"Mimic"

"Mimic" 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., known by the code name the organization assigned in place of his true name. He possessed the rare ability to perfectly copy any physical feat he observed, a talent 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. prized and exploited. His recruitment was an example of a being drafted into the Hunters through manipulation rather than ambition.

Origins and recruitment#

"Mimic" came from an island home that had suffered a natural disaster long before his time with 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.. He spent most of his life there alongside a single companion from the same island, the two working together simply to survive. One day "Mimic" discovered his power: a talent that let him replicate any feat he saw.

Shortly after that discovery, his companion disappeared. Desperate, he searched for her for a long time without success. It was during this search that 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., leader of the Dark Hunters, approached him, offering to do everything in his power to find her if "Mimic" would join the organization. "Mimic" agreed quickly and served from then on.

What he never learned was that the Shadowed One always kept him away from Odina, the Dark Hunters' island base, precisely to prevent him from discovering that his lost companion was being held captive in the dungeons there. The promise that had recruited him was a lie that bound him to service indefinitely.

Abilities#

"Mimic" possessed what 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. called "photographic reflexes." If he watched any creature perform a physical feat, he could reproduce it perfectly, instantly, and without any practice. Shown a skilled marksman, he became a master marksman; allowed to watch skilled swordplay for even a few moments, he became a master of the blade. This made him extraordinarily versatile in combat, since any opponent's technique could become his own the instant he saw it used.

Later fate#

"Mimic" remained in the service 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. through the long years that followed. In the end, he evacuated the Matoran Universe onto the reformed world of Spherus Magna along with its other surviving inhabitants.