Dezalk

Dezalk was a Ta-MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. who lived on the Southern ContinentThe Southern ContinentThe Southern Continent was a vast landmass beneath the Matoran Universe, scarred by Voya Nui's separation and held under Makuta Mutran's nominal dominion. and later on Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time., the floating island that rocketed up to the surface.

When the PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui. arrived on Voya Nui, they won the Matoran's trust by posing as Toa. After suspicions arose, they chose Dezalk as a test subject for an antidermisAntidermisAntidermis was the physical substance that composed every Makuta, a revelation that fundamentally altered how fans understood the brotherhood's origin. filled Zamor SphereZamor SphereHollow projectiles that fire various substances through temporarily intangible barriers, from poisons to bottled godhood. launched from AvakAvakA Skakdi thief whose perfect prisons made him invaluable to the Piraka's Mask of Life heist.'s launcher. The moment the sphere struck him, Dezalk became completely dependent on the Piraka's orders.

ZaktanZaktanMutated Skakdi leader of the Piraka, formerly a Dark Hunter whose body was dissolved into a colony of Protodites by the Shadowed One and reformed with its consciousness intact. then ordered the enslaved Matoran to summon his fellow villagers to the settlement at the center of the island. Dezalk carried out the command without question, and once the Matoran had gathered, the Piraka attacked the village in the night and fired antidermis spheres to enslave the others. Only the six Matoran who became the Voya Nui Resistance TeamVoya Nui Resistance TeamSix Matoran of Voya Nui who recognised the Piraka as impostors and waged a covert campaign against them before the arrival of the Toa Inika. escaped infection. Dezalk and the other enslaved Matoran were later cured.