Savage

Savage was a Toa of EarthToa of EarthToa of Earth were quiet but exceptional guardians, suited to operating in subterranean darkness where other Toa would fail. who was mutated into a Toa HordikaToa HordikaToa mutated by Visorak venom into bestial hybrids, forced to fight their primal nature and hunt for a cure. and went on to become 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.. His mutation left him unrecognizable to his own team, and the betrayal he believed they had committed drove him into the service of 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..

Mutation and the loss of his team#

Savage was once a Toa of EarthToa of EarthToa of Earth were quiet but exceptional guardians, suited to operating in subterranean darkness where other Toa would fail. who was detained by the VisorakVisorak (Rahi)Spider-like Rahi employed by the Brotherhood of Makuta whose name meant 'Stealers of Life' and whose swarms threatened the Matoran Universe.. Exposed to Hordika VenomHordika VenomThe toxin used by the Visorak to mutate captured prey into Hordika, the feral half-Rahi state that transformed the Toa Metru into the Toa Hordika in the webs above Metru Nui., he was mutated into a Toa HordikaToa HordikaToa mutated by Visorak venom into bestial hybrids, forced to fight their primal nature and hunt for a cure., a half-beast form that left him reduced in speech and reason. He escaped and returned to his teammates, but the change had made him unrecognizable, and they attacked him in the belief that he was a monster.

The encounter destroyed him. His anger and despair grew out of control, accelerating the feral side that the venom had awakened. He lost his speech and his self-control entirely and, in that state, heavily injured the very team he had returned to. What had begun as a rescue ended with the Toa cut off from everyone he had once fought beside.

Recruitment by the Dark Hunters#

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. found him after the disaster. 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. saw an opening in the wreckage of his mind and worked on it deliberately, convincing the maddened Toa that the others on his team had been jealous, that they had allowed him to be trapped and turned into a beast on purpose. In his condition he was ready to believe that his friends had been enemies all along, and so 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. gained a new recruit.

His usefulness came with a cost to the organization. Because he still slipped into bouts of insanity, Savage was locked in a cell for the safety of those around him, and any damage he caused during his rampages was charged against his profits.

Abilities and equipment#

Savage lived in a state of near-constant anger and instability after his transformation, severe enough that he had to be jailed at times for everyone's protection. As a Toa HordikaToa HordikaToa mutated by Visorak venom into bestial hybrids, forced to fight their primal nature and hunt for a cure. he carried the half-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. nature of that form, with its bestial instincts always close to the surface.

He wielded a Tri-ClawTri-ClawThe murky origin of how a Toa weapon found its way into Dark Hunter hands., a ToaToa (2001)Biomechanical heroes bonded to elemental powers and masks. Not born, but chosen and transformed. tool able to liquefy solid matter, and could launch a RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. spinner that paralyzed its target. After the Battle of Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., in which the Great Spirit Robot was heavily damaged, Savage migrated to the newly reformed planet of Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint..