BIONICLE: Dark Hunters
"The Dark Hunters...for thousands of years, that name has brought fear to the hearts of Toa and Matoran, and even members of the Brotherhood of Makuta itself. Gathered from every corner of the universe, these thieves, enforcers, and monstrosities have come together in a powerful organization capable of anything. Dark Hunters have stolen artifacts worth more than the whole of Metru Nui, made Turaga vanish into the night, spied, deceived, and brought destruction to countless lands - all in the name of profit and power.
- But who are these creatures? Where did they come from? And who - or what - controls them? Learn more about the villains of the Bionicle world - but remember, they may be studying you too."
— Back Cover
| BIONICLE: Dark Hunters | |
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| Series | Guides |
| Author | Greg Farshtey |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
| ISBN 0-439-82803-1 | |
BIONICLE: Dark Hunters is a guide book released in June 2006, containing eighty pages.
Content
The book is a collection of thirty-nine Dark Hunter biographies, ten of which were created by the BIONICLE team (and released as sets or combiner models), while the others were the winning entries of the Dark Hunter Building Challenge.
The book is written in a first-person perspective from the Shadowed One's viewpoint. Most of the Dark Hunters in the book, including the Shadowed One's entry, are not listed with their real names, but with a code name based on some aspect of theirs. Each entry tells a brief history of the particular Dark Hunter, details their powers and abilities, and provides a present status.
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Quotes
Dedication
"For Toby, Adam, Steve, Jeremy, Christian, Carlos, Randy, and Stuart, whose artistic talents help bring BIONICLE to life"
— Greg Farshtey
Trivia
- The front and back of the book feature Keetongu and the Vahki, respectively, due to a printing error by Scholastic. The Keetongu error was explained by Greg Farshtey as the Dark Hunter Triglax, who shapeshifted to appear as Keetongu during The Many Deaths of Toa Tuyet while battling Toa Mangai Lhikan.[1] Farshtey has also stated that it's possible that some Vahki were captured by the Dark Hunters during the Toa-Dark Hunter War and reprogrammed, explaining the Vahki on the back cover.[2]
- Some images of the fan-models, as well as Hakann and Vezok, in the book are mirrored. Some of these mistakes were corrected in BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated.
- Additionally, some of the canon images of the fan-models taken by The LEGO Group for this book and other subsequent media appearances of the Dark Hunters, have the models either misassembled or have parts positioned wrong (e.g. Firedracax's head and torso is misassembled; Primal's torso is backwards). This is noted in their respective article "Trivia" sections.
- The book does not contain every known Dark Hunter, and both in-story and metacontextual reasons are given for some omissions:
- Vezon does not appear in the book; despite never officially being inducted into the organization, the in-universe explanation is that his bio was originally included because the Shadowed One had thought that Vezon would hand over the Kanohi Ignika once found,[3] but when he never did, the page of the book was ripped out and burned.[4]
- The full bios of Silence, Vengeance, and Devastator were later included in the LEGO Magazine, while the text entry for Phantom later appeared in the BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated.
- Several other Dark Hunters were not included in the book under the justification that their current missions were so secretive that speaking their names aloud could risk exposure.[5]
References
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