Shadow Raker

Shadow Raker is a Decepticon from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.

"Christmas? I, hate Christmas."

There are many lost bots who are in need of someone to look after them and Shadow Raker has taken many under his wing. Calling his pupils his 'Shadows', Shadow Raker teaches them the finer lessons of martial arts. He only asks for two things in return: complete loyalty to him and stealing anything he wants. While he delights in the riches his pupils steal for him, his greatest thrill is twisting their innocent minds until they're as rotten as he is.

Deadlock was one of his best students until he betrayed Shadow Raker and "stole" Jetstorm and Slipstream from his "tutelage".

Fiction

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Ian James Corlett (English), Olivier Francart (French), Arne Stephan (German), Oliviero Corbetta (Italian)

"Tear this ship apart until you've found those plans, and bring me the passengers. I want them alive!"

Shadow Raker was Drift's mentor back when his name was Deadlock, as well as Jetstorm and Slipstream's deployer. Eventually Drift broke from him and took Slipstream and Jetstorm with him. When he came to Earth, his intention was to retrieve Jetstorm and Slipstream. The Bee Team came on to his ship to catch him, but he easily lead them into a trap. Drift tried to fight him off only for him to blinded by Shadow Raker's webbing.

He escaped into forest and trapped everyone except Drift with his webbing. He crossed with Drift again and they fought. Drift almost won, but Shadow Raker webbed him to a tree and then captured Jetstorm and Slipstream. The duo managed to fool him into thinking their still loyal to him. They also convinced him into going after the Shanix held at the Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences. They actually lured him into a trap, as the rest of the Bee Team was waiting for them. He webbed them except Drift again and they had another vigorous battle. This time Drift won and gave Shadow Raker an educational speech. When he tried to escape, Drift deployed Jetstorm and Slipstream to knock him out. He was then put in a stasis pod. Out of the Shadows

Shadow Raker's stasis pod was later taken back to Cybertron aboard Prime Force One by Optimus Prime and Drift. Moon Breaker

Notes

• Shadow Raker uses an altered version of Saberhorn's character model, swapping his horned helmet for one with a large crest, the left extension being broken, his shoulder platings enforced with two more and his head in beast mode is reminiscent of an arachnid's.