Dweller

Dweller was a member of 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. who was stationed for centuries in the city of 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. Recruited as an assassin, he killed his victims with mental powers, and was eventually given the standing assignment of monitoring the city and reporting on it to the Shadowed OneThe 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..

A spy in the Archives#

Dweller 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. as an assassin who used his mental powers to kill. Roughly 1,001 years before the present he was permanently assigned 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 to monitor the city, hiding within the Archives and sending occasional reports on events back to the Shadowed OneThe 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. by way of 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.. His patience and his ability to keep others from noticing him let him spend over a thousand years in the city undetected.

The Dweller Report#

About 250 years before the present, Dweller learned that a stray troop 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. was arriving in Metru Nui ahead of his latest report. At that time the city held only eight inhabitants: the Rahaga, Keetongu, and 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.. Dweller went to the Coliseum and used his powers to inflict a nightmare about the VisorakVisorakSpider-like Rahi created by Makuta Chirox, conquered for the Brotherhood by Gorast, broken at Metru Nui, and ultimately destroyed in a volcanic eruption on Artidax. on the Rahaga 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., then waited as Keetongu, and afterward Dume and the Rahaga, left to confront the swarm. He followed, expecting that the Shadowed OneThe 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. would want to hear of the death of the eight, since the Brotherhood's conquest of the city would leave it open to a later Dark Hunter invasion.

Watching the battle, he was surprised to see the defenders survive and destroy the VisorakVisorakSpider-like Rahi created by Makuta Chirox, conquered for the Brotherhood by Gorast, broken at Metru Nui, and ultimately destroyed in a volcanic eruption on Artidax. troop, and was uncertain how to read the outcome. He soon concluded that Metru Nui and its inhabitants would be conquered sooner or later and resolved to wait. He returned to the Archives, then came back the next night to give 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. a second nightmare, this one of the Shadowed OneThe 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. conquering the city, a future Dweller hoped to see become real.

Capture and aftermath#

Dweller witnessed the return of the MatoranMatoran SpheresThe silver hibernation pods used by Teridax, posing as Turaga Dume, to capture, store, and transport the entire Matoran population of Metru Nui during the Great Cataclysm. to Metru Nui. After the Toa NuvaToa NuvaThe form the Toa Mata took after stepping into the Energized Protodermis beneath the Bahrag, with new masks, new tools, and the elemental scale to fight Karda Nui. left and 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. remained as the city's only guardian, Dweller sent another report to the Shadowed OneThe 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., and was told the time had come to take a more active role and prepare the city for seizure. His new orders were to monitor 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 kill him at his weakest moment.

He set about this with a mental probe, which 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. detected and traced toward its source. On the way, the Toa of Light was attacked by a Shadow Leech and could not act against Dweller. By then BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team., HelryxHelryxHelryx was the first Toa created by the Great Beings, founder of the Order of Mata Nui, and commander of its covert war against the Brotherhood of Makuta., and Krakua had arrived to rescue the unconscious Toa. BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team., who was impervious to Dweller's mental powers, went after the spy, captured him, and imprisoned him on Daxia. Dweller survived the island's destruction when TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. razed it, and after TeridaxTeridax (Melding Alternate Universe): the Makuta who kept his lightIn the Melding alternate universe, Makuta Teridax was created as a warrior of light who never fell to shadow. Brought across to the main reality by Mazeka, he confronted his corrupted counterpart and outlived the war. was killed he left the Matoran Universe and migrated to Spherus Magna.

Abilities and traits#

Dweller was patient and devoted to his mission and to the Shadowed OneThe 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., whom he believed would one day conquer Metru Nui. He was stealthy and inclined to toy with those he spied upon. His mental powers let him probe the thoughts of others or drive them mad with nightmares, and he could alter the perceptions of those around him so that they failed to notice him, which is how he remained hidden for so long. He also wielded claws.