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> "*Burning for justice and revenge, the Toa mounted an attack on a Brotherhood base. Arrayed against them were Dark Hunters and Exo-Toa, prepared to sacrifice all in the service of their dark masters.*"
> — Turaga Vakama, *Origin of the Rahaga*
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The **Raid of the Destral Fortress** is the name given to a raid on the Brotherhood of Makuta's Destral Fortress by the Toa Hagah team assigned to Makuta Teridax, as well as their subsequent attack on a Visorak outpost. While the raids were largely successful, the Toa wound up mutated into shrunken, twisted creatures called Rahaga.

The struggle consisted of two distinct raids: first, to steal the Kanohi Avohkii, the Mask of Light, and a second, mounted by Toa Norik and Iruini, to rescue the four other Toa Hagah, who had been captured in the initial raid.

## Goals

### Toa Hagah

* Steal the Avohkii from the Brotherhood of Makuta.
* Rescue the other four Toa Hagah.

### Brotherhood of Makuta

* Prevent the Toa Hagah from stealing the Avohkii.
* Capture the Toa Hagah.

## Summary

### Prologue

Three hundred years before the Great Cataclysm, Norik, leader of the Toa Hagah, discovered the dark secrets of the Makuta of Metru Nui, Teridax, and his Brotherhood. First the Toa realized the Makuta had been responsible for stealing the Kanohi Avohkii, the Great Mask of Light, from its makers in the realm of Artakha. This was followed by discoveries that the Makuta had been secretly enslaving Matoran whom the Makuta had sworn to protect, that the Brotherhood was allied with the Dark Hunters, and that the peaceful Exo-Toa have been corrupted to serve as sentries for the Brotherhood fortresses. Furthermore, they learned that Roodaka and Sidorak, known servants of the Brotherhood, were commanding Visorak spiders, a species that had appeared years before.Skabelon:ComicCitation Finally, they learned that the Dark Hunters, Visorak, and Exo-Toa had been assembled in their full might to strike at other lands.Skabelon:ComicCitation

The Toa began plotting their revenge. However, Iruini, having already grown fed up with the fact that the team spent too much time on huge menaces and not ever-present dangers announced his intention to quit, warning Norik that he would do so after the Destral raid.Skabelon:ComicCitation

### Raid on Destral

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Desiring justice, the Toa mounted an attack on a Brotherhood base. The first part of the raid went without incident, and the Toa successfully infiltrated the fortress, stole the Avohkii back from the Brotherhood and retrieved the Makoki Stone before making their escape.Skabelon:OnlineCitation

As the Toa Hagah were fleeing, Norik underestimated the Makuta, which resulted in the team being separated in the conflict. Gaaki, Bomonga, Pouks, and Kualus were each ambushed and abducted by Roodaka, striking each in quick succession from the shadows.

By this point, Iruini and Norik had been separated from the others. After overcoming all Dark Hunters and Exo-Toa sent against them, Iruini and Norik alone battled and defeated Teridax by using their knowledge of the Destral fortress. At last, they were able to escape with the Avohkii and Makoki Stones.

### After the Raid

Following the raid, Roodaka took the four Toa Hagah that she had taken prisoner and mutated them into Rahaga, the term being a pun on the words Hagah and Rahkshi which they've been made to look like. The Rahaga were then transferred to a separate fortress held by the Visorak.

Norik and Iruini, meanwhile, were on their own for roughly half a day during which Iruini came on the brink of quitting. However, he ultimately postponed his resignation until after the others were safe.Skabelon:ComicCitation

### Raid on the Visorak Fortress

The two Toa Hagah tracked their captive teammates down to the Visorak fortress where they'd been transferred. Norik distracted the Visorak guards and led them into a trap where they were crushed by a stone slab.Skabelon:ComicCitation Iruini defeated the Dark Hunter named Krekka by using his own weight to send him plowing into the Visorak; Norik then forced a Vohtarak to take them to the other Toa Hagah's prison. Overhearing Dark Hunter Nidhiki's comments about captured Toa, Norik sent Iruini to find their teammates. After concealing the Avohkii, which was in their possession, Iruini teleported to a likely spot, but he did not see four Toa; instead, he saw four shrunken, twisted, Rahkshi-headed creatures, one of whom identified them as his former fellow Toa.

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At that moment, Roodaka appeared and trapped Iruini, coining the name "Rahaga" as a portmanteau of "Rahkshi" and "Hagah". Her gloating was interrupted by the sudden arrival of Norik, who had used his Pehkui to sneak into the camp. Iruini opened the Rahaga's cage and let his teammates out; the two remaining Toa Hagah then turned on Roodaka, who simply summoned an army of Visorak to her aid. Recalling a strategy that had once worked against some Frostelus, Norik and Iruini created a cyclone of molten lava, distracting the Visorak long enough for the two to make their escape. What not even the cyclone could stop, however, were two of Roodaka's mutation Rhotuka spinners, which quickly overtook the battle-weary Toa and mutated them into Rahaga as well. Roodaka called off the Visorak pursuit, believing that the Rahaga were no longer a threat and confident that they were doomed to spend their lives as outcasts from the very society they were supposed to protect.Skabelon:ComicCitation

## Aftermath

Recognizing that the corruption of the Brotherhood had been exposed, Teridax struck at Mata Nui, successfully infecting him with the virus. The Brotherhood of Makuta ordered the Dark Hunter guards responsible for the Avohkii's protection to be executed, but the Shadowed One resisted and called off the execution. Sidorak, meanwhile claimed credit for the idea behind Toa Hagah's mutation and as a result, he was named king of Visorak horde, with Roodaka as his viceroy. Under their command, the Visorak launched a major offensive on inhabited islands, starting in the south and working their way north. They started by eliminating the population of Keetongu's homeland.Skabelon:CN

The Rahaga were horrified at their new forms, but Kualus reminded them of their duty and Norik gave them new purpose to find the mythical Keetongu. They continued to travel from island to island, curing and studying Rahi, seeking Keetongu, and antagonizing the Visorak Hordes.

About 1,050 years ago, anticipating a Visorak attack on Metru Nui, the Rahaga took refuge in the Onu-Metru Archives where they hid the Kanohi Avohkii. In the end, Roodaka's assumption was wrong: the Rahaga successfully saw the Avohkii and the Makoki Stone safely into the hands of the Toa Hordika, who in turn witnessed (as Turaga) the coming of the Toa of Light that the Brotherhood of Makuta so feared.

The Rahaga would ultimately clash again with Roodaka, Sidorak, and the Visorak in the Battle of Metru Nui.

## References

1. ↑ "Official Greg Discussion," page 180, post 7172. BZPower.
2. ↑ "Appendix: Origin of the Rahaga."

*Web of Shadows*. BIONICLE Adventures 9, pp. 133-134.
3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 Toa Hagah magazine insert
*Legacy of Evil*. BIONICLE Legends 4, p. 78.
5. ↑ "Official Greg Discussion," page 316, post 12636. BZPower.
6. ↑ 6,0 6,1 "Appendix: Origin of the Rahaga."

*Web of Shadows*. BIONICLE Adventures 9, p. 134.
7. ↑ "Chapter 5."

*Challenge of the Hordika*. BIONICLE Adventures 8, p. 52.
8. ↑ "Official Greg Discussion," page 320, post 12792. BZPower.
9. ↑ "Official Greg Discussion," page 277, post 11043. BZPower.
10. ↑ "Official Greg Dialogue," page 31, post 1222. BZPower.
11. ↑ 11,0 11,1 "Chapter 3: Metru Nui."

"History."

*World*, pp. 28-29.
12. ↑ 12,0 12,1

"Brotherhood of Makuta."

*Encyclopedia Updated*, p. 18.
13. ↑ "Official Greg Discussion," page 237, post 9452. BZPower.
14. ↑ "Chapter 6."

*Legacy of Evil*. BIONICLE Legends 4.
15. ↑ 15,0 15,1 "Appendix: Origin of the Rahaga."

*Web of Shadows*. BIONICLE Adventures 9, pp. 135-137.

## Appearances

* *BIONICLE Adventures 8: Challenge of the Hordika* **(M)**
* *BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows/Origin of the Rahaga*
* *BIONICLE Legends 4: Legacy of Evil* **(M)**
* *Comic 25: Birth of the Rahaga*
* *Comic 27: Fractures*
* *The Mutran Chronicles* **(M)**
* *Dwellers In Darkness* **(M)**

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