Piraka

"We're not Dark Hunters anymore. We're what Ancient called us seven thousand years ago - we're Piraka."

- Vezok

The Piraka were a group of six Skakdi that had separated themselves from the Dark Hunters.

History
The Piraka were six skadi that were once Dark Hunters.

Powers and Tools
Each of the six Piraka was equipped with a dual-use weapon and a Zamor Launcher; the launchers were loaded with spheres full of the Antidermis virus that could enslave Matoran and make them mindless drones. Each Piraka also had a vision power, a unique personal power, and an elemental power; but they could not activate their elemental powers on their own (with the exception that Hakann, Vezok and Thok use these powers as "ammo" for their weapons). Two Piraka must combine their elemental powers in order to use them.

All of the Piraka came from the Skakdi species. The Skakdi had been given their vision and elemental powers through specieswide tampering by the Brotherhood of Makuta; it's unknown which of the Piraka's other powers are also due to this tampering (though we know that Zaktan's protodites were not).

Piraka

 * Zaktan - Former leader; now deceased
 * Hakann
 * Vezok
 * Reidak
 * Thok
 * Avak
 * Vezon - Formerly

Bionicle Heroes
In Bionicle Heroes, the Piraka were the last bosses of an area to fight. In the game, they had captured the Ignika to morph the island's inhabitants. The Piraka were the last bosses fought in a section of Bionicle Heroes. Once you defeated a Piraka, you could use him as an extra playable character in his area, plus, have him in the Piraka Playground. Once you defeat the final boss, Vezon, he replaces the other Piraka as an extra playable character. He is not seen in the Piraka Playground. In the DS version, the last villains were all of the Piraka and they were NPC's. Also, there was not the Piraka Playground.

Trivia

 * "Piraka" was the Matoran word for thief and murderer and was considered vulgar to the Matoran, according to Onua.

Piraka