Evil Horde

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Evil Horde

The Evil Horde action figures

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Name	Evil Horde
Affiliations	Hordak Horde Prime
Notable powers or skills	Various
Weapons	Various
Created by	Mattel

The Evil Horde, more frequently referred to as the Horde, are fictional characters featured in She-Ra and Masters of the Universe cartoons, comics and toys.

1 80s Cartoon Horde
2 21st Century Cartoon Horde
3 Weaponry of the Horde
4 List of the members of the Horde

[edit] 80s Cartoon Horde

In the cartoons, the Evil Horde is a vast, interstellar empire bent on domination of various worlds across the universe. The centre of their empire is called Hordeworld. The Horde is first summoned to Eternia by Morgoth, a giant wizard once imprisoned by the Ancients. The Horde send a scout ship to Eternia and its crew (Repta, Rachney, and Ferros) aid Morgoth in taking control of a few towns and villages. One of these is the home of Teela'Na. To defeat the Horde, Teela'Na is told by an old man about Castle Grayskull. Teela'Na seeks out Castle Grayskull and becomes the next Sorceress in order to defeat Morgoth and the Horde. She manages to do so, but is trapped in her position for the rest of her life.

The Horde scout ship apparently manages to send a message to the Evil Horde's ultimate leader, Horde Prime, because soon, the vile Hordak and his Horde Troopers arrive in full force. While Hordak wages his war against Eternia and Eternos, he takes Skeletor under his wing, teaching what he knows of dark magic and the like. In time, the Royal Soldiers of Eternos and the magic of Castle Grayskull defeat Hordak. However, learning that King Randor and Queen Marlena's twin children both have a special destiny, Hordak and Skeletor seek to kidnap them. A young Man-At-Arms and Queen Marlena are able to halt the kidnapping of Prince Adam, but Princess Adora is captured. Skeletor, however, was captured by Eternos. He then revealed the secret location of the Horde's lair: Snake Mountain.

Man-At-Arms and the Sorceress went to Snake Mountain, but were too late. Hordak had escaped with Princess Adora. Both were then seen on the planet of Etheria. Hordak and his minions captured many kingdoms -- the last of which to fall was the kingdom of Brightmoon.

The She-Ra series was largely dedicated to the struggle of the Etherian rebels against the occupying force of the Horde. In each episode Hordak has a new dastardly scheme to either destroy the rebellion or make life worse for Etherians. Each scheme meets its demise at She-Ra's hand. The comics largely follow this overall story as well, though where the cartoon Hordak had abandoned plans to invade Eternia, save for a few occasions, in the comics he still tried. Sometimes he worked with and sometimes against Skeletor.

The Horde have bases planet-wide though their main headquarters is Doom Tower located at the centre of the Fright Zone. The Horde possess vast resources and have a great deal of high technology.

[edit] 21st Century Cartoon Horde

The Horde portrayed in the MYP Masters of the Universe cartoon are much more mysterious characters. The Horde had been a menace on Eternia long before the modern day. Hordak had been the nemesis of King Grayskull. He was also an enemy of King Hiss and defeated his army of snakemen before putting his sight back on destroying King Grayskull. Upon their final defeat the Horde were sentenced to exile in the timeless dimension of Despondos. While imprisoned, Hordak became more demon like and his power and advice could be channelled through sorcery. By the means Skeletor survived his head being burned with acid. By invoking Hordak he was able to cast a spell to replace his head with the familiar floating skull. When Skeletor betrayed Hordak years later by refusing to release him, Evil-Lyn and Count Marzo stepped up to the task. However, right as Hordak was about to emerge from Despondos, He-Man stopped the spell.

Hordak and the rest of the Horde would have been the main villains for the third series of the cartoon but it was cancelled before the story could be told.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Weaponry of the Horde

The Horde Trooper - a robot army of low intelligence. Each trooper carried a wand-like device that stunned its opponents
Dylamug, in function a larger, more powerful and intelligent trooper.
The Evil Horde Slime Pit - A torture chamber of sorts where the victim is bound to a wall by a bony claw. A vat of slime is then dumped from a large dinosaur skull onto the action figure's head, coating them in the ooze.
Batmex - Unmanned aircraft armed with stun cannons.
Annihilator - A manned flying craft used for troop transport and many other functions, including annihilation.
Destructo Tanks - The Horde used these weapons to intimidate and destroy enemies.
Mantisaur - A giant robot praying mantis.