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“Von Ness no longer exists. I am... Von Nebula!”
— Von Nebula, Von Nebula
Von Nebula
Former Hero
Affiliation Hero Factory (Formerly)
Weapons Gravity Weapon
Black Hole Orb Staff (Formerly)
Status Alive
Location Inside the Black Hole Orb Staff (Formerly), Unknown

Von Nebula, formerly known as Von Ness, “The Mastermind” or "That Blackhole Creature", is a dark and mysterious leader of various Villains within the Hero Factory Universe.

Biography

Early Life

Thresher's Team

Von Ness on Thresher's Team.

Created in the Assembly Tower, Von Nebula was once a Hero from the Hero Factory, under the name of Von Ness. He was a part of the original Alpha 1 Team led by Thresher. He traveled with the rest of the team (minus Thresher) to a prison that was under attack by the Legion of Darkness, led by Black Phantom. He was with Dunkan Bulk on the surface of the asteroid while Preston Stormer and Jimi Stringer were in a Hero Craft above. He went onto the roof to stop XT4, Toxic Reapa, and Voltix from escaping that way. However, he realized that he did not choose to be a Hero and that this was not his fight, so he allowed the villains to escape, beginning his path to becoming a Villain.

After this failure, it was decided that Hero Factory would be shut down, something that Von Ness didn't appear to mind too much. He then left on a transport with Bulk and Stringer while Stormer and Thresher remained behind. Hero Factory was then attacked by the Legion of Darkness and he returned with Bulk and Stringer to fight them off. After they won the battle, it was decided that Hero Factory would not shut down; this was not received well by Von Ness.

Betrayal

During a routine Hero response to a burglary in progress, the Alpha 1 Team found themselves facing a much more dangerous threat when they came across a giant heavily armed Drone packing a dozen of powerful plutonium cryptide canisters, having enough firepower to destroy half of the City. Upon contact, the Team Leader Thresher and Ness' Rookie teammate Preston Stormer started firing at the Drone to draw his attention trying to make him stop targeting civilian populated areas, Von Ness got visibly frightened about the situation. Thresher ordered the Rookies to take cover near the Hero Craft while he made a run at the Drone to distract him, during the process, he got hit by one of the Drone's plasma projectiles leaving him badly injured and lying unconscious on the ground.

Preston Stormer starring at Von Ness in HD

Preston Stormer staring at Von Ness.

Now without the experienced Team Leader to provide help and strategy, Von Ness and Preston Stormer were now on their own. Stormer exclamated to Ness that they had to stop the Drone before it hurt any civilians. After hearing that Ness demanded that they waited for Hero backup to which Stormer strongly disagreed due to the amount of damage that the Drone could create in a short amount of time. Due to the disagreement, Stormer instead told Ness to cover Thresher while he drew the Drone's attention away from the two. While Stormer took the Drone alone, Von Ness once again felt that the Hero Factory had sent him once again there to complete an impossible task, thinking that he was just a pawn, another one of the millions of Heroes sent to their deaths on every Mission. Seeing an opportunity to escape the battle and secure his own survival, he attempted to escape on the Hero Craft, when Stormer noticed he jumped on the windscreen cracking it and demanding that he brought the Drop Ship down immediately, refusing to comply, he stated that Stormer would get them both killed and proceeded to shook Stormer off the Drop Ship. Stormer was able to project himself of the Drop Ship landing on the Drone's back, then proceeding to cross-circuit the Drone's power supply, crippling him which caused the Drone to explode.

Von Ness was still able to escape the scene flying off on the Hero Craft, going, rogue. After the incident, he ended up blaming Stormer for his failure and for Stormer being blind and agreeing to do everything that the Hero Factory ordered him to, vowing revenge to him and to the Hero Factory.

Though after many months of attempts from Preston Stormer to track Von Ness down, he never was able to locate him.

Von Nebula

Von Ness was mysteriously transformed during the subsequent time period and also gained the Black Hole Orb Staff, becoming Von Nebula. Now as Von Nebula, he recruited numerous Villains to his cause.

Von Nebula led his villains to the Deltari Quadrant, where they cut communications and stole their palomino diamonds.

Next, he put his plan into effect by dispatching XPlode and Rotor to hijack a shipment of C-4000 explosives on Merak 9. When this failed he sent the pair to rob an Explosives Plant on Lemus 2, though they were ordered to not really do any damage besides worry the Hero Factory.

He then sent Corroder to attack Penitentiary 1331, a prison under construction on Tantalus 5. Once again the henchbot was ordered to avoid doing too much damage. Lastly, Von Nebula sent Meltdown to poison Stormer with nanobots, causing the Hero to go berserk. After Stormer was cured, Von Nebula decided to target New Stellac City for the final part of his plan.

First, Von Nebula issued out a false alarm meteor strike warning, to gain the Alpha 1 Team's attention, then he sent Corroder and Thunder down with a Nebula Gas Cannon. He later dispatched XPlode and Meltdown as well.

When Von Nebula revealed himself at New Stellac City from his black hole base, Stormer, followed by William Furno, willingly let themselves be sucked into a black hole where they knew they would face Von Nebula. Von Nebula stripped away their weapons and devices and began draining their Hero Cores.

Black Hole Staff in Use

Von Nebula's defeat.

The Heroes, however, retained their built-in Anti-Gravity Thruster Rings and began plotting to reverse the effects of the vortex. Von Nebula returned and demanded the rings, attacking Stormer because he knew "Stormer always has to take the glory". However, it was Furno who held the rings, and he threw them into the center of the black hole to destroy it. Stormer then seized the Black Hole Orb Staff and sucked Von Nebula into it. Stormer and Furno escaped the black hole, and brought the staff with them to the Hero Factory.

Breakout

Shortly after heroes Furno and Rocka seemingly arrested Voltix far too easily, Voltix appeared to release some sort of entity of Von Nebula which shattered the Orb on his Staff. How Voltix was able to carry an embodiment of him remains a mystery. After escaping the prison via the destruction of his own weapon, Von Nebula went into hiding.

Personality

Von Nebula was cowardly as a Hero, a behavior which eventually caused him to flee in the middle of a crucial mission. However, Ness refused to accept responsibility for his actions, and instead blamed Stormer for what happened. He developed a deep, unyielding hatred for anything related to Hero Factory, and was determined in getting revenge against the perceived wrongs inflicted upon him.

As a criminal mastermind, Von Nebula excelled in organization and development, utilizing his talents through criminal activity.

Appearance

Von Nebula has ebony armor and red eyes. He also has blue spikes located on his shoulders for defensive purposes. While he was still working for Hero Factory his hero core was grey with a orange center.

Weapons

As a Rookie Hero, Von Ness used a weapon that had gravity properties.

Von Nebula carried the Black Hole Orb Staff, which was used to create black holes for battle and transportation. He has since been absorbed into the weapon. The staff was what caused the massive breakout.

Quotes

“Von Ness no longer exists. I am... Von Nebula!”
— Von Nebula, Von Nebula
“Von Nebula, huh? Only the most evil Villain in the Galaxy!”
Mak Megahertz, Hero Factory FM
“What's the guy got, some sort of inter-dimensional portal that he can just travel through to get away?"
"Well... yes."
"Oh.”
Mak Megahertz and Nathaniel Zib, Hero Factory FM

Set Information

Von Nebula was released as a large boxed Hero Factory set from August 2010 with 156 pieces. One could spin the blades on his weapon for added play value.

Trivia

  • Von Nebula's helmet mold, was reused from the BIONICLE character Hydraxon.
  • Von Nebula is voiced by Mark Hamill in Rise of the Rookies.
  • A Hero that looks identical to Von Ness can be seen in a crowd in Ordeal of Fire.
  • He is not hard to create with actual pieces. One would need the original Stringer set and the Von Nebula set. Then you would need to switch Stringer's head with Von Nebula's but without the pincers. Then you would add the spikes onto his arms with 2-block cross axles. The problem with this is that Stringer has only one actual arm while Von Ness is shown to have two, not carrying a weapon that would replace one arm. Also, Von Ness is shown to have a different body armor (Same that's used on Bulk) than Stringer.

Appearances

TV Commercials

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