Nocturn
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- "What are you doing here? This is my place! Go away or I rip and tear!"
- — Nocturn
Parent Page: Characters
| Nocturn | |
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| Villains | |
| Primary Group | Barraki |
| Tools | Whip Tentacle, Squid Launcher, swords |
| Status | Alive, captured by Hydraxon |
| Pronunciation | NOK-turn |
| BZPower page | |
Nocturn is a powerful, amphibious being condemned to the Pit, and was formerly a member of Ehlek's army.
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[carve] Biography
Nocturn lived on a small island with the rest of his species. In a fit of rage, Nocturn struck at a weak point of his former home, destroying it. He was sentenced to The Pit as a result of the massive loss of life on his behalf.
After the Great Cataclysm, Nocturn was not mutated by the mutagen in the water, as he is immune to it. Some time after their escape, Nocturn encountered Pridak, who severed one of his arms. Nocturns regenerative ability gave him his arm back, however, without it's tentacle.
Nocturn was eventually recruited into the the Barraki's armies, falling into Ehlek's contingent, where he eventually rose to the rank of a lieutenant. Nocturn took to residing in the Razor Whale's Teeth, his preferred area.
When the Ignika fell to the ocean floor, the Barraki set out to find it. Takadox spoke to Nocturn, asking if he knew the whereabouts of the mask. When Nocturn threatened to snap the Barraki in two for doubting his word, Takadox used his hypnotic gaze to win himself a powerful ally in his search, imparting instructions that were to be carried out if the mask should ever fall into the giant's hands.
Nocturn later spotted one of the Barraki, though the warlord ignored him. Enraged, Nocturn opened a hole in the wall of the Pit, allowing Kalmah and Takadox, trapped inside, to escape. Takadox then tricked him into fighting the Zyglak that were chasing the Barraki. Nocturn fought and defeated the Zyglak, allowing the Barraki to escape.
He was given the Ignika to hold by the Barraki, not trusting each other to keep it. They also gave him a Squid Launcher to use. However, Nocturn was not destined to guard the mask, and was cursed by it. The Ignika gifted Nocturn with the ability to cause instantaneous death to anything he touched. At first, he was enthralled by his new ability, but he soon became aggravated with it, no longer being able to cause his prey to suffer. While playing around with the ability, he dropped the mask, which enlarged a small marine Rahi called Gadunka.
After growing angry at his power, Nocturn picked up the mask, and set off to ask Ehlek about it. After hours of searching, Nocturn was intercepted by the newly revived jailor, Hydraxon. They fought, and Nocturn was eventually overwhelmed by Hydraxon's skill. Nocturn surrendered, and Hydraxon came into possession of the Ignika. When Mantax and Hahli attacked Hydraxon to prevent him from destroying the mask, Nocturn took the opportunity to escape. Nocturn regrouped with Ehlek's army, and was present at the assault of the Barraki's armies on Teridax. After defeating the Makuta, Nocturn joined the feverish chase to recover the Ignika. When the Ignika was lost, and the Mahri out of reach, the warlords broke apart, all attempting to evade capture.
Nocturn was eventually caught by Hydraxon, and imprisoned in the newly repaired Pit.
[carve] Abilities and Traits
Nocturn is easily angered, and not very bright, having difficulty with grammar. Unlike Carapar, who just thought slowly, Nocturn really is unintelligent, most of the time acting on instinct.
Nocturn is an enormously powerful being, having great strength which grows when he is enraged, and is skilled at virtually every form of underwater combat. Nocturn's species is amphibious and possesses the ability to regrow lost limbs. They are also naturally immune to the Pit Mutagen. Much of his anatomy is bioluminescent, causing him to give off a glow in areas of limited light.
Nocturn was once cursed by the Ignika so that every living thing he touched dies. Upon losing possession of the mask, the curse was lifted and he lost the ability.
[carve] Tools
His weapons include two swords, and a Squid Launcher given to him by Pridak.
[carve] BIONICLE.com Stats:
| Strength: | 16 | |
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| Agility: | 8 | |
| Toughness: | 15 | |
| Mind: | 6 |
[carve] Set Information
Nocturn debuted in set form in early 2007 as a large, Wal*Mart-exclusive boxed set. In other countries he was sold as a non-exclusive item. It contained 114 pieces.
The Nocturn set features Takadox's armor pieces in the same blend of transparent blue and glow-in-the-dark plastic featured in that set, as well as a head piece from the Carapar set and two of the soft plastic spines from the Ehlek set, both in the aforementioned two-color blend. Because of this, Nocturn features the most glow-in-the-dark elements of any BIONICLE set. His silver tentacle is a recolor of the soft plastic one wielded as a weapon by Kalmah, and is likewise made of a soft, rubbery plastic. The set also includes two yellow-orange Sea Squids and a Squid Launcher. Interestingly, the Nocturn set features the same clip pieces used to store Sea Squids on the armor of the Barraki sets, but nowhere in the instructions is it specified where these clips are meant to be attached on Nocturn's armor. The box art of the Nocturn set depicts the Sea Squids clipped to the side of Nocturn's upper leg.
[carve] Quotes
- "Do you know who I am?" asked Pridak.
- Nocturn nodded. "Pridak. The shark."
- "Then you know what will happen if you don't do what I ask?"
- Nocturn winced. He still bore the scars of an earlier run-in with Pridak, which had cost him one of his arms. Fortunately, it had grown back, though minus its tentacle. "Rip, slash," he said. "Pain. Hiding."
- "And next time, I won't stop with your arm," Pridak said darkly."
- — A conversation between Nocturn and Pridak.
- "I’m using my arm right now, sorry. But thanks for all the weapons – I’ll take them off your body when you’re dead again."
- — Nocturn talking to Hydraxon.
- "Not that lummox. Leave the mask here and he will probably eat it."
- — Mantax
- "I'll make you wish you were dead!"
- — Nocturn talking to Hydraxon, Prisoners of The Pit
[carve] Trivia
- Nocturn could have left The Pit due to his amphibious nature, but chose not too, as he recognized that his presence was unwanted anywhere else.
- Pridak's Shark Tooth Blades were created when Nocturn used his massive power to fuse more than 10,000 Takea shark teeth together.
[carve] Appearances
- Comic 7: Mask of Life, Mask of Doom
- Comic 8: Sea of Darkness
- BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of The Pit
- Comic 9: Battle in the Deep!
- BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall
- Into the Darkness (Mentioned Only)
- BIONICLE Encyclopedia: Updated (Mentioned Only)
[carve] External Links
| Barraki |
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| Members |
| Present: Kalmah | Takadox | Ehlek | Mantax | Pridak
Former: Carapar (Deceased) |
| Army |
| Former: Sea Squid | Giant Squid | Underwater Insects | Amphibax | Nocturn | Venom Eels
Keras Crabs | Pit War Tortoises | Underwater Rays | Takea | Spider Crabs | Mutated Rahi |
| 2007: Mahri Nui Saga |
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| Gadunka / Hydraxon / Karzahni (With Sarda & Idris) / Lesovikk / Maxilos & Spinax / Nocturn |
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