Arko

Arko is a human from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Arko is a human from the realm of Menonia, the daughter of Elder Arnak of Valerift. Arko often participates in resistance efforts against oppressors holding power over her realm, but she doesn't always agree with the methods or timing of her compatriots. This leads to Arko going off alone to handle things her way, which usually means faster, harder, and with expert local knowledge. Arko's not afraid of pain nor allying herself with more powerful beings if she thinks this will further her goals.

Fiction

Transformers: King Grimlock

Arko was one who put more value in personal power than prayer or gods, initially proud that her father Arnak had summoned an Autobot to aid the Menonians' resistance against the Golden One. She showed disappointment when Arnak begged Lord Grimlock for help, and received admonished her for her pride. As Arnak continued his entreaties to the Dinobot, Arko interrupted to say they didn't have time for talk. If Grimlock would not help their cause, they would have to fight for themselves. Arnak dismissed Arko's sentiment as disrespect and continued his entreaties to Grimlock. But Grimlock ultimately declined to join their cause, even knowing it would mean he was trapped in Menonia. This dampened the morale of the Menonians, and Arko seemed to have some change of heart. She saw Grimlock's physical strength as a desirable power. She had no time for weakness. Rather than fight without Grimlock, or suffer begging, she would find a way to MAKE Grimlock help them. So, Arko ran off alone after Grimlock. Grimlock the Rebel

Arko found Grimlock in the intestinal cave of a ridge worm being attacked by its tentacular tongues and rows of internal teeth. She sprang into action with her sword to slash the tentacles. Grimlock recognized her as Angry Arko and insisted he had things under control, but was willing to listen when she demonstrated her local knowledge. Arko explained that one could not simply get out of a ridge worm the way they got in, and she and Grimlock then gorily cut their way out of the mountainous body of the worm. After their encounter, Arko and Grimlock took a moment to discuss gods: The Menonians were fighting because they refused to worship the Golden One as Soltron's chosen, but Grimlock did not know this Soltron. In Menonia, the Autobot brand Grimlock wore was known as the face of Soltron. Grimlock did not look for any god in the sky, but to the battlefield, where the Necrobot would come to chronicle death. And death was not something Grimlock feared, so he hadn't really needed Arko's help. But Arko countered that Grimlock's strength was nothing without her wisdom based in local knowledge and he probably couldn't even last a day without her. Arko stood firm when Grimlock brandished his blade and insisted she had just saved his life. If he were not able to appreciate that, then he was more a beast than a warrior. Those were fighting words, but Grimlock did not move to attack. When Arko continued venting her frustrations about her father and the Golden One, saying she also was unafraid to die, and even struck Grimlock with her sword, he still did not fight back. Because, he said, he would crush her. Arko was insulted to not be seen as a warrior deserving the honor of combat. Then, perhaps desperate, Arko proposed a deal. If Grimlock would teach her strength, she would teach him of Menonia. Grimlock questioned whether Arko might quit or complain but ultimately agreed. And they would start that day.

Coming down from the mountainous wooded area, Arko and Grimlock came to a river where they saw the village of Angloria burning. Arko's initial reaction was to find it pitiful that the Anglorians could not defend themselves. They would survive and be stronger for it, or fall to this attack from the Red Wizard. Grimlock did not disagree with Arko, exactly, but he was interested in the wood-bots they saw attacking and how in some ways they seemed like him. Not wanting to seem scared to confront the wood-bots Arko agreed to follow Grimlock. They charged into battle, Arko riding upon Grimlock, fighting with sword and flamebreath, destroying many wood-bots. Grimlock tried using battlefield banter to learn why the stronger wood-bots would attack weaker Anglorians, but they were unable to answer. In the din of battle, Arko managed to explain these were mindless troops raised by necromancy. After the battle, Arko questioned why Grimlock did not celebrate the liberation of Angloria. He voiced some heavy existentialist concerns regarding the wood-bots created nature and lack of sparks and how the Red Wizard made them do bad. Arko became angered, again, disappointed Grimlock now seem set on confronting the Red Wizard and had still not agreed to fight the Golden One. He was willing to join the Anglorians, but had denied her people from Valerift? Arko decided Grimlock had nothing to teach her and she ran off alone, again. Grimlock the Defender

Alone on her quest for strength, Arko crafted armor from the wooden plate and sinuous innards of fallen wood-bots. She cursed Grimlock as she worked, disgusted by the weakness she perceived in the Dinobot and her fellow Menonians and...maybe herself. In a moment of reflection, Arko recalled a time when she had wanted to save fellow warriors whose ships were burning and sinking under an assault of dragon's breath. But her father, Arnak, had made their escape his priority, so that some part of their people might live on. Arko started to think that amid so many weak beings there might be one...who had true power. Arko traveled to the seat of the Golden One, where she was welcomed. But, Soltron, who had chosen the Golden One, was not a weak being who would forgive. Arko would have to pay for her past resistance. Grimlock the Avenger

Grimlock and the Sorcerer Grimlock the Triumphant