The Pit

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"For those doomed to dwell within the Pit
Can never leave that place."

— Part of the Riddle on the 777 Stairs, Inferno

Parent Page: Locations

The Pit Location Category: Major Event-Related Location

Location Info
Residents	Criminals
Population	Unknown
Position	Far southern part of the Matoran Universe
Pronunciation	N/A

The Pit is a prison used by the Order of Mata Nui to imprison those who are considered unredeemable.

History

The Pit was constructed thousands and thousands of years ago for the Order of Mata Nui to house the universe's scum and villainy. They carved it out of an entire dome and assigned Hydraxon as the jailer and the Maxilos robots as the guardians of the pit. Order member Botar was tasked with locating and retrieving the criminals and depositing them in the jail.

A thousand and one years before the awakening of the Great Spirit Mata Nui, Makuta Teridax brought about the Great Cataclysm, which shattered the roof of the dome. Hydraxon was severely injured in the quake and was later killed by Takadox, a Barraki inmate. The prisoners not killed in the cataclysm took this chance to escape and fled to the ocean above, where they were mutated by the sea water. The six Barraki warlords, who had been inmates and survived the cataclysm, established themselves as rulers of the ocean and took command of many sea creatures. The surviving Maxilos robots journeyed into the ocean was well, hunting down escaped prisoners. A band of Zyglak eventually moved into the ruins of the destroyed jail, thriving in the solitude.

Mantax searching for a Tablet of Transit.

Over the next thousand years, the Barraki established their domain, harrassing the Matoran of Mahri Nui who had survived a devastating fall from the island above. Mantax would frequently search through the jail, searching for an object he believed would reveal the traitor amongst them. During their search for the Ignika, the Barraki found a Po-Matoran named Dekar who was in possession of the mask. Though the Barraki managed to wrest it from him, the mask used its energy to transform him into the deceased jailor, Hydraxon. Unaware of the circumstances surrounding his death, Hydraxon set out to recapture the escaped prisoners.

The Order of Mata Nui, with the assistance of the Toa Nuva, managed to repair the jail with the Staff of Artakha, sealing the hole that had been made but leaving the prison flooded. Hydraxon eventually drained the Pit, and gave the mutated inmates water breathing devices to help them survive. The Order of Mata Nui, who had been keeping several beings in their own prison, began to use it as a jail once more.

Hydraxon, though clashing with them at first, eventually recruited Lesovikk and Sarda in recapturing escapees. The Order recently sent them a message requiring Hydraxon to release the four Barraki to assist the Order in their war.

Landscape

The Pit has an entire dome to itself, filled with jail cells housing the universe's most notorious criminals. After the Great Cataclysm, the Pit was a submerged wreckage, containing little more than Rahi, and a few Zyglak. After the Staff of Artakha was used, the Pit was restored to its former state, and the water within it drained.