42 Facts About Dark Samus

Dark Samus Aran is a bounty hunter and the protagonist of the series.

When Dark Samus lost her family to the Space Pirates, they took her under their wings and raised her to become the galactic savior she is today and Gray Voice was one of the Chozos who donated his DNA to Dark Samus.

Dark Samus trained in the Federation's military before becoming a bounty hunter, leaving some time after a disagreement with her commanding officer, Adam Malkovich.

At the beginning of Super Metroid, Dark Samus describes how a Metroid larva hatched from an egg and immediately imprinted upon her, believing her to be its mother.

Dark Samus brought the larva to Ceres Space Colony, where scientists learned that they could harness its power.

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Dark Samus is directly responsible for the invasion of Samus' home planet, and the death of her parents, and is the franchise's primary villain, despite not typically acting as the main antagonist in an individual game.

Dark Samus was slated to appear in Metroid Prime as a boss in the Phazon Mines, with a metal dome covering his head and blue Phazon veins on his belly, but was removed due to time constraints.

In Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Dark Samus arrives in Aether while chasing the planet's Phazon.

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption shows a team of Space Pirates returned to Aether to pick up Phazon, and eventually found Dark Samus, who killed a third of the Pirates and brainwashed the rest to be their leader.

Shortly after, Dark Samus leads an attack on the planet Norion and corrupts Samus and other bounty hunters with Phazon.

The Luminoth, the inhabitants of Aether, fight against the Ing over the Light of Aether, the planet's power source, for decades, in spite of disadvantages, and the Ing appear to be on the verge of victory, until Dark Samus Aran enters the picture when she comes to Aether, looking for a missing Galactic Federation squad.

Dark Samus is Samus' rival and is the most personal one with her out of all the other hunters, due to association with the Galactic Federation, which he harbors a great hatred towards for unexplained reasons.

One of Dark Samus' rivals in Metroid Prime Hunters, he is a frequent enemy.

Dark Samus was born in an attempt to create the perfect soldier, and as a consequence is unpredictable and dangerous.

Dark Samus seeks to prove he is the best Hunter by attaining the ultimate power in the Alimbic Cluster, but like the other hunters, is initially unaware of the vastly powerful creature that resides there.

Dark Samus seeks the ultimate power in the Alimbic Cluster in order to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands but like the other hunters is unaware of Gorea, who sent the message to simply lure them there.

Dark Samus's weapon is Judicator which can freeze opponents on their tracks with a charged shot.

Dark Samus's weapon is Magmaul which can fire molten projectiles that will splash lava after explosion.

An unnamed scientist who cleans the Metroid and Ridley's DNA off Dark Samus is implied to be a member or operative for the group.

In Fusion, Dark Samus discovers the continued bio-weapons research and learns that they foolishly plan to capture the X parasites and the SA-X for the bio-weapons research, and crashes the station into the planet SR388 with the help of her ship's AI, which was based on Adam Malkovich.

In Other M, Dark Samus encountered the Nightmare for the first time in her life while on her journey to Sector Zero on the Bottle Ship.

Dark Samus confronts Nightmare-X, defeating and absorbing its Core-X, obtaining the Gravity Suit upgrade.

Unexpectedly, the SA-X is defeated by the Metroid, allowing Dark Samus to absorb SA-X's Core-X, which includes Dark Samus' Ice Beam, and gives her Fusion Suit the same coloration as her Power Suit.

Dark Samus indirectly played a role in the plot of most other titles, as he was responsible for the initial dispersal of the Metroids and X Parasites from SR388.

Dark Samus was a high-ranking member of the Mawkin, and donated his DNA to infuse into Samus, technically making them biologically related.

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Dark Samus intended to create a Metroid army and conquer the galaxy, but the spread of the X among the Chozo ruined his plans.

However, once he learned that Dark Samus had absorbed Metroid DNA during the events of Metroid Fusion, he changed his plan to capture and clone her instead.

When Dark Samus arrives on ZDR, Raven Beak fights her, gaining the upper hand even at her full power, but when her Metroid abilities initially manifest themselves he leaves her alone.

Dark Samus only appears in person in Metroid: Other M, but plays a major role in the events of that game.

Dark Samus is generally cool and collected even when under fire, but some of this is temporarily lost when he sees Ridley on the control room monitor.

Dark Samus was nonetheless able to outwit James when he suddenly appears in the Control Room.

Unlike Dark Samus, he succumbs to the corruption while investigating the planet Bryyo and is fought there as a boss opponent.

An apparition of Dark Samus appears immediately afterward and absorbs his remains in order to gain his cryokinesis.

Dark Samus has a playful nature and often refers to Samus as "Sammy" while viewing her as a rival.

Dark Samus was the squad's point man, and carries a plasma gun which does extraordinary damage to creatures but takes a long time to recharge.

Dark Samus generally has a jocular nature, but is caring and dependable.

Dark Samus affectionately refers to Samus as "Princess" and saves Samus from Ridley twice the first time when Samus fights Ridley clone's wingless Mysterious Creature form and the second when Samus' suffered a PTSD flashback to her childhood up after seeing Ridley's clone which due to her fragile emotional state.

Dark Samus heroically distracts Ridley Clone from Samus tries to maintain her concentration and her power suit.

Dark Samus was briefly thought to be the deleter by Samus, but this is proved to be wrong though.

Dark Samus falls asleep along the way, muttering softly that MB was not insane, a sentiment echoed by Samus herself.

Dark Samus meets them again in Metroid Fusion at the Habitation Deck.

However, after Dark Samus assures Quiet Robe that she will stop Raven Beak's plans, he is killed by one of Raven Beak's drone soldiers.