Subterranean (Bionicle)
Subterranean is a male villain character who features in BIONICLE (Generation 1).
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Biography
During the Toa-Dark Hunter War, the Onu-Matoran who would later become known as "Subterranean" was helping to build a new section of the Metru Nui Archives under Ga-Metru. The work went well until the tunnel ceiling collapsed, releasing mutagenic chemicals from a laboratory above that engulfed him and mutated him into his current form. Once Subterranean managed to dig himself out of the rubble, he saw that his new form terrified his former friends, so he decided to leave Metru Nui.
Subterranean found a new home with the Dark Hunters, who trained him in combat and outfitted him with sound-dampening armor to counteract his newfound weakness to sound. Subterranean served as a Dark Hunter on various missions over the next 4000 years, some of which involved hunting Toa.
Shortly before the reawakening of Mata Nui, the Shadowed One sent Subterranean to propose an alliance between their organization and the Frostelus, because the Shadowed One thought that Subterranean was one of the few beings who were uglier than them. Unsurprisingly, these negotiations went poorly.
When the Great Spirit Robot was critically damaged in the Battle of Bara Magna, Subterranean and the other surviving Dark Hunters emigrated from the Matoran Universe to Spherus Magna.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Like most living beings native to the Matoran Universe, Subterranean is a biomechanical lifeform whose body consists of both organic and metallic protodermis. He was shocked and saddened when he realized that his mutation meant that he could no longer live alongside his Matoran brothers, but he has since left all remnants of his Matoran life behind in service of the Dark Hunters.
Powers and abilities
Subterranean's mutation granted him the powers to disassemble objects through touch and to temporarily hypnotize opponents through eye contact, but it also amplified his hearing to the point where even ordinary sounds became painful to him. This was alleviated somewhat when the Dark Hunters outfitted him with sound-dampening armor, but he still makes an effort to avoid encounters with Toa of Sonics whenever possible for this reason.
Notes
- The Subterranean model was created by Paul Fischer and entered into the LEGO Magazine Dark Hunter Building Contest in 2005. Subterranean was chosen as one of the winning entries, canonized by BIONICLE lead writer Greg Farshtey, and featured in the BIONICLE: Dark Hunters guidebook.
Appearances
- BIONICLE: Dark Hunters
