Buguese

Buguese is an Invectid and the Leader of Lord Matnid's Big Four.

Appearance
Buguese has pale skin and long white hair tied back in a ponytail. His eyes are green and he wears a mask-like thing over his eyes. Buguese wears a black tunic and burgundy cape.

Character
Buguese, is the leader of the Big Four and second only to Mantid himself. He is one of the Spider Rider's most frequently fought enemies, and they share mutual hate of each other. Personally, he hates Hunter Steele for the many defeats at the hands of the young Earthen.

History
Buguese has remained a loyal and faithful servant of Mantid for many years, but over time, he started to lose faith his master and does not trust Mantid as he once did. He had secretly planned to find the Oracle Keys, use there power to restore sunlight to the Invectid lands, and take control of the Invectid Nation from Mantid. In order to accomplish this he tried to pretend he was still unquestionably loyal to the Invectid leader. To do this he set out to obtain the Oracle Keys, even at the cost of his comrades. He also tried on multiple occasions to eliminate the Spider Riders. Who he believed were pampered by the Spirit Oracle.

Lord Mantid gave him a machine called Dark Opal and told him to destroy the Spider Riders with it. However while battling them it absorbed the power from Hunter's Oracle Keys, preventing Buguese from betraying Mantid. Buguese quickly came up with another plan and removed Aqune's Mask, which was endowed with some of the Oracle's power by Mantid and commented that over the years she had become someone precious to him. He was nearly killed by Mantid when one of his attacks nearly sends him off a cliff. He was saved by Beerain and Stags.

Later, when Mantid tried to kill the Spider Riders. Buguese, along with Beerain and Stags fought in order to protect the riders and there spiders. They also delivered the two Oracle Keys he had in his possession to Hunter. After Hunter defeated Mantid, Buguese along with Beerain and Stags watched as the Oracle Sun shown upon the Invectid Nation for the first time in over one hundred years.

Relationships
Mantid: Buguese was incredibly devoted to him throughout for many years, even though he often had his doubts about Mantid's intentions. He eventually planned to overthrow him and rule himself in order to insure the Invectids got the sunlight they need. After Mantid gained the Oracle's power and tried to keep it for himself, and then uses Aqune against him, he became furious and tried to fight Mantid several times, becoming badly injured in the process.

Aqune: Buguese was always protective of her. While he did control her, he did so rather reluctantly. He did seem to respect her pacifism and dislike of fighting. He did once admit to himself that she was precious to him.

Portia: Buguese had controlled her for much of her life, most likely to prevent her from leaving the Invectids to go and search for her brother. He eventually freed her along with Aqune.

Beerain: Buguese seemed to know about her feelings toward him, but spent most of his time ignoring her. He did show ample concern for her, and then later treated her terribly when she tried to convince him that Mantid was a threat, he did regret this deeply. Only choosing to revert to callous behavior to ward off Mantid's spy watching from afar. However, Buguese is greatly injured and is saved by Beerain.

Grasshop: Buguese always treated him rather cruelly. He was the one who personally demoted Grasshop from the Big Four. He did save him from Mantid eventually, but claimed to do so only in order to face Mantid himself.

Stags: Buguese has always respected Stag more than he would admit, and considers him even stronger than himself. He forcibly took over his troops in Nuuma, and later left him for dead, but regretted his actions. He was surprised when Stags took care of him after he'd been injured by Mantid.

Hunter Steele: Buguese completely despised Hunter from the moment they met. He hated the Spider Riders in general, but Hunter in particular bothered him for defeating him in battle several times, and for believing him to be "evil" despite not knowing all the details. He also doesn't like the idea of Aqune and Hunter being close. Eventually, they come to an understanding, and Buguese gives Hunter the last two Oracle Keys, trusting him to save the Inner World.

Corona: While Buguese did not interact with Corona directly very often, he probably disliked her due to her being a human and Spider Rider. He once used her as a hostage in order to get Aqune and the Oracle Keys back from the Spider Riders. It is somewhat ironic that he and Corona were in a similar situation at the time, because Hunter and Aqune being together was the main source of both their problems.