League of Six Kingdoms

The League of Six Kingdoms was an alliance of warlords led by the six BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit.: PridakPridakPridak was the most feared of the six Barraki, commander of a shark army and the dominant voice of the League of Six Kingdoms before its imprisonment in the Pit., Kalmah, Mantax, Carapar, Takadox and Ehlek. It was originally created by Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. as a more effective way to keep the peace, but the Barraki turned on him and attempted to seize power for themselves.

The League existed roughly 95,000 to 80,000 years ago. Its formation came of little surprise to the Brotherhood of MakutaThe Brotherhood of MakutaAn organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to police his universe and build Rahi, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit., which had watched PridakPridakPridak was the most feared of the six Barraki, commander of a shark army and the dominant voice of the League of Six Kingdoms before its imprisonment in the Pit. leave its service for "greater things"; Makuta Miserix kept an eye on him through the corruptible Takadox. The Barraki commanded armies of their own, and creatures were engineered for them: the Makuta Mutran created the form of the Blade Burrower, which the warlord Kalmah used during his reign in the League.

The League was brought down in a final battle between its forces and those of the Brotherhood of MakutaThe Brotherhood of MakutaAn organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to police his universe and build Rahi, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit.. Miserix's lieutenant claimed the honor of leading the attack, while Mutran and Gorast were sent to clean up in the fortress of Kalmah. The decisive blow was Teridax's surprise assault, after which Botar of the Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe. appeared to claim the six BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit.. Botar and Teridax argued over jurisdiction before Botar teleported away, taking the Barraki to the Pit.

Soldiers of the defeated League scattered. Amphibax, who had served in Ehlek's army during the League's reign, attempted to find and rescue Ehlek after the Barraki were captured and the League disassembled, losing his hand in the effort and becoming an undersea wanderer who later joined the Dark Hunters. The memory of the alliance endured among its former leaders: imprisoned in the Pit, PridakPridakPridak was the most feared of the six Barraki, commander of a shark army and the dominant voice of the League of Six Kingdoms before its imprisonment in the Pit. vowed that when the Brotherhood fell, the League of Six Kingdoms would rise again.