of power, the Shadowed One organized an operation to acquire a Toa of Psionics, his captive of choice. Triglax, along with Lurker and Gatherer, succeeded in luring Psionics Toa Varian and Fire Toa Norik into a trap, and the two were brought back to Odina. The Shadowed One allowed Varian to spare either Norik or Triglax, who had disguised himself as a Toa in order to gain their trust. Varian chose Norik, and the Shadowed One had him taken off the island. He then maliciously revealed the deception to her, and placed her in a Stasis Tube as his trophy.
The Shadowed One was present when the Piraka were inducted into his organization, annihilating another member for letting slip the location of the Makoki Stone. He personally welcomed Hakann and Vezok, testing their lack of morals. The Shadowed One was later informed of their planned rebellion, but allowed the plot to go through. After they had penetrated his fortress, he used his power over the architecture to lead the rebels into a winding maze, eventually depositing them in his chamber. Intending to punish them for their betrayal, the Shadowed One lashed out at Zaktan with his eyebeams. However, instead of killing him, the beams split Zaktan into billions of Protodites, something even the Shadowed One was not expecting. He let the rebels live, issuing only a warning to them.
The Shadowed One later sent Avak, Vezok, and Reidak to Metru Nui to release the Kanohi Dragon in an attempt to force the city to accept the Hunters as its protectors. However, Turaga Dume refused to let them use the city as a base, instead calling a team of Toa as reinforcements. Having lost this chance to take the city, the Shadowed One soon became obsessed with conquering it, launching several attempts to secure a base there. After a failed kidnapping attempt of Dume, the leader of the Hunters launched a full scale invasion, inciting the Toa-Dark Hunter War.
The war raged for several weeks, with no clear victor on either side. Having already sent out most of his available operatives, the Shadowed One knew that he needed to end the war soon. He got his chance when an embittered Toa of Air, Nidhiki, offered to betray his fellow Toa in exchange for rule of the city. Though the Shadowed One never intended to let him have this, he let the deal proceed. Neither side got to keep their agreement in the end, as the Toa's leader discovered the treachery, and agreed to let the Dark Hunters leave the city safely, in exchange for the Makoki Stone. The Hunters left, and the war ended. However, the Shadowed One was not content to leave the Makoki Stone in the hands of the Toa and had it stolen back six months later, breaking it into six pieces and auctioning them off.
He was soon confronted by Nidhiki, whom the Shadowed One knew had a problem with a fellow member named Krekka. Knowing that the Toa of Air was a potential problem given his history as a traitor, the Shadowed One partnered them up, knowing Krekka's blind loyalty and stupidity would keep Nidhiki in check. At some point, he assigned them and Lariska to steal a prototype Zamor Launcher, which they successfully managed to do. Soon after that, Ombrista mutated Nidhiki after finding out he had attempted to leave his organization, however, The former Toa of Air eventually managed to escape, sending Krekka to retrieve him as a result.
After several months of no contact, the Shadowed One was informed that the now restored Toa Nidhiki and Krekka had defected from the Dark Hunters and joined Kuurk's Empire. Outraged, he declared war on Metru Nui, but his forces were swiftly defeated in the ensuing conflict. He then retreated in frustration. They would not be the only notable Dark Hunters to leave his organization, as Lariska, one of his most trusted operatives, eventually ltook her leave, deciding to go a different route, resulting in her becoming a Bounty Hunter.
The Shadowed One currently resides on Odina, plotting his next course of action against Kuurk and his organization.
Abilities and Traits[]
The Shadowed One is a very charismatic leader, but also arrogant and sadistic. He is also a very proud being, and refuses to let his honor be slandered by his enemies. He enjoys pairing foes or very different Dark Hunters together, both for character building and his personal fun. Often he will resort to lies and foul play to ensure various agents remain in his organization. He has also, over the course of his tenure as leader of the Dark Hunters, dealt effectively with numerous threats to his rule.
In addition to formidable strength and talent as an assassin, the Shadowed One has disintegration eye beams. His Rhotuka induce a temporary madness within targets.
Stats[]
Strength: 34
Mind: 57
Agility: 32
Toughness: 65
Trivia[]
- Ombrista/The Shadowed One is Asexual.
- The Shadowed One's name, "Ombrista" was a name chosen by Kuurk9999, seeing that his original real name would never be revealed.