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Charger

the Kane-Ra Dark Hunter

Charger was a Kane-Ra bull transformed into a sentient being and recruited into the Dark Hunters, a brute fighter sent against impossible odds who solved every problem by force.

By Joe Garratt

Charger was a Kane-RaKane-RaBuffalo-like territorial Rahi that roamed Mata Nui's plains and Metru Nui's corridors, best known for encounters with the Toa. bull who was transformed into a sentient being and became a Dark HunterThe Dark HuntersA mercenary organization founded on Odina by The Shadowed One and Ancient, contracted across the Matoran Universe for assassination and theft, and ultimately reduced to a battered remnant by the fall of the universe itself.. He kept the headlong, unstoppable temperament of his old species and served The Shadowed OneThe Shadowed OneThe Shadowed One is the leader of the Dark Hunters, a black, yellow, and silver figure based on Spherus Magna. Armed with a staff and a Rhotuka, the Shadowed One directs the organization. as a brute who could be thrown at odds no other agent would face.

From Kane-Ra bull to Dark Hunter#

Charger was once a Kane-RaKane-RaBuffalo-like territorial Rahi that roamed Mata Nui's plains and Metru Nui's corridors, best known for encounters with the Toa. Bull, one of the large and dangerous horned RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.. By means that were never recorded, he was transformed into a sentient being capable of speech and thought. He was recruited into the Dark HuntersThe Dark HuntersA mercenary organization founded on Odina by The Shadowed One and Ancient, contracted across the Matoran Universe for assassination and theft, and ultimately reduced to a battered remnant by the fall of the universe itself., where The Shadowed OneThe Shadowed OneThe Shadowed One is the leader of the Dark Hunters, a black, yellow, and silver figure based on Spherus Magna. Armed with a staff and a Rhotuka, the Shadowed One directs the organization. put his raw strength to use by dispatching him on missions that required him to fight no fewer than six opponents at a time. Charger always defeated them, whatever advantages they were supposed to hold over him.

In one of his later assignments he was sent to track down MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. laborers who had escaped from OdinaOdinaOdina is a member of both the Dark Hunters and the Cliff Screechers, operating within the Matoran Universe. Formerly in possession of the powers of Vamprah, Odina retains no elemental abilities in the present day., tired of the island's hospitality. He and the other Dark HuntersThe Dark HuntersA mercenary organization founded on Odina by The Shadowed One and Ancient, contracted across the Matoran Universe for assassination and theft, and ultimately reduced to a battered remnant by the fall of the universe itself. later fled to XiaXiaA hostile island southeast of Metru Nui, home to the Vortixx and their brutal mercenary culture. when OdinaOdinaOdina is a member of both the Dark Hunters and the Cliff Screechers, operating within the Matoran Universe. Formerly in possession of the powers of Vamprah, Odina retains no elemental abilities in the present day. was overrun by RahkshiRahkshiArmor suits powered by parasitic Kraata, Rahkshi were Teridax's most effective soldiers and among Bionicle's most visually iconic early enemies., and after TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s death he evacuated and came to live on Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint..

Temperament and tactics#

For all the intelligence his transformation had granted him, Charger was no strategic thinker. If he needed to steal an object from a fortress, he would bring the whole fortress down and retrieve the object from the rubble. He was anything but stealthy, but The Shadowed OneThe Shadowed OneThe Shadowed One is the leader of the Dark Hunters, a black, yellow, and silver figure based on Spherus Magna. Armed with a staff and a Rhotuka, the Shadowed One directs the organization. was willing to keep him in the organization as long as his blunt approach kept producing results.

He carried over the disposition of his old species: brave and bold to the point of being unstoppable and very nearly suicidal, the same drive that all Kane-RaKane-RaBuffalo-like territorial Rahi that roamed Mata Nui's plains and Metru Nui's corridors, best known for encounters with the Toa. bulls possessed. Faced with a wall, he would go through it; faced with a canyon, he would try to jump it. He was violent toward RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts., and toward MuakaMuakaTiger-like predators of Ko-Wahi with claws, teeth, and a taste for anything that moves. in particular, and he carried a foul smell about him.

Equipment#

Charger wielded an axe that absorbed an opponent's elemental energy and hurled it back at them, a weapon supposedly looted from one of his ToaToa (2001)Biomechanical heroes bonded to elemental powers and masks. Not born, but chosen and transformed. victims. He was also armed with sharp blades set along his arms.

Frequently asked questions

Who was Charger?
Charger was a Kane-Ra bull who was transformed into a sentient being capable of speech and thought, then recruited into the Dark Hunters. He served The Shadowed One as a brute who could be thrown at odds no other agent would face.
What was Charger's fighting style?
Charger was no strategic thinker. To steal an object from a fortress, he would bring the whole fortress down and retrieve the object from the rubble. He kept the headlong temperament of his old species, brave and bold to the point of being nearly suicidal.
What weapons did Charger carry?
He wielded an axe that absorbed an opponent's elemental energy and hurled it back, a weapon supposedly looted from one of his Toa victims. He was also armed with sharp blades set along his arms.
What missions was Charger sent on?
The Shadowed One dispatched him on missions that required him to fight no fewer than six opponents at a time, which he always won. In one later assignment he was sent to track down Matoran laborers who had escaped from Odina.
What happened to Charger?
He and the other Dark Hunters fled to Xia when Odina was overrun by Rahkshi. After Teridax's death, Charger evacuated and came to live on Spherus Magna.

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