vezok and hakann, two skakdi, raid a toa fortress in search of an artifact. as hakann creates a fracas to distract the toa, vezok finds the artifact, a tablet named the makoki stone, with barely discernible writing detailing the brotherhood of makuta, in the event that they would rebel. they depart the fortress and are captured by the dark hunter "ancient", who confiscates the artifact and recruits the dark hunters along with four skakdi, zaktan, avak, thok, and reidak.