Avak

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"Avak is one of these, an ambitious, discontented tinkerer who will find it difficult to work after I have his hands removed."
— The Shadowed One, Dark Hunters

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Avak
Image:Comic Avak.PNG
Skakdi
Powers Stone (Only in conjunction with another Skakdi), X-Ray and Telescopic Vision, Conjure Prisons
Tool(s) Seismic Pickaxe (formerly), Zamor Launcher (formerly)
Status Unknown
Pronunciation Ay-VACK
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Avak is one of seven rogue Dark Hunters who named themselves the Piraka.

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Biography

Pre-Dark Hunters

Avak was originally a jailer who was charged with imprisoning a Dark Hunter. When the Shadowed One sent a squad of Dark Hunters to free the prisoner, Avak was defeated. When he was beaten, the prison vanished, and they realized he had created it. Seeing potential in such a power, they returned with him to Odina.

Dark Hunters

During Avak's time as a Dark Hunter, Zaktan and the other future Piraka attempted a revolt to replace The Shadowed One. Avak was excluded from this assault, because he was deemed to be untrustworthy. The revolt failed, and Zaktan was blasted into millions of microscopic Protodites, his current state. Avak later participated at the mission of unleashing the Kanohi Dragon on Metru Nui, along with Reidak and Vezok. Although the Kanohi Dragon was freed from ice (where it was trapped) the three were unable to convince Turaga Dume to secure a Dark Hunter base in the city in return for protection. After the Toa Mangai arrived, the three left. Avak was also involved in a mission with Zaktan that included the apparent death of a Toa of Plasma. Sometime during his stay at Odina, Avak constructed the Destral Cycle and used it to explore the rocky terrain of Odina. The vehicle was later seized by the Brotherhood of Makuta in a battle.

Piraka

Avak was one of the six who joined Zaktan on his quest to loot Teridax's armor. He protested about the mission, and did not trust Hakann very much, laughing when Hakann told them to trust him. But he explored the area with everyone else, and to the Piraka's shock, discovered the damaged corpse of Makuta Teridax. After Reidak threw aside the Kanohi Kraahkan, Hakann discovered the Spear of Fusion. Accidentally, he used it on Vezok and created Vezon. Avak tried to wrestle the Spear from Vezon, but failed. Then, all of them got the idea to go after the Mask of Life, telepathically broadcasted by Teridax. At this time, Vezon snuck away and headed to Voya Nui on his own. The six headed to the surface, being chased by Mana Ko. Eventually, they made it to the surface. Avak commented how disgusting the island of Mata Nui looked - a paradise in the eyes of a Matoran. They found six canisters inside of the Kini-Nui, and boarded them, heading to Voya Nui to find the Kanohi Ignika.

Avak and Vezok investigate the Cavern of Historical Records.
Avak and Vezok investigate the Cavern of Historical Records.

When Avak arrived on the island, he started to work on six Zamor launchers. Balta interrupted his work, asking what they were, and Avak, annoyed, encased the Matoran into a prison. Avak and Hakann realized that the Matoran were growing suspicious of the Piraka, and combined their elemental energies to create a Fire/Stone monster. Hakann controlled it to attack the Matoran, while Avak fought it and narrowly got the laborers to safety. The two Piraka were hailed as heroes, but unbeknownst to them, Garan and Balta followed the two away, overhearing the Piraka talk of how they tricked the Matoran. This caused the creation of the Voya Nui Resistance Team who stole Avak's Zamor prototype launcher, so Avak went to pursue. Dalu used her tools to increase Avak's hearing, and it shocked him, but it drained Dalu and knocked her unconscious. When Avak recovered, he joined the other five Piraka, armed with Zamor Launchers, as they infected the entire Matoran population of Voya Nui with Antidermis spheres, save Voya Nui Resistance Team. They forced the slaves to drain lava from the volcano, thinking the mask was underneath it. Around this time the Toa Nuva arrived, and drew the Piraka into a fight. Avak and the others quickly crushed the unprepared Toa Nuva, and Zaktan ordered them to take the Nuva masks and weapons, then throw them into the volcano. The Piraka did this, but were forced to abandon their captives outside of the volcano due to an eruption.

Relations in the Piraka team, always unstable, began to deteriorate even faster. Thok and Avak rebelled against Zaktan - In the Piraka Stronghold, Avak imprisoned Zaktan in a sonic cage which buzzed everytime he tried to escape, driving his Protodites out of their minds. Just as Thok was about to claim his position as new leader, Hakann and Brutaka, a defected guardian of the mask who had made an alliance with Zaktan, arrived. Brutaka began to attack Thok and Avak, while Hakann watched from the sidelines. Reidak snuck around and, realising that Hakann was behind the fight somehow, threw him at Avak, unintentionally freeing Zaktan. The Toa Nuva and Voya Nui Resistance Team arrived and Reidak and Avak weren't inclined to face them, since the Toa could finish Zaktan off for the Piraka. But Brutaka felled the heroes with one blow, still loyal to Zaktan. The Piraka took custody of the Matoran, who later escaped.

Avak is defeated by the super-powered Hakann and Thok.
Avak is defeated by the super-powered Hakann and Thok.

Then, Hakann came up with a new idea to remove Zaktan, and told that to Avak, Reidak and Thok when they arrived. The four worked hard, crafting a Zamor sphere to act as a power siphon. The sphere was to be used on Brutaka, removing Zaktan's ally and empowering the four Piraka. During one of the many struggles against the new Toa Inika when the arrived on the island, Hakann betrayed the others and shot the sphere individually at Brutaka. But Thok grabbed Hakann, getting a share of the power. Avak and Reidak confronted the two, but were promptly blown away, as were the other Piraka and the Toa Inika. The two groups were forced to become allies to stop Hakann and Thok. A Zamor sphere was designed to reverse the effects of the first one, and given to the Toa. They located the rogue Piraka who were fighting. A big fight ensued, in which Toa Hewkii fired the Zamor just as Hakann and Thok used their powers. Result: everyone except Zaktan was knocked out. The Piraka awoke before the Inika and went down through the entrance to the Chamber of Life, which had been blown open in the fight.

On the way to the Chamber, the Piraka faced many challenges, beginning with Irnakk in the Zone of Nightmares. When the Piraka entered the zone, Irnakk hit them all but Zaktan with Zamor Spheres. When Avak was hit, he was trapped in one of his own prisons. When Zaktan defeated Irnakk, they moved on. After that, they reached the Lava Chamber Gate, where they set an ambush for the Toa Inika, but they were knocked down from their post by an earthquake caused by Nuparu. Kongu then brought the bridge down, and the Piraka proceeded to the Chamber of Life where, they were confronted by Vezon and Fenrakk. Avak created a prison around them, and the enemies began to discuss a terms of release. Vezon would give them the Mask of Life if they killed Vezok, but Zaktan realized that Vezon coud not give them the mask even if he wished to. When Avak was knocked unconscious by borrowed mental blasts by Vezok, Vezon used the Spear of Fusion and fused Vezok and Reidak into a monster which knoked out the other Piraka. The Piraka awoke to find the Toa Inika victorious, when the Kardas Dragon blasted the mask out of their hands. The mask flew upwards, with both the Toa and Piraka in hot pursuit. After re-emerging from the underground, the Piraka watched as the Mask of Life dived into the waters of The Pit and the Toa Inika reunited with the Toa Nuva. Deciding it was not their time to strike, the Piraka retreated into hiding.

However, due to an encounter with the Pit Mutagen, Avak was mutated into only having his spine and face. He and his fellow Piraka slithered into The Cord, where they murdered a group of Zyglak. They later ambushed the Toa Mahri, during which Avak used his conjuring prisons power to trap the Toa Mahri in a water-draining cage. Avak was later defeated by Axonn, and was taken for interrogation by the Order of Mata Nui on Daxia. There, he is imprisoned with the other Piraka in a water tank. After the destruction of Daxia following Teridax's takeover Avak's status is unknown.

The Kingdom

In an alternate dimension, Avak was among the survivors of Mata Nui's death and the Matoran Universe's destruction. After ten thousand years of relative peace, a Panrahk managed to get past the light barriers and was discovered by several Fe-Matoran whilst feeding Avak and Thok near the center of the city.

Abilities and Traits

Avak is the chief of the Piraka's armory. Avak is quieter than most of the other Piraka, but his ill-fortune makes him extremely irritable and ill-tempered. Avak is the most talented engineer among the Piraka; he can make a tool or weapon out of virtually anything. In addition, he is the most ambitious; he is the only Piraka to actively rebel against Zaktan’s leadership. He can use his X-Ray and telescopic vision to seek out foes and then create a prison to hold them. Avak can use his mind to create a perfect living prison for his enemies which will counter any powers they can possibly use.

Tools

Avak using his pickaxe.
Avak using his pickaxe.

If it came to a fight, Avak could rely on his Zamor Spheres launcher and his seismic pick axe/jackhammer combination, which can slice through almost anything, and then weld it back together again. It could also fire an energy blast from the jackhammer. He refuses to fight unless he’s got some kind of machine or invention in his hands.

Avak lost his Zamor Launcher when he was mutated and abandoned his Seismic Pickaxe.

Set Information

Avak as a set.
Avak as a set.
Avak as a minifigure.
Avak as a minifigure.

Avak was released in early 2006 as one of the six Piraka canister sets. He came with 41 pieces, including four Zamor Spheres. His action features are operated in the same way as his fellow Piraka canister sets.

Avak can be combined with the Hakann and Zaktan sets to create the Protodax model.

An Avak minifigure was released in 2006 in the Lava Chamber Gate and Piraka Stronghold playsets.

Quotes

"Once this is done, you won't have to worry about water, or anything else, anymore."
— Avak, Island of Doom
"Are you crazy? You might want to face that lunatic and his spider, but I don't."
— Avak, Inferno
"The Mask of Life is for all or us to steal, not just you!"
— Avak to Hakann and Thok, Showdown

Trivia

  • Due to brown set sales between 2001-2006, Avak was the last set to be primarily brown.
  • Avak told the Toa that he used to work for the Dark Hunters as a jailer, but The Shadowed One sent him away to the Brotherhood of Makuta after one complaint too many that the jails were too easy to break out of. However, that was a lie, as he obtained his prison power before being recruited into the Dark Hunters.
  • Avak's promotional nickname is "The Trigger".

Appearances

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Piraka
Hakann | Vezok | Zaktan (Deceased) | Avak | Reidak | Thok | Vezon


Dark Hunters
Leader: The Shadowed One
Members: Airwatcher | Amphibax | Charger | Conjurer | Darkness | Devastator | Dweller | Eliminator | Firedracax | Gatherer | Gladiator | Guardian | Kraata-Kal | Lariska | Lurker | Mimic | Minion | Phantom | Poison | Primal | Prototype | Ravager | Savage | Seeker | Sentrakh | Shadow Stealer | Silence | Spinner | Subterranean | Tracker | Triglax | Vanisher | Vengeance

Former Members: Ancient (Deceased) | Avak (Rogue) | Hakann (Rogue) | Krekka (Deceased) | Nidhiki (Deceased) | Reidak (Rogue) | Thok (Rogue) | Tyrant (Rogue) | Vezok (Rogue) | Vezon (Rogue) | Zaktan (Deceased)

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