8622 Nidhiki 8622 Nidhiki is a BIONICLE set released 2004 . He was once a heroic Toa whose betrayal of others caused him to be rejected and turned into a Dark Hunter . His monstrous appearance was caused by Roodaka , who mutated him from his previous form . He died right after the Great Cataclysm , when Makuta absorbed him . History . Nidhiki came to Metru Nui as one of the eleven Toa who fought the Kanohi Dragon , along with Toa Lhikan . Like the rest of his team , he stayed as one of the city ' s resident Toa . When Nidhiki and Lhikan discovered that the Dark Hunters were pursuing their teammate , Toa Tuyet , for a powerful relic called the Nui Stone , they moved to intercept them . However , after the two Dark Hunters were apprehended they found out that Tuyet had deceived them , and she began to abuse the stone ' s power . After defeating her , Nidhiki wanted to use the Nui Stone for his own purposes , but Lhikan destroyed it . A thousand years after the Toa ' s arrival , the city ' s leader , Turaga Dume , refused to allow the Dark Hunters to build a base in Metru Nui . The Dark Hunters attacked the city in retaliation , and hundreds of Toa ( led by Lhikan ) rallied to the city ' s defence . The war raged on for months , with both sides taking heavy casualties . Seeking to save his own skin , Nidhiki struck a deal with one of the Hunters and agreed to lead the Toa into a trap . However , Lhikan found out about Nidhiki ' s betrayal and prepared a trap of his own . Less than an hour later , Nidhiki and Lhikan led every Toa in the Coliseum to the Canyon of Unending Whispers in Po - Metru where the Dark Hunters were supposedly staging their attacks . When the Toa arrived at the canyon , however , they were immediately surrounded by the entire Dark Hunter army , which was in turn surrounded by over two hundred Toa reinforcements . This counterattack ended the war with the Toa victorious , with Lhikan kicking all Dark Hunters out of the city - – Nidhiki along with them . With nowhere else to go , Nidhiki joined the Dark Hunters as an instructor , teaching others from his experience as a Toa . Wanting to be more than a mere teacher , he asked the Shadowed One , leader of the Dark Hunters , to be sent on missions . The Shadowed One granted Nidhiki his wish , but to Nidhiki ' s displeasure he was paired with a rather dumb brute named Krekka . From the perspective of the Shadowed One it was a good partnership : Krekka would be effective when following Nidhiki ' s cunning plans , while Nidhiki would be kept in line by Krekka ' s loyalty to the Dark Hunters . However , Nidhiki , always cynical and power - hungry , continued to want more , dreaming of being a hero again . When Roodaka came to the Hunters seeking training , he offered to reward her if she would help him escape the Hunters . She pretended to accept , but instead alerted the Shadowed One to Nidhiki ' s plans and " earned " her training by mutating him into an insectoid monster , ensuring that he could never again be accepted anywhere except with the Dark Hunters . Ironically , Nidhiki was entomophobic , afraid of bugs . The location on the island of Odina where he was mutated was later named Nidhiki Beach . Two thousand years later , Nidhiki and Krekka were sent back to Metru Nui on a mission for Makuta . Their task was to retrieve six Great Kanoka Disks and to get Toa Lhikan out of the way - an assignment Nidhiki enjoyed , as he still held a grudge over his banishment . While the two were able to capture Lhikan , he had already chosen replacements and set them on the path to become the Toa Metru . Nidhiki blackmailed one of the Matoran , Ahkmou , into helping him get the Great Disks , but this failed as the Toa Metru were able to get to them first . Nidhiki and Krekka continued to hunt the Toa Metru until Makuta decided to face the Toa himself ; in order to increase his power quickly he absorbed the two Hunters and his pet , Nivawk , into his body , killing them . Powers . As a Toa , Nidhiki controlled the element of Air and wielded a scythe as his weapon . His Kanohi Mask was a Volitak Mask of Stealth , allowing him to move without being seen or heard . As a Dark Hunter , Nidhiki could spit energy bolts , energy webs , and Kanoka Disks from his mouth . He also had the ability to fly . References . < div class = " references - small " > General information comes from the " BIONICLE Adventures " series ; see List of BIONICLE media .