Mr. Eye

"Agee! Shilaktamon!"

- Mr. Eye after spotting Ratchet and Clank for the the first time.

Mr. Eye (a nickname given by Vendra Prog when she was a preschooler) or the Nether Leader, was the Nether leader and native to the Netherverse, a parallel universe. This mysterious and monstrous entity plotted for years to enter the universe in which Vendra Prog and Neftin Prog resided in.

Background
"These dimensional rifts were created long ago by the explosion of The Great Clock."

- Pollyx

Eons ago, the Fongoid race had been entrusted with time travel by the mysterious Zoni race in the hopes it would improve their lives. The Fongoids however abused the gift of time travel, which resulted in an event that resulted in the destruction of 83 celestial entities and created rifts between their universe and the Netherverse, particularly on planet Yerek in the Zarkov Sector. These rifts allowed very limited travel, though mostly it allowed communication between the two dimensions.

The Progs
The Nether Leader's history is relatively unknown, but he along with his minions played a role in causing the Vendra Prog's parents to send Neftin and Vendra Prog to the dimension that was connected to the Netherverse because of the Nether Rifts.

The exact reasons the Prog parents sent their two children to the other dimension, the Parents' fate or the Nether Leader's motives are never fully explained throughout Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus, and remain a mystery.

The Nether Leader however would soon manage to discover Vendra and Neftin by using Nether Rifts that were common on planet Yerek. Both Neftin and Vendra resided at the Meero Orphanage, and both were lonely beyond belief. Because they were preschoolers, they had no recollection of the events that occurred in the Netherverse between Prog parents and the Nether Leader. Seeing them as useful pawns, the Nether Leader decided to use them to bring himself and his kind into this new dimension. The Nether Leader soon made his presence known to the Vendra Prog via a Nether Rift in the Caves of Vendra, located right under Meero Orphanage. The Nether Leader revealed to Vendra and Neftin that they were from the Netherverse and that they were Nethers too. He explained to Vendra and Neftin that because they had lived in another dimension for far too long however, they were unable to return to the Netherverse. Vendra however was undeterred and insisted she would bring the Netherverse to her reality so they could be reunited with their kind. Slowly over the course of Vendra's life, Mr. Eye (a nickname given by Vendra Prog because of his large cyclopean eye) slowly corrupted Vendra, turning her into a cold and calculating criminal with almost no sense of morality. Mr. Eye waited for over a decade, as Vendra experimented with ways to open more rifts to the Netherverse, including using Rift Beacons. Vendra and Neftin later used their Nether allies to scare away the populations of the Zarkov Sector by making it appear haunted. Almost overnight, the entire sector was abandoned, allowing them to continue their research with transdimensional technologies, using the entire sector as a research grounds. Research around the Meero Ruins on planet Yerek and Weeblesnog City of planet Silox managed to allow more Nethers into the Vendra's adopted dimension, but the majority of the Nethers, including Mr. Eye, remained trapped in the Netherverse.

Things began to change after Vendra realized a device known as the Dimensionator could be used bring about Vendra's and Mr. Eye's dreams. Unfortunately, the last Dimensionator was badly damaged and currently resided in the Intergalactic Museum of History, which was heavily guarded. Vendra decided rather then steal one, they would kidnap Pollyx to build them one. They succeeded, but Vendra was kidnapped in the process. Mr. Eye would wait for another six months as Neftin Prog and Thugs-4-Less planned a rescue mission to save her. After she was freed, Vendra and Pollyx finished about completing the device.

Encounter With Ratchet and Clank
Eventually, Vendra and Pollyx finally completed the device at the ruins of the Meero Orphanage. Vendra and Neftin then went underground to the Caves of Vendra to meet Mr. Eye, who watched them via a Nether Rift. Mr. Eye watched as Neftin activated the Dimensionator, calling for the Dimensionator to find the Netherverse. The device struggled and quickly openned several rifts that allowed several Nether Warriors to enter the opposing dimension. The device failed to completely punch a hole between the realities. Mr. Eye grew angry at this failure, but Vendra told him not to be angered, claiming it was working as the barrier between the two universes were thinning. Mr. Eye then asked whether anyone was aware of planet Silox, as it held Weeblesnog City, which was where the barrier between the two dimensions was slowly being destroyed by Vendra as well. Vendra assured Mr. Eye that no one knew of Silox and that it was entirely abandoned.

Mr. Eye began to say something else before he noticed Ratchet and Clank eavesdropping on their conversation. He quickly warned Vendra, who ordered the nearby Nethers to attack. Ratchet and Clank would however escape the Caves of Vendra and proceeded to investigate Weeblesnog City on planet Silox.

Crossing In




Many years later, after hiring the mercenary company Thugs-4-Less, and being broken out of prison by Neftin Prog, Vendra succeeded in using her own Dimensionator in order to release Mr. Eye and his army of Nethers from the Netherverse on dimension-ally conditioned planet Silox. He then revealed to Vendra that she was merely a pawn and had one of the Nethers throw her into a Netherverse portal, he and his army then rampaged across the planet and attempted to kill Ratchet, who escaped in Aphelion thanks to Neftin distracting the giant Nether.

Talwyn Apogee then reported that Mr.Eye had already destroyed six Polaris Defense Force outposts in the Cerullean Sector, and was warned by Ratchet not to engage, knowing that she would mostly likely be killed in a head-to-head confrontation and was told to head to Meridian City and order a state of emergency for the public's safety.

The Nether Leader and his army, tracked Ratchet and Clank down, then attacked Meridian City on planet Igliak in an attempt to destroy the Dimensionator and the young Lombax. However, Mr. Eye was defeated by Ratchet, and then sent back into the Netherverse by Vendra along with his Nether army.

Abilities
As the leader of the Nethers, Mr. Eye was extremely powerful, with just his incredible brute strength alone, he was able to easily tear through several parts of Meridian City and turn the platform Ratchet was battling him from upside down or even destroy it. Since he is the one who gave Vendra her psychic powers, it is possible that he is also able to utilize them, but to a greater degree. Even after being weakened by Ratchet, it took basically all the power Vendra had to throw Eye back into the Netherverse.

Personality
Despite speaking in a language only Vendra can understand, most likely due to the fact that she is a Nether, he can be seen as a malicious and cruel entity. He fake being Vendra’s friend in order to make use of her and Neftin as pawns to release him and his army from the Netherverse, then once the deed was done, he and the Nethers turn on them, something Ratchet predicted based on the fact that the Progs' parents most likely sent them to the current dimension to keep them safe from the inter-dimensional monster. He also appears to be intelligent, given he knew that Ratchet and Clank was at Meridian City as he and his army attacked it to destroy the Dimensionator and kill Ratchet, knowing the device could banish him and his kind back to the Netherverse and possibly seeing Ratchet as a threat to his plans for inter-galactic conquest due to being aware of his Lombax heritage, a race capable of creating powerful inter-dimensional transportation devices, along with most likely learning about the duo's exploits, as he seemed focused on killing the young Lombax himself once escaping the Netherverse.

Behind the scenes
Mr. Eye was voiced by Fred Tatasciore, who also voiced Neftin Prog and Libra.

Trivia

 * Mr. Eye is the only known main villain, whose language is incomprehensible.
 * Mr. Eye is the only enemy that can scare the Nightmare Box.
 * Mr. Eye may be the largest main villain, in the Ratchet & Clank series yet.
 * Like Emperor Percival Tachyon, Mr. Eye most likely saw Ratchet as a threat to his plans because of his Lombax heritage and was determined to kill him personally.
 * Mr. Eye is the third major villian to be banished to another dimension, the other two being Percival Tachyon and Artemis Zogg.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus