History Characters / HunterXHunter

* {{Dissonant Serenity}}: His reaction to one of his PeoplePuppets, who he had been forcing to shoot at Mafia members, being shot to pieces? "Aw, he broke." See Keet below.

* {{Keet}}: He's pretty enthusiastic for a computer geek/thief.
* PeoplePuppets
* PerpetualSmiler: In the manga, to creepy effect.
* [[spoiler:SuperMode: By putting in an extra antenna, he can power himself up enough to easily kill a Chimera Ant, but to the cost of short term memory loss and pains for two-three days afterwards]]

An ordinary looking guy, at least in his normal clothes, which resemble a jogging outfit. Phinks is often seen in his pharaoh-like headdress, used for ceremonial purposes in his country of origin. He is easily excitable and seems downright euphoric when he kills a nen fighter. His ability is a wind-up punch: He can charge up an arm by spinning it; each full circle will increase the power of the subsequent punch, with a limit of 16 circles. He used this punch to kill the top bodyguard in Kurapika's group. Phinks accompanied Shalnark and Cortopi into Greed Island and went on a killing spree. Not much else is known about him.

* BodyguardCrush / {{Kuudere}}: Possibly for Chrollo, as the only times she has displayed strong emotions were when talking about him.

Not a very good fighter [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass by the Genei Ryodan's standards]], Pakunoda is in for her extremely useful ability to [[{{Telepathy}} read the memory of people she touches]]. She's outwardly calm and confident, but seems [[{{Kuudere}} to be more caring than she's willing to admit]]. One of the founding members.

* {{Kuudere}}: Lampshaded by Senritsu, who notes that the only reason the hostage exchange was allowed to happen is because Pakunoda is much more caring and humane than the other members of the Genei Ryodan, even though she tries to keep a stoic facade.

* MoodSwinger: He swings back and forth between AffablyEvil and EvillyAffable, and sometimes falls into AxCrazy territory.

Out of boredom, he called in champion players of various board games, such as chess, shogi, and go. He kept playing against them until he defeated them, then killed them off. However, he met his match in a blind girl named Komugi, East Gorteau's gungi champion. No matter how much he plays her, she [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] him every time. Having such a brilliant mind and no way to fend for herself, the King [[spoiler:starts to feel sorry for her and also begins respecting humans and other creatures. The King's sympathy towards Komugi eventually grows into casual chatter and then outright affection for her, spurring Shaiapouf's envy. Netero is his first opponent in combat who gives him a good fight, though by then, he has become appreciative of talented people, Netero included, and would rather not fight. He is forced into it anyway and kills Netero. Netero's death, however, sets off a rose bomb and nearly kills Meryem, who is revived by his guards, but becomes afflicted with amnesia. Currently, he's LivingOnBorrowedTime from the bomb's poison/radiation, in a sort of standoff with Pufu, and trying to figure out what's going on.]]

[[folder: Others (to be sorted)]]
[[WMG: Neon Nostrade]]

[[WMG: Biscuit Krueger]]

A little girl Gon and Killua meet once they enter Greed Island. She becomes their trainer during the arc, helping to refine their nen and helping them in their search for Gon's father while seeking her own goal. She comes back into play during the Chimera Ant arc training them further.

* BerserkButton: Don't call her real form a gorilla or she will make you regret it.
* CuteBruiser: When she in her child-like form
* OlderThanTheyLook
* PintsizedPowerhouse
* SinkOrSwimMentor: She was the one who trained Wing after all.
* SleepModeSize: Her current form. Her real form is much more massive and muscular but she hates it due to her appearance, one can't actually blame her.

[[WMG: Razor]]

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A muscle-bound man who first appears to banish the Genei Ryodan members who were trespassing on Greed Island. Just seeing him is enough to make [[HotBlooded Phinks]] stop the others from attacking, though they outnumber him six to one. Using a spell card, he sends them out of the game, while inviting them to come back and challenge him legitimately. Then, he casually destroys their boat with Nen. He later appears as the guardian of "Plot of Beach", a card needed to clear the game. All the main characters need to do to get it is to beat Razor's group in sporting events... really lethal sporting events. [[spoiler: Razor is a death row convict, captured and hired under contract by Ging Freecs to be a game master. His group are also death row convicts who he presumably hired. His name was the basis for the R in Greed Island's name.]] He can create and throw balls of Nen, treating them like volleyballs.

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[[WMG:Neferpitou]]

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The first of the Royal Guards to be introduced, direct assistants to the king and incredible fighters in their own right. Neferpitou, sometimes called Pitou for short, is mostly human and cat, and is incredibly feminine in appearance but actually male. Like a cat, he loves to toy with his victims and potential prey and is somewhat psychotic. Neferpitou killed Gon's mentor Kite and then used his dead body for his nen ability: A strange, horrific-looking nurse with the ability to heal injuries and stitch people back up, as well as use them as PeoplePuppets if they've died. Said puppets can use their nen abilities, if they had them. Neferpitou uses Kite [[spoiler:against Gon, but Kite is overpowered when Knuckle and Shoot join in. Seeing his dead mentor like this creates a deep grudge in Gon against Neferpitou. Komugi becomes injured in one of Netero's attacks, the King assigns Neferpitou to heal her up. When Gon arrives at the East Gorteau palace, Neferpitou had not yet finished healing Komugi, but Gon allows him to finish first. The two then duel; Gon ultimately kills off Neferpitou. Of the three Royal Guards, he was the only one to retain his composure despite being the most psychotic under normal circumstances.]]

[[WMG:Senritsu]]

A woman who became disfigured after hearing the flute solo for the Song of the Devil. She gained the ability to use nen as a result and entered and passed the Hunter Exams. She now works as a Musical Hunter, gathering pieces of the song to destroy it after her friend was killed and horribly dismembered listening to the whole thing. She became one of Neon's bodyguards to try to get closer to the song but was disbanded when Neon's Mafia family ran out of funds. Her nen ability is used mainly to hear heartbeats of other people. She can read their emotions and state of mind through it.

* BaldOfAwesome
* CoolBigSis (to Kurapica)
* MagicMusic
* SuperSenses (her sense of hearing is simply ''godly'')
* ViewerGenderConfusion (no, that's not a dude. SERIOUSLY.)
** For added irony, ''[[DudeLooksLikeALady Kurapika]]'', of all people, is the very first who confuses her gender.

[[WMG:Komugi]]

A blind girl who's the undefeated champion of gungi, a fictional board game. After the Chimera Ant King had beaten various East Gorteau champs at board games and killed them, he took in Komugi but was unable to beat her. Because she's blind, she's unable to recognize the Chimera Ant King as a monster and thinks of him as a WorthyOpponent gungi player. She unintentionally awoke the compassion inside the King, and as he continues to associate with her, he becomes friendlier. [[spoiler: Komugi gets injured after Netero and Zeno attack the palace, and Neferpitou is assigned to use his healing powers to allow her to recover. During the confusion following Gon's fight with Pitou, Palm hides her.]]

* BlindAndTheBeast: Blind to the king's beast
* GeniusDitz: or...
* IdiotSavant: In Gungi
* InelegantBlubbering: Complete with snot coming out of her nose.
* MoralityPet
[[/folder]]


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A muscle-bound man who first appears to banish the Genei Ryodan members who were trespassing on Greed Island. Just seeing him is enough to make [[HotBlooded Phinks]] stop the others from attacking, though they outnumber him six to one. Using a spell card, he sends them out of the game, while inviting them to come back and challenge him legitimately. Then, he casually destroys their boat with Nen. He later appears as the guardian of "Plot of Beach", a card needed to clear the game. All they need to do to get it is to beat Razor's group in sporting events... really lethal sporting events. [[spoiler: Razor is a death row convict, captured and hired under contract by Ging Freecs to be a game master. His group are also death row convicts who he presumably hired. His name was the basis for the R in Greed Island's name.]] He can create and throw balls of Nen, treating them like volleyballs.

An ordinary looking guy, at least in his normal clothes, which resembles a jogging outfit. Phinks is often seen in his pharaoh-like headdress, used for ceremonial purposes in his country of origin. He is easily excitable and seems downright euphoric when he kills a nen fighter. His ability is a wind-up punch: He can charge up an arm by spinning it; each full circle will increase the power of the subsequent punch, with a limit of 16 circles. He used this punch to kill the top bodyguard in Kurapika's group. Phinks accompanied Shalnark and Cortopi into Greed Island and went on a killing spree. Not much else is known about him.

* TheQuietOne: Has the guy ever said a word?

[[folder: The Chimera Ants]]

[[WMG:Chimera Ants in General]]

The Chimera Ant is a top-level quarantined creature due to its dangers to other species. Chimera Ants are normally male (though either there are rare female Chimera Ants too or there is a continuity error), but they can copulate with a female of any species and endow her with the abilities of a Chimera Ant Queen: Anything a queen consumes will incorporate its DNA into the queen's offspring; she will then give birth to [[BiologicalMashup BiologicalMashups]] of random things she's eaten. Such offspring will receive the best physical advantages of everything it's based on. For instance, a Chimera Ant that's part human will have human intelligence and the ability to speak.

Oh, and by the way, they're [[BigCreepyCrawlies human-sized]].

For the specific queen that begins this story arc, see below.

* BiologicalMashup
* BugWar: What they trigger.
* ExtremeOmnivore
* HiveCasteSystem: Divided into ranks, with [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking soldiers of higher ranks usually, but not always, being stronger and more intelligent than their subordinates]]. The Royal Guards and the King take this concept UpToEleven, being born superior to anything else in the hive. Subverted in that the Queen has shown no great fighting skills.
* HordeOfAlienLocusts (but somewhat more cunning about it)


[[WMG: Chimera Ant Queen]]

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One day, a dying Chimera Ant Queen washed up on short in the country of Neo Green Life, a place with an agrarian culture and no weapons, off limits to everyone except those with special permission. She had enough strength to create a few offspring and made a small hive nearby. Said offspring was able to slaughter the locals and create havoc. However, the inhabitants of this country would rather [[TooDumbToLive stick with tradition]] than call for outside help, at least publicly. By the time an investigation team could enter Neo Green Life, the Queen had already consumed nen-powered humans and recovered from her injuries (but not completely), and the team had its hands full with her offspring. When it came time, the Queen gave birth to the King, [[spoiler: who killed her immediately]]. Afterwards, some of the ant commanders left her now-massive hive and set up their own empires in other countries.

The Queen is not able to speak. Instead, she communicates telepathically with the other Chimera Ants, who all have this ability. In spite of being surrounded by powerful nen-powered ants, the Queen has no nen control and no fighting ability.

* [[spoiler: DeathByChildbirth]]
* MegaManning (Technically, she spawns a BiologicalMashUp every time she eats something...when she starts on humans, they become intelligent, and when she eats someone with Nen abilities...)
* MonsterIsAMommy (NOT an excuse this time, especially considering what her son turned out to be)
* WackyCravings (You don't know the half of it)

[[WMG:Chimera Ant King [[spoiler:(Meryem)]]]]

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The Queen's masterpiece and crowning achievement, the King is by far the strongest Chimera Ant she created and was born with the best traits of everything she had ever consumed, including intelligence off the charts. He began as completely ruthless, splatting even fellow ants' heads if they did so much as hesitate when he gave an order. The King moved to the neighboring country of East Gorteau, a brutal dictatorship not unlike North Korea, and immediately took charge there. The King has the ability to, upon death of a nen-powered individual, absorb his or her nen into himself, though it manifests as raw power rather than MegaManning. Due to this, he has manipulated East Gorteau's entire population to be killed off except for those with nen control, whom he'll kill and consume himself.

Out of boredom, he called in champion players of various board games, such as chess, shogi, and go. He kept playing against them until he defeated them, then killed them off. However, he met his match in a blind girl named Komugi, East Gorteau's gungi champion. No matter how much he plays her, she [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] him every time. Having such a brilliant mind and no way to fend for herself, the King [[spoiler:starts to feel sorry for her and also begins respecting humans and other creatures. The King's sympathy towards Komugi eventually grows into casual chatter and then outright affection for her, spurring Shaiapouf's envy. Netero is his first opponent in combat who gives him a good fight, though by then, he has become appreciative of talented people, Netero included, and would rather not fight. He is forced into it anyway and kills Netero. Netero's death, however, sets off a rose bomb and nearly kills Meryem, who is revived by his guards, but becomes afflicted with amnesia. Currently, he's LivingOnBorrowedTime from the bomb's poison/radiation, in a sort of standoff with Pufu, and trying to figure out what's going on.]]

* ArrogantKungFuGuy
* BattleAura (UpToEleven)
* BigBad
* BlindAndTheBeast: Beast to Komugi's Blind.
* [[spoiler: DefeatMeansFriendship: Sort of. He strikes up a friendship/UST with Komugi after getting his ass kicked in Gungi.]]
* EnfanteTerrible: [[spoiler: Kills his mother after telling her to shut up.]]
* {{Expy}} (to [[DragonballZ Perfect Cell]])
* [[spoiler:FlyingBrick]]
* GeniusBruiser
* ImAHumanitarian
* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedAmnesia]]
* MadeOfIron: This saves him when fighting Netero, since at first [[MightyGlacier he could not block and barely avoid Netero's attacks]].
* MoralityPet (Komugi)
* TheNapoleon: Shorter than all three of his guards and with a personality to match.
* NoNameGiven (He literally has no name, though finds it out later. Played for drama.)
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: And Gungi, and Go...

[[WMG:Neferpitou]]

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The first of the Royal Guards to be introduced, direct assistants to the king and incredible fighters in their own right. Neferpitou, sometimes called Pitou for short, is mostly human and cat, and is incredibly feminine in appearance but actually male. Like a cat, he loves to toy with his victims and potential prey and is somewhat psychotic. Neferpitou killed Gon's mentor Kite and then used his dead body for his nen ability: A strange, horrific-looking nurse with the ability to heal injuries and stitch people back up, as well as use them as PeoplePuppets if they've died. Said puppets can use their nen abilities, if they had them. Neferpitou uses Kite [[spoiler:against Gon, but Kite is overpowered when Knuckle and Shoot join in. Seeing his dead mentor like this creates a deep grudge in Gon against Neferpitou. Komugi becomes injured in one of Netero's attacks, the King assigns Neferpitou to heal her up. When Gon arrives at the East Gorteau palace, Neferpitou had not yet finished healing Komugi, but Gon allows him to finish first. The two then duel; Gon ultimately kills off Neferpitou. Of the three Royal Guards, he was the only one to retain his composure despite being the most psychotic under normal circumstances.]]

* AxCrazy: Though he has a relatively small on-panel body count, he controls a large number of corpses and describes killing with glee (saying he wanted to kill [[spoiler: Kite]] over and over)
* [[CatGirl Catboy]]
* CatsAreMean Arguably turned UpToEleven.
* CombatMedic: Played with, since while using his healing ability he can't fight.
* {{Determinator}}: Continues fighting even after [[spoiler: he loses his head]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Pitou's speech to [[spoiler: Kite's]] corpse about how much fun killing was sounds quite a bit like Pitou is describing something else...
* TheDragon (to the king)
* DudeLooksLikeALady
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* MadScientist: Has a lair filled with equipment and [[spoiler: works with Pouf to revive and turn Palm into a SuperSoldier HalfHumanHybrid.]]
* TheMedic
* PeoplePuppets: Bonus points for this ability having actual strings.
* [[spoiler:SuperMode: By conjuring an eerie Nen creature to control him. According to the narrator, "Puppet Master's Serenity" is his strongest ability, though Gon promptly defeats it with his DangerousForbiddenTechnique.]]
* TortureTechnician


[[WMG:Shaiapouf]]

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A {{bishounen}}-looking man who is mostly human and butterfly and the second of the Royal Guards to be introduced, sometimes Pouf for short. His defining charcateristic is his obsession with making sure the King is safe and to follow his every order. Shaiapouf becomes incredibly edgy if he's separated from the King or becomes unable to finish a command from him. He cries waterfalls and plays the violin to relieve this frustration, making him something of a comic relief of the bunch. After gathering everyone in East Gorteau over to in front of the palace, Shaiapouf then used one of his nen abilities, a butterfly dust that hypnotizes everyone into a trance, to keep the crowd organized. [[spoiler:Shiaiapouf takes on Morau in one of the towers. Morau takes advantage of Shaiapouf's fanaticism towards the king and traps the both of them in a smoke wall he is unable to force through. However, he finds an opening and escapes with]] his other nen ability, which is to split himself into any number of smaller versions of himself; these fragments resemble a PuniPlush version of himself. [[spoiler:He meets up with Menthuthuyoupi as he flees from Morau, finds the King, and allows the King to absorb himself into him, adding Shaiapouf's strength to his own. He then takes advantage of the king's bout of amnesia to try to kill Komugi]]

* DieForOurShip / TheScrappy- Let's just say that a lot of King/Komugi shippers have it out for him.
** To say nothing of how many pages Togashi devotes to him gushing over the king.
* EverythingsPrettierWithButterflies Subverted to hell and back. He may [[{{Bishonen}} look pretty]], but [[PsychoSupporter his personality]] [[{{Yandere}} is anything]] [[ManipulativeBastard but]].
* MindControl
* NonstandardCharacterDesign Chibi-pouf. His ability to strategize is not lessened at all, making him feel dissonant.
* PettingZooPeople (A butterfly man)
* PsychoSupporter Becoming more {{Yandere}} [[HoYay towards the King]] as time goes on.
* SelfDeprecation (His extreme loyalty causes him to cry buckets and play the violin whenever he feels like he betrayed the king, which is [[{{Understatement}} somewhat often.]])
* WaterWorks

[[WMG:Menthuthuyoupi]]

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The third and last of the Royal Guards to be introduced, Menthuthuyoupi, or Youpi for short, is mostly human and shark. He is the DumbMuscle of the bunch and considerably less intelligent than Pitou or Pouf. Nevertheless, the sheer force of his attacks mor than makes up for his ineptitude at strategization. He doesn't do much untl the East Gorteau palace comes under direct attack, where he stands in a room getting bored. [[spoiler:Knuckle, Meleoron, and Killua takes him on and attempt to kill him via attrition and Knuckle's ability.]] This is where he reveals his ability, rage-induced strength. The more frustrated and exasperated at his foes he becomes, the stronger and bulkier he gets. [[spoiler:He gets ''so'' big and bulky that he unintentionally shifts forms once more into a weird horse-like creature with his face on the side. In this form, his rage goes from wild to calm, and he decides to no longer fight Knuckle and the others, choosing instead to just go straight to the King. He meets up with Shaiapouf on his way, finds the King, and allows the King to absorb himself into him, adding Menthuthuyoupi's strength to his own.]]

* BodyHorror
* DumbMuscle
* EyesDoNotBelongThere
* LovecraftianSuperpower
* MightyGlacier: Against [[spoiler: Killua. He realizes that he is much stronger both physically and in terms of raw Nen power, but is unable to touch Killua due to Killua's SuperSpeed and ends up getting pounded. Killua deals little damage, however.]]
* [[spoiler: Worthy Opponent: considers Knuckle and Morel to be this and refrains from killing them because of it.]]

[[WMG:Meleoron, AKA Jail]]

A human-[[HollywoodChameleon chameleon]] hybrid and one of the former commanders. He served loyally under the Queen but dislikes the King and decides to join up with Gon and the others to help bring him down. He has little combat ability on his own, but his nen ability allows him and anyone he's touching to turn invisible. Not just visibly either, but of all five senses, plus total undetectable nen cloaking. However, he can only do this while holding his breath. He helps his allies gather information about the King and the Royal Guards, [[spoiler: then helps Knuckle and Killua fight Menthuthuyoupi by making the two of them appear to teleport around. He is currently hurt but not dead.]]

* DefectorFromDecadence
* HalfHumanHybrid (half chameleon, half human)
* {{Invisibility}} (A little more than that; he can erase himself from all [[strike:five]] senses of other people, including nen sensing or whatever.)
* SquishyWizard

[[WMG:Colt]]

A hybrid of unclear animals who was once one of the top commanders of the Queen, serving one rank under the royal guards. Colt is one of the commanders who fled the hive in Neo Green Life after the King was born and decided to directly seek help from the extermination squad. He knows a lot of inside information about how the hive works, as well as the Royal Guards and their abilities. He has chosen to stay far away from the battle sites and thus hasn't been seen for some time. His nen ability is unknown.

* DefectorFromDecadence
* NobleDemon: Originally, but makes a [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn after the Queen is killed.]]
* [[spoiler: PromotionToParent: for the Queen's second child.]]
* WingedHumanoid

[[WMG:Ikalgo]]

An octopus and a former commander of the Chimera Ants, though he served under the King and prefers to call himself a squid. In charge of an underwater unit, he took on Killua using a set of nen abilities: He can see hs immediate surroundings as a set of coordinates to snipe with, and he shoots fleas that drain the subject of their nen. If enough nen gets drained, the subject is [[PowerNullifier depowered]] momentarily. Ikalgo is also able to climb into the body of a dead person and move them around as if he were that person, though his rifle will appear as a [[ShapedLikeItself sniper-shaped growth]]. Inspired by Killua's bravery, he decides to join up with Gon and the others. He makes his way to the East Gorteau palace and [[spoiler:sneaks into a basement area to try to rescue Palm. Unfortunately, he finds out Bloster, another commander, is in the basement with him and plays a game of cat and mouse with Bloster to dispose of him.]]

* AbnormalAmmo (Fires flea-bullets in his first appearance)
* ColdSniper Subverted. He may be a sniper, but he has a strong moral fiber.
* [[spoiler: DefectorFromDecadence]]
* FunnyAnimal ([[strike:Octopus]] [[strike:squid]] octopus)
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* InsistentTerminology (Insists on being called a squid, though he's obviously an octopus.)
* NonstandardCharacterDesign He more closely resembles something out of a ButchHartman cartoon on Nickelodeon.
* PeoplePuppets

[[WMG:Leol]]

One of the commanders and the direct superior of Hina and Cheetu, among others. Part lion, part human, he has remained loyal to whoever is the current monarch of the Chimera Ants. He is somewhat annoyed at his subordinates' ditsiness and wishes they'd think things through. Leol will avoid a fight if he feels it unnecessary, which bothers the combat-hungry Cheetu to no end. Leol's nen ability takes the form of an iPod-like device. Leol must perform a good deed for a nen-powered individual and then let that individual know that he or she owes him. For the next 24 hours, Leol can then select that ability for use as if it were a song on the device. [[spoiler:Leol steals a water-based ability from one of Morau's men and takes Morau on. Leol meets his end through oxygen deprivation, as Morau has removed all of the oxygen from the enclosed space they fought in.]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: Lion-man.
* MakingASplash: Technically not his power, but it's the only one we ever see used on offense.
* PowersAsPrograms: Leol can borrow powers from people who owe him a favor.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Invasion Squad]]
The squad of hunters from the Association assembled and led by Netero to eliminate the Chimera Ants. [[spoiler: Killua and Gon eventually become a part of them, but [[ItGotWorse things go downhill]] from there.]]

[[WMG:Knuckle]]

One of Morau's trainees. He normally looks and acts like a street thug and is laughably incompetent at all things except fighting. However, Knuckle is easily a match for Gon, and when the chips are down, can strategize as well as anyone else. His nen ability is themed on bank interest: He attacks his target, lending him or her some of his strength. At the same time, a fairy appears next to the target and displays a number on its forehead. Every 10 seconds, the fairy will say that the target has accrued interest and increases the number. Once the number reaches or exceeds the limit for that individual (different between people), he or she is temporarily unable to use nen. Knuckle started out as Gon's sparring partner and seems to get stronger at roughly the same rate as Gon. Knuckle directly accompanies Gon and Killua, along with his partner Shoot, taking out Chimera Ants. Knuckle places an interest scheme on Cheetu, which freaks Cheetu out and impulsively retreats. [[spoiler:Knuckle is the main opponent against Menthuthuyoupi. He turns invisible with Meleoron's help and punches Youpi, starting the interest. Knuckle then attempts to wear him out, and it almost works if not for Youpi's attempt at killing a weakened Morau, which causes Knuckle to lose control of the fairy.]]

* AllDevouringBlackHoleLoanSharks: The theme of his Nen ability (see below), although he's not actually a moneylender.
* FriendToAllLivingThings
* GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy: His Nen ability lends the target power at a high rate of interest (that activates every ten seconds, too!) and gives them more every subsequent time he hits. The catch? If the nen exceeds his target's limit, [[PowerNullifier they can't use nen for a month.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

[[WMG:Morau]]

A top operative in the extermination squad and works directly under Netero. He is a laid back old man. It's hard to make him angry or annoyed at anything, and when he enters combat, he will try to take the solution that requires the least amount of work. His nen ability is to create (tobacco) smoke that can form into any shape he wishes. They take a solid form and can allow him to do a variety of things, such as float or form ropes. The source of his smoke is his giant pipe he always carries with him; without it, he's limited to manipulating smoke he's already made by then. [[spoiler:He fights Leol and easily wins by starving Leol of oxygen. Cheetu then traps Morau in a savannah and challenges Morau to play tag with him. Morau decides to frustrate Cheetu instead and caught him off guard, defeating Cheetu but not killing him. Morau then fights Shaiapouf and almost easily kills him, but Shaiapouf managed to run away, taking Morau's pipe with him. Morau encounters Knuckle fighting Menthuthuyoupi and uses his remaining cloud warriors to stall for time for Knuckle. Menthuthuyoupi noticed Morau and decides to kill him, but Knuckle calls off his interest fairy and lets Menthuthuyoupi go to allow Morau to survive.]]

* CoolShades
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: To Gon as well as to [[spoiler: Colt and the Queen's second child]]
* OldSoldier
* SmokeOut: One of his abilities, used to considerable tactical effect

[[WMG:Netero]]

Chairman of the Hunter Association, which administers the Hunter Exams once or twice per year. While he never fought during the exams, Hisoka feels uncomfortable around him, and Gon and Killua fails to catch a ball Netero holds in a friendly game.

Netero appears once more in the Chimera Ant arc as the head of the extermination team. He receives information on the King and the Royal Guards through Colt, finds Zeno, and arrives to fight the King directly. [[spoiler:By this point, the King has amassed so much power that Netero is no match for him. Netero knows the King's real name (again, through Colt) and offers to tell it to him if he can defeat Netero. Netero dies fighting the King, but not before he can tell the King his real name.]]

* BadAssGrandpa
* CoolOldGuy: Well, it's going to happen when you're a character over 140 years old and founder of the Hunter Association.

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Via nuclear bomb.]]Too bad it doesn't stick. [[OrIsIt Or maybe it did?]]]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: At his first appearance, he's an old, laid-back guy. Later on, he's much more dangerous than he looks.
* OldMaster
* TrainingMontage: As part of a flashback

[[WMG:Novu]]

A top operative in the extermination squad and works directly under Netero. He stays by Morau's side when not in an emergency, as his partner in the extermination. He is a man in a business suit, and he has a matching serious, no-nonsense personality to fit. His nen ability is to create portals into another dimension of his own creation. To someone who's unaware of his powers, he would appear to teleport. He uses this power to get into restricted, heavily guarded, or unknown areas and obtain information about the ants. He also allows others to use his dimension as a hideout or to allow people to brief others on what to do. [[spoiler:He goes into hiding during Netero and Zeno's attack on the palace and sees some horrifying things.]]

* [[spoiler: LockedIntoStrangeness: His hair eventually turns completely white due to stress from his recon mission.]]
* StoicSpectacles

[[WMG:Palm]]

One of Knuckles's partners and a trainee of Novu's. She first appears as a knife-crazy psychotic woman whom Gon and Killua constantly run from. However, she regains her composure, both behaviorally and appearance-wise, for Gon's date with her, which quickly goes awry. [[spoiler: She went undercover as one of Bizef's prostitutes and sent to an underground facility, but escapes and attempts to spy on the King. Ikalgo follows her there but is slowed down considerably by Bloster, who coincidentally happened to be there. She winds up captured but not killed, rather turned into an chimaera ant hybrid. She awakens with some new abilities such as being able to detech where a person is with the newly made orb on her forehead able to turn her hair in armor and weapons. Pitof tries to manipulate her into killing Killua, but his words allow her to come to her senses and break free from Pitof's control. She currently helping the other.]]

[[WMG:Genthru]]

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The BigBad of the Greed Island Arc, known as "The Bomber". His goal is to clear the game by any means necessary, presumably for the large cash reward, as he appears in Battera's castle when he leaves the game (Battera was offering a massive reward for finishing the game). A ruthless, cold-blooded killer, he executes anyone who interferes with his goal. He treats everyone but his two subordinates as expendable and kills often for no reason but convenience or to further his plans. He has two Nen abilities: After explaining his ability and its conditions (including how to deactivate it), he can place a time bomb on someone, which is almost impossible to remove. Should anyone try to disactivate it, he can also create smaller explosions, burning and blasting anything he grabs with his hands.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: To Gon, who he outclasses completely in fighting skills. [[spoiler: This comes back to bite him in the butt, when Gon uses his arrogance to lure him into a trap.]]
* BigBad
* TheChessmaster: Steals cards through trickery, which, due to his use of Greed Island's AppliedPhlebotinum, even worked when the opponent knew something was up.
* AFatherToHisMen: He rolls the Risky Dice, which could kill him, to show his solidarity with his comrades.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Detonating the bombs on his former comrades after using them to blackmail them into giving him their cards. Made worse because he laughs about it.]]
* MadBomber: Obviously
* ManipulativeBastard: He is part of a group gathering spell cards, which will be used to steal cards from other players and complete the game. This group seeks out those with few fighting abilities, who would therefore be willing to team up (thus dividing the reward). All Genthru has to do is wait, covertly placing bombs on the others. His fighting skills prevent anyone from touching him and deactivating them, and he uses the threat of the bombs to take all the cards for himself.
* WhyAmITicking

[[WMG: Biscuit Krueger]]

A little girl Gon and Killua meet once they enter Greed Island. She becomes their trainer during the arc, helping to refine their nen and helping them in their search for Gon's father while seeking her own goal. She comes back into play during the Chimera Ant arc training them further.

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* BerserkButton: Don't call her real form a gorilla or she will make you regret it.
* CuteBruiser: When she in her child-like form
* OlderThanTheyLook
* PintsizedPowerhouse
* SinkOrSwimMentor: She was the one who trained Wing after all.
* SleepModeSize: Her current form. Her real form is much more massive and muscular but she hates it due to her appearance, one can't actually blame her.

[[WMG: Razor]]

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A muscle-bound man who first appears to banish the Genei Ryodan members who were trespassing on Greed Island. Just seeing him is enough to make [[HotBlooded Phinks]] stop the others from attacking, though they outnumber him six to one. Using a spell card, he sends them out of the game, while inviting them to come back and challenge him legitimately. Then, he casually destroys their boat with Nen. He later appears as the guardian of "Plot of Beach", a card needed to clear the game. All they need to do to get it is to beat Razor's group in sporting events... really lethal sporting events. [[spoiler: Razor is a death row convict, captured and hired under contract by Ging Freecs to be a game master. His group are also death row convicts who he presumably hired. His name was the basis for the R in Greed Island's name.]] He can create and throw balls of Nen, treating them like volleyballs.

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* {{Badass}} Scares off the [[PersonOfMassDestruction Genei Ryodan]].
* BadBoss: Justified somewhat. [[spoiler: Uses Nen to blow apart the head of a convict who first revealed that Greed Island was a real place and then tried to start a mutiny. Gon, thinking that the convict was Razor's friend, thinks that Razor is this.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: In a way. [[spoiler: He remarks that Ging, after catching him, redeemed him. Ging believed in Razor enough to entrust him with the mission of one day fighting Gon.]]
* DodgeballIsHell: UpToEleven. By encasing a dodgeball with Nen, his throws are strong enough to deal grievous injury to anyone unfortunate enough to get hit.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Flashbacks show him being beaten and told that he is worthless.]]
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: His face at times. It gets shaded and his mouth gets twisted into a [[TheUnSmile really disturbing smile]].
* SadistTeacher: He looks and acts like an AffablyEvil gym teacher. [[spoiler: Justified in that he is trying to make Gon stronger. See TrainingFromHell below.]]
* TrainingFromHell: On [[spoiler: Ging's]] orders, delivers this to Gon.


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* HordeOfAlienLocusts (but somewhat more cunning about it)

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* DressedToKill: [[VaporWear Sans bra]]

A little girl Gon and Killua meet once they enter Greed Island. She becomes their trainer during the arc, helping to refine their nen and helping them in their search for Gon's father while seeking her own goal. She comes back into play during the Chimera Ant arc training them even further.

* BeserkButton: Don't call her real form a gorilla or she will make you regret it.

* OlderThenTheyLook

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* CombatMedic

* PeoplePuppets
* [[spoiler:SuperMode: Like Shalnark above, Pitou can apply his PeoplePuppets ability to himself, which, according to the narrator unleashes his full power. The extent of this power up is never really shown, since Gon wipes the floor with him just as his new ability is revealed.]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Via nuclear bomb.]]Too bad it doesn't stick. [[OrIsIt:Or maybe it did?]]]]

Out of boredom, he called in champion players of various board games, such as chess, shogi, and go. He kept playing against them until he defeated them, then killed them off. However, he met his match in a blind girl named Komugi, East Gorteau's gungi champion. No matter how much he plays her, she [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] him every time. Having such a brilliant mind and no way to fend for herself, the King [[spoiler:starts to feel sorry for her and also begins respecting humans and other creatures. The King's sympathy towards Komugi eventually grows into casual chatter and then outright affection for her, spurring Shaiapouf's envy. Netero is his first opponent in combat who gives him a good fight, though by then, he has become appreciative of talented people, Netero included, and would rather not fight. He is forced into it anyway and kills Netero. Netero's death, however, sets off a rose bomb and nearly kills Meryem, who is revived by his guards, but becomes afflicted with amnesia. Currently, he's LivingOnBorrowedTime from the bomb's poison/radiation.]]

** [[spoiler:SuperMode: Like Shalnark above, Pitou can apply his PeoplePuppets ability to himself, which, according to the narrator unleashes his full power. The extent of this power up is never really shown, since Gon wipes the floor with him just as his new ability is revealed.]]

A {{bishounen}}-looking man who is mostly human and butterfly and the second of the Royal Guards to be introduced, sometimes Pouf for short. His defining charcateristic is his obsession with making sure the King is safe and to follow his every order. Shaiapouf becomes incredibly edgy if he's separated from the King or becomes unable to finish a command from him. He cries waterfalls and plays the violin to relieve this frustration, making him something of a comic relief of the bunch. After gathering everyone in East Gorteau over to in front of the palace, Shaiapouf then used one of his nen abilities, a butterfly dust that hypnotizes everyone into a trance, to keep the crowd organized. [[spoiler:Shiaiapouf takes on Morau in one of the towers. Morau takes advantage of Shaiapouf's fanaticism towards the king and traps the both of them in a smoke wall he is unable to force through. However, he finds an opening and escapes with]] his other nen ability, which is to split himself into any number of smaller versions of himself; these fragments resemble a PuniPlush version of himself. [[spoiler:He meets up with Menthuthuyoupi as he flees from Morau, finds the King, and allows the King to absorb himself into him, adding Shaiapouf's strength to his own.]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Via nuclear bomb.]]Too bad it doesn't stick.]]

One of Knuckles's partners and a trainee of Novu's. She first appears as a knife-crazy psychotic woman whom Gon and Killua constantly run from. However, she regains her composure, both behaviorally and appearance-wise, for Gon's date with her, which quickly goes awry. [[spoiler: She went undercover as one of Ming Jol-Ik's prostitutes, but he is killed by the King; Palm is then sent to an underground facility for an unknown purpose. Ikalgo follows her there but is slowed down considerably by Bloster, who coincidentally happened to be there. She winds up captured but not killed, rather turned into an chimaera ant hybrid. She awakens with some new abilities such as being able to detech where a person is with the newly made orb on her forehead able to turn her hair in armor and weapons. Pitof tries to manipulate her into killing Killua, but his words allow her to come to her senses and break free from Pitof's control. She currently helping the other.]]

A blind girl who's the undefeated champion of gungi, a fictional board game. After the Chimera Ant King had beaten various East Gorteau champs at board games and killed them, he took in Komugi but was unable to beat her. Because she's blind, she's unable to recognize the Chimera Ant King as a monster and thinks of him as a WorthyOpponent gungi player. She unintentionally awoke the compassion inside the King, and as he continues to associate with her, he becomes friendlier. [[spoiler: Komugi gets injured after Netero and Zeno attack the palace, and Neferpitou is assigned to use his healing powers to allow her to recover.]]

Out of boredom, he called in champion players of various board games, such as chess, shogi, and go. He kept playing against them until he defeated them, then killed them off. However, he met his match in a blind girl named Komugi, East Gorteau's gungi champion. No matter how much he plays her, she [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] him every time. Having such a brilliant mind and no way to fend for herself, the King [[spoiler:starts to feel sorry for her and also begins respecting humans and other creatures. The King's sympathy towards Komugi eventually grows into casual chatter and then outright affection for her, spurring Shaiapouf's envy. Netero is his first opponent in combat who gives him a good fight, though by then, he has become appreciative of talented people, Netero included, and would rather not fight. He is forced into it anyway and kills Netero.]]

* [[spoiler:SuperMode: Like Shalnark above, Pitou can apply his PeoplePuppets ability to himself, which, according to the narrator unleashes his full power. The extent of this power up is never really shown, since Gon wipes the floor with him just as his new ability is revealed.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: He is part of a group gathering spell cards, which will be used to steal cards from other players and complete the game. This group seeks out those with few fighting abilities, who would therefore be willing to team up (thus dividing the reward). All Genthru has to do is wait, covertly placing bombs on the others. His fighting skills prevent anyone from touching him and deactivating them, and he uses the threat of the bombs to take all the cards for himself.

* EnfanteTerrible

* [[spoiler:SuperMode: Like Shalnark above, Pitou can apply his PeoplePuppets ability to himself, a technique described by the narrator as Pitou fighting at full power; the extent of this power up is never really shown, since Gon wipes the floor with him just as his new ability is revealed.]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

* InelegantBlubbering

* TheChessmaster: Steals cards through trickery, which, due to his use of Greed Island's Phlebonium, even worked when the opponent knew something was up.

Bonorenolf comes from the Gyudondond Tribe, where villagers chosen to do battle will have holes punctured throughout their bodies. This allows them to become living woodwind instruments, making music by dancing. The tribe has a unique nen application where they infuse the air or the melody, allowing them to summon things to fight on their behalf. Bonorenolf is normally wrapped up in bandages from head to toe; he will remove those bandages when he has to fight. His known summons are Prologue, a masked jungle warrior, and Jupiter, a round boulder with planet Jupiter's pattern on it. (Whether this refers to Gustav Holst's "Planet Suite" is unknown.) Bonorenolf believes himself as a noble warrior and speaks in a formal, polite manner, even when insulting someone. He was most recently called back to Meteor Cit yto help defeat the Chimera Ants that had set up a hive there.

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* IronWoobie

* BatmanGambit: using his nen-powered forgery skills, he pulls a succesful one on [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Chrollo]], [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome of all people]].

* ChaoticEvil

* DracoInLeatherPants

* MagnificentBastard

* EvilIsSexy

* UncannyValley

One of Knuckles's partners and a trainee of Novu's. She first appears as a knife-crazy psychotic woman whom Gon and Killua constantly run from. However, she regains her composure, both behaviorally and appearance-wise, for Gon's date with her, which quickly goes awry. [[spoiler: She went undercover as one of Ming Jol-Ik's prostitutes, but he is killed by the King; Palm is then sent to an underground facility for an unknown purpose. Ikalgo follows her there but is slowed down considerably by Bloster, who coincidentally happened to be there.]] Her nen ability is unknown, though it seems to relate to knives.