Zakaz




 * "Home. True, I've never been to Zakaz... I'm not even really one of the native species... in fact, they'll probably kill me on sight... or worse, tie me upside down over spiky plant... but at least I'll die at home."


 * —vezon,

zakaz is an island in the matoran universe

history
zakaz was a peaceful island were species of rahi and other inhabitants lived peacefully and were ruled over by the barraki ehlek.

but then the regenade makuta spiriah came and destroyed major groups of rahi and infected the rest of them with infected kanohi. He saw potential in the Skakdi to make great warriors. Spiriah started to train the species in how to fight and defend themselves, as well as conduct experiments on them that gave them unnatural powers.spiriah then left the island and left all kinds off different species including vizorak to guard the island.

when spiriah returned their was no vizorak guarding the island and their was a war going on. then makuta krika put on a ban that no ships could travel to zakaz. but the island of xia constantly did deals with them. the warlord nektann then ordered 5000,0000 nektann drones to guard the island, after these drones were destroyed he ordered 10000,00000000 more and 90000 mark 2 nektann drones.

nektanns dispute
after the war ended the skakdi elders did not agree with his actions so nektann murdered them and blamed it on an unamed skakdi who was then trialed and hanged for everyone to see. nektann then started a new elder council which was lead by a skakdi named jeron.

During the Order's mission to rescue Makuta mizerix, Spiriah mutinied against brutaka and sailed to Zakaz with a zyglax fleet in order to exact his revenge on the Skakdi. The Zyglak viciously destroyed the Dark Hunter ships stationed around the island. However, the fleet was defeated when members of Ehlek's species in the employ of the Order attacked and sunk the fleet. Brutaka attacked and subdued Spiriah, foiling his attempt at revenge.

axoon and Brutaka later arrived on the island, hoping to forge an alliance with Nektann, which they attempted to do by going directly to his fortress. Instead, the inhabitants amassed an army to confront the two warriors, cornering them on a beach. After Brutaka felled a building on part of the army, the pair gave themselves up. Then the duo were brought to the warlord and convinced him to ally with them in the war between the Brotherhood of Makuta and the Order of Mata Nui. Afterwards, the rest of the warlords were approached and convinced to side with the Order. Under the direction of Axonn and Brutaka, the assembled Skakdi of Zakaz traveled to an unnamed island in one of the southern chains to confront a Rahkshi fighting force.

After Nektann defected to Teridax, the surviving toa mahri were ordered by the Order of Mata Nui to discover the motives of the other warlords and to find the mutated Piraka who went missing after the destruction of daxia fortress. After breaking into a stronghold on Zakaz, they found a secret underground cavern where the Skakdi had acquired a tank of Energized Protodermis. The natives then threw three prisoners - a zyglax and a vortixx, and a worker class steltian and the five remaining Piraka into the pogol. A greenish cloud also entered the substance. Moments later, a monstrous life form emerged from the Energized Protodermis.