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 Sarda's fate

Personality
Pridak was the official leader of the Barraki and previously was the unofficial leader of the League. He was a fiery leader and would 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 was a leader who ruled 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, despised Makuta, and would not hesitate to defy him to his face, he was also almost as complex a thinker as The Makuta. His hate for Makuta was especially intense, as he alone once worked as little more then a slave of the Brotherhood of Makuta. Although hot-headed, he was very practical, since he saw 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.

Pridak was cursed by the Kanohi Ignika when he tried to touch it. This was later cured by Takadox's hypnosis power.

Biography
Pridak was a former ruler of the League of the Six Kingdoms and ruled the army to the north. He was the commander that least tolerated failure and disorder, and commanded a lieutenant of his army to order them to kill himself, because three of his soldiers were goofing off.(The soldiers were killed too.) Other then these examples, his army was afraid of him because of his harsh resorts. He commanded many attacks on various cities, and they were all successful. He had an alliance and many pacts with Xia. He and the league attempted an attack on Mata Nui, but the Brotherhood of Makuta stopped them. They were about to be executed by Makuta of Metru Nui himself, when they were taken by Botar into The Pitjail. All of the members, including Pridak, stayed there for a long time until the Great Cactalysm shattered the jail. He and the other members escaped, after being horribly mutated, and called themselves Barraki. Pridak gathered together an army of Takea to replace for his old army. They stayed there for quite some time, until news of a Mask of Life came. The Barraki agreed to do everything they could to get that mask, because if they did, they could become air breathers again. Pridak immediately went to action, and destroyed Defilak's sub, with Defilak, Sarda, Gar and Idris inside it,though they were not dead. He brought them to a cave to ask them about the Mask of Life, and what they knew about it. When Sarda refused to answer, Pridak showed his harshness by dragging him out of his water bubble and throwing him to his waiting army of Takea(the Matoran did not die from this, however). He then asked Defilak to show him. Gar and Idris swam away to Mahri Nui. However, Defilak delayed, and Pridak was getting angry, when a 300-foot Venom Eel came. Pridak knew that this beast was created from the Mask of Life, and followed its direction. He found Mantax, another Barraki, who told him where it came from, a cave, and that Kalmah, another Barraki, was knocked out from the force of it. They both left to see The Mask of Life. When they got there, Brutaka, as well as the other Barraki, were all there. When Pridak attempted to take Brutaka on, he was defeated. He later woke up and agreed with the others that Brutaka was a phony, and had him taken away by a Giant Squid. Then, all six of them went to confront Dekar, the Matoran with the mask. Pridak took it from him, and was cursed-he now was incredibly overreactional and prone to anger from the least bit of a nuisance. Takadox calmed this down with some hypnotizing powers. He, along with all the other Barraki went to "greet" the Toa Mahri once they found out that the six Toa were coming from theStone Cord. The Barraki captured the Toa Mahri and put them into confined cells, while attending a meeting about who should take the Mask of Life. They eventually came to an agreement-Nocturn, Ehlek's lieutenant, should take the mask because he was too stupid to do anything with it. However, Pridak soon found out that the Toa Mahri had escaped, and he commanded the Barraki to split up into groups and destroy them. He teamed up with Takadox, and they found Matoro with Maxilos(actually Makuta of Metru Nui). They commaned their armies to attack his army of reanimated dead creatures, and there was a tremendous battle. Pridak's army was starting to win, when Ehlek's army advanced on Pridak's. Pridak, currently unaware that the whole thing was caused by a trick from Hewkii, attacked Ehlek's army, and there was total chaos. The Barraki eventually realized that they had been tricked by the Toa Mahri, and they started to gather up to attack them, when a meeting was called for from Mantax. Pridak attended the meeting, just like all the Barraki, and realized that Mantax had both the Mask of Life and the Betrayal Contract. Mantax had started to give a list of demands when an avalanche fell, causing chaos. Pridak battled the Toa Mahri but the six Toa escaped. However, the Barraki began to gather up their armies to destroy the Toa Mahri when Maxilos interfered, revealing that he was The Makuta of Metru Nui. Pridak was the most angry, stating that The Makuta of Metru Nui had ruined their lives enough, without interfering again. However, "Maxilos" simply stated that he was not interfering, and knocked out all six Barraki. However, Maxilos/Makuta had failed to realize one thing-the Barraki's armies were still at large. They had destroyed Maxilos and left The Makuta of Metru Nui's fate unknown by the time Pridak and the others woke up, and Pridak commanded an all-out charge to destroy the Toa Mahri once and for all. They arrived, and began viciously attacking the Toa Mahri, until the Mask of Life teleported them away. Pridak and the other Barraki were last seen attacking each other in anger and frustration.

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Undisputed ruler of the Barraki dating back 80,000+ years. Mind as sharp as his teeth. Extremely fast underwater and a perfect killing machine. More than willing to use violence to enforce discipline -- in addition to blinding Kalmah in one eye, once bit Nocturn's arm off. Learns from his mistakes. Expert at holding a grudge. Feels entitled to power, and is willing to defy even Makuta to his face. Feels no guilt or regret over anything he does. Hot-tempered, but also practical -- sees no reason to kill Matoran if there is nothing to be gained by it (hence the survival of Mahri Nui all this time). If there IS something to be gained by it, would calmly order destruction of an entire village and sleep peacefully that night."

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Pridak was physically one of the most powerful and one of the fastest Barraki.

Pridak also possessed all of the enhanced scences of a real shark, such as enhanced eyesight; hearing; and smell. He could also detect electrical fields.

Pridak's weapons included a Shark Tooth Blade, along with powerful jaws lined with teeth sharp enough to rip through Makuta armor. He also wielded a Squid Launcher.

Army
Pridak lead a highly disciplined army of Takea sharks.

Trivia

 * Pridak was based off of a shark.


 * Although many think that Pridak's red coloring on him is the blood of his victims, Greg Farshtey has confirmed that despite popular belief, it is really part of his natural coloring.
 * What is ironic is that when Pridak was in the League of Six Kingdoms, he stated that mutated beings have no right on this earth, and have every right to be destroyed.

((League of Six Kingdoms))