Cult of Darkness

The Cult of Darkness was a group of militant Brotherhood of Makuta servants tasked with destabilizing the Core Processor of the Great Spirit Robot, in the Fractures Universe. It was generally composed of at least one member of every indigenous species to the Matoran Universe.

Formation
Unlike in the main BIONICLE Universe - where the Toa Metru were formed when Toa Lhikan transformed six Matoran into Toa - in the Fractures Alternate Universe, the Toa Metru were formed from eight Matoran.

After the Toa Inika returned to Metru Nui, the Toa summoned six Matoran to Ko-Metru. These six Matoran consisted of Orkahm, Vhisola, Nuhrii, Tehutti, Ehyre, and Ahkmou, all of whom were transformed into Toa.

However, the group had faced problems since its formation. Toa Ahkmou quickly revealed his true colors and took the life of Toa Nuhrii before escaping the island. The remaining members of the team doubted he would have gotten far as the Matoran Universe was full of beings who hated Toa at this point. He was assumed dead.

In addition to this, after Visorak Swarms invaded the island of Zakaz, the Toa Metru were brought to light of an old treaty between the island of the Skakdi and Metru Nui – which meant that in the event of Zakaz being invaded, the City of Legends would supply a group of Toa to help them defend their island. Toa Tehutti volunteered to be dispatched with several of the remaining Toa Inika to provide aid for the survivors. All of the Toa who journeyed to Zakaz were killed.

Worse still, the second the Brotherhood of Makuta had invaded Bara Magna, forces attacking the Western Matoran Universe traveled through the Southern Continent. As they were met with little resistance, Brotherhood Generals decided to simply attack the continent on their way down to the Southern Island Chain, leaving hundreds of Matoran to be killed in the process. After the Av-Matoran were evacuated from Karda-Nui by the now-revealed Order of Mata Nui, Toa Ehrye had rushed off to the Southern Continent to help the Av-Matoran escape the slaughter. No word had arrived concerning his current status, causing his teammates to consider his death.

While the rest of the Matoran Universe was devastated by the destruction caused by the Brotherhood, Metru Nui was also attacked. As the Order of Mata Nui had still managed to fortify the island in hopes of protecting the Core Processor, the City of Legends still faced a great deal of damage and there still remains to be enemy activity.

Roughly one month ago before the incident in the Archives, while pursuing a Rahkshi of Heat Vision through Ta-Metru, Toa Orkahm managed to get his leg caught in a piece of machinery and damaged several nerves.

Three weeks after this, Toa Mazeka was known to have been abducted by Brotherhood spies, who were working in the city, leaving only Orkahm and Vhisola remaining from the original team.

Arrival of Toa Tollubo
Shortly after the official end of the 3,000-year war, reports of Onu-Matoran being attacked by Rahkshi drove Orkahm and Vhisola to the Archives. Vhisola tasked an enthusiastic Onu-Matoran named Memel with evacuating the section in question of the building while they dealt with the Rahkshi. However, Memel instead formed a rescue-party.

Meanwhile, Orkahm and Vhisola were forced to find cover after Orkahm was thrown into a Stasis Tube and became injured. However, the Rahkshi quickly doubled in number and were joined by a tribe of Zyglak, which had been awoken by the war happening on the surface. Unprepared to fight the Zyglak, having only been Toa for three months and still lacking experience, the two Toa caught the Rahkshis' fire before diving to the floor in hopes of their enemies blasting a hole in a nearby wall. However, before the Zyglak gained the chance to kill them, a portal opened in the room and a number of inhabitants of the Deserts of Death Universe appeared. Among these being were Toa Tollubo and Toa Jollun. The two Toa of Light quickly worked to overwhelm the Zyglak tribe.

After learning their names, Vhisola and Orkahm attempted to arrest Tollubo only for him to shrug them off and claim to not be their enemy. Instead, the Toa negotiated an alliance before Vhisola and Orkahm them to the Coliseum to meet the High Council.

Toa Tollubo and Toa Jollun were then indoctrinated into the Toa Metru team for the remainder of their stay in the Fractures Universe.

Coliseum Plot
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Turaga Tuyet Dam Incident
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Death of Turaga Matoro
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Second Coliseum Plot
Several months later, after Tollubo had cleaned up his act, he and Tourik were sent to Ta-Metru with Betak and several members of the Matoran Land Army to combat Toa "Graviton", a powerful and corrupt Toa of Gravity who had been imprisoned beneath the city for several centuries. The Toa proceeded to pummel Tollubo before Tourik and Betak were able to coordinate an attack. The Agori was able to bring their enemy down to the ground with a Sting Rifle while Tourik then proceeded to engage him, shattering his Kanohi and damaging his armor with Spiked Dagger Plant spores. However, Graviton swiftly pointed out that he was not in fact a Makuta and that the prickly plants did little more than inconvenience him. He then proceeded to create a gravitational field between the two, increasing gravity's effect on Tourik and pressing him down on Betak, pinning the pair in place. Shortly after this, Tollubo was able to incapacitate Graviton, thus freeing the Toa of Plantlife and Betak.

However, the moment of victory was short-lived as Toa Kualus swiftly appeared on the scene with Agitarahk to report that the Cult of Darkness had launched a third attack upon Metru-Nui, attempting to fly a stolen Airship into the Coliseum. When the active Toa Metru and their allies were assembled in a mission briefing, Turaga Vilnius suggested the use of the Gorast Tactical Missile Defense System. As this prospect involved blowing the Airship up above civilian housing, it caused considerable controversy with Orkahm insisting that the missiles should not be used while Tollubo contradicted him, siding with Vilnius and insisting that they had to crush the anarchists before their attack with brutal force. Torn between the two opposites, the other Toa eventually sided with Tollubo, enabling Vilnius to send the missile launch codes and fire a Gorast Missile at the Airship.

However, the missile did not arrive in time and lagged too far behind the Airship. Regrouping on the pavement outside the Coliseum, the Toa witnessed the destruction of the Airship at the hands of an Av-Matoran named Glonor and realized that Orkahm had correctly anticipated that their actions would only cause trouble. Fortunately, Toa Danza was able to use his Dimensional Horn to transport the missile to the heart of Mount Valamai prior to its detonation, averting the unnecessary crisis that Tollubo had caused.

Trivia

 * Currently, the only Cult of Darkness operative capable of using a Kanohi is "Terminator".

Appearances

 * Whispers in the Dark - First Appearance
 * Over Your Shoulder
 * Frozen Calling - Mentioned; Indirect Appearance
 * Vendetta
 * Judgment Day - To Be Written