Sentrakh

Sentrakh is 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.'s most trusted member of the Dark Hunters, his personal bodyguard and enforcer. If you've read Time TrapTime TrapVakama's solo descent into the Silver Sea to recover the Mask of Time, his capture by the Dark Hunter Voporak, the Teridax illusion that followed, and the three-way struggle over the Vahi between Vakama, the Shadowed One, and Teridax., you know exactly how terrifying that job makes him. He's one of the few beings who can rattle a Toa 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., and in his brief appearance he nearly kills VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. through sheer combat ability alone. What makes Sentrakh lethal is his arsenal of transmutation, illusion, and mind-wipe powers, each one worse than the last.

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.'s Right Hand#

Sentrakh holds the top position in the Dark Hunters' hierarchy after 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. himself. He's not a lieutenant like LariskaLariskaDark Hunter defined by discipline and tactical competence, Lariska was one of the Shadowed One's most dependable operatives before joining Brutaka's desperate mission., who was left in charge when 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. departed Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. in Time TrapTime TrapVakama's solo descent into the Silver Sea to recover the Mask of Time, his capture by the Dark Hunter Voporak, the Teridax illusion that followed, and the three-way struggle over the Vahi between Vakama, the Shadowed One, and Teridax.. Sentrakh is something far more personal, far more dangerous. He's the one deployed when 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. needs a problem solved with finality.

His power set makes him invaluable to that role. Transmutation lets him reshape matter at the molecular level. Illusion compounds the threat by obscuring his position or confusing his target. Mind-wipe strips away memories, which in Bionicle lore is a form of death worse than death itself. That combination means Sentrakh doesn't just kill. He erases.

The Great Temple Encounter#

In BIONICLEBIONICLE: Matoran AdventuresA 2002 GBA platformer where you play as one of six Matoran fighting Bohrok across Mata Nui's islands. Adventures 10: Time TrapTime TrapVakama's solo descent into the Silver Sea to recover the Mask of Time, his capture by the Dark Hunter Voporak, the Teridax illusion that followed, and the three-way struggle over the Vahi between Vakama, the Shadowed One, and Teridax., Sentrakh accompanies 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. to Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. to hunt down whoever killed NidhikiNidhikiOnce a guardian of Metru Nui, Nidhiki traded his Toa honor for Dark Hunter gold and paid the price. and KrekkaKrekkaA brutish but ineffective Dark Hunter with no powers or masks, Krekka was outmatched from his first moments in Metru Nui.. They spot VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. and NokamaNokamaNokama served as Toa Metru of Water, endured the Hordika mutation, and led Ga-Koro and later Ga-Metru as Turaga through three eras. in the Great TempleGreat TempleThe Great Temple is a structure situated in Ga-Metru, Metru Nui, associated with the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. It formerly fell under the influence of Teridax, though it currently holds no such power., unaware they're being watched. When VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. attempts to intervene in the temple's events, Sentrakh acts.

The fight is almost clinical. Sentrakh knocks VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. to the floor, then wraps him in a cloud of darkness. Before VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. can fully respond, Sentrakh begins transmuting his molecules into solid ProtodermisProtodermisThe engineered substance building the Matoran Universe, protodermis exists in countless refined states from mundane metal to diamond-hard crystal to the destruction-or-transformation force of energized form.. This isn't some power-up moment for VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years.. This is Sentrakh casually approaching a Toa's death as a methodical process. VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. survives only because he heats an energized protodermis vial to distract Sentrakh and disrupt his concentration. Without that lucky break, a Toa 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. dies in the temple, and the timeline fractures differently.

That single scene makes Sentrakh one of the most dangerous Dark Hunters on record. He appears in almost no other canonical material, yet he's credible as a threat in a way most Dark Hunters never become. He doesn't scheme or boast. He just executes.

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Compiled from primary sources by Lore Fortress editorial. Reviewed by Joe Garratt, Editor-in-Chief.