the toa/dark hunter war, beginning as a result of dume refusing to establish dark hunter bases within metru nui, is well underway. hakann oversees nidhiki's betrayal and lhikan overhearing the matter. he bargains with the toa of fire, nidhiki for the makoki stone which lhikan guarded long ago. he agrees, but six months later, the dark hunters have it within their possession again, split into six, and auctioned to the brotherhood at a profitable price. roodaka then mutates nidhiki into an insectoid being, dooming him to a lifetime with the hunters.