Surel

Surel was a warrior who fought in the Energized Protodermis War, also called the Core War, under the Element Lord of IceElement Lord of IceThe Element Lord of Ice is a member of the Element Lords and a former Glatorian who once served as the leader of the Ice Tribe on Spherus Magna. Wielding the element of ice and bearing white coloration, the Element Lord of Ice resides on the reformed Spherus Magna, the homeland from which the species originated.. After the discovery of Energized Protodermis, the Element Lord of Ice organized the warriors of the Ice TribeIce TribeOne of Bara Magna's six major tribes, the Ice Tribe produced legendary Glatorian like Strakk and survived the Shattering intact. into an army and sent them into battle to defend the substance. Surel was assigned to train the Iron WolvesIron WolfBiomechanical predators engineered by the Great Beings, these desert creatures roamed both Spherus Magna and Bara Magna after the Shattering., biomechanical wolves created by the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. to aid in the war, and he led the pack into combat.

Surel was badly injured during the fighting and was left behind, bent and broken, when the conflict moved on. The Shattering struck amid the war, breaking the world apart, and Surel took refuge in the White Quartz Mountains. The Iron Wolves stayed by his side, bringing him food and protecting him from harm while many in the mountains would have done him further harm. He never rejoined his tribe after the Shattering.

Years later, the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. Tarduk, Crotesius, and Kirbold passed through the White Quartz Mountains and were followed by wolves from Surel's pack. After failed attempts to distract the wolves, the three Agori ended up in the wolves' lair, where Surel appeared and commanded the pack to relax. He warned the travelers that the Core War had never truly ended for the Element Lords, beings of fearsome power and former leaders of entire armies.

Moments later the Element Lord of Ice triggered an avalanche over the valley, an attack aimed at the Element Lord of FireElement Lord of FireFormer Glatorian of the Fire Tribe, remade by the Great Beings into an immortal being of pure flame, ruler of the Fire Tribe through the Core War, and the elemental claimant whose feud with the Element Lord of Ice broke open again in the White Quartz Mountains.. The avalanche was melted and vaporized before it struck the ground, and the wolves retreated. Surel is counted among the GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. by species rather than by occupation.