Circle Of Light Universe

The Circle Of Light universe was an alternate universe in which the Brotherhood Of Makuta and the Dark Hunters joined forces during the Toa-Dark Hunter War, captured Metru Nui and attacked the Order Of Mata Nui, and where the OOMN was taken over by a splinter faction of the order centered around a charismatic and psychotic Toa of Light with delusions of godhood, Lorien.

History
Events in the Circle Of Light universe were virtually identical to the early history of the Core Universe timeline up until the beginning of the Toa-Dark Hunter war.

Toa-Dark Hunter War
When turaga Dume of the island of Metru Nui became aware of the Dark Hunters interest in the island, he forbade them from establishing a base on it, much to the Shadowed One's dismay. After several failed attempts to convince Dume to allow them to settle Metru Nui, The Shadowed One declared all out warfare on the island and sent his forces to take control of the island and it's city. After months of heavy fighting the Dark Hunters were on the brink of defeat. However, an emissary from the Brotherhood Of Makuta approached the Shadowed One with a message: the Brotherhood were willing to put aside their differences and help the Dark Hunters overtake the island on the condition that they could use parts of the city as a staging ground for their forces. After heavy deliberation and quarreling, the Shadowed One responded to the Brotherhood. He said yes. The Brotherhood launched a surprise attack on the capitol of Metru Nui using war blimps loaded with shadow leech bombs. Many Matoran and Toa were transformed into servants of the Brotherhood, and turned against their comrades. With the assistance of the Brotherhood's forces the Dark Hunters were able to overtake Metru Nui in just under a month. Once the city had been completely taken over, the Brotherhood set their sites on the rest of the Matoran universe. Metru Nui was only the beginning.

Destiny War
The Order Of Mata Nui quickly took notice of the Brotherhood's activites. While many within the order wanted to intervene, Helryx forbade it, and they obeyed her orders. By the time the Brotherhood had overtaken Metru Nui, the Order had readied themselves for all out war. Helryx dispatched her agents to many of the islands of the Matoran universe with instructions to prepare them for war and only to reveal the existence of the Order if absolutely necessary. It soon became apparent that these tactics weren't enough, as several islands fell to the Brotherhood. Helryx reluctantly revealed the existence of the Order to the general public, and dispatched OOMN forces to defend all islands that remained free. However, the Brotherhood had been systematically bolstering their forces with shadow infected wildlife, Toa, Matoran, and Rahkshi. The Order's forces were outnumbered by far, and as more and more islands fell this became more and more apparent. As the Order became more and more desperate, they turned to recruiting as many willing Toa and Matoran as they could, which soon became a mandatory draft. Helryx and the Order made the decision to sacrifice the destiny of an individual for the greater good, and began to transform and train as many Av-Matoran as they could find. One of these Matoran was Lorien, who soon became known to many for his courage and valor in battle. Although in actuality he was ruthless and brutal on the battlefield, his determination to stop the Brotherhood at any and all cost made him the poster child of the Order, inspiring many to join up in hopes of meeting him. Eventually Lorien was given command of his own legion of Toa of Light, and he set about covertly brainwashing them to follow his every order. Meanwhile the Brotherhood had pushed ever inwards towards Daxia in preparation for an invasion.