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The '''Toa-Dark Hunter War''' was one of the largest [[wars]] in the history of [[Metru Nui]].

== History ==
Aware that [[the Shadowed One]] had his eyes on Metru Nui, [[Turaga]] [[Dume]] forbade the [[Dark Hunters]] from entering the city, claiming that they brought lawlessness and violence with them.{{BookCitation|BL4}}

Some years later, the Shadowed One sent [[Vezok]], [[Avak]], and [[Reidak]] to free the [[Kanohi Dragon]] from its prison, and it began to rampage through Metru Nui. Vezok, Avak, and Reidak cornered Turaga Dume in the [[Coliseum]] and offered the Dark Hunters' "protection" against threats such as the dragon. Dume refused, and Vezok prepared to kill him, but [[Toa]] [[Lhikan]] and [[Nidhiki]] of the [[Toa Mangai]] intervened and evicted the Dark Hunters from the city. They then fought a month-long battle against the Kanohi Dragon, eventually defeating the beast and shipping it to [[Xia]].{{BookCitation|BL4}}

The Shadowed One became obsessed with the city's capture and assigned [[Thok]] to kidnap Dume. This was also prevented.{{BookCitation|BL4}}

Choosing a more direct mode of conquest, the Shadowed One sent forces of Dark Hunters to attack the city and claim it as their own. Lhikan and the rest of the Toa Mangai stationed there resisted their efforts and attempted to defend the city alone.{{BookCitation|BL4}}

=== Warfare ===
Initially, the Toa Mangai were overwhelmed by the hundreds of Dark Hunters. The Toa barricaded themselves in the Coliseum while the [[Matoran]] hid in their homes. Toa [[Naho]], however, managed to sneak through the Dark Hunter lines and reached another [[Locations/Other Locations#Island Near Metru Nui|island]] to request reinforcements. She brought back almost one hundred additional Toa. The Dark Hunters, who had managed to claim much of the city, were driven back, leading to further conflicts. Both sides suffered heavy losses during the following months. Turaga Dume was assigned a personal guard detail as a precaution.{{BookCitation|BL4}}

==== Battle of Tyrant and the Toa ====
A group of Dark Hunters, including their dictatorial ally [[Tyrant]], encountered a band of Toa led by Lhikan. They began to engage in combat, but Tyrant's Dark Hunter companions had been ordered to abandon him upon the onset of battle. Tyrant was overwhelmed by the Toa and vanished into the [[Silver Sea]].{{BookCitation|DH}}

==== Conflict of Vengeance and Lhikan ====
In one of the last battles of the war, Lhikan clashed with the Dark Hunter [[Vengeance]]. Vengeance was defeated and trapped by the Toa of Fire. The Dark Hunter was later able to free himself and vowed revenge on Lhikan.

==== Nidhiki's Betrayal ====
Towards the end of the war, Nidhiki was approached by [[Lariska]] and offered a deal: if Nidhiki betrayed the Toa, he would be given rule over Metru Nui. Nidhiki accepted, not realizing that the Shadowed One planned to eliminate him after the war was over. Lhikan, however, had followed Nidhiki and overheard his agreement to the proposal.{{BookCitation|BoaDH}} Leaving to inform Turaga Dume, Lhikan was intercepted by [[Hakann]], who offered Lhikan another deal: the Dark Hunters would hand over the [[Makoki Stone]] in exchange for the lives of their soon-to-be-defeated operatives. Lhikan accepted.{{BookCitation|BL4}} When Nidhiki led all of the city's Toa into a Dark Hunter ambush in the [[Canyon of Unending Whispers]], Lhikan launched a counter-ambush of his own backed by three hundred recently arrived Toa. Lhikan then ended the war when he forced the Dark Hunters to leave and never return, banishing Nidhiki along with them.{{BookCitation|BoaDH}}

== Aftermath ==
The Shadowed One accepted the agreement for a time, and the Dark Hunters did not return to Metru Nui for at least two thousand years. However, he was unhappy with the prospect of leaving the Makoki Stone with the Toa and dispatched operatives to steal it back.{{BookCitation|BL4}}

An [[Onu-Matoran]] who had been mutated in an accident and shunned during the war departed with the Dark Hunters as a recruit codenamed "[[Subterranean]]."{{BookCitation|DH}} Nidhiki also became a Dark Hunter, though he later attempted to defect from the organization but was forced to remain by [[Roodaka]].{{BookCitation|BoaDH}}

The Toa enlisted by Lhikan eventually departed from Metru Nui, leaving the remaining Toa Mangai to guard the city.

== References ==
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