Zyglak

"Friends? Zyglak don’t have friends... just meals they haven’t eaten yet."

- Vezon, Federation of Fear

The Zyglak were a reptilian non-Rahi race accidentally created by the Great Beings out of the remains of the process that brought the first Matoran villagers to life. The Great Beings were seeking to create intelligent organism called Krana, but found that some of the material they used turned into Zyglak instead. Shunned by their creators and hated and feared throughout the universe, the bitter, savage Zyglak retreated to the dark places (such as the ruins of the inner Pit, and the underground recesses of Voya Nui). There they waited, brooding over their fate and hating the Matoran and all who honored Mata Nui. Those who encountered them rarely survived to tell others the tale. Zyglak hated Matoran because they believed that the Matoran held their place in the Matoran Universe

History
While always violent, the Zyglak became far more so after Toa Orde, the first Toa of Psionics, was assigned the task of calming the Zyglak. Orde got out of control with his powers, inadvertantly increasing anger levels of all Zyglak, an event which prompted the decision of making all Matoran, and therefore Toa and Turaga of Psionics created thereafter, female. The Toa Inika, during their search for the Mask of Life, fought a group of Zyglak in the underwater stone cord that connected voya nui with mahri nui. This tribe was later killed by the mutated Piraka after they entered the cord. Barraki Kalmah, Takadox, and Mantax encountered a group of Zyglak in ruins of the pit.

Abilities and Weapons Zyglak were amphibious and intelligent. They could speak Matoran, and were one of the few beings that were immune to the Pit's mutagen. They also had strength greater than that of a Toa. They were plague carriers and had almost complete invulnerability to elemental attack. They also possessed spears and knives that could destroy anything they hit when thrown.

Trivia

 * It was a wandering tribe of Zyglak that killed all of the other members of Toa Lesovikk's Toa team. This encounter happened to be the first battle with the Zyglak in the Matoran Universe.
 * According to Solek, Toa Kopaka once single-handedly defeated several dozen Zyglak.
 * In "The Kingdom", the Zyglak refused to evacuate when Mata Nui died and eventually went extinct.
 * Zyglak are often called "The Great Beings' mistakes".

Set Information

 * The Zyglak is made from combining the Pridak, Kalmah, and Takadox Barraki sets.
 * The Zyglak building intructions can be found here: