Takadox

"Poor Toa. Today, they're heroes. Tomorrow, food for the fish."

- Takadox, BIONICLE.com

Takadox was one of the six Barraki, warlords who established the League of Six Kingdoms and rebelled against the Great Spirit Mata Nui himself, only to be defeated and imprisoned in the Pit for thousands of years. After the appearance of the Mask of Life, he and the other Barraki sought to use the mask's power to restore themselves, only to fail. He later joined an Order of Mata Nui strike team led by Brutaka to find Makuta Miserix. He eventually fled from Artidax in a stolen ship.

Early Life
Takadox was employed by the Brotherhood of Makuta to watch Pridak. Later, he became a member of the League of Six Kingdoms, controlling the southwestern region of the League's territory. He hypnotized his army to follow his command, making his army more loyal than any of the other members'. Along with the other members of the League, Takadox plotted to overthrow Mata Nui. However, the League was foiled by Teridax and his army, due to the fact that Takadox secretly betrayed them. Teridax sentenced them to death, however Takadox had a Brotherhood Tablet of Transit and was not going to be harmed. Before the sentence could be carried out, however, Botar came and teleported the League members to The Pit.

The Pit
When Teridax caused the Great Cataclysm, it destroyed the walls of the Pit. When that happened, the prisoners escaped and Takadox killed Hydraxon, the jailer.

Hundreds of years later, the Ignika came to the Pit. When the Barraki realized this, Pridak ordered them to find it. Takadox went first to Nocturn, and made sure he would take the mask and hand it over if he saw it. Then Takadox hypnotized Carapar and had him kidnap Kyrehx, the Matoran who found the mask. After Takadox interrogated her, he had Carapar bring her back to Mahri Nui. Meanwhile, Ehlek's attempt to get the mask resulted in one of his Venom Eels growing to the size of 300 feet long. Takadox saw it and tried to hypnotize it, but it knocked him unconscious. He awoke to find the Toa Mahri fighting the eel; he watched until Kalmah came and brought him to the cave where the other Barraki were. Takadox then cured Pridak of his madness that came from touching the mask. It was then placed in Pridak's cave.

After that, he and the others located the Toa Mahri, minus Matoro, at the Fields of Airweed. There, Takadox and the others captured them and put them in separate caves, guarded by members of the Barraki's armies. Then, with the Mahri handled, the Barraki decided they would place the Ignika in the Razor Whale's Teeth. The Barraki then found the Ignika missing from the Razor Whale's Teeth, so they met at Kalmah's Sea Squid]] Cave to decide what to do. After deducing that the Toa had taken the mask (the Toa had disappeared from their prisons), they split up, looking for them. Takadox went with Pridak, finding Matoro and Maxilos. They battled until Ehlek and his army invaded, attacking Pridak and Takadox. This was because Hewkii had tricked Ehlek into thinking that Pridak had ordered his sharks to attack Ehlek's army. In reality, Hewkii had used his Garai to make some sharks fall on the army.

Meanwhile, Mantax had recovered the mask after battling Hahli and Hydraxon. Mantax had the other Barraki meet him at the Razor Whale's Teeth. Mantax told them about his hunt for the Brotherhood Tablet of Transit, wanting to know who betrayed the Barraki to the Brotherhood of Makuta. After Mantax informed them about his search, Takadox attacked him, proving that he was the traitor. During the fight, Mantax paralyzed Takadox. When he saw Maxilos, he tried to hypnotize him into killing Mantax. However, Maxilos-secretly possessed by Teridax-knocked aside his former minion without effort. Soon after that, Maxilos/Teridax confronted the Barraki and defeated them, except for Pridak and Takadox, who was in hiding. Takadox then gave his Brotherhood Tablet of Transit to Teridax, trying to gain an ally. After receiving the tablet, Teridax decided to give Takadox a vision, where he had gained control of the Barraki and had returned to land. However, then Takadox's sea army came to him and swarmed around him in revenge for abandoning them. When the Barraki confronted the Toa Mahri minus Matoro, who was saving Mata Nui, Takadox (still unconscious because of the vision), was being dragged along by Carapar.

Federation of Fear
Takadox was captured by the Order of Mata Nui to become part of a team searching for Miserix. His teammates were Brutaka, the leader, Roodaka, Vezon, Spiriah, and Carapar. When the team traveled to Stelt, Takadox snuck away onto a ship. He hypnotized the people on the ship and made them jump off, so that the team could use the boat. A few days later, on the boat, Spiriah overthrew Brutaka and took charge of the team. Takadox decided to go along with Spiriah's leadership, until Brutaka attacked Spiriah and regained the vessel.

When the team landed on Tren Krom's Island, Takadox was given a long thin blade. Shortly after that, the team was captured by Tren Krom. The team talked with him, trying to get out of his cave. Carapar attempted to kill Tren Krom, but wound up getting killed instead. They then escaped from the island on the boat. A few days later, the team got to Artidax, their destination. After getting through some of the traps, the team came upon a trip wire which Takadox deliberately cut, triggering an avalanche.

Afterwards
He remained in Artidax and met and hypnotized the three Toa Mahri, Jaller, Nuparu and Hahli, carrying the Heart of the Visorak. He made them stand still and then stole the Toa Mahri's boat and left the island, before a volcano eruption on the island. When Teridax was killed, he later left the Matoran Universe and migrated onto Spherus Magna. His mutations were also undone by Mata Nui.

Abilities and Traits
Takadox was a manipulator at heart. While he was physically the least powerful of the Barraki, mentally was one of the sharpest. He would sit motionless for days on-end, waiting for prey to make a wrong move, and then attack. He frequently used his power of hypnosis to make others do his bidding. Prior to the coming of the Mask of Life, he rarely left his cave--he simply mesmerized Carapar into getting whatever he needed.

Takadox possessed the ability to hypnotize other beings into doing his bidding. Though he had this power before being banished (giving him the most obedient army of all the Barraki during his time on land), it was greatly enhanced after Takadox was mutated. During his time in the Pit, Takadox commanded an army of underwater insects.

Tools
Takadox's weapons included Twin Knives, as well as a Squid Launcher. The Order of Mata Nui later took these weapons and gave him a long thin blade and a Breathing Apparatus so that he could breathe on land.

Quotes
"Zyglak--a shunned species that lives to destroy." "In other words, our kind of people." But, really, the things they said about Nocturn were terrible..I've never heard such language."

- Kalmah and Takadox, Comic 8: Sea of Darkness

"Ah, dear Kalmah, try using your head for something besides scaring small animals. Perhaps he's hidden something down there...the Mask of Life, perhaps?"

- Takadox, Comic 7: Mask of Life, Mask of Doom

Set Information

 * Slyest and most treacherous of the Barraki, Takadox prefers to use his hypnotic power to force others to fight his battle for him. With his army of undersea insect life and his cunning intellect, he is one of the most dangerous Barraki.


 * Takadox was released in 2007 was one of the six Barraki canister sets. His set number was #8916, and contained 62 pieces.
 * Takadox's set was also partly glow-in-the-dark, meaning he could give off a greenish-blue glow in low-light areas.
 * The piece created for his head later appeared in the 2008 Takanuva set - this time, cast in gunmetal grey and used as the Toa of Light's shoulder armor.

Trivia

 * Like all the Barraki sets, Takadox's appearance is based off a type of underwater life: a sea mantis shrimp.

Appearances

 * Comic 6: Web Comic - First appearance
 * BIONICLE Legends 6: City of the Lost
 * Comic 7: Mask of Life, Mask of Doom
 * Creeps from the Deep - Non-canon
 * Sea Survival - Non-canon
 * BIONICLE Mahri: Hewkii - Non-canon
 * Command Toa Hahli - Non-canon
 * Command Toa Kongu - Non-canon
 * Command Toa Matoro - Non-canon
 * Command The Toa Mahri - The Final Challenge - Non-canon
 * Comic 8: Sea of Darkness
 * Barraki: Creeps From the Deep
 * BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit
 * BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated
 * BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall
 * Comic 9: Battle in the Deep!
 * Comic 10: The Death of Mata Nui
 * Comic 11: Death of a Hero
 * The Mutran Chronicles - In flashback
 * Federation of Fear
 * Dwellers In Darkness
 * Makuta's Guide to the Universe