Kraahkan

"Most think it allows me to spread physical darkness, or breed a little rage here and there, but it's much more than that. My Kanohi lets me see the darkness inside everyone, all the nasty little things they hide in the shadows of their spirit."

- Makuta Teridax, BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit

The Kanohi Kraahkan was the Great Mask of Shadows. Like its polar opposite, the Avohkii, only one Kraahkan was ever created.

History
The Kanohi Kraahkan was created out of protosteel in Artakha by the island's ruler. It was then worn for the next 100,001 years by Makuta Teridax. When Teridax confronted the Toa Mata for the first time, he shapeshifted into the form of an infected Matoran; as a side effect of being worn by a shapeshifter, the Kraahkan changed with Makuta into the form of an infected Hau. When Teridax and Toa Takanuva merged to form Takutanuva, the Kraahkan and Avohkii also merged, forming a mask with the powers of both Light and Shadow -- the Mask of Light and Shadow. However, the two beings and their masks soon split apart, reforming the Kraahkan.

When the Piraka entered Mangaia in BIONICLE Legends 4: Legacy of Evil, Reidak attempted to claim the Kraahkan from the shattered remnants of Teridax's armor, but it automatically pummeled him with shadow blasts until he threw it into the Silver Sea.

Sometime after this, Makuta Icarax dove into the sea and emerged with the Kraahkan. He then replaced his original mask with the Kraahkan. However, the Kraahkan, along with Icarax, was dispersed into atoms throughout the universe when Gorast and Vamprah killed Icarax, who had been trying to use his powers over teleportation, in Karda Nui.

Teridax later altered the position of the "stars" above Metru Nui into the shape of the Kraahkan when he announced the success of his Plan to the entire Matoran Universe.

Dark Mirror
In the Toa Empire alternate timeline, the Kraahkan was stolen from Teridax by the Toa Empire and displayed unguarded in the Metru Nui Archives. It was warded, so that if anyone touched it, the Toa Empire would know.

The Kingdom
In 'The Kingdom' alternate timeline, the main dimension's Takanuva knocked the Kanohi Kraahkan off that timeline's Teridax during the Battle at the Light Barrier. Toa Tanma then destroyed the mask.

The Melding
In this alternate timeline where the Makuta were good, Teridax wore a golden Mask of Shadows, but its power was not associated with evil.

Powers
The Mask of Shadows gave its user Makuta power-level and range of Shadow abilities. The wearer could control the darkness and feed fear and/or anger into those affected by its power. The mask could also let its user see evil in others. It could even strike non-Makuta who attempted to take the mask with blasts of Shadow, analogous to a car alarm.

As a side-effect of being worn by shapeshifters, whenever Teridax and Icarax shapeshifted, the Kraahkan changed forms with them.

Great

 * Makuta Teridax - Formerly; abandoned
 * Toa Takanuva - Briefly
 * Makuta Icarax - Formerly; deceased
 * Makuta Teridax of the Melding alternate timeline

Set Info

 * The Kraahkan was one of the first two masks to have a cross-axle part to connect it to the bearer, the other being the Avohkii.
 * There are a total of 4 different shapes of the Kraahkan; the original one that came with Makuta's set, a "movie" version that came with the limited edition Takutanuva set, a second movie version designed to fit over the head of the "Ultimate Dume" model, and a re-released version of the original Kraahkan, having 2 of the 6 slits on the cheeks of the mask filled in. The final version of the Kraahkan was released in gold and black, in the Tower of Toa and Icarax sets respectively.

Trivia

 * Toa would not usually choose to wear the Kraahkan, as they considered its powers immoral.

Appearances

 * Mata Nui Online Game - First appearance
 * Comic 12: Absolute Power
 * Comic 13: Rise of the Rahkshi!
 * Comic 14: At Last -- Takanuva!
 * BIONICLE: Mask of Light (book)
 * BIONICLE: Mask of Light (movie)
 * BIONICLE: The Game - Semi-canon
 * BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui - In flashback
 * BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui - In flashback
 * Comic 21: Dreams of Darkness - In flashback; in vision
 * BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows - In flashback

Kraahkan