Pridak

"Do you know who I am?... Then you'll know what I'll do to you if you disobey."

- Pridak

"Will he live? Will he die? Do I Care? No. But you do. And you have 2 minutes to tell me where the mask is before the Ga-matoran joins her friend."

- Pridak, talking to Defilak about Idris's fate

Pridak is the official leader of the Barraki and previously was the unofficial leader of the League. He is physically one of the strongest and agile Barraki, due to his shark-like attributes. He carries two Shark Tooth Blades,Squid Launcher,and Blade Wings. He is a fiery leader and will not hesitate to reward disobedience or insolence with pain. He once blinded Kalmah in one eye and bit off one of Nocturn's arms in a separate engagement. Pridak is a leader who rules with his emotions, able to hold a grudge against someone indefinitely. His mutations were possibly the worst punishment he could recieve, before his transformation he took great pride in his own appearance and believed creatures that carried monstrous faces such as the one he would later bear did not deserve to live. He, like the other Barraki, despises Makuta, and would not hesitate to defy him to his face, he is also almost as complex a thinker as The Makuta. His hate for Makuta is especially intense, as he alone once worked as little more then a slave of the Brotherhood of Makuta. Although hot-headed, he is very practical, since he sees no gain from killing the Matoran of Mahri Nui, he chooses not to, but if he could get something out of it, he would gladly destroy the entire city and sleep peacefully that night. He commands an army of Takea sharks. Pridak is currently cursed by the Ignika, because of his attempt to take it from Dekar.

Storyline
Pridak was originally a slave to the Brotherhood of Makuta. He was assigned to rule a small, worthless area, but it was enough to incite his lust for ruling others. He disengaged himself from the Brotherhood and took up a life as a conquerer. He along with the other five Barraki formed an Alliance as the League of the Six Kingdoms, conquering much of the known Bionicle Universe. In their final stages of a plan to assault Metru Nui, the leader of the Barraki, Pridak, along with the others was captured during an ambush by the Brotherhood of Makuta. Moments before their execution by the Makuta of Metru Nui, Botar appeared and exiled them into The Pit. They remained there for many, many years until Great Cataclysm shattered the dome of the Outer Pit and released the prisoners out into the ocean. Pridak and the others swam out and were subsequently mutated into their current monstrous forms.

After the Ignika fell into the sea, Pridak learned of the Mask's arrival and launched an attack on Defilak, Gar, Idris and Sarda as they explored the depths of the ocean in a submarine of Defilak's design. He brought the four Matoran to a cave where he interrogated them without success. After he threw Sarda out of the cave and followed a lying Defilak to the mask's "location", he and the Matoran came face to face with the 300 Feet Mutant Venom Eel the Mask of Life had created. The Matoran took the opportunity and escaped, with Pridak forgetting him entirely in his haste. Pridak swam towards the location from which the eel came from. He came across a fleeing Mantax who told him what had happened and the two went off to investigate.

The two Barraki met with Ehlek and Carapar along with Brutaka, who had recently been transitioned into The Pit, mutated by the waters enough to allow him to breath. After quickly establishing who was under who, the four went into the cave where they revived Kalmah and found Dekar holding the Ignika in his hands. After Brutaka made a failed attempt to seize the mask and was torn away by a Giant Squid, Pridak went towards the Matoran and touched the mask, causing a bright light to spread through out the sea. His fate is as of yet unknown.

Behind the Scenes
Although many think that Pridak's red coloring on him is blood, Greg Farshtey has confirmed that despite popular belief, it is really part of his natural coloring.