Dweller

Dweller is a stealthy Dark HunterThe Dark HuntersA band of mercenaries and thieves founded on Odina by the Shadowed One and Ancient, hired out across the Matoran Universe, and left a battered ruin by the time Teridax ruled the universe. and one of the organisation's most effective spies. He began on assassination missions, killing his targets with mental attacks. After the Great Cataclysm, 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. sent him to MetruMetruIn the Matoran language a metru was a single district of Metru Nui; the city was divided into six such districts, one for each element, and the term covered both the place and the elemental community that lived in it. Nui on a permanent assignment to watch the city, which mattered to both the Dark Hunters and the Brotherhood of Makuta. (BIONICLE: Dark Hunters)

A spy in the Archives#

On Metru Nui, Dweller used his powers to keep watch on events, and every so often he sent Rahi off with reports to the Shadowed One. He could also hide himself from the minds of anyone who wandered the tunnels where he lived, the Rahaga included. (BIONICLE: Dark Hunters)

He is fiercely loyal to the organisation and puts all his time and effort into his missions. (BIONICLE: Dark Hunters)

The Dweller Report#

While Keetongu, Turaga DumeTuraga DumeThe Turaga of Metru Nui for sixteen thousand years, a former Toa of Fire who saved Lhikan's life and was abducted and impersonated by Teridax. and the six Rahaga lived in the Coliseum, nursing the city's Rahi back to health, Dweller lurked nearby. One night he slipped away from behind NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored., amused, after the Rahaga had woken from a nightmare about the Visorak. (The Dweller Report)

When a stray band of VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. crawled ashore and Keetongu, then Dume and the Rahaga, went to fight it, Dweller followed. He expected the perfect report for his master: the deaths of the city's last defenders. (The Dweller Report)

Instead the defenders won, and easily. Dweller was torn. The city was still inhabited, but the Brotherhood had failed again to take Metru Nui, which would make it easier for the Dark Hunters later. He decided the city would fall sooner or later and he could wait. The next night he gave Norik another nightmare, this time of the Shadowed One laying waste to the city. (The Dweller Report)

Capture and aftermath#

Acting on one of his reports, the Shadowed One ordered Dweller to follow TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history. and strike when he was most vulnerable, to open the way for a Dark Hunter invasion. When Dweller tried to probe Takanuva's mind, the Toa of Light sensed him, deflected the attack and traced it, but before he could reach Dweller he was attacked by a shadow leech. (BIONICLE Legends 10: Swamp of Secrets)

Then BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, was mutated in the Pit, and later led the Order's strike team to free Miserix. came to Metru Nui. Dweller's mental powers were useless against him, and Brutaka knocked him out, captured him and brought him to Toa HelryxHelryx: the first Toa ever createdHelryx was the first Toa ever made, commissioned by the Great Beings on Artakha long before the Toa Mata. She founded and led the Order of Mata Nui.. (BIONICLE Legends 10: Swamp of Secrets)

Abilities and traits#

Dweller can reach out and scan the minds of others, gathering information from hundreds of minds for his reports. He can go further and drive people mad with nightmares, or screen himself from other minds altogether. He also has a sadistic streak, tormenting others with nightmares just to entertain himself. (BIONICLE: Dark Hunters; The Dweller Report)