Nocturn

Nocturn was a male Kaleesh warlord during the time of the League of the Six Kingdoms. He was a longtime friend and ally of Ehlek VI of the First Kingdom, and the said Barraki eventually made him Duke of Kalee.

Nocturn had a long lasting affection for a Kaleesh princess, and when he heard she had married, he was infuriated. The long term use of recreational drugs also corrupted his mind, and he responded to the news of the marriage in an incredibly violent way, slaughtering tens of thousands of his subjects on the planet Kalee, and eventually resorting to orbital bombardment of the planet. He would eventually unleash his anger upon other worlds within the Duchy of Kalee, including Bastion, Bescane and Jeamus.

Ehlek VI new what was going on, and ignored it; it is believed he found it a source of entertainment. Eventually, a Makuta task force intervened and Nocturn was overthrown in 50500 BBY. He was sentenced to eternal imprisonment in the Pit on Ghalon Mahri, and Botar duly arrived to collect the warlord.

500 years later, the Barraki themselves were brought to the pit, and for the next 50,000 years all remained in suspended animation until a massive asteroid struck Galon Mahri and shattered their prison.

Contact with the mutagenic seawater had severely mutated him, causing him to grow and extra pair of arms with tentacles attached. His feet became clawed and his head aquired monstrous form. Thick luminous armour covered him. Nocturn spent the next several years hunting alone. The vile and twisted Takadox, another former Barraki, often hypnotized Nocturn and made him bring food. He got into a fight with Pridak, who severed one of his arms. This was only a temporary inconvenience: In 3 years the arm had regrown.

After a second fragment impact caused the city of Mahri Nui to sink beneath the waves, Nocturn ignored it and stayed away, although he did butcher and devour any colonist whom he came across. After the Barraki discovered the legendary mask of life in the deep water, they entrusted it to him, believing him to be too stupid to know what it was or try and use it for his own good. At first, Nocturn was oblivious to the mask's powers, until he actually mutated a small gadunka, which became huge in the process.

Delighted at discovering the mask's power, Nocturn at first sought his friend Ehlek, but then decided to strike out on his own. He made deals with various individuals and managed to get offworld, leaving the Barraki to start a massive undersea war.

Nocturn has used the mask's power to reverse many of his less pleasant mutations. His eyes are still red and his reptilian scales still glow in the dark. He also still possesses 4 arms, deciding against having them amputated. However, he no longer has spikes or armor and his face has been reverted to original Kaleesh shape. His tentacles were amputated. Nocturn is still in possession of the mask, but is too lazy to try and gain any real power. He is still being hunted by the Barraki. His current whereabouts are unknown.