Zarkhator

Zarkhator is the main antagonist of Spore Hero. He emerged from the evil Red Meteor, and caused corruption across the planet.

History
Zarkhator was born on the same planet as your creature. Zarkhator travels through his home Galaxy destroying planets by corrupting them with red meteors, and your character tries to save them. Every planet however, falls to Zarkhator. In one battle between the two beings, meteors of both colors (red & blue) spread throughout the galaxy. A blue one and a red one crash into a tropical planet. Zarkhator hatches from the red one, and quickly causes corruption and devastation, while trying to fight off the players character. Zarkhator attempts to crush your character with a red meteor but only manages to corrupt the Big Chief. He later ambushes your player and fights, but he loses. He shape shifts into a trust worthy form and feeds your character poison fruit. He conspires with corrupted creatures to bring red meteors back to certain places. Finally, Zarkhator tries to get to the planet's brain. He races against your creature to get to it, but loses. Zarkhator then manages to get to the heart of the planet. He battles against your creature three times, but loses to the Spor-o-Mega. Your character then uses it's ability to evolve to devolve Zarkhator into a harmless form. He is laughed at in his new form, and walks away.

Evolution
Zarkhator goes through evolution just like your creature.

First Form
When Zarkhator first emerges from the Meteor, he resembles a smaller version of his second form. He is born more powerful than your creature and is capable of pushing large red fragments with some difficulty. This form was seen in the opening video and the Mushroom Valley.

Second Form
Zarkhator's second form has the body form of a humanoid. He has the Wareye eyes and the Slagjawed mouth. In this form he gains the ability to spawn red fragments at will. This form was seen in the Moonlit Stoneway. Also he has the ability to jump higher than any other creature.



Third Form
Zarkhator's third form looks like the previous two forms, but has the Barracutie mouth. This form was seen in the Moonlit Cavern.
 * Note:This form is interchangeable with the third form.

Fourth Form
Zarkhator's fourth form resembles the second form but has the Soundersnout mouth. In this form he gains the ability to shape shift into near-identical replicas of creatures, but he will still have the Wareye eyes and other "evil" looking details (ie:Monstrumtalons for hands). This form was seen in the Mushroom Grove.
 * Note:This form is interchangeable with the fourth form.

Final Form
Zarkhators last form was the same as the last three, but more muscular, with the Machinoptera wings, four arms, deathspikes and the Beefteef mouth. This form was seen in Creature Beach.

Cursed Form
After defeating him, your creature evolves Zarkhator into a form that cannot harm the planet. This form's appearance is determined by the player, and can be seen just before the ending credits. It is actually possible to leave him as it is and he will still not be a threat.

Unique Powers & Abilities

 * Summoning red crystals
 * Shape shifting
 * Has weakness to Spor-o-Mega
 * Summoning Red Crystal Entities
 * Corrupting creatures with red crystals
 * Controlling the corrupted
 * High Speed evolution
 * Evolving other creatures

Trivia

 * The ability to summon up red crystals may be a reference to Spacegodzilla


 * Even if you make no alterations to Zarkhator's form after defeating him, he will still be laughed at.


 * Zarkhator is the first non-cybernetic Spore villain.


 * Zarkhator's final form color design is different in the game compared to the artwork.