Zaktan

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Zaktan
Skakdi
Powers	Air (Only in conjunction with another Skakdi), Laser Vision, body made out of Protodites
Tool(s)	Three-Blade Scissor (formerly), Zamor Launcher (formerly)
Status	Alive, mutated; underneath the Coliseum; guiding the Toa Hagah to Teridax
Pronunciation	Zack-tan
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Zaktan is the former leader of a group of seven rogue Dark Hunters who called themselves the Piraka.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Pre-Dark Hunters 1.2 Dark Hunters 1.3 Piraka 1.3.1 Freedom 2 Abilities and Traits 2.1 Tools 2.2 Weakness 3 Alliances 4 Set Information 5 Quotes 6 Trivia 7 Appearances 8 External Links

[carve] Biography

[carve] Pre-Dark Hunters

Prior to joining the Dark Hunters, Zaktan was imprisoned as a slave in a Protodermis mine. The Shadowed One discovered him and saw a potential use for him as a recruit. He freed Zaktan and brought him back to the Dark Hunter base island of Odina to train him.

[carve] Dark Hunters

Some time later, Zaktan plotted with the other future Piraka to overthrow The Shadowed One. Excluding Avak, they stormed the fortress, slipping past the guard and infiltrating it. They attempted to find their way to the Shadowed Ones chamber, but were instead confronted by Darkness, revealing that the Shadowed One was aware of their plan. Eventually they were herded into the chamber, and confronted by their leader. In an attempt to execute Zaktan for their betrayal, the Shadowed One assaulted him with his disintegrating eyebeams, Zaktan's body instead dissolved into millions of Protodites. The Shadowed One, surprised as the rest, let them live, with Zaktan's mutated state serving as a reminder.

Zaktan continued to carry out missions for the Dark Hunters, including one which brought him into a conflict with an unnamed Toa of Plasma on an island to the south of the Southern Continent. When the battle was finished, all that could be seen of the Toa were parts of Kanohi, his armor, and a mysterious liquid.

During the Dark Hunter/Brotherhood of Makuta War, Zaktan, along with a small contingent of Hunters (including Reidak and Thok) were assigned to guard an old Brotherhood fortress which had since been captured by the Dark Hunters. After meeting with an informant of his, Zaktan decided to search through the fortress again, stumbling upon a room where the leader of the Brotherhood, Teridax, had sketched out his master plan. The secret lair revealed to Zaktan all of the plans that had been conceived of when Teridax began his plot against Mata Nui. This revelation left Zaktan with an almost precognitive knowledge of what has happened in the Matoran Universe and what will transpire. The fortress was soon recaptured by Brotherhood forces, with Zaktan, Thok, and Reidak making a timely escape.

[carve] Piraka

A few hundred years after losing the fortress battle, Zaktan and five other Skakdi Dark Hunters, defected from the organization, calling themselves "Piraka". Acting upon rumors that Teridax had been defeated and killed, they journeyed to his lair to find evidence to prove the rumors true. In it, they discovered the shattered remains of Teridax's armor, along with evidence of a battle. Reidak attempted to pick up his mask, but was blasted by dark energies emitting from the mask. Unable to make them stop, he threw the mask into the ocean.

Looking through the chambers for anything useful to salvage, Hakann discovered the Spear of Fusion, accidentally triggering it in reverse on Vezok. The resulting being, a silver armored crazed Skakdi, was dubbed Vezon by the rogues. Teridax, whose essence was still present, used his powers to implant the idea of a Mask of Life into their heads. Stealing the spear, Vezon escaped as the group was attacked by Mana Ko. The rest of the Piraka managed to elude the beasts, and soon emerged on the surface, on the island of Mata Nui. Disgusted by it's paradisaical nature, they quickly gathered up Toa Canisters and set a course for Voya Nui, the location of the Ignika.

Upon arriving at the island, the Piraka managed to trick the local Matoran that they were Toa, convincing the residents to obey their commands. Zaktan constructed a vat which collected Antidermis from the air, as Avak constructed a launcher capable of firing spheres of the gaseous material. Eventually, the Piraka began to sense the distrust of the Matoran, and used the Antidermis to enslave the population, save for a few. The Piraka were soon confronted by a team of Toa, the Toa Nuva, who came also seeking the Mask of Life. Zaktan defeated Tahu Nuva in a sword fight, and the other Nuva were dispatched as well. He then ordered the weapons and armor of the defeated Toa seized and the Toa thrown into the volcano. However, the volcano erupted suddenly, forcing the Piraka to flee, and leave the Toa in path of the lava.

Zaktan later encountered Brutaka, and promised him Antidermis spheres in return for his services. Brutaka dispatched the Toa Nuva and Voya Nui Resistance Team when they broke into the Piraka Stronghold, upon Zaktan's request.

During one of many struggles against the new Toa Inika after they arrived on Voya Nui, Hakann and Thok managed to steal Brutaka's power with a special Zamor sphere, forcing the remaining Piraka to ally with the Inika. At their request, Zaktan constructed a Zamor Sphere to reverse the effects of Hakann's sphere. This was later used successfully by Hewkii, though everyone was knocked out in the ensuing battle. The Piraka awoke first and, finding the entrance to stairs leading to the Chamber of Life, they descended into the darkness. Arriving in the Zone of Nightmares, the Piraka were confronted by their greatest fear, a legendary beast known as Irnakk. All the Piraka were incapacitated by Irnakk's Zamor Spheres, while Zaktan was absorbed into his mind. Here, Zaktan learned that the titan was an illusion created by the Ignika out of their fear. Irnakk eventually dispelled Zaktan from his mind, whereupon Zaktan proclaimed that he would kill all the Piraka, including himself, thus destroying Irnakk. Irnakk laughed at the idea, however Zaktan used his past experiences and horrors to convince the monstrosity that he was not lying. Irnakk, admitting his own fear of death, allowed the Piraka to pass. They proceeded to the Chamber of Life, after a fight with the Toa Inika and an encounter with an underground chamber and a number of traps, where they were confronted by Vezon and Fenrakk, the newest guardians of the Ignika. Vezon fused two of their number into a hulking monster, which in turn dispatched the other Piraka. Defusing and incapacitating the beast, Vezon was bested by the Toa Inika in an attempt to claim the mask. Zaktan and the Piraka, having recovered, attacked the Inika in an attempt to get the mask for themselves. After re-emerging from the underground after failing to catch up with the Inika, the Piraka were about to attack, when the Inika reunited with the Nuva and Axonn, with Botar carrying a defeated Brutaka on his shoulder. The Piraka decided not to strike, instead biding their time and waiting for an opportune moment.

Due to an encounter with the Pit Mutagen while in a cavern underneath Voya Nui, Zaktan and the other Piraka were mutated into only having his spine and face. He and his fellow Piraka slithered into The Cord, where they murdered a group of Zyglak. They later ambushed the Toa Mahri, during which Zaktan attempted to kill Idris, who used her Electro-Blades to fend off the attack. Zaktan was later defeated by Axonn, and was taken for interrogation by the Order of Mata Nui. He was then imprisoned in a water tank on Daxia.

[carve] Freedom

Zaktan was later taken by Toa Helryx to Xia, while still being kept in a small water tank. Helryx then gave Zaktan to the Toa Hagah as a guide to find Teridax, in exchange for his freedom. He told the six Toa that Teridax would be heading to somewhere underneath the Coliseum, where the answers to the many mysteries and secrets of the universe would be held.

An Order of Mata Nui member then teleported Zaktan and the Toa Hagah to Metru Nui, where the Hagah began to fight Zaktan's old foes, the Toa Mahri. After Norik told the Mahri why they were here and the importance of their mission, nine of the eleven Toa worked together to make a tunnel leading underneath the Coliseum, while the other two, Kongu and Iruini, left to look after the mutated Piraka. The Toa Hagah then traveled down the underground tunnel, taking Zaktan with them.

[carve] Abilities and Traits

Brilliant and ruthless, the strangest and most mysterious Piraka, Zaktan is feared even by his companions. He is very intelligent, with an almost alien aura about him. He doesn’t really seem to understand the Matoran, the other Piraka, their drives, their needs, nor does he seem to care. Distant, dishonest, secretive, and sadistic, he is hated and feared by all the other Piraka for his bizarre nature and his constant manipulation. Few had the courage to defy him.

Zaktan's body and Three-Blade Scissor are in fact made up of billions of Protodites, each of which contains a fraction of his consciousness. When he talks, it sounds like a multitude of voices are coming out of his mouth, and his body constantly "ripples" as the Protodites are unable to stay completely still. Zaktan can dissolve into a flying swarm of these creatures to attack and then re-form at will. The number of his Protodites has decreased since his encounter with the Mutagen. He also possesses a powerful laser vision.

He alone is aware of the truth about the Antidermis, and is the only one who was permitted by Teridax to approach and fill the Zamor Spheres without experiencing severe pain. It was through his deadly acts that Zaktan has become the self-proclaimed leader of the Piraka, managing to threaten the others through his past deeds alone.

[carve] Tools

Zaktan carried a Three-Blade Scissor with blades sharp enough to cut almost anything at one end, and a pair of tongs at the other. He also carried a Zamor Launcher.

Since Zaktan's mutation, he has lost his Zamor Launcher and the Three-Blade Scissor has become Protodites and been reabsorbed into his body once more.

[carve] Weakness

Zaktan's isolation from the other Piraka forms a fundamental weakness. He is so isolated from the other Piraka that his fellow comrades are plotting against him and he doesn't even notice. However, in Dark Destiny, Hakann, Avak, and Thok seceded from him publicly.

[carve] Alliances

Zaktan is aloof from the other Piraka, and doesn't realize that so much plotting is happening within his ranks; the only alliance he is aware of is the one that Thok made with him.

[carve] Set Information

Zaktan was released in early 2006 as a Piraka canister set alongside five others. He came with 41 pieces, including four Zamor Spheres, and featured the same action features as his fellow Piraka canister sets.

Zaktan can be combined with the Hakann and Avak sets to create the Protodax model.

A Zaktan minifigure made appearances in the Piraka Stronghold, Lava Chamber Gate, and Race for the Mask of Life playsets of 2006, although the last of the three is non-canon.

[carve] Quotes

[carve] Trivia

• Greg Farshtey thinks he, Hakann, and Avak are most fun to write out of the Piraka.
• Zaktan's promotional nickname is "The Snake".
• When asked how Zaktan separated into Protodites, Greg Farshtey answered that it was "his nature," and later clarified that Zaktan was likely a mutant even before Spiriah began his experiments.
• The Order has yet to extract from him the information regarding the Brotherhood's plot.

[carve] Appearances

• BIONICLE Legends 4: Legacy of Evil
• BIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom (First Appearance)
• BIONICLE Legends 2: Dark Destiny
• Comic 1: If a Universe Ends
• Comic 2: Vengeance of Axonn
• BIONICLE Legends 3: Power Play
• Comic 3: Showdown
• Comic 4: A Cold Light Dawns
• BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno
• Comic 5: In Final Battle
• Comic 6: Web Comic
• BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall
• Destiny War (Not Mentioned by Name)
• Dwellers In Darkness
• BIONICLE: Dark Hunters
• BIONICLE Encyclopedia: Updated
• Piraka Promo Animations (Non-canonical Appearance)
• 2006 Playset Promo Animation (Non-canonical Appearance)
• Island Investigation (Non-canonical Appearance)
• Voya Nui Adventure (Non-canonical Appearance)
• Piraka Online Animations (Non-canonical Appearance)
• Piraka Attack (Non-canonical Appearance)
• Matoran Escape (Non-canonical Appearance)
• Inika Island Assault (Non-canonical Appearance)
• Voya Nui Online Game (Non-canonical Appearance)
• BIONICLE Heroes (Non-canonical Appearance)

[carve] External Links

• Zaktan Building Instructions

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