Category:Invectid Characters

The Invectid's Big Four
Four of Mantid's mightiest warriors. They are:


 * Buguese - Mantid's right hand man, he is a masked humanoid Invectid with many plans to defeat the Spider Riders. He is the leader of the Big Four. He despises the Oracle, as he is bitter about her taking the sun away from the Invectids, and is eager to hurt her for what he thinks are her wrongs. Buguese claims to care little for his comrades, but he has shown respect for Stags, and concern for both Aqune, whom he is mentor to, and Beerain. Personally, he hates Hunter Steele for the many defeats at his hands. He wields a long crimson bladed sword for a weapon. Buguese has remained a loyal and faithful servant of Mantid, but over time, he lost faith and did not trust Mantid anymore. He plans to destroy the Spider Riders and take control over the Invectid Nation from Mantid. 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, keeping Buguese from betraying Lord Mantid. He removes Aqune's mask, which was endowed with some of the Oracle's power by Lord Mantid and commented that over the years she had become someone precious to him. Buguese takes the remaining power of the Oracle keys that Mantid put into Aqune's mask and uses it to revive Dark Opal and goes to fight Lord Mantid himself. Dark Opal crashes into Castle Mantid, resulting in an explosion. Oracle Mantid saved his life, claming he was going to use him as a tool for revenge. He is nearly killed by Mantid when one of his attacks nearly sends him off a cliff. He was saved by Beerain and Stags.
 * Larva P. Grasshop - Former member of the Big Four, he is a grasshopper-type Invectid who uses many technological devices to defeat enemies. So far, he hasn't really fought the Riders; letting his minions do the fighting for him instead. He has (unfortunately for him) seen little success against the Spider Riders, and is seen with disdain and disappointment by the other members of the Invectids as well as his family. He is now banished from Invectid state and forced to wander the Inner World, swearing to defeat the Spider Riders. As such, he may have mild drinking problems, but this is only speculative. Due to recently assisting the Spider Riders (Sparkle in particular) escape captivity, he is now a traitor to the Invectids. Sparkle calls him Uncle Hop. One of his biggest achievements in helping the Spider Riders is removing the Battle Beetle's regeneration device, allowing Hunter to defeat it. According to his wife, Weeval, his promotion to the Big Four was a mistake as he is peaceful and loves children. This might explain why he gets along so well with Princess Sparkle and allows her to call him "Uncle Hop". It may also explain why he is reluctant to actually fight the Spider Riders. In "Welcome Back" he tries to reason with Lord Mantid by saying that after having spent time with the humans he realized that they aren't mean and greedy like they say. He tells him he can do whatever he wants to him, but to spare the Spider Riders. Lord Mantid was going to kill him by smashing him into the ground repeatedly, until Buguese stepped in and told Mantid to fulfill the promise he made. Mantid dropped Grasshop and Princess Sparkle rushed over to him. He was unhurt, just scared. He cares dearly for his wife, Weeval and his two kids. Despite being a Grasshoppers-Invectid, he claims he is afraid of heights, or perhaps it was just a ruse not to let Oracle Mantid smash him into the ground. After he takes the Spider Riders through the sewers (as he comments that he hides in to hide from battles), he is finally reunited with his wife and kids.
 * Beerain - She is a bee-type Invectid who uses a whip to fight. She is a member of the Big Four and commands the buzzrays (flying manta ray-like creatures). She has a certain charm about her. When fighting, she has no regard for honor and thinks winning is everything. In Episode "Spies and Lies" she states that she is losing faith for Lord Mantid but still has faith for Buguese, and in a flashback to when he was giving her assignment, it is hinted that they may have feelings for each other. When she returned to the Invectid fortress, she overheard Mantid planning to grasp all of Oracle's power and not share it with anyone else. She barely managed to escape with her life at the hands of Mantid and Aqune. With her wings damaged, she felt useless and for the first time in the series, cried. Her name is notable in that it is one 't' removed from the name of Bee Train, the company that produces Spider Riders. In the episode, Lumen's Love, Beerain dresses up as Lumen's childhood friend. Even after Lumen finds out, he still willingly gives her the Oracle key. After she is blown away, and his real friend arrives, he keeps searching for her, calling Beerain, his "true love". She is also a former member of the Big Four but was kicked out when she found out Mantid's secret of what he wants to do with the Oracle's power. She attempted to warn Buguese of Mantid's true intent, but he refused to believe her, saying he is still faithful to Mantid and cannot trust a 'traitor'. Princess Sparkle calls her Auntie Bee. Beerain saved Buguese just when he was about to fall off a cliff after Mantid’s attack.
 * Stags - He is a stag beetle-type Invectid who is very powerful and very loyal to the Invectid cause. He wields a short Zanbato for a weapon. He is considered by many as the most powerful of the Big Four. He has a strong sense of honor, and cannot stand when it is disrespected. Corona and Igneous once faced him, but barely managed to escape with their lives. So far, Hunter is the only one who has ever harmed him, by breaking off one of Stags horns. Stags was ordered by Mantid to find the two Oracle Keys in Nuuma but both slipped out of his grasp. He has now turned control of the invasion to Buguese. His latest encounter with Hunter and Shadow proves he has become much stronger, since he is able to defeat Hunter even with the aid of two Oracle Keys. However, he is then defeated when Hunter uses a third Oracle Key. With his warrior spirit broken, he plunges from the castle into the ground below (he does not die from the fall). He then threw away his broken sword and cape and departed. He is yet another former member of the Big Four due to his warrior spirit being crushed. When Buguese was thrown from Dark Opal after Lord Mantid attacked him, Stags gave him water to drink. He is not angry with Buguese for seizing control over his troops at Nuuma.

Lord Mantid - Mantid, a mantis-type Invectid, rules the loose-knit nation of Insects. From the top floor of his fortress, he directs his Invectid troops to remove the wasteful and hated humans from the Inner World and find the Oracle Keys. Although it is assumed by his followers that he is the ultimate in Invectid evolution, Mantid actually wears a covering of high fidelity mechanics, which encases the body of a human! Anyone who finds out must be slain. He needs the Oracle Keys to sustain himself for some reason or else his body turns white. With two Oracle Keys, Mantid's actions had caused the Oracle sun to go dark and prevented Hunter from using the Oracle keys. However, after regaining that ability, Mantid decided to meet Hunter face-to-face. After Hunter is captured in the Labyrinth, he is brought to Mantid's Castle and finally comes face-to-face with Mantid himself. Mantid planned to trick Hunter into getting the Oracle Keys for him. Quake appeared and told him of Maintid's true intentions. Mantid reveals that he was an Earthen once, a chosen warrior of the Oracle, pulled against his will into the Inner World. His reason of taking the Oracle's power is revenge upon the Inner World and the Oracle herself after many losses, including his beloved. When Hunter had him at sword point, he sparred Mantid, showing him kindness. Mantid then changed back to his human form, and was reunited with his love Loraine, granted by the Oracle.