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The Mapmaker is an unnamed dragon-like alien. He was captured by Sir Patrick's group of Forever Knights when he came to Earth and was imprisoned for 1,000 years.
Appearance
The Mapmaker is a giant reptilian creature with a dark green lizard-like body with a pale green underbelly. His bat-like wings are pale greyish-green with dark green accents, and he has a tapering dark green tail. He has a beak-like face with long horns curving upward and yellow eyes.
Personality
The Mapmaker is a peaceful and kindhearted person who's passion is map-making, not killing.[2] It swiftly changed when the Forever Knights kept him imprisoned for 1000 years, which made him very spiteful and bloodthirsty, as he swore to kill every Knight in existence. Fortunately, he was convinced by Ben not to go through with it, showing he is not beyond reason.
History
1000 Years Prior to Alien Force
The Mapmaker arrived on Earth while charting an interstellar map. As soon as he landed, he was attacked by Forever Knights: the Forever King's greatest warriors at the time; breaking his Universal Translator. When none of the warriors could kill him, they confined him to a dungeon and built a stone fortress around it. Over time, the fortress would become Sir Patrick's castle; the Mapmaker's sighting would inspire dozens of myths of dragons on Earth; and custody of the dragon and the task of attempting to kill him was passed down through generations of Forever Knights.
The Mapmaker's Ship was also recovered at the same time the Mapmaker was encountered, and moved to a lab across the Atlantic ocean, due to the knights being unable to figure it out.
Alien Force
In Be-Knighted, Sir Connor was named Sir Patrick's bravest knight, and was set the task to enter the dungeon and kill the Mapmaker. During this, Connor missed his shot, which allowed the Mapmaker to escape. When the knights enlisted the help of Ben and his team, the Mapmaker briefly attempted to communicate with Ben as Chromastone but Ben continued to fight him.
The Mapmaker going back home
Later Ben tracked the Mapmaker down and fought him as Spidermonkey, eventually replacing the damaged Universal Translator with a new one. The Mapmaker reveals that he was trapped and that he had originally come to Earth to document it on an interstellar map. The Mapmaker wanted to kill the Forever Knights as revenge for trapping him for so long, but Ben succeeded in convincing him otherwise. The Mapmaker fled in his ship, returning to his homeworld.
The Mapmaker later made a cameo in Pet Project where Dr. Joseph Chadwick tells the knights how he got away and that they plan to use Ship to wipe out the Mapmaker's homeworld.
Powers and Abilities
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The Mapmaker can breathe from his mouth a kind of hot explosive energy that behaves much like fire, though it is notably different and much more like a laser in reality.[1][2]
With his wings, the Mapmaker can fly as fast as a fighter aircraft.[1]
The Mapmaker has great strength, as he was able to pick up and throw an Arachnachimp with little effort.[1]
The Mapmaker is incredibly durable, as he could survive missile strikes; his own energy breath reflected back at him; and one thousand years' worth of weapons from Earth and beyond that the Forever Knights used to try to kill him, including the Quantum Disassembler Cannon.[1]
The Mapmaker moves in both bipedal and quadrupedal fashion, and was reflexive enough to dodge a shot from the Quantum Disassembler Cannon.[1] His front feet are prehensile, as he is able to use them to reach out and grab objects much like a hand.
The Mapmaker has an extremely long lifespan, as he existed in captivity for a full millennium after having his baby, and only estimated that they began to fly when he was freed.[1]
Equipment
The Mapmaker had a common Galvan Universal Translator attached to his chest, though it remained damaged for hundreds of years. It has since been replaced with a new one.[1]
The Mapmaker has a spaceship, which has an energy shield system that could block blasts from the Quantum Disassembler Cannon. It also had navigation systems and a store of multiple weapons, one of which was what appeared to be an energy gun.[1] [1]
The Mapmaker had a tracking signal that could relay to him the location of his ship.[1]
Appearances
Alien Force
Season 1
- Be-Knighted (first appearance)
- Pet Project (on slideshow presentation)
Ultimate Alien
Season 3
- The Ultimate Enemy: Part 2 (first reappearance; flashback; cameo)
Trivia
- Similarly to Vulpimancers, the Dragon's species' language is composed of roars and growls instead of words; however, it can be translated by universal translators.
- The Mapmaker was designed by Glenn Wong based on concept art by Glen Murakami, with color styling by Chris Hooten.[GW 1]
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