Henry Hornet/Neo Dark Hornet

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR GONDAL 4, 7, 9, 10, TIME DILEMMA, AND 11 AHEAD!

## Overview

Henry Hornet is a recurring antagonist in the Main Gondal Universe. He is the main villain of Gondal 4 and later the twist villain of Gondal 7. In his Neo Dark Revival form, he later becomes an antagonist of Gondal 9 and the main villain of Gondal 10, Gondal Time Dilemma, and Gondal 11.

## Henry Hornet

### Occupation

Former leader of Space Fortress II Coalition

## Appearances

### Appears in

Gondal 4, Gondal 7, Gondal 9 (NDR), Gondal 10 (NDR), Gondal Time Dilemma (NDR), Gondal 11 (NDR)

## History

### Pre-Neo Dark Revival

#### Pre-Gondal 4

Gondal 10 reveals Henry grew up on Planet Vygor, leading to his eventual reawakening once he returns there in Gondal 10. In his childhood days, he lived peacefully and happily with his family on Planet Vygor, but after an invasion was drafted into the Vygor Hard Corps. There, Henry was raised as a strong, war-loving hornet, and surpassed all of his peers to become the leader of Space Fortress II.

#### Gondal 4

Henry Hornet was the leader of the Space Fortress II Coalition. Though a highly respected member of society, he had a deep resentment for peace, believing that a world not in war was weak and boring. Shortly after the presumed death of Theevus Anteatus in Gondal 3, Henry prepared for earth to be plunged into boredom once again, when Anteatus contacted him asking if he would like to cause chaos. Henry answered yes, hoping he could finally unleash his wild side. Anteatus tasked Henry with the takeover of planet Earth, to which Henry gleefully agreed and started his attack.

Though initially the takeover was going well, the efforts of Gondal and Dr. Eathword starting pushing back Henry's units, forcing him to take drastic measures with the Planet Vygor Laser. However, his plan failed, and Gondal and Eathword eventually defeated and incapacitated Henry Hornet. When forced to surrender, Henry began pleading for forgiveness and revealed Theevus had instigated the attack. Space Fortress II is sent into the Mad Portal, where Henry and the heroes are seperated. Henry is presumed killed offscreen in the Mad Portal by Theevus Anteatus, but he actually survives and escapes the Mad Portal, going into hiding.

#### Gondal 7

After spending some time in hiding, Henry Hornet discreetly returned to society, hoping the incident in Gondal 4 had blown over and he could seek revenge against Theevus Anteatus for manipulating him. That couldn't happen, however, as he soon learned that Gondal had killed Theevus Anteatus previously during the events of Gondal 6. Enraged that his revenge was taken from him, and his violent tendencies surfacing once again, Henry devised a plan to take revenge on Gondal instead.

Henry took control of the now decommissioned Space Fortress III, where he designed a holographic character to pose as Anteatus' "brother", Ladronnes Antdevouret. He also discovered Dark technology that would later be revealed to be made by Omegagondal, and made dark versions of himself and Gondal. He then went back down to earth and ran into Gondal in Blush Forest, and pretended to want forgiveness and help Gondal defeat Antdevouret. They traveled together throughout Gondal 7 until they finally reached Space Fortress III.

There, he unleashed Dark HH and Dark Gondal, and succeeded in severely injuring Gondal. Henry decided to reveal his ultimate plan, and attempted to finish off Gondal himself. However, Gondal managed to win the fight and knock Henry unconscious. After that, the space station began to explode, making Gondal escape and leaving the unconscious Henry behind. Henry dies in the explosion of Space Fortress III, but his data is saved in the Dark project, leading to his eventual reawakening as Neo Dark Hornet in Gondal 9.

### Post-Neo Dark Revival

#### Gondal 9

Henry was revived alongside other past Gondal antagonists as a Neo Dark villain, under the name Neo Dark Hornet. He is the third boss of the game and is also refought in the Omegagauntlet. With the rest of the Neo Dark villains, he took the ship to Planet Vygor at the end of Gondal 9 and escaped.

#### Gondal 10

Neo Dark Hornet gets a significant upgrade to his role in the story in Gondal 10. After landing on Planet Vygor with the rest of the Neo Dark Villains, Neo Dark Hornet recognized Planet Vygor and awakened his old self. With a new sense of clarity and consciousness, but still heightened madness induced by the Neo Dark Revival, Neo Dark Hornet quickly used his charisma and past experience as leader of the Space Fortress II Coalition to lead the rest of the Neo Dark villains and pursue his original ambition of taking over the Earth.

After rearriving on Earth, Neo Dark Hornet announced his plans to take over the earth. As the game progresses, flashbacks are shown showing his history in the series, including his early life and the events that transpired during Gondal 4. Eventually, Gondal, Omegagondal, and Dr. Eathworm reached him and battled. Neo Dark Hornet ultimately won the fight, taking Dr. Eathworm hostage, seemingly killing Omegagondal, and leaving Gondal severely injured as he retreated to Planet Vygor to tend to his own wounds sustained during the battle.

#### Gondal Time Dilemma

Neo Dark Hornet escaped to Planet Vygor to heal his wounds from the battle with Gondal, Omegagondal, and Dr. Eathworm. He trapped Eathworm in the Vygor Complex, and while healing his wounds, noticed Omegagondal's ship landing on Vygor. Though shocked to see him alive, Neo Dark Hornet did not delay and sent all of his forces to stop Omegagondal.

Omegagondal and Eathworm managed to fend off the villains and repair the ship to escape back to Earth, but Neo Dark Hornet put a stop to their escape and destroyed the ship. After a lengthy battle, Neo Dark Hornet begrudgingly made the ultimate sacrifice of his homeworld and blew up planet Vygor as a last resort, careening him back to Earth and also intending to kill Omegagondal and Dr. Eathworm for good

#### Gondal 11

Neo Dark Hornet successfully made it back to earth using the force provided by Plant Vygor's explosion. filled with delirious madness resulting from the failure of his plans and the destruction of his homeworld, Neo Dark Hornet essentially went back to his feral state and only had the goal of destroying Gondal in mind. He started destroying cities for the purpose of luring out Gondal.

When Neo Dark Hornet finally found Gondal, his pent up anger materialized into part of his physical being, causing him to take a new grotesque form for the final boss of Gondal 11. After being defeated by Gondal, Neo Dark Theevus Anteatus appeared, planning to finish them both off. Omegagondal and Dr. Eathworm appeared and reminded Neo Dark Hornet that the beginning of his troubles started with Theevus Anteatus' manipulation in the first place, once again awakening Neo Dark Hornet and filling him with rage toward Neo Dark Theevus Anteatus.

Neo Dark Hornet apologized to the heroes for everything he had done, expressing regret over his violent tendencies and that he had ever listened to Theevus Anteatus and went insane as a result of his later Neo Dark Revival. He promised to atone by charging himself and Neo Dark Theevus Anteatus into Space Fortress II, blowing up the space station and killing them both for good. In his final moments, Neo Dark Hornet reminiscences of his childhood on Planet Vygor, and prays that Earth will experience the same peace he once did.

## Personality

In Gondal 4, Henry Hornet is shown to be a capable and charismatic leader, doing whatever it takes to keep earth safe and having his coalition prosper. Inside, however, he harbors violent urges as a result of his intense and dangerous training on Planet Vygor as a teenager. He clearly could not hold in these urges much longer by Gondal 4, as he is easily coerced by Theevus Anteatus into taking over Earth.

After his Neo Dark Revival, Neo Dark Hornet was initially a mindless villain like the rest of the Neo Dark villains, but after landing on Planet Vygor in Gondal 10 he regains most of his senses, but clearly retains hints of insanity leftover from the Neo Dark awakening. This madness increasingly takes hold of him over the events of Gondal 10 and Gondal Time Dilemma, leading to it materializing in Gondal 11 and transforming him back into a mindless killing machine

By the end of Gondal 11, however, he once again gets in control of himself, and finally takes his revenge on Neo Dark Theevus Anteatus. In his final moments, he regrets all the evil actions he has done, and decides that earth deserves war no longer, hoping Neo Dark Theevus Anteatus' death restores peace to earth.