Loki

"No longer will our kind remain trapped on this primitive planet! No, we will spread out, and rip this Universe apart! Planet by planet, star by star, until nothing but dust remains!"

- The Loki Master

The Loki were a race of evil beings from Toranux who played to destroy other races and rule the Polaris Galaxy.

Biology
Loki didn't have legs, and had a "tail" where their lower portion of their body would be. Since they had no legs, Loki could fly around the environment freely. The Loki did not have arms as well, and they do contain three fingers for grasping objects. The Loki had a large jaw full of sharp teeth, however it was unknown if they used them for eating. All Loki were dark black with streak of dark blue and dark purple. The Loki evolved on Toranux as parasites of sorts; they could possess small critters. Larger creatures couldn't be possessed by natural means, thus requiring technology to force their bodies into larger creatures. Loki can't survive long outside of a host. They likely could have survided outside of a host on Toranux due to the fact that hibernating Loki can be found in Toranux shards.

History
Little is known about early Loki history. At some point in history during the Great War, a Cragmite warrior named Bagogg crashed landed on the Loki homeworld of Toranux. He managed to survive several years on Toranux until he escaped back to Reepor, despite the effort of the hostile Loki who attacked him with various small critters of their world. Bagogg returned to Toranux with a Class Three Planet Smasher that destroyed Toranux.

Despite this, a few Loki, such as the Loki Master managed to survive, hybernating in fragment shards of Toranux. One of these shards crashed landed into the backwater world of Magnus in Terrawatt Forest, creating a massive crater. The Loki that survided possessed local critters for vessals.

The Loki discovered Magnus was the homeworld of the friendly Tharpods. From heavily implied statements by Dr. Croid, the Loki used these critters of Magnus to secretly influenced the Tharpods, possibly explaining the relationship between the critters and Tharpods. It's likely the Loki influenced Tharpod development to better advance their own agenda.

The Loki Master controling Mr. Dinkles used his access to tech created by Nevo and Croid allowed him to steal Protomorphic Energy Extractor for use in allowing Loki to possess larger creatures. Nevo discovered this and attempted to stop him, but the Loki Master threatened to kill him if Nevo didn't work for him. Dr. Croid thinking Nevo stole Mr. Dinkles, built Ephemeris to track Mr. Dinkles. The Loki Master had Nevo modify Ephemeris from a small drone to a moon sized drone capable of capturing massive beast. Ephemeris raided planets from the Polaris Galaxy to as far as the Bogon Galaxy. He also used Ephemeris to collect Toranux shards still in space, thus adding the number of Loki ready for massive galactic invasion.

Realizng he needed even more forces to capture more creatures, the Loki Master ordered Nevo to build an army of loyal robots, known as Collectors and under the command of Commander Spog to capture even more creatures. Dr. Croid tried to warn the leaders of Uzo City what Nevo was up to, but the Loki Master was prepared, and had Ephemeris and Collectors under the command of Commander Spog launch a massive assault on Uzo City. By the time Dr. Croid had arrived, Uzo City lay in waste. These Collectors attacked the Tharpods, forcing them to evacute numerous sections of their homeworld as Collectors built creature pens.

During the Ephemeris raid on Igliak for a rampaging Z'Grute, Ephemeris accidently captured Ratchet, Clank, President Qwark and Doctor Nefarious. Free by Susie, they went about causing havoc on Magnus, killing numerous alien predators and attacking Collectors, including defeating Commander Spog. By the time they reached the rements of Uzo City and entered Ephemeris, they saw the true mastermind, a Mr. Dinkles being possessed by the Loki Master. The four heros had assumed Nevo had been the culprit, but as stated above, he was merly a slave, or "pet" to the Loki Master. He states he plans to have the Loki possess super predators and cause havoc across the galaxy, using the Protomorphic Energy Extractor to possess larger creatures. A fight ensures with the Loki Master using Mr. Dinkles to pilot a Hover Throne armed with heavy weapons, shields and supported by numerous Collectors. During the battle it's revealed he's a bit disapointed the Cragmites have vanished since he planned to launch an invasion on Reepor to the avenge the loss of Toranux. However he states he'll have to find a new planet to invade, such as Igliak. Despite his Hover Throne weapons and Shields, it is destroyed causing the Loki Master to get mad with rage. Steward states the Protomorphic Energy Extractor is charged and ready to go, with that the Loki Master activates the device and takes control of a Rykan V Grivelnox. With the four heros, Nevo and Croid working together, they manage to turn the gadget on the Loki Master, pulling it out of the beast. The Loki Master, in both anger and desperation charges at Qwark, but is quickly defeated by Dr. Nefarious when he punches it. The Loki Master falls to the ground and dies in a puff of smoke.

With the defeat of the Loki Master, Dr. Nevo and Dr. Croid destroyed the remnents of Toranux, thereby bringing the Loki into extinction. It's possible that some Toranux Shards survided with Loki in them, though it's truely unknown.

Except for the Master, only one Loki appears in the game as a test subject of Dr. Croid, it was controlling a Cursed Snarflap, though other Loki could be seen inside the remenants of Toranaux.

Creatures controlled by Loki

 * Mr. Dinkles/Muse - Loki Master
 * Slorg - Loki Master
 * Grivelnox - Loki Master
 * Cursed Snarflap

Notable Loki

 * The Master

Technology
Despite their braggings about being superior, it seems implied that the Loki weren't even star-faring race since they had to use the Tharpod built Ephemeris drone to collect the remains of their own homeworld. The Loki Master also admits that most of the Collectors were built by Nevo. The Loki have created a few things of interest, those these are the sole product of the Loki Master.

Gadgets

 * Zepto-Shrink

Vehicles

 * Hover Throne

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One

Trivia

 * The Loki are named after the Norse god of the same name.