Hunter Steele

Hunter Steel is a lost boy from the Outer World. He became a Spider Rider and defeated Lord Mantid's Evil Spirit. He is voiced by Julie Lemieux in the English dub.

Character
Despite his bull-headedness, Hunter seems to be able to make a friend out of everyone. His caring nature for those in need can lead him to rush recklessly into battle. However, rushing head-long is his usual battle strategy. His motto --"Never Give Up!"-- ultimately reflects his most dominant personality trait. Hunter loves to eat and talk. He can be rather lazy, and if given a day off, he could easily sleep the whole day. He also is shown to kind of like Corona, yet he still sometimes gets into arguments with her.

Appearance
Hunter has green eyes and red hair.

Civilian Attire
White Shirt under red vest, jean shorts, brown shoes, he's always seen wearing a white headband with green "orbs" set into it.

Spider Rider Armor
Blue battle tunic with, red "orb", blue shoulder armors, white long gloves, blue pants, white, boots.

History
A boy who falls into the subterranean Inner World, and becomes a Spider Rider with his new found battle spider "partner", Battle Spider Shadow. They both argue quite a lot, mainly because of Hunter's cluelessness, ignorance and Shadow's pride and desire to work alone as well as the belief that he doesn't need the help of others. It is unknown whether the prophecy refers to him, thus it is unknown of he is destined to be Arachna's salvation or its destruction. It is also shown in the TV series that he has affections for Corona and admires her good spirit but is too shy to share them. Also, since Corona was the first person to discover Hunter, he has known her for the longest time, besides Shadow. Hunter may have a romantic relationship with Corona and their spiders might too. He also caught Corona in her sleeping shirt once in which she threw her pillow at him. In Hunter's grandfather Digger Steele was also an earthen Spider Rider. Digger Steele knew the hero Quake.

Powers
Being an Earthen, Hunter has no powers or abilities at the start of the series, but as the series progresses, he becomes more and more dedicated and even starts to train.

When he gains the power of an oracle key, his left shoulder pad grows larger and can shoot webs and his special attack is electra twist. When he uses 2 oracle keys, his right shoulder pad transforms, gets a larger shield, a long sword, two non-flying wings grow and his special attack is blue bolt. When he uses 3 or 4 keys his wings retract and grow 4 metal spider legs and his special attack is the blue wave.

Spider Rider Weapon
Hunter's weapon is an Axial Pike, it's power and strength upgrades when Hunter uses an oracle key.

Friends
While he becomes friends with the other seven Spider Riders, Corona is the first human friend Hunter makes while in Arachna. There is a high chance that he has a crush on her, It is also shown that he admires her spirit but is too shy to share them. In "Smells Like Team Spider", he unknowingly stares at Corona while she is marveling at the flowers. When they are battling the Invectids, his mind is calmed by the image of Corona's face. Lastly, when asked what changed Hunter's mind about the flowers, he becomes a bit embarrassed as it was Corona's image that changed him. Also, since Corona was the first person to discover Hunter, he has known her the longest besides Shadow. He could also have a crush on Aqune, proven in the last episode. His best friend becomes Shadow, his spider, as the series progresses. Because of his caring nature and willingness to help, Hunter finds it easy to become friends with many of the denizens of the Inner World.

Family
Although he is never seen, Hunter's Grandfather, Digger Steele, was the one who told Hunter stories of the inner world. Strangely, Hunter has never said to have any family or friends from the Outerworld. This further leads us to conclude that he is an orphan. Besides, what parent in his right mind would allow a child to go climbing alone in an ancient temple? However, in the original book (not manga), he is first seen with his friend Dave. Nothing else is mentioned about his friends or family so we can assume that he lives alone.