on voya nui, the piraka, zaktan, avak, thok, reidak, vezok, and hakann, arrive and masquerade as toa. despite their claims, it is their frightening appearance and demeanor which primarily makes the matoran natives fall into the piraka's plot. thus, the matoran survivalists are convinced, and begin the construction of the piraka's fortress, the stronghold, as well as temples and statues in their honor. they are also used to dig trenches for "lava-farming" out of mount valmai to search for the ignika. this makes six matoran suspicious of their claims, and form the "voya nui resistance team". they watch the piraka closely and take place in the theft of a mysterious artifact they created, a zamor launcher, ultimately believing they will use the weapon against them.