Chaos

"Foolish Kotua. You thought you had gotten rid of me in the emerald, when all along I controlled you."

— Chaos^[1]

Chaos, known as Perfect Chaos in its purest and most powerful form, is an ancient water monster.

Biography[]

Creation[]

According to legend, Chaos was a failed experiment by the First Builders that are said to have created the LEGO Universe.^[2] Although water was an element of life and tranquility, they discovered that their creation was the embodiment of chaos and destruction. Deeming their creation far too chaotic, the First Builders locked away the water monster.^[3] It remained trapped for many millennia in a Mayan temple. The creature became the subject of many myths and legends, especially of Mayan origin, until at last its existence was proven by Alpha Team.^[4]

Mission Deep Freeze[]

During the events of Mission Deep Freeze, famed adventurer Johnny Thunder prepared an expedition to the Mayan temple where Chaos was said to have been contained. There, he was ambushed by Kotua, an Alpha Team agent who had recently fallen under the mind control of Evil Ogel. After Johnny Thunder escaped, Kotua continued inside the temple and found a small shrine, where he freed Chaos from its imprisonment.^[4]

Kotua enlisted Chaos, and they began searching the world for Chaos Emeralds, seven mysterious energy crystals that enhanced Chaos's power until it assumed a form known as Perfect Chaos. Together, they attacked Antarctica and battled against Databoard and his Saber airship. Meanwhile, Evil Ogel took advantage of the distraction so that he could freeze New Mexico with his army of Ice Drones.^[4]

During one battle against Kotua and Chaos in a Mexican city, Databoard managed to knock out Kotua. After Chaos retreated, Databoard ensured that Kotua received medical attention, and Alpha Team doctors were able to clear his brain from Ogel's mind control. While Chaos, now a loose cannon and attacking many cities in the region, continued to battle Databoard and the Saber, it was now fighting Kotua and the Voltage.^[4]

Knowing it was outnumbered, Chaos retreated, and Kotua and Databoard pursued the water monster to Mexico, hoping to find Mayan clues regarding how to defeat Chaos. There, they battled Chaos once more, succeeding in taking away the Chaos Emeralds and reducing Perfect Chaos to its original form. Only in this form could Chaos be once again trapped in the Mayan temple.^[4]

Dino Attack[]

In 2010, ShadowTech acquired two Chaos Emeralds,^[5] which they analyzed and used to create a synthetic version of Chaos. They created this artificial Chaos so that they could study the water monster due to its connections with the First Builders, in hopes that it could give them some idea of the Maelstrom's origins.^[6] Making sure that it would not betray them, they contained the creature in one of their laboratories while performing various other experiments.^[7] They used a sample of Maelstrom energies to replicate Chaos's destructive embodiment. However, the new Chaos reacted with ShadowTech's Maelstrom experiment and became far more volatile and destructive than it ever was before.^[6]

Kotua, who had recently gone mad during the Dino Attack, was captured by ShadowTech and discovered the laboratory just as Chaos killed the scientists who had been experimenting on it. As Kotua escaped the lab, so did Chaos,^[7] and they emerged in LEGO City. They battled each other as they fought through the LEGOLAND Military and various Dino Attack agents. Although Rex sent a pack of Mutant Dinosaurs after Chaos, they were quickly annihilated by the water monster.^[5] Rex tried to flee in the Silver Scorpion, but Chaos grabbed the vehicle and bit off one of its claws before proceeding to tear it apart with its new Maelstrom powers. Rex was only rescued from Chaos by the intervening Villains Headquarters.^[6]

Kotua, remembering how he had controlled Chaos last time, began a quest to search for the seven Chaos Emeralds, which had once again become scattered across the LEGO Planet. Chaos agreed to work with Kotua again,^[7] once again planning to use Kotua as its puppet to reclaim the Chaos Emeralds.^[1] Together, they battled Dino Attack Team and ShadowTech in their search, which eventually led them back to the ShadowTech laboratory where Chaos had been released. There, they found the last two Chaos Emeralds.^[5]

Chaos and Kotua found Rex with Zero and Phantom. Chaos used the Chaos Emeralds' power to transform into Perfect Chaos once again and proceeded to attack. Other Dino Attack agents, such as Roger Remous and Amanda Claw, were caught in the crossfire. Throughout the battle, Perfect Chaos constantly tried to kill Rex, but to no avail. Rex and his teammates were rescued by Databoard, who arrived in the Saber to battle Kotua and Perfect Chaos once again.^[8] At last, when its energy was low, Perfect Chaos retreated through the sewers, preparing to strike again.^[9] In response to the attacks by Perfect Chaos, Rex commissioned Dino Attack vehicle designers to design a vehicle that focused on electric-based attacks, which was eventually adapted into the High-Voltage Half-Track.^[10]

Kotua returned to the Mayan temple with Chaos, where he learned that the true Chaos had remained trapped in the temple the whole time, and the Chaos of the Dino Attack was actually a duplicate created by ShadowTech. The true Chaos was released from its imprisonment and revealed that it was controlling Kotua the whole time, masterminding its own release. Then, the two versions of Chaos merged into a single form known as Alpha Chaos. Eager for revenge against Kotua, Alpha Chaos pursued the Alpha Team agent, knowing that no matter where he went, Kotua would be branded as a mad traitor.^[1]

Alpha Chaos followed Kotua to a factory in LEGO City, where the two old enemies clashed. At last, Alpha Chaos was neutralized by a freezer beam fired by Anti-Kotua and has been seemingly defeated for good.^[2]

Legacy[]

After the Dino Attack, Chaos has occasionally been referenced by popular media. It is the subject of a song in Act 1 of Rex: The Musical, and is the basis of a monster in the Disasters & Dinosaurs tabletop roleplaying game.^[11]

Alternate Histories[]

Timeline 2010-A[]

During the Dino Attack, a vital report containing Alpha Team intel about Chaos was delivered to Dino Attack's leaders by agent MacFly. Using this information, Dino Attack Team was able to capitalize on Chaos's known weaknesses and swiftly defeat the legendary water entity. Kotua, freed from Chaos's control, was able to quickly come back to his senses and rejoin Dino Attack Team's side.^[12]

Dimension 8231[]

Anti-Chaos was freed from its Mayan prison sometime prior to Anti-2005. It was empowered by the world's climate change and was able to become the embodiment of natural disaster. Anti-Chaos destroyed Latin America, washing away the land with devastating floods and hurricanes. Anti-Kotua was forced to quickly invent the necessary technology to defeat the legendary beast and seal it away for good before it could destroy the rest of the world. This ultimately prepared Anti-Kotua for his encounter with Alpha Chaos in the primary universe.^[2]

Abilities and Traits[]

Chaos is composed of entropic energies (similar to the Maelstrom)^[2] that manifest physically as water. As a creature made entirely out of water, Chaos can create devastating effects involving its element, including tsunamis, floods, hurricanes, and hail storms. Chaos also has a wide range of other abilities, such as shooting beams of pure entropic energy from its mouth. In its Perfect Chaos form, Chaos's abilities are increased tenfold;^[8] as Alpha Chaos, its powers have further doubled.^[1] ShadowTech's Chaos and the resulting Alpha Chaos are infused with trace amounts of Maelstrom, making them even more destructive and powerful, even able to dissolve Ssol Metal.^[6] However, due to being made of water, Chaos's one weakness is its vulnerability to cold temperatures; if frozen in ice, Chaos is left unable to move.^[2]

Although Chaos comes across as a simple beast without any clear motive, Chaos has shown itself to be very intelligent, cunning, and manipulative. Pretending to act as Kotua's servant, Chaos actually saw Kotua as its own puppet, using Kotua to collect the Chaos Emeralds so that it may be powerful enough to meet its own destructive ends. The original Chaos and its ShadowTech duplicate were able to plot together even while the former was sealed away, with the goal of uniting together as Alpha Chaos.^[1] Chaos believes its purpose is to flood the entire LEGO Planet and wash away the pestilence of minifigkind, declaring that the world's destiny lies in chaos and disorder.^[2]

Quotes[]

"Defeat me? You think you can defeat a hurricane? You believe you can defeat oblivion? I am a creation of the First Builders, ancient when the world was new. You're just one man."

— Alpha Chaos^[2]

"You cannot forestall your fate. I will flood this entire world and wash away the pestilence of minifigkind. The universe is doomed to chaos."