Fan:Drakaal
Drakaal, also known as "Crusader", is a custom BIONICLE MOC made by Stormjay Rider.
History
As per many people involved in the Matoran Universe's secret forces, accounts of Drakaal's history are sketchy. There is, however, one report kept by the Order of Mata Nui, that seems to give the most accurate details of this being's origin.
A normal Toa of Fire named Eikaal was kidnapped by the Brotherhood of Makuta. At this time, they were still in the Rahi-making business, and seeked to extract Matoran intelligence and put it in their Rahi. Makuta scientists, lead by Mutran, experimented on the prisoner Toa, attempting to replicate his brain. Midway during the experimentation, as they were taking the near-lifeless mutilated Eikaal back to his holding cell, the Makuta lost hold on him, and he crashed into a protodermis pool where a Voridrak, a Visorak with the element of Protosteel, was forming.
The two beings ended up fusing—the small spider's carapace fused onto Eikaal's stomach, while energized protodermis in the cell grew the Toa to titan scale. The small Visorak head fused on top of Eikaal's head, mutilated and unrecognizable, but still retaining the natural intelligence and traits of a Toa of Fire.
All during his imprisonment, the Toa had wanted to escape, and now with fresh blood and a huge form, that chance came. The fused being rampaged all through the Makuta laboratories, killed dozens of Rahi and destroying the work of thousands of years. Eventually, he made it out of Destral and into the open. Then, the calmness of the Visorak's mind, which allowed for the spiders' obedience to the master of their horde, was able to take control.
The fused being spent his life switching back and forth between these two minds. When calm, he was sarcastic, wisecracking, while nonviolent. But, if he was injured in word or action, the bent rage from his imprisonment took back over, turning him into a destroyer with unstoppable rage, and at the same time calculating and accurate. The being named himself Drakaal, containing elements of both his personalities' names.
Drakaal was eventually found by a group of six Dark Hunters, as the Shadowed One wished to have such as powerful warrior as his own. In the ensuing fight, he killed four of the Dark Hunters, but the remaining two managed to restrain him and bring him to Odina. He eventually accepted the Shadowed One's offer, and took the codename "Crusader".
