General Morando

King Morando

Morando

Dictator of Akiridion-5 (temporary)

Leader of the Zeron Brotherhood

Cosmic entity (after absorbing Gaylen's core)

Psychological manipulation

Advanced combat skills

Strength

Speed

Agility

Endurance

Very high intelligence

With Gaylen's core:

Super strength

Durability

Laser blasters

Nigh-omnipotence

Enchanced size

Killing others

### Goals

Get revenge on the King and Queen for exiling him by dethroning and killing them.Take over Akiridion-5.

Find Gaylen's core and absorb its power to become a godlike being (all succeeded).

Kill the remaining Royals.

Keep Akiridion-5 under his control.

Destroy the universe and reshape it in his own image (all failed)

### Crimes

SlaveryTerrorism

Regicide

Attempted omnicide

Abuse of power

Mass murder

War crimes (implied)

Unlawful imprisonment

Usurpation

High treason

Conspiration

Attempted universal conquest

Cruel and unusual punishments

Torture (physical and psychological)

Kidnapping

Bribery

Sabotage

War of aggression (implied)

Crimes against humanity and alienkind

Corruption

Embezzlement

Abuse (physical, psychological, and of power)

Assault

“ The age of OMEN has begun! „ ~ Morando about to launch OMENs into Akiridion-5.

“ I will destroy everything you love! „ ~ General Morando's most famous quote as he attacked Krel in his biggest fear.

“ The delson has finally come. Ever since Seklos destroyed Gaylen, the universe has descended into chaos. It craves order, a firm hand to rule it. I will be that hand. I will be the god the galaxy has lacked! „ ~ Morando about what he wants to do with Gaylen's Core.

**Val Morando**, or better known as **General Morando**, is a major antagonist in the *Tales of Arcadia* franchise.

He is a background antagonist of the first installment *Trollhunters*, the main antagonist of the second installment *3Below* and a posthumous antagonist in the third installment *Wizards*, and also of the grand film finale, *Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans*. He also appears in the novel *Arcadia-Con* and is mentioned in the video game *Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia.*

He is the General of the Taylon Phalanx who was exiled from his home planet, Akiridion-5, for his treachery against House Tarron, and in turn, returned and took over the planet through a military coup. He is also the one in charge of the bounty hunters who are raiding through the galaxy in order to hunt the royals, Aja and Krel Tarron, as well as the mastermind behind the death of the family of Varvatos Vex. After discovering that the legend of Seklos and Gaylen is true, Morando sets off to find and merge with Gaylen's Core to remold the universe as he sees fit. He is also the archenemy of House Tarron.

He was voiced by Alon Abutbul, who also played Aamir Barkawi in *London Has Fallen*.

## Physical Appearance

General Morando is an alien with four eyes, three fingers on each hand, and blue skin, and he also appears to have two large horns on his head. His armor is a darker blue and has neon-blue highlights. He also has a transparent cape.

In his empowered form, he becomes a giant, the blue lights on his armor turn red, and his skin becomes dark, as well as his cape being replaced by Gaylen's wings. He has also two blasters on each of his arms.

## Background

Hundreds of years ago, Val Morando was chosen to be the General of the Taylon Phalanx, an army of Akiridions trained by King Fialkov and Queen Coranda to protect Akiridion-5 and House Tarron by any means necessary, and it is also mentioned that he also upgraded the Mothership. However, despite being meant to be a protector of the planet, Morando became more and more power-hungry over time, so he led the Taylon Phalanx, who chose to follow him, to usurp the King and Queen's throne. However, they were never successful, so they were banished from Akiridion-5 by the King and Queen for the crime of high treason, even though it was a merciful act since the punishment for high treason was death.

However, he found an opportunity to free himself and the Taylon Phalanx so he could use them to usurp the throne once more. To that end, he contacted the Zeron Brotherhood, led by Zeron Alpha, and had them murder Varvatos Vex's family and hundreds of Akiridion civilians in the tragic bombing of Satellite-Nine. Morando was aware that after the attack, Vex asked the King to pursue the Zeron Brotherhood across the galaxy to avenge his family, but the King refused and increased the defenses of Akiridion-5 instead. The day before his coup, Morando manipulated Vex into lowering the shields by using his quest for vengeance and lying that no one would be harmed upon his return.

## *Trollhunters*

Morando never appears nor is mentioned in the series, but still has a big impact as the reason why Aja and Krel are in Arcadia at this point in Part 3 is that they had to flee from his coup back in Akiridion-5. They manage to help Jim Lake Jr., the current Trollhunter, with his third ingredient for Merlin's list, which, in turn, helps Jim with slaying Gunmar as he had to become a half-troll to stop Gunmar and couldn't win against him if he remained a human, as Merlin stated.

## *3Below*

### Part 1

On the day of Princess Aja and Prince Krel's coronation, Morando orders his forces to begin attacking Akiridion-5 since the shields have already been lowered by Varvatos. He later confronts the Tarron family in their palace, where he forces his men to shoot at the King and Queen, causing them to lose their physical bodies. After immediately seeing his mistake and realizing how weak-minded he was to lower the shields, Varvatos promises the King and Queen that he will protect Aja and Krel, with the King forgiving him for his actions. He then takes the King and Queen's royal cores and retreats into the Mothership with the heirs, while Zadra stays behind and buys them time to escape.

Later, Morando has his V-Strikers engage the Mothership to kill everyone on-board, but unfortunately for him, the Mothership flees from Akiridion-5 by jumping into hyperspace. A soldier reports to the exiled general that they were unable to track the House Tarron Mothership, due to their own ships not being properly equipped for space travel. Out of disappointment, he kills the soldier by crushing his life core and assembles several bounty hunters consisting of one Gorbonian, Halcon, a Foo-Foo, the Zeron Brotherhood (which he previously hired to kill Vex's family), and Magmatron. He tells them to find the royal children and bring their parents' life cores to him, claiming that he will reward them.

Morando then enters the room Zadra was imprisoned in and tries to convince her to be his lieutenant. However, Zadra refuses, so he briefly tortures her before leaving. Soon, Zadra and Izita, who were in the room, escape, and Zadra becomes a member of the Resistance as a spy in Morando's forces.

After Zadra becomes the new General of the Taylon Phalanx with Morando as "King", the latter easily takes control of Akiridion-5 while many Akiridions protest that he was never the rightful king. He then asks Loth Saborian about the status of the OMEN project. Although Loth claims that it is difficult, Morando threatens to kill him if there are any more delays. When Morando sees that the first OMEN is ready, he announces that the age of OMEN has begun. He orders it to go across Akiridion-5, and kill all the rebels. After the first OMEN was made, Morando makes sure no one worships the royals by having the blanks and soldiers give the Akiridions a final warning, with a child among them. Then, Morando realizes that Zadra was a traitor, and orders the Omen to go after them. Zadra then flees to Earth, to Aja and Krel.

After being defeated by Aja and Krel, the Zeron Alpha sends Morando the location of the royals: planet Earth. The OMEN is then sent by Morando to eliminate the royals, and as the ancient witch Morgana creates the Eternal Night to rule the planet Earth (which was indirectly thanks to Skrael and Bellroc's corrupting influence), Morando uses this opportunity to use the OMEN he sent to take King Fialkov and Queen Coranda's cores. However, Aja arrives to stop the OMEN. While the OMEN tries to hack Mother and fly, Aja tries to fight the OMEN. Morando taunts Aja, saying that if she destroys the OMEN, she'll also destroy the King and Queen. While the OMEN ends up putting on a self-destruct sequence, Aja tries to stop the OMEN while it tries to kill her. Morando then puts the footage in front of all of Akiridion-5, having them watch as the OMEN ruthlessly tries to kill Aja. Unfortunately for Morando, however, Krel ends up fixing Mother, and the OMEN is switched off. Before that, Morando orders Loth to switch off the video, but the latter tells him that it is impossible. As this happens, Aja and Krel give a speech from Earth to Akiridion-5, inspiring hope against Morando. However, the OMEN switches back on but is destroyed by Mother's gears. Having enough of this, Morando plans to come to Earth personally to end House Tarron.

### Part 2

Following this, Morando has hundreds of more OMENs to help him and the Taylon Phalanx oppress Akiridion-5 even further. Because of this, his right-hand, Loth Saborian, redeems himself after seeing the horrible acts Morando has done, so he warns the Royals that Morando has created more OMENs. After having more of the OMENs created, Morando tries to send an armada to destroy Earth, but Krel makes a video game that gets linked to the parking security drones to destroy Morando's fleet. Aja manages to get Mary Wang to make Krel's game go viral, as it'll keep their summer from becoming boring. As the game goes viral, hundreds of citizens in Arcadia start playing the game, with them unknowingly helping protect Akiridion-5 from Morando as they are linked to the parking security drones combating his fleet. However, *Go Go Sushi 2: Wasabi's Revenge* becomes the more popular game as it has recently come out. Unfortunately for the Royals, the citizens of Arcadia switch to the new game, causing hundreds of parking drones to be destroyed. Despite this, Eli Pepperjack is the only human who continues to play Krel's game and uses the last parking drone to critically damage Morando's main vessel, even though his parking drone is destroyed in the process by one of Morando's ships. A furious Morando then rages that they were defeated by parking drones, ripping off one of his OMENs' heads before having Loth triple the bounty for Aja and Krel.

After the defeat, Loth Soborian, who actually was working with the Resistance since the day the first OMEN got destroyed, tries to give a chip, which contains information that Seklos and Gaylen were real and that Gaylen's Core is on Earth, to a member of the Resistance. However, Morando has one of his OMENs capture the rebel and force him to give him the chip, before having the OMEN drop the rebel off of the balcony. He then arrests Loth instead of having him killed, but only because he could still prove to be useful to him.

When Tronos Madu gets captured by Colonel Kubritz, who said that he can have their remains after she kills them and not him, Morando makes a hologram projection with her, saying that like her, he seeks to eliminate Aja and Krel. Later, Gwendolyn contacts Morando about the royals being in Arcadia after pretending to be reformed, who asks him if she should pursue the Royals, but he tells her that it is unnecessary, as he is preparing something that is far worse.

After the call, Morando makes an asteroid that is the size of Arcadia and launches it at Arcadia and the entire Western Seaboard so he can lure the Royals into a trap prepared by Kubritz in her military station of Area 49-B. Using the asteroid as a distraction although the Royals manage to destroy the asteroid and escape Area 49-B, Morando and dozens of his OMENs arrive on Earth, where he meets Kubritz, who said that the asteroid nearly destroyed them. However, Morando reveals that the asteroid was a necessary diversion and makes a deal with her, promising that he will give her the technology to wipe out extraterrestrials off of the Earth.

Morando is then invited into Area 49-B by Kubritz, who gives him a tour of the military base. Upon finding Tronos's cell, he asks Sergeant Costas to let him enter, despite the fact that the latter doesn't trust him. He uses his charisma to release Tronos from his cell, only for him to painfully stab him with his red serrator and vaporize him to his death for his failure, leaving nothing but armor behind. Due to a wormhole that Luug ate, he and Aja accidentally teleport to the military station. There, she fights Morando, who taunts her about being far more formidable than an OMEN and reminding her that he cut the King and Queen down to their cores. Luckily, Aja ends up making Luug fart and teleport back to the Mothership, much to Morando's disgust.

After that, Morando orders the OMENs to go to the Mothership. Colonel Kubritz asks him about giving her technology to protect Earth, but Morando tells her that the OMENs is too important for a human to command. However, he keeps her under his manipulation by telling her that he will give them back to him after they succeed. Upon arriving, Morando orders the Royals to surrender, only for Krel to lash out and tell him that he regrets his existence. Out of disappointment, Morando orders his OMENs to disable the shields. Aja then calls Buster to knock them away, but from his ship, Morando comments that he never liked bugs, and uses his lasers to gruesomely splatter Buster to his death. As he approaches the Mothership, Kubritz blasts the door open so he could enter it easier. Upon entering, Morando orders his OMENs to delete Mother. However, she fakes her death and transfers herself into one of his OMENs. Morando then duels in a fight with Varvatos. During the fight, Morando taunts Vex by using his family’s death and reminding him that he could've proven to be one of his greatest soldiers, but Vex ends up lashing out once more when he says that he already knew Morando ordered the Zeron Brotherhood bomb Satellite-Nine to kill his family. However, Morando wins the duel and shoots him several times before deciding to force him to watch as he kills his new family: Aja and Krel. He then enters the Totality where King Fialkov and Queen Coranda’s memories are kept so he can find the location of Gaylen's Core. The OMEN that is possessed by Mother ends up rescuing the Royals inside and makes sure that they went inside the Totality.

Upon entering the Totality, Morando ends up in the memory where the King and Queen were discussing if Aja and Krel were ready to rule, right before destroying said memory. When Aja and Krel venture into the memory of the King and Queen giving Gaylen's Core to Vendel and Kanjigar to keep it safe in Heartstone Trollmarket, Morando attacks them and tries to kill them, claiming that he doesn't need to be a king because he can become a god instead. Fortunately, the King and Queen attack him, and Morando is sent back to the real world. Now getting the info he needed, Morando tries to destroy the stasis chamber and disable the shields Mother enabled. To repair it, Mother risks her own life to reroute all power to the chamber, and in turn, deletes herself forever.

Back in Area 49-B, Morando gives Kubritz an advanced battle suit which can rid any extraterrestrial forces in her way, before lying that he will insert Gaylen's Core into the suit when he comes back. Kubritz then reveals that her predecessors knew about trolls, and proves it by showing the start of Morgana forming the Eternal Night. Because of this, Morando takes some OMENs with him and tries to enter Trollmarket. While the gang enters by using a Horngazel, Morando ends up being left outside as the portal closes in time. With reference to the footage of Morgana creating the Eternal Night, Morando tells his OMENs that they can use their lasers to enter from above the ground, so they use their lasers to drill a hole into Trollmarket. There, Morando and his OMENs briefly combat the Royals before Varvatos tosses him into one of Trollmarket's mechanisms.

When Krel enters the Deep to follow Kanjigar's spirit, he faces his deepest fear in a vision where Morando destroys all of Arcadia and murders all of Krel's friends and family. However, Krel manages to outcome his fear, and the Deep's defenses are lifted. As that happens, Morando enters the Hero's Forge and tries to claim Gaylen's Core. When Krel and AAARRRGGHH!!! unlock the gate to Gaylen's Core, Morando tries to enter the forge, but they close it just in time.

Despite being locked out of the chamber where Gaylen's Core is kept, Morando eventually manages to break in. As he climbs the crystal stacking, he duels with Aja and Krel. Morando ends up succeeding at getting Gaylen's Core and orders his OMENs to fire at the tower, causing it to collapse on Vex, Toby, Krel, AAARRRGGHH!!!, and Aja, who was protected by Varvatos's force shield.

Before absorbing Gaylen’s Core, Morando explains his plan to destroy not just the galaxy, but the universe, and reshape it in his image. Kubritz then threatens Costas due to him warning her that her deal with Morando was like a deal with the Devil. By this act, Costas reforms, and helps Stuart rebuild the exact same gun Seklos used to defeat Gaylen, which is Seklos's Cannon. Around the same time, Morando ends up becoming a gigantic being and absorbs its powers before posthaste heading to Arcadia. When Aja ends up making Kubritz see her mistakes, the latter realizes that Morando was never going to keep his promises to her, and tries to help them kill Morando, only for him to crush and kill her in the inferno of an exploding car. After this, Morando chases Aja and Krel to the bridge. When Seklos's Cannon is ready, Aja and Krel attempt to use their cores to kill Morando, but King Fialkov and Queen Coranda recover and stop them from doing so. Varvatos Vex tries to shield them, but Morando disables the shields and shoots at him, which nearly kills him. Once the King and Queen sacrifice their lives by using their cores to power the Cannon (which kills them both in the process), Aja and Krel fire the Cannon at Morando, causing him to disintegrate to his death. With Morando dead, Aja, Varvatos, the Akiridions (except Krel), and Eli Pepperjack go to Akiridion-5, while Krel, Steve Palchuck, Toby, and AAARRRGGHH!!! stay back on Earth.

## *Wizards*

Morando is indirectly mentioned by Steve when he tells Douxie that he and Toby fought a "50-foot extraterrestrial", refering to Morando when he was merged with Gaylen's Core.

## Personality

“ I'm getting reports that this Morando fella is working on something… strange. This arrangement you made with him kinda seems like a deal with the… Devil. „ ~ Sergeant Costas warning Colonel Kubritz about Morando to no avail.

General Morando was a cruel, repulsive, and overall vile dictator who cared about no one but himself. He was a power-hungry individual who committed high treason against House Tarron and the entire planet of Akiridion-5, simply because he wanted to rule over the entire planet as its new king, as he wants to establish his own order and law upon it. During his rule, everyone is living under his fear, and no one adores or even likes him for what he's done.

He is also a manipulator who is excellent at lying, as he lied to Varvatos Vex that if the latter lowers the shields of Akiridion-5, then he would not harm anyone, even though he forced the Akiridions under his rule upon his return. After learning of Gaylen's Core, he contacts Colonel Kubritz and lies to her that he will help her rid the Earth of all extraterrestrial lifeforms.

Even though Sergeant Costas warned Kubritz that Morando couldn't be trusted, she foolishly trusted him anyway, even though there were clear indications that Costas was right, such as when Morando murdered Tronos Madu for betraying him, even though Morando himself betrayed House Tarron. Because of Morando's lies, Kubritz realized too late that she should've never trusted Morando once she saw him imbued with Gaylen's Core, even though he previously promised to insert it into her new armor.

However, the thing that made Morando more dangerous is how many innocents he was willing to kill. He was willing to harm children, as shown when he sent his bounty hunters to kill the Royals, including Aja and Krel Tarron, even though the latter two were teenage Royal Akiridions, and one of the soldiers of the Taylon Phalanx, which Morando leads and controls, threatens a young Akiridion child that if she prays for House Tarron's safety, then she will be harmed.

Before Morando arrived on Earth, he hurled a giant asteroid the size of Arcadia to destroy the town and the entire Western Seaboard with Kubritz aware of it, even though he claimed that it was a necessary diversion to distract the Royals from his arrival. This heavily implies that he was willing to kill millions of lives just to do so, as well as getting Gaylen's Core as his own. When he arrived at the Mothership, he despicably used his vessel's lasers to splatter an innocent extraterrestrial animal named Buster to his death just because he "never liked bugs", even though Buster was a friendly and playful creature who did nothing wrong.

Morando also held a god complex as he required that the Akiridions worship him instead of praying that the Royals would return. His own views as a god increased when he merged with Gaylen's Core and gained the power to create and destroy planets, and became even worse by desiring to destroy the entire universe and recreate it in his own image. When he merged with it and became a cosmic entity in physical form, he immediately proceeded to attack Arcadia and everyone there.

When he saw Tobias Domzalski, he told him to surrender the Tarrons to him, but later tries to kill Toby anyway with his giant red laser, and when Kubritz berated him for being untrustworthy, Morando didn't even care as he became a cosmic being with immense power, and proceeded to blast her to her death. However, his belief that he alone was unstoppable ultimately led to his own demise, as Aja and Krel used Seklos's Cannon to disintegrate him quickly and swiftly, which was equal to all the horrific acts he has committed.

## Powers and Abilities

“ He's too strong for us. He's stronger than Morgana. „ ~ Toby comparing Morando's strength to Morgana's after he is integrated with Gaylen's Core.

General Morando was a dangerous Akiridion with precise skills and tactics. He is difficult to get away from, as he can command his forces with ease. After integrating himself with Gaylen's Core, he becomes a giant monster who is even stronger than Morgana herself, the latter of whom is an evil witch.

### Powers

* **Invulnerability**: Morando could withstand several blasts which would kill a human easily.
* **Enhanced Longevity**: Being an Akiridion, Morando can live for at least a hundred years.
* **Enhanced Strength**: Morando was physically strong, as shown when he was able to crush the life core of one of his soldiers by using his hand, and when he ripped off one of his OMENs' heads out of fury. After gaining Gaylen's Core, he becomes stronger than Morgana, which Toby points out in the final battle against Morando.
* **Gaylen's Core**: After merging with Gaylen's Core, Morando gained new features, such as:
	+ **Ionikinesis**: Morando was able to create massive energy blasts without using a serrator.
	+ **Force Shield**: Morando was able to use his force shield to defeat an entire Akiridion fleet.
	+ **Creation/Destruction**: Morando was able to create and destroy planets at his will, and he even believed that he could remake the universe in his own image. However, he was destroyed by Seklos's Cannon before he could do this.

### Abilities

* **Manipulation**: Morando knew that he had to manipulate Varvatos into lowering the shields by having the Zeron Brotherhood murder his family. It turns out that he is also a skilled liar, as he was able to get his lies to manipulate Varvatos and Kubritz into doing what he wants, and he doesn't have to come up with a lie quickly as he makes them beforehand.
* **Intelligence**: Morando is also shown to be incredibly smart based on his planning skills, military tactics, and technological prowess. He is also a very quick and sly thinker in battle and discussion.
* **Swordsmanship**: Morando was skilled at using his red serrator to fight his opponents.
* **Intimidation**: His physical appearance (including his height) are shown to cause uneasiness in individuals when he is present i.e. Loth, his Taylon soldiers, and many Akiridions working with or near him.

## Appearances

### TV Series

#### *3Below*

##### Part 1

* "Terra Incognita Part One"
* "Terra Incognita Part Two"
* "Mind Over Matter" (mentioned)
* "Beetle Mania"
* "Collision Course"
* "Flying the Coop"
* "Lightning in a Bottle"
* "Truth Be Told"
* "Last Night on Earth"
* "Bad Omen"

##### Part 2

* "Moving Day" (mentioned)
* "Moonlight Run" (cameo)
* "Dogfight Days of Summer"
* "Mother's Day"
* "Ill Gotten Gains"
* "There's Something About Gwen (of Gorbon)"
* "Asteroid Rage"
* "Luug's Day Out"
* "The Fall of House Tarron"
* "The Big Sleep"
* "Race to Trollmarket"
* "A Glorious End, Part One"
* "A Glorious End, Part Two"

### Video Games

* *Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia* (mentioned)

## Quotes

“ I have returned from exile to take what's rightfully mine! „ ~ Morando arriving to take over Akiridion-5.

“ You cannot win, Royals! Surrender to me. „ ~ Morando telling the Royals to surrender. “ Fialkov! „ ~ Morando to King Fialkov as he invades Akiridion-5.

“ Fire! „ ~ Morando telling his soldiers to fire at the Royals.

“ Vex, lower the shield! (turns to his soldiers) He has taken the royal cores! Stop him! „ ~ Morando as Varvatos carries the King and Queen's cores to safety.

“ Vex! You fool! „ ~ Morando berating Varvatos as he and the Royals escape to the Mothership.

“ V-Striker squadron! Engage the Mothership. Destroy them all. „ ~ Morando ordering his fleet to pursue House Tarron.

“ Is it? from their perspective, it’s treason not to stand with me. „ ~ Morando saying that he has complete control over the Taylon Phalanx.

“ Assemble the bounty hunters. „ ~ Morando about to send bounty hunters to find the Royals.

“ Any more delays, and I will show you the true meaning of difficult. „ ~ Morando threatens Loth Saborian.

“ We have their location: a planet called… 'Ooo-rth'. „ ~ Morando discovering that the Tarrons are located in planet Earth.

“ If you destroy OMEN, you destroy Mama and Papa. „ ~ Morando taunting Aja that if the OMEN is destroyed, so are the cores of the King and Queen.

“ Set course for planet "Uuurrtthh". „ ~ Morando ordering his fleet to go to Earth. “ Adorable. You called for your pet. I never liked bugs! „ ~ Morando before murdering Buster.

“ Oh, so you heard about that? What can I say, old friend? You have a keen mind for battle, but are a soolian in every other respect. Lay down your weapon, Varvatos. Kneel before your rightful king. „ ~ Morando taunting Varvatos about the fact that he hired the Zeron Brotherhood to kill his family.

“ Why settle for being a king, when you can be a GOD instead? „ ~ Morando while chasing Aja and Krel inside the Totality.

“ You call yourself honorable? You betrayed your old king. Now, you stand against your new one! „ ~ Morando hypocritically accusing Varvatos of being dishonorable by betraying King Fialkov, even though he betrayed him himself.

“ You couldn't stop me before! You can't stop me now! „ ~ Morando taunting Krel in a vision of the latter's biggest fear.

“ Finally. With this, I shall remake the universe. „ ~ Morando planning to use Gaylen's Core to destroy and remake the universe for himself.

“ Out of my way! „ ~ Morando as he tosses Krel.

“ You're just a girl! „ ~ Morando berating Aja.

“ Morando: Do it! (The OMENs destroy the crystal encasing Gaylen's Core.)

Kubritz: My scientists say it will take several hours.

Morando: Then we shall begin at once. While I'm transforming, take the Tarrons into custody. Their cores are the first I want to devour. Soon, the whole universe will tremble before me! „ ~ Morando at the beginning of his transformation process while being integrated with Geylen's Core.

“ Surrender the Tarrons to me! „ ~ Morando to Toby before attempting to kill him.

“ You think I care? I'm a god! „ ~ Morando boasting about himself being a god after Kubritz redeems herself.

“ THIS… ENDS… NOW! „ ~ Morando's last words before his death.

## Trivia

* His full name, Val Morando, is mentioned in the first episode of *3Below*, "Terra Incognita Part One".
* Despite Morando upgrading the Mothership before his exile from Akiridion-5, he doesn't care for her in the present as he tries to kill her when she aids the Royals in escaping from Morando.
	+ Also despite being an Akiridion with neon-blue highlights, Morando's signature color is red, as his weapons and technology are all red-colored. This continues further after Morando merges with Gaylen's Core, where his neon-blue highlights turn red as well.
* Morando appears to speak in a unique hybrid Russian-like accent, as his actor, Alon Abutbul, is an Isreali with Egyptian and French-Algerian ancestry.
* He pronounces the word "Earth" wrong, as he calls it, "Uuurrtthh".
* He is based on real-life dictators and war criminals such as Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Emperor Hirohito, Hideki Tojo, Ratko Mladić, Bashar al-Assad, Osama bin Laden, and Mao Zedong.