31 Facts About Hordak

Hordak is a fictional character in the Masters of the Universe franchise who opposes She-Ra and He-Man, as well as the franchise's main villain, Skeletor, to whom he was once a mentor, and the cause of the latter's ambition and pursuits of evil.

Hordak is the main antagonist of the She-Ra: Princess of Power animated series, in which he is the archenemy of She-Ra, He-Man's twin sister.

Hordak is recognizable by his white face, with sharp red eyes, his flat snout-like nose, red fangs, and pointed bat-like ears.

Hordak wears a collar of bones and black armor over his chest, emblazoned with the Horde bat symbol.

Hordak's appearance resembles a bat-like creature, although in some media he appears more cyborg-like.

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Hordak raised Adora to be a warrior and captain for his Evil Horde and hid her true heritage from her.

Hordak's powers seem to be derived from a combination of magic and science.

Hordak is obsessed with getting revenge on his treacherous former pupil Skeletor.

The conflict ended when Hordak commanded his sorcerers to draw Castle Grayskull into the dark dimension of Despondos.

Hordak saved Keldor by magically removing the damaged flesh and altering his body into a more demonic form, leaving him with a skeletal appearance.

At a much later date, Hordak calls upon Skeletor to free him from Despondos, and Skeletor initially seems powerless to resist his mentor.

Hordak was intended to be released in the new toy line, as well as being the main villain in the third season of the cartoon series.

Hordak serves as the main antagonist of the first four seasons of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.

Hordak crash-landed on Etheria after falling through a portal into the otherwise empty Despondos dimension; there he created his own branch of the Horde in an attempt to conquer Etheria in order to prove his worth to Horde Prime.

Hordak tries to create a portal that will allow him to summon Horde Prime after the conquest is complete.

Hordak promotes Catra to the rank of Force Captain, grants her extra authority, and then, when Catra's attack on the rebel stronghold of Bright Moon nearly succeeds, appoints her as his new second-in-command.

When Hordak learns the truth about Entrapta's exile, he attacks Catra, but she defeats him.

Hordak appears briefly at the end of the third season finale, "The End of the Beginning", voiced by Kevin Conroy.

Hordak's character is presented as a sorcerer who has now turned his attention mainly to science, and uses a combination of magic and science, but mainly the latter, in his attempts on Eternia.

Hordak was apparently involved in events in Eternia's past such as the building of The Three Towers, which is alluded to in some of the mini-comics that came packaged with the action figures.

Third action figure of the character, Buzz-Saw Hordak, has become a very rare and sought-after collector's item.

Two UK She-Ra annuals in the mid-1980s state that Hordak is Prime's brother, but these operate within a canon independent of the cartoon and altered Horde Prime's name, referring to him as 'Prime Horde'.

Hordak served as Horde Prime's top general until he was revealed to be defective, and was cast out by Horde Prime, as a result, sent to die on the front lines, only for a portal to open and transport him to the planet Etheria in the empty dimension of Despondos.

Hordak's MOTUC bio states that his birth name is Hec-Tor Kur, second-born heir to the Horde Empire, who came to Eternia while battling He-Ro.

Hordak is capable of transforming himself in a variety of ways.

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Minicomics and Marvel Star comic books depict Hordak as using magic to a greater extent, more so than science.

Hordak is shown to be a powerful dark mage of equal or greater power to Skeletor.

Hordak defeated Hordak multiple times in Filmation and was scheduled to defeat him in the MYP cartoon series.

Hordak is depicted as a supremely powerful magic-user, seemingly of vastly greater power than Skeletor, and with no apparent reliance on technology whatsoever, other than his Horde Troopers, although it is unknown if these redesigned minions are still intended to be robots like the original versions.

Part of Hordak's intelligence includes a firmly pragmatic streak in his personality that endeavors to direct his minions to practical goals while maintaining relatively good relations with them such as encouraging them to pursue projects he finds worthwhile.

Hordak wears an exo-armor that serves as his life support, later upgraded with First One's technology to give him superhuman strength.