User blog comment:Serrakaan1407/What do you think so far?/@comment-3059528-20110212181352/@comment-2012500-20110212190956

The Patrons of the Dark was one of the earliest organizations to be formed in the Matoran Universe, next to The Brotherhood of Makuta, and The Hand of Artakah. There goal was the usual, to obtain power, and supremecy among the world, and to be pretty much what Teridax wanted when he wanted to take over Mata Nui. They were originally not a very powerful group, until the first Grand Master found a very powerful artifact, simalar to that of the Staff of Artakah, the Mask of Life, and the Nui Stone. The artifact was made up of two other artifacts (A sword and a staff) that were combined to make one extremely powerful artifact. So, the Grand Master used it to expand the organization too at least a thousand. After this, he abused its powers to force many matoran into slavery, and kill any who stood in his way. In response, the Hand of Artakah dispatched several members to kill him, but they failed the first time. After the first failure, they sent out three more members, and Irostenese was one of them. In the fight that followed, Irostenese and became enraged, and lost control of his powers. In that moment, he was able to to destroy half the island, and he killed all of the Matoran slaves, and his fellow agents in the fray. But it was not a complete loss, as he did manage to kill the Grand Master, and take the staff from him. He split the staff into the two parts, and hid them in temples around the world, and made a key to these temples in the form of a dagger, and hid it in a seperate place. The dagger was recovered early on, but the temples remained hidden. The dagger was passed down to the Grand Masters of the organization, in the hope to find the vaults it opens. The Patrons of the Dark, despite being nearly extinct after Irostenese's loss of control, managed to keep the organization, secret, and alive, and after a thousand years, they finally discovered one of the Temples, and looted one of the Artifacts. (As seen in the newest chapter of the Hand of Fear) Now their goal, or at least Aluksonnion's goal, is to avenge the purge of his organization, and kill Irostenese. His further intensions are unknown. Did that help clear things up? :)