Teridax

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Teridax
Makuta
Assigned Region	Metru Nui
Mask	Kraahkan (formerly)
Tools	Staff of Darkness (formerly), Twin-Bladed Black Fire Sword (as Maxilos), Cordak Blaster (as Maxilos)
Status	Alive
Pronunciation	teh-rih-dacks
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Teridax, the Makuta of Metru Nui, also known as The Makuta or Makuta, is an extremely powerful being who was, at the most, partially responsible for almost all the evil that has happened in the BIONICLE universe. He came into existence very early in Matoran history, and became a member of the Brotherhood of Makuta.

He successfully led a coup against the previous leader and made the Brotherhood into a malevolent organization. After this achievement, Teridax caused the fall of Metru Nui, cast the Great Spirit Mata Nui into a great sleep, and caused him to enter a coma by infecting him with a virus. After this, he went to the island of Mata Nui to harass the Matoran of the island so they would never go back to Metru Nui. He has been defeated in combat many times; the most recent being his fall to the Barraki.

Before this he had been presumed dead after a fight with Takanuva, but survived in the form of Antidermis. When his Antidermis Vat was destroyed by Axonn, Teridax followed the Toa Inika to Mahri Nui. Later, he found the body of a Maxilos Pit guard robot and possessed it. The Maxilos body has been destroyed, and he is once again body-less. His current location is unknown, but he is alive.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Pre-Metru Nui 1.2 Metru Nui 1.3 Mata Nui 1.3.1 Mask of Light 1.4 Mask of Life 1.4.1 Maxilos 1.5 Current 1.6 The Kingdom 1.7 Dark Mirror 2 The Legend of Mata Nui 3 Abilities and Traits 3.1 Mask and Tools 3.2 Forms 4 Set Information 5 Quotes 6 Trivia 7 Appearances 8 External Links

[carve] Biography

[carve] Pre-Metru Nui

Teridax came into being after the Brotherhood was formed. He was the most trusted lieutenant of Miserix, the original leader of the Brotherhood of Makuta. The original intention of the Brotherhood was to modify and create Rahi. Teridax himself once created a Rahi called a Water Wraith.

When the League of Six Kingdoms attempted to conquer the Matoran Universe, Teridax assembled a powerful army consisting of Toa, Exo-Toa, Rahkshi, and Rahi, their numbers in the ten-thousands, to prevent them from accomplishing this goal. He launched an attack against the assembled armies of the Barraki, and overwhelmed them with the ambush. Once the battle was over, Teridax demanded to see the Barraki. The Barraki offered to give their armies to the Brotherhood, and together they would overthrow Mata Nui. Teridax ignored their request, and prepared to have them executed. However, Botar arrived, and ordered that the Barraki were to be taken to The Pit. Teridax protested, but Botar ignored him and teleported the Barraki to the Pit. The Barraki's armies soon collapsed, and their fortresses were torn apart.

Teridax, however, was influenced by the Barraki's idea to overthrow Mata Nui, and soon began developing his own evil intentions. When the Matoran Civil War occurred on Metru Nui, Teridax was ordered to stop the fighting. Teridax accomplished this by locking the opposing armies in the Archives and unleashing the exhibits on them. After this, Miserix assigned the Makuta to protect various regions across the Matoran Universe, and Teridax was assigned to Metru Nui.

Soon afterwards, Teridax, with the knowledge Mutran had gained from Tren Krom, called a Convocation and announced his plan to overthrow Mata Nui to the assembled Makuta. Miserix was furious, but the rest of the Makuta supported Teridax, so Teridax claimed leadership of the Brotherhood and ordered Krika and Spiriah to kill Miserix. Unbeknownst to him, Krika merely imprisoned Miserix on Artidax.

After the Makuta's evolution, Teridax ordered the Nynrah Ghosts to be brought to Destral to modify the Makuta's armor. Under his leadership, the Brotherhood started to enslave Matoran, and even went so far as to steal the Avohkii, the Mask of Light, from Artakha. They still pretended to be forces of good, however, and the six legendary Toa Hagah were assigned to protect Teridax. The leader of the group, Toa Norik, soon discovered that the Brotherhood of Makuta had stolen the Avohkii, and the Hagah rebelled against Teridax and his Brotherhood. In the ensuing conflicts, they destroyed or defeated many of the Brotherhood of Makuta's armies and also retrieved the Avohkii. The leader of the Brotherhood himself battled them to a stalemate; however, Teridax was badly weakened and forced to retreat. The Toa Hagah were mutated into Rahaga by Roodaka, but they were able to escape with the Avohkii. Because several Dark Hunters, a large organization of bounty hunters, were guarding the base when the Toa Hagah invaded, Teridax had wanted to execute the Dark Hunters. The Shadowed One, the leader of the Dark Hunters, refused to allow such an event, and the Dark Hunters were removed from the base.

Soon after the rebellion of the Toa Hagah, Teridax struck at the Great Spirit -- infecting the Great Spirit with a specialized virus that would cause his slumber roughly 300 years later.

[carve] Metru Nui

Teridax then launched into effect a plot to capture the Matoran of Metru Nui, therefore making it impossible for Mata Nui to wake up. Before invading the city, he created a plant to get the Matoran in his grasp. He named it Karzahni after the ancient being. The plant was too powerful, so Teridax abandoned it. He instead created the Morbuzakh for his deadly plot.

He began his initial takeover by capturing the city leader, Turaga Dume, and placing him in a Matoran Sphere, thus forcing the Turaga into a deep sleep. Using his shape shifting powers, Teridax disguised himself as Dume, bringing in a pet Rahi hawk named Nivawk, whom he would use to spy on the city. Following this, he also hired three Dark Hunters, Nidhiki, Krekka, and Eliminator. Nidhiki and Krekka were to patrol the city, and to do any request made by Teridax, and Eliminator was stationed outside the city. Teridax sent most of the city's Toa outside the city on missions, and they were quickly exterminated by Eliminator. The city then had only two Toa, an unnamed Toa with a Kakama, and Lhikan. Teridax then ordered the gates to other lands closed, and sent the unknown Toa to close them. While closing the gate to the Dark Hunter base though, he somehow met his demise, as The Shadowed One later found his mask next to the entrance. It is possible that Eliminator attacked him while he was closing it, though it is not confirmed. Still posing as Turaga Dume, Teridax ordered Metru Nui's best Mask Maker, Vakama, to forge a Vahi Mask of Time and present it to him. The Makuta was plotting to place all the Matoran in Matoran Pods. Normally, their memories and strength would be removed slowly over the course of a few years, but Teridax planned to use the Vahi to speed up the process. Once the Matoran would awaken, he would claim himself their rescuer and ruler.

During this time, he knew that Lhikan was getting suspicious of him, and Lhikan would attempt to create more Toa. He ordered Nidhiki and Krekka to capture Toa Lhikan, and when he realized that they would not complete their mission before Toa Lhikan was able to give Toa Stones to six Matoran, he manipulated Lhikan's mind so that he would pick the "wrong" six Matoran to be Toa. What Teridax did not know was that Mata Nui had changed the stars to make him pick the right Matoran. Mata Nui also planted the right Matoran in his mind: Vakama, Nokama, Matau, Onewa, Whenua, and Nuju.

Believing he had taken care of the Toa, Teridax released the Morbuzakh King Root in the Great Furnace in Ta-Metru. The Morbuzakh plant's purpose was to drive the Matoran into the Coliseum, where the Vahki, the order enforcement squad of Metru Nui, could capture them. Teridax was also told that the Dark Hunters had captured Lhikan, but not before delivering the Toa Stones. He then used Nivawk to spy on the Toa Metru as they turned into Toa. Teridax learned that the Toa were planning to collect the Great Disks to defeat the Morbuzakh, and to stop them, he told Nidhiki and Krekka to get the Great Disks before the Toa could succeed. They were unsuccessful, however, and the Toa both managed to collect the Great Disks and defeat the Morbuzakh.

Despite this setback, the Brotherhood of Makuta leader had another plan. He could simply order the Matoran to report to the Coliseum where he could use the Vahki to capture them. The Toa Metru then arrived at the Coliseum to give the great disks to "Turaga Dume" as a gift. Teridax rejected the disks, and proclaimed the Toa were impostors who had captured Lhikan. He managed to capture three of the Toa: Onewa, Whenua, and Nuju, but the others escaped. He deployed Vahki and Nidhiki and Krekka after them. Despite the Toa on the loose, Teridax began his plan anyway.

He first broadcasted a message to the Matoran to gather at the Coliseum. Once there, he had the Vahki place them all in Matoran spheres. Shortly after they were all in pods and placed underneath the Coliseum, all six Toa Metru and Turaga Lhikan arrived at the scene. It was then that Teridax revealed to them that their beloved Turaga was really the master of shadows. Teridax then began the Great Cataclysm, which caused many problems in the Bionicle Universe, including Mata Nui's sleep. While the Toa Metru fled, Teridax absorbed Nidhiki, Krekka, and Nivawk; transforming once again into a being of great power. While he absorbed them, the Toa Metru had taken six Matoran pods and were escaping the city on a Vahki Transport.

Teridax began pursuit of the Transport, and engaged in battle with Vakama at the Great Barrier. He created large Protodermis pillars to try and stop the transport. Vakama encountered him and used the Vahi to slow Teridax's attack. Teridax released a shadow hand to finish Vakama. Although the Vahi could not stop the shadow hand, Turaga Lhikan intervened; resulting in his death while the Vahi was struck from Vakama's face. While Vakama was mourning Lhikan, Teridax pursued the Vahi. Before he could use it though, Vakama launched a Kanoka to knock the mask from his hands. The Vahi tumbled into the sea. Furious, Teridax shot another shadow hand at Vakama, only to realize that Vakama had mastered his Huna to make himself invisible. Teridax pursued Vakama across the Great Barrier, until he attached his hand to a large pillar on accident. The pillar crashed into Teridax, pinning him to the cliff. The six Toa Metru united and combined their powers to form a Toa Seal surrounding Teridax. Though he had successfully captured the Matoran and put Mata Nui to sleep, he was trapped, and the Toa took the Matoran on the Vahki Transport through a tunnel where they would reach the island of Mata Nui.

This was not the end of Teridax, though. There was one thing that could destroy the Protodermis prison, and that was the elemental powers of the Toa Metru. He let his mind wander, and eventually reached Roodaka, viceroy of the Visorak Horde, and Sidorak, King of the Visorak. He ordered them to take control of Metru Nui, and told Roodaka in secret to free him from his prison. The Visorak Horde took over Metru Nui easily, and Roodaka took a small shard from the Protodermis prison. She then placed it in her armor. The Toa Metru returned to Metru Nui to take the rest of the Matoran to Mata Nui, but they were overconfident and were mutated into Toa Hordika by Visorak Venom. Roodaka managed to convince Vakama to join her side, and the other Toa, with Keetongu and the Rahaga, attacked the Coliseum. In the ensuring battle, Sidorak was killed and Vakama was turned back to his friends. Not only that, but the Visorak were ordered to disperse by Vakama. Not all was lost, for Roodaka convinced the Toa Hordika to strike her down with their elemental powers. All of their Rhotuka made contact with the shard, and Teridax was free. He also used his shadow hand to teleport Roodaka away. Keetongu used his healing powers to restore the Toa Metru to their original state, and the Toa left the island with the remaining Matoran.

With the Matoran gone and the Visorak dispersed, Teridax had one remaining item left to take from Metru Nui, and that was the Vahi. He searched the Great Barrier for it, but instead found Vakama. He decided to create an illusion around Vakama to trick him into revealing the Vahi. The illusion contained Vakama as a Matoran, and the Matoran who knew the locations of the Great Disks as Toa. Teridax also disguised himself as Turaga Lhikan, and tricked Vakama into teaming up with a Visorak that appeared as Nokama. Vakama eventually reached Teridax's base in Po-Metru where Vakama had a vision of Krakua, a future Toa of Sonics. This vision convinced him that the illusion was fake, and when Teridax arrived as Lhikan, he shot a Kanoka Disk at Nokama. That caused the vision to end. Teridax and Vakama learned that the Mask of Time had been taken by Voporak, who was working for the Dark Hunters. Hero and villain made an alliance to save the Vahi, until it was out of the hands of the Dark Hunters. Trailing The Shadowed One, the Dark Hunter leader who had come to Metru Nui to investigate the disappearance of Nidhiki and Krekka, they sought to reclaim the Vahi from him. While Vakama entered the Great Temple to do battle with the Shadowed One's bodyguard, Sentrakh, Teridax fought Keetongu, who had sensed his presence and came after him to destroy him. Unfortunately, the mighty Rahi was unable to defeat Teridax, and would have been killed by him had Vakama's battle not caused an explosion that knocked Teridax away.

Teridax soon had other matters to deal with, as the Shadowed One arrived with the Vahi and Voporak. The two would-be dictators argued, and Vakama took advantage of the animosity between them to point out Teridax's new appearance to the Shadowed One. Recognizing parts of Nidhiki and Krekka in Teridax, the Shadowed One declared war on the Brotherhood of Makuta in revenge. In the following battle, the Shadowed One used his eye beams to sever the wings from Teridax's body. The Brotherhood of Makuta leader disabled Voporak by rendering him unconscious through suffocation, then overpowered the Shadowed One and threw him at Voporak, causing him to age rapidly. During the battle, Vakama stole the Vahi, and flew to the ruined Great Furnace using his disk launcher. Teridax opened pursuit, but once he caught up to him, he was in a difficult situation. Vakama threatened to destroy the Vahi unless Teridax agreed to allow him to leave with the Vahi and not attack the Matoran. If the Vahi was destroyed, all time would end; leaving Teridax no choice but to agree to leave the Matoran alone for a year. Vakama agreed, and Teridax teleported Vakama to the island of Mata Nui.

Shortly afterwards, Teridax left Mata Nui to confront Icarax, who had chosen to rebel against the Brotherhood and take over the Matoran Universe on his own. Teridax let Icarax gain the upper hand, letting the Makuta attack him continuously for hours. However, once Icarax became too exhausted to continue, Teridax retaliated by first turning Icarax's Manas army against him, and then attacking viciously himself. After the battle, Teridax chose to let Icarax live because he still required his abilities, then returned to Mangaia to await the arrival of the Toa Mata.

[carve] Mata Nui

True to his word, Teridax waited one year before he attacked the Matoran. It is unknown what he did during that one year, but he had read Vakama's mind during their attempt to recover the Vahi, and learned that the Toa Metru had lost a Matoran Pod while escaping from Metru Nui the first time. Teridax followed the cave they escaped through until he found the lost Matoran Pod. Inside it was none other than Ahkmou, who had aided Nidhiki and Krekka to find the Great Disks. Teridax convinced Ahkmou, who had lost his memory, that the Toa Metru had purposefully left him behind and that Teridax had saved him.

With one Matoran on his side, Teridax returned to Mata Nui once the year was up. Once there, he found that the Toa had sacrificed their Toa energy to awaken the Matoran, transforming into Turaga. With the island defenseless, Teridax used Kraata to infect masks, which in turn he used to make the island Rahi his servants. He used these Rahi to harass the Matoran and keep them in fear and to prevent them from returning to Metru Nui, as Mata Nui could then be awakened.

This went on for about a thousand years, until Takua, an Av-Matoran disguised as a Ta-Matoran, found the Toa Stones which brought the Toa Mata to Mata Nui. The Toa Mata learned of Mata Nui's situation, and quickly collected the Great Masks. They used these Kanohi to enter Mangaia, Teridax's lair. The Toa fought both the Makuta's Manas and the Shadow Toa he created until they reached Teridax himself. He disguised himself as a Matoran, the one thing that it was their duty to protect. After a short exchange in which Kopaka saw through his disguise, Teridax transformed into a swirling mass of rusty machine-parts and tentacles. The Toa Mata managed to survive his onslaught and combined their elemental energies on him. He collapsed, apparently defeated.

He had, however, merely been weakened, and, in order to distract the Toa and regain his power, Teridax activated a signal to awaken the Bohrok. The Bohrok were then defeated and the Toa Mata were exposed to Energized Protodermis and became the Toa Nuva. Special Bohrok called Bohrok-Kal appeared and stole the Toa Nuva's elemental powers. They were soon defeated by the Toa Nuva, but not without difficulties. Once the Bohrok swarms were stopped, Teridax had recuperated.

[carve] Mask of Light

Trouble arrived shortly after Teridax regained his strength. The Avohkii had been found by Takua. Knowing the threat this posed to him, Teridax unleashed three Rahkshi, Guurahk, Lerahk and Panrahk, to find and retrieve the Herald of the Seventh Toa and the Mask of Light. The three Rahkshi destroyed Ta-Koro, but Takua had already left with the Mask of Light.

The Rahkshi caught up with them in Ko-Koro, but were frozen in a lake of ice due to Kopaka's intervention. The Makuta then sent an additional three Rahkshi to find the Matoran, this time a Vorahk, Kurahk, and Turahk. He also appeared to Takua in a dark tunnel in Onu-Wahi, demoralizing the Matoran and frightening him into abandoning the quest. However, despite Teridax's best efforts, during the battle for the Avohkii Takua realized he was the Toa of Light, and placed the Mask on his face to transform into Takanuva.

Takanuva easily destroyed the Rahkshi, and the Toa Nuva built the Ussanui out of their (and the Bohrok-Kal's) remains. He used the vehicle to descend into Teridax's lair to confront the Master of Shadows. Teridax mockingly challenged the Toa of Light to a harrowing version of the popular Matoran sport of Kolhii, in which each contestant attempted to hit his opponent with a ball of Energized Protodermis. Takanuva narrowly won the contest, but it was not the end of Teridax.

Takanuva attempted to unmask his foe, but he resisted, and they both fell into a pool of Energized Protodermis. What emerged from the pool was a being comprised of both Takanuva and Teridax- Takutanuva. He lifted a massive stone Hau door, revealing a small chamber which led to Metru Nui. As all the Toa Nuva, Turaga, and Matoran hurried in, Takutanuva stopped Hahli and then used a portion of his power to revive Jaller, who had died in the quest for the Toa of Light, from his mask. This weakened Takutanuva, and he was crushed by the gate he was still holding up.

Takanuva survived the encounter, but Teridax was trapped beneath the door, his armor shattered. The Matoran took this to believe that Teridax was dead, but that was not true. Nevertheless, he could not move under the ruined door, and the Matoran returned to Metru Nui.

[carve] Mask of Life

Far away from Mata Nui, a Dark Hunter by the name of Hakann heard a rumor that Teridax had been killed by a Toa of Light. He took with him five other Dark Hunters of his species: Zaktan, Vezok, Avak, Reidak, and Thok, to Teridax's abandoned base.

There they found the remains of the door, and the Piraka, as they called themselves, cleared the door's remains until they found Teridax's shattered armor. With his body exposed, he released his essence into the air. He then planted information into Zaktan's mind on the Ignika, the Mask of Life, which was hidden on the island of Voya Nui. The Piraka decided to travel to Voya Nui to steal the Mask of Life, and Teridax's essence followed them there.

Once the Piraka arrived on Voya Nui, they claimed to be Toa. Even this claim could not help them reach the Mask of Life, however, and the Makuta planted into Zaktan's mind the secret of his essence and the idea to build a crystal vat. Teridax's essence was collected in the vat and transformed into a greenish-black viral substance. The Piraka named this Antidermis.

While in the vat, Teridax was almost helpless, but could still think and plot. The Antidermis was placed in Zamor Spheres, forcing anyone hit by them to do anyones bidding, much like the effects of Infected Kanohi. Teridax allowed only one person to approach the vat to place Antidermis in the Zamor Spheres, and that was Zaktan. Teridax waited inside the Antidermis collecting vat until Brutaka and Axonn had a showdown inside the chamber of the vat itself. At the same time, a replica of Teridax created by the Mask of Life impeded the Toa Inika in their descent to the Chamber of Life, engaging Toa Kongu in single combat. Kongu failed to defeat it using his elemental powers, and then had his own Zamor launcher fire a sphere of Energized Protodermis at Teridax against his will, killing the duplicate. The fake Makuta then turned into Tahu in an effort to turn the Inika back, but after it and others like it vanished the Inika recognized the illusion and went on.

Axonn smashed the vat near the end of it, releasing Teridax into the air. During this time, the Ignika had fallen into the depths of the Voya Nui bay. The Toa Inika went down the Cord down to Mahri Nui where the Mask of Life had drifted, and the Makuta's essence followed them there. When Matoro used his Iden to unleash his spirit, Teridax took over the Toa's body. He then used his power to plunge the tunnel into complete darkness and stole Hahli's Elda to prevent her from seeing Matoro's spirit outside of his body, and thus realize that Teridax was possessing it. However, Hewkii exposed Teridax's trick, and the Inika threatened to destroy Matoro's body rather than let Teridax occupy it, driving him out.

[carve] Maxilos

Once in the Pit, the Makuta took over the body of the Pit guard robot Maxilos. He revealed himself as Teridax only to Matoro, and stayed with him as a "companion." He took Matoro down to the Inner Pit, where he stated that he had found something there which would answer some of Matoro's questions. He also discovered the remains of a rogue Toa named Tuyet in The Pit, who was banished there after abusing a powerful artifact called a Nui Stone.

Teridax forced Matoro to use his mask power and reanimate Tuyet so that he could claim the Nui Stone fragments embedded in her armor. With the shards accessible, he was planning to use the Staff of Artakha to restore the Nui Stone. He used his power of telepathy to tell Icarax to bring him the Staff of Artakha, but the fabled tyrant Karzahni was also in the area with his own goals of universal conquest.

Overhearing the discussion about the staff, Karzahni attacked, taking out Tuyet's remains and defeating Matoro easily. Teridax fought back and gained the upper hand, until Karzahni used his power to show potential futures. Teridax saw Mata Nui awaken and bring vengeance on those who dared to rebel against him - vengeance terrible enough to make even Teridax scream.

Teridax managed to recover from his vision and struck Karzahni. Standing over his downed opponent, he used his power of telepathy to tear through Karzahni's mind. He then finished the fight by using his magnetic energy to send the tyrant flying out of sight. Soon after a dispute between Icarax and the Toa Nuva, Icarax delivered the Staff to Teridax. He began to activate the staff's power, and when Matoro tried to stop him, he was frozen in one of his stasis fields.

Before the Makuta could reconstruct the Nui Stone, however, he was stopped by a now mutated Brutaka. During their fight Brutaka grabbed the staff from Teridax and summoned Botar who then took the staff and teleported away, ruining Teridax's plan. Brutaka told Matoro to return to the other Mahri and he did, trusting Brutaka over Teridax. Teridax then attacked Brutaka, who easily countered Teridax's attacks. Brutaka convinced Teridax to leave and retrieve the Mask of Life, which was now in the hands of Hydraxon. He left, knowing Hydraxon was likely to destroy the Ignika, but not before promising Brutaka that their battle wasn't over.

Teridax was next to Matoro after the short conflict between Hahli, Hydraxon and Mantax. Wanting to get rid of Teridax/Maxilos, Matoro suggested to the Toa Mahri that Maxilos would track Hydraxon down. Without a choice, the disguised Makuta headed off in search for the jailer, with Spinax alongside him. After a brief search, Teridax managed to track down the Pit jailer.

Hydraxon, thinking that Maxilos was still the Pit robot, asked the guardian to go with him in search of Mantax. When Teridax tried to persuade Hydraxon to stop following Mantax and capture the Toa Mahri and the other Barraki, and failed, Teridax/Maxilos attacked the jailer. Realizing for the first time that Maxilos was no longer a robotic guardian, Hydraxon summoned Spinax to attack Maxilos, only to see the Rahi swiped away by the powerful being.

Hydraxon, keeping in mind how powerful a Makuta would be, attacked Teridax using daggers, which he stuck directly in Teridax's legs. Ripping the daggers out, Teridax roared at Hydraxon, and the sound blast knocked Hydraxon off his feet. Hydraxon managed to aim his Cordak Blaster at an undersea mountain, causing boulders to rain on Teridax.

By the time Teridax got out of the avalanche, he had already been drifted off to the Razor Whale's Teeth. There, with Maxilos' body badly damaged, Barraki Takadox attempted to hypnotize Teridax into killing Mantax. Swiping Takadox aside, Teridax was attacked by Matoro, who froze him in a block of ice. The sudden decrease of temperature caused cracks to appear on the body, and Teridax's essence, the Antidermis, began to freeze. Later, during a fight against Hydraxon, Jaller's flames melted Maxilos' prison, and Teridax advanced towards the Mask of Life. Before he could reach it, however, Jaller slapped at the mask, and it spiraled upwards into Matoro's hands. To Matoro's surprise, Makuta did not launch any form of attack on Matoro, and simply watched as the two Toa disappeared.

Teridax then turned to confront the Barraki, revealing that he was not Maxilos at all and was actually the Makuta who had led to the Barraki's defeat. Enraged, the Barraki attacked Teridax, only to have four of their members defeated. Takadox then attempted to get out of the attack by showing Teridax a Tablet of Transit, but was cast by him into a vision, displaying the Barraki's destiny.

Unknown to Teridax, however, the other Barraki were slowly gathering their armies. By the time Teridax stopped displaying the vision, the Barraki had already assembled their armies and revealed to Teridax that they were only pretending to be defeated. They then summoned their troops of over 100,000 underwater Rahi against Teridax.

Maxilos' body was greatly damaged after being attacked by the Barraki's armies. Pulling himself up from the fight, Teridax simply let the Barraki go, knowing that his job was only to delay them, and not destroy them. He felt the abrupt change when Mata Nui died, and knowing that it could not be the end, he prayed to himself in his mind that the Toa Mahri will continue their task to revive the Great Spirit so that his plans could succeed.

Teridax later left the armor of Maxilos for an unknown destination.

[carve] Current

Teridax eventually arrived at an unnamed and well-guarded location, from which he plans to work on the final task of his plan. He has also recently learned of Mata Nui's location.

[carve] The Kingdom

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In "The Kingdom" Pocket Dimension, Teridax survived the death of the Great Spirit Mata Nui and forced Icarax out of his body to take it as his own. He then began absorbing the armor of each Makuta as they died, gaining mass and the knowledge of each one, and eventually became an unrecognizable colossus. 10,000 years later, he found a way to get through Turaga Takanuva's light barrier; creating Shadow armor that would last long enough when exposed to the barrier to permit its wearer to go through unharmed. He planned to bring an army of Rahkshi coated in darkness into the Kingdom of the Great Spirit and avenge himself on those who had exiled him.

In the tunnels beneath the Kingdom, Teridax encountered Toa Takanuva, Toa Tanma, and Toa Matoro. During the ensuing fight, he used his fragmentation power to kill Tanma, and absorbed Matoro with his Shadow hand. Matoro intentionally allowed himself to be absorbed because he knew that, after a 10,000 year exile and the failure of his plans, Teridax had no real will left to fight. He was able to overpower Teridax's mind, and both were killed.

[carve] Dark Mirror

In the Toa Empire Pocket Dimension, Teridax wears an Infected Kanohi Hau due to the fact that the Kraahkan is locked up in the Archives. Takanuva encountered the Makuta in the form of Tuyet while in search of Krahka. He and the two other Makuta there, Krika and Kojol, later agreed to help Takanuva to find Brutaka, provided that the Toa retrieve the Vahi from Matoran Jaller.

Teridax joined in the battle against Tuyet at the Coliseum, but was forced to retreat due to the Toa of Iron and Plasma that had killed Kojol. However, he soon charged up his forces again, and combining with the efforts of Krika, they managed to fell the Matoran and Lewa.

[carve] The Legend of Mata Nui

Turaga legend said that in the time before time, the dark spirit Makuta grew jealous of his brother Mata Nui and cast him into a deep sleep. Makuta was described as a whirling, screaming beast. It was said that he--or it--could be many things at once.

As the Makuta's shadow fell across the land, the ancient values of the Matoran began to be forgotten. The Matoran of Mata Nui began to lose hope and sight of their ideals after a while because the Toa that where supposed to save them had not come yet. But this was because the Toa stones were lost and Takua had to find them to summon the Toa.

When Teridax says that he is the brother of the Great Spirit Mata Nui, this is only in the sense that Teridax worked with him towards a common goal, much in the same way that Toa refer to each other as brother or sister.

[carve] Abilities and Traits

Teridax has a very diverse personality, ranging from an arbitrarily fierce enforcer to a cunning mastermind. He is arrogant, proud, and narcissistic, desiring praise and devotion and becoming jealous when others get it; in essence, a sociopath.

Teridax has proven to be an excellent strategist, saying that even his "setbacks" are planned. After being merged with him as Takutanuva, Takanuva described his mind as "a labyrinth, all twists and turns and places that have seen no light for centuries." His powers of mind reading seem to help these plans greatly; he can see someone's thoughts without even reading their minds, mainly because he is good at seeing how the minds of others work. Teridax can lie easily, and can trick others into helping him (as with the Toa Hagah). Interestingly, Teridax has been known to actually keep his word at least once: as per his bargain with Vakama for the safety of the Vahi Mask of Time, Teridax teleported Vakama and the mask to Mata Nui. He then left the Matoran and Turaga in peace on the island for an entire year before launching his infected Rahi attacks.

Greg Farshtey, the writer of BIONICLE, had stated the following on Teridax:

"He [Teridax] made a conscious choice to rebel, and he is okay with that. But in so doing, he ostracized himself from 99% of the universe. He made himself alone, except for the Brotherhood. And so a lot of what he has done in the past is to try to force others to believe in him, follow him, venerate him. All things he could have had if he had stayed in the light."

"He [Teridax] has no conscience, no sense of remorse, no emotional attachment to any living thing."

Teridax is considered to be one of the most powerful beings, second only to Mata Nui. He has a wide array of powers, all of them being standard to a Makuta. Teridax's primary power is the ability of shadow. He has been known to create blasts of shadow, and cloaking an area in shadow.

In addition to the ability of shadow, Teridax also has access to the 42 abilities of the Rahkshi. Of those, he has used illusions, mind reading, power scream, and magnetism at least once.

Teridax was biomechanical, but, like all Makuta, evolved into energy and past any need of a physical body. His armor, as well as allowing him to intimidate his foes, helped to contain Teridax's energy. The armor also allowed him to shapeshift and grow in mass if he absorbed other beings. He accomplished this by launching a massive arm of shadow from his body to grab the intended target. However, he could not manipulate it like a limb - once it was launched, he could not recall it until it was had something in its grasp.

Because it contained his energy, it was dangerous for Teridax to allow his armor to be fractured or broken. Causing the armor to crack would result in his Antidermis leaking out of his armor. As a result of being crushed by a door, Teridax's armor was completely destroyed, and his energy released. While in his Antidermis form, he is only capable of using his mental powers (mind reading, illusion, etc.) but not the ones for which he needs a physical body (laser vision, Disintegration, etc.). While in this form, Teridax can also possess robot bodies with artificial intelligence, or spiritless bodies.

Teridax also has the ability to create Kraata. The repulsive, slug-like creatures are pulled from his essence and obey his bidding. By immersing a Kraata in Energized Protodermis, Teridax can also create Rahkshi; then, he must create another Kraata of the same species to control the Rahkshi. This ability of Teridax's is shared with all the members of the Makuta species; however, as it takes up so much energy, Teridax only uses it as a last resort.

[carve] Mask and Tools

One tool that he has been known to carry is the Staff of Darkness, a gigantic bladed staff that he sometimes uses to channel his powers, which was most likely made by Artakha. The tool can also be used as a Kolhii stick and is capable of holding balls of pure shadow, as well as converting balls of light or Protodermis into balls of shadow on contact. He has used a Turaga staff as well, but this was only when he was in his Turaga Dume guise.

Teridax wore the Kanohi Kraahkan, the Mask of Shadows, which can sow hatred or fear into any creature. This mask can change shape as he does, such as when the Toa Mata encountered him wearing an infected Hau. This mask still had the Kraahkan's traits, but just as Teridax changed form, so had the mask. This tactic, along with his Matoran form, was used to confuse and dishearten the Toa, making them unable to fight that which they had protected for so long. It is known that he can wear other masks as well; however, Teridax considers normal Great Masks to be beneath him and is too arrogant to use them. He has attempted to make Kanohi himself in the past. His attempts were found by the Toa Metru in his lair and possibly hint at his own try at making a Mask of Time. He also had slaves of the Brotherhood of Makuta try to make him masks. Teridax stopped wearing the Kraahkan following his battle with Takanuva, allowing Icarax to recover and wear it, though he has expressed interest in retrieving it at some point.

[carve] Forms

As a shapeshifter, Teridax has taken several different forms throughout his lifetime. Below is a list of known ones.

Picture	Form	Description
	Shadow form	A well-known form used by Teridax. This form of Teridax only appears while Teridax is either shapeshifting or communicating with someone.
	Turaga Dume	Teridax secretly kidnapped the real Turaga Dume and imprisoned him as he pretended to be the leader of Metru Nui for a long period of time, most notably during the events of the Toa Metru.
	Winged Titan form	Also titled "Ultimate Dume" as merely a set name, this was the form Teridax took when he faced the Toa Metru. By absorbing Nidhiki, Krekka, Nivawk and Metru Nui's power supply into his body, Teridax transformed into this gigantic titan form.
	Shadow Matoran form	When the Toa Mata confronted Teridax for the first time, the Master of Shadows came forth as a simple Matoran who appeared to be infected like an Infected Kanohi. This was a ploy to confuse the Toa Mata.
	Vortex form	A swirling mass of mechanical pieces that used shadowy tentacles to attack the Toa Mata. The "face" of this form was the same infected-looking, Hau-like mask that Teridax had worn in his Matoran form (which was really the Kraahkan shapeshifting along side him).
	Shadow Titan form	This was this form in which Teridax fought Takanuva. This is simply the same form Teridax took in Metru Nui as a giant titan without the wings, which were severed by The Shadowed One over 1,000 years ago during a fight to claim the Vahi Mask of Time.
	Antidermis	Antidermis is basically Teridax's essence -- the sickly greenish-black energy that dissipated from the broken remains of his crushed armor after the defeat by Takanuva in the Mangaia. Having liquid and solid properties, Antidermis can either float as a mist over the air or collect into a vat to become a more liquid-like mass. The Piraka used this in their Zamor Launchers to enslave the Matoran of Voya Nui.
	Maxilos	Teridax once took over the body of one of the Maxilos robots, guardians of The Pit.
	Makuta Nui	One of the many forms of Teridax, that appears like a giant Rahi-like beast. This form was never featured or seen in the storyline, but it is simply one of the many forms Teridax could take.

[carve] Set Information

A Teridax set was first released as a 199-piece boxed set in late 2003 under the name "Makuta." The set is in the form Teridax takes in Mask of Light. The Makuta set cost $19.99 (£14.99) at that time. By spinning an axle on his back one could cause his entire upper torso to swing left or right. The Makuta set could be combined with the Takanuva set to create the Takutanuva set, or with the Takua and Pewku set and the Jaller and Gukko set to make Makuta Nui, a monstrous form Teridax takes to inject fear into the hearts of enemies. This same set was later included as a component of the Takutanuva set, which included a special Movie Edition Kraahkan.

In 2004, Teridax was released as a combiner model of the Turaga Dume and Nivawk set, the Krekka set, and the Nidhiki set, and as a special edition promotional set which contained all three. This model was called "Ultimate Dume" and was a Toys 'R' Us exclusive, containing 555 pieces. This model was based upon the movie version of Teridax in Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui, and came with a different Movie Edition Kraahkan. Turaga Dume, whom Teridax was impersonating, was also released in 2004, so it could be considered a Teridax set.

The robot Maxilos, possessed by Teridax, was released as a 256-piece set with its Energy Hound Spinax in summer of 2007.

[carve] Quotes

[carve] Trivia

• Without his armor, Teridax is no longer able to shapeshift.
• Zaktan and Brutaka are known to suspect that Antidermis is actually Teridax's essence.
• Teridax had a base in Metru Nui that was revealed after the Great Cataclysm to be in Po-Metru.
• Nearly any event that occurs in which Teridax is involved, even his own defeats, is either planned for or staged, all for his much larger plot.
• Teridax is one of Greg Farshtey's favorite characters to write about.
• Greg Farshtey uses Teridax's name as one of his World of Warcraft character's names.
• Teridax was portrayed by Lee Tockar in Mask of Light and in Legends of Metru Nui.
• No one outside of the Brotherhood of Makuta knows Teridax's real name, thus everyone else refers to him as either "Makuta" or the "Makuta of Metru Nui".
• In Dwellers In Darkness, the Toa Hagah will be trying to find Teridax at his current location.
• If The Plan fails, Teridax will die soon after.

[carve] Appearances

• The Mutran Chronicles (In Flashbacks)
• BIONICLE Legends 6: City of the Lost (In a Flashback)
• Comic 20: Struggle in the Sky (Disguised as Turaga Dume)
• Comic 21: Dreams of Darkness (In Vakama's Vision)
• BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui
• BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui
• BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows
• BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows
• BIONICLE Adventures 10: Time Trap
• BIONICLE Chronicles 1: Tale of the Toa
• Comic 3: Triumph of the Toa
• McDonald's Comic 2: Tale of the Toa
• BIONICLE Chronicles 3: Makuta's Revenge
• Comic 12: Absolute Power
• BIONICLE Chronicles 4: Tales of the Masks (In a Flashback)
• Comic 13: Rise of the Rahkshi!
• Comic 14: At Last -- Takanuva!
• BIONICLE: Mask of Light
• BIONICLE: Mask of Light Novel
• The Legend Continues
• BIONICLE Legends 4: Legacy of Evil (As Antidermis)
• BIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom (As Antidermis)
• Comic 1: If a Universe Ends (As Antidermis)
• BIONICLE Legends 2: Dark Destiny (As Antidermis)
• BIONICLE Legends 3: Power Play (As Antidermis)
• Comic 5: In Final Battle (As Antidermis)
• BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno (As Antidermis)
• BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of The Pit (As Maxilos)
• Comic 9: Battle in the Deep! (As Maxilos)
• Dreams of Destruction (As Maxilos)
• Into the Darkness (As Maxilos)
• BIONICLE: Toa Mahri (As Maxilos)
• Comic 10: The Death of Mata Nui (As Maxilos)
• Comic 11: Death of a Hero (Mentioned only)
• Comic 12: Realm of Fear (Not Mentioned by Name)
• BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall (As Maxilos)
• BIONICLE Legends 9: Shadows in the Sky
• Comic 12.5 (Mentioned Only)
• Federation of Fear (Not Mentioned by Name)
• BIONICLE Legends 10: Swamp of Secrets (Mentioned Only)
• The Kingdom (In a Pocket Dimension)
• Dark Mirror (In a Pocket Dimension)
• Takanuva's Blog (Not Mentioned by Name)
• Destiny War (Mentioned Only)
• Dwellers In Darkness (Mentioned Only)
• The Official Guide to BIONICLE
• BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts (Mentioned Only)
• BIONICLE Encyclopedia
• BIONICLE: Dark Hunters (Mentioned Only)
• BIONICLE Encyclopedia: Updated
• Mata Nui Online Game (First Appearance)
• Bohrok-Kal Online Animations (Cameo Appearance)
• Mata Nui Explorer
• Command Toa Jaller (Non-Canonical Appearance, As Maxilos)
• Command Toa Nuparu (Non-Canonical Appearance, As Maxilos)
• Command Toa Matoro (Non-Canonical Appearance, As Maxilos)
• Command The Toa Mahri - The Final Challenge (Non-canonical Appearance, As Maxilos)

[carve] External Links

• Teridax Building Instructions

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