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 from the blast that created the galaxy as was your creature. Zarkhator travels through the Galaxy destroying planets by corrupting them with red meteors, and your character tries to save them.In the beginning, 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 player's 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 runs away. These two beings are brother's, born from the galaxy, and when they die their bodies convert back into psychic energy and return into space for the cycle can begin again,and fall to a new planet. No one knows where Zarkhator goes after your creature transforms him.

Evolution
Zarkhator goes through evolution just like your creature. Although it is believed by some people that his entire species goes through five metamorphic phases.

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. His eyes are white when Zarkhator first hatches. They become red as he matures.

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 balls of light at will. This form was seen in the Moonlit Stoneway. Also he has the ability to jump higher than any other creature. The first time your creature fights Zarkhator, he is in this form. He ambushes it and challenges it to a duel. If it wins, then Zarkhator leaves Moonlit Stoneway after sending a few critters to attack your creature. If your creature loses, Zarkhator sends it back to the Ancient Grounds after laughing at its defeat.



Third Form
Zarkhator's third form looks like the previous form, but has the Barracutie mouth and two extra arms, which may be retractable. This form was seen in the Moonlit Cavern. There, he was trying to corrupt the creature Corshty with one of his nasty Red Meteors. Luckily, your creature was there to save the day!
 * Note:This form is interchangeable with the fourth form.

Fourth Form
Zarkhator's fourth form resembles the third 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. While in disguise, he gave your creature a poison fruit. If your creature ate it, the youngster would be taken back to its nest after drifting off into sleep.
 * Note:This form is interchangeable with the third form.

Final Form
Zarkhator's last form was the same as the previous one, but more muscular and with the Megachiraptora wings, 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. Even if Zarkhator is not changed at all, he will still be humiliated because of his loss and run off. The others will laugh at Zarkhator even if he dose not look funny, stupid, or weak.

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, unlike Gar' skuther and The Grox.


 * Zarkhator's final form color design is different in the game compared to the artwork. The reason why is because Spore Hero contains textures that are not found in the original Spore.


 * The multiple forms may be a reference to Resident Evil, or The Master from Doctor Who (similarly, he and the Doctor were of the same race, also).


 * Zarkhator's name sounds like "Zark Hater" Zark is a Deity in "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".


 * When Zarkhator first hatches, his Wareyes are strangely white, not red. This may be a mistake, or because they are not Wareyes, but rather Blinkys.


 * Zarkhator never evolves an omnivorous mouth.


 * In the beta of Spore Hero, Zarkhator is seen as a Sporeling.