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Ally: Po-Matoran of Metru Nui
Ally was a Po-Matoran native to Metru Nui who helped build Po-Koro on the island of Mata Nui, served in the Po-Koro Guard, and made a final stand against the Bohrok before the swarms were stopped.
By joe · Published 7 Jun 2026
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2006
Artakha: Master Crafter of the Great Refuge
Artakha was one of the most powerful beings in the Matoran Universe, the reclusive ruler of the hidden island that bore his name and the crafter of the Kanohi Kraahkan and Avohkii. He governed a refuge no evil could enter and shaped the designs on which cities such as Metru Nui were modelled.
By joe
2007
Artakha: The Great Refuge
Artakha, the island also called the Great Refuge, was the high-technology home of the Matoran Universe''s finest builders, governed by the being of the same name, where the Kanohi Nuva and other vital artifacts were forged before the land was erased from every map.
By joe
2005
Blade Burrower: The Tunnelling Rahi of Metru Nui
Blade Burrowers were powerful, near-blind Rahi that dug endless tunnels in a fixed pattern, a behavior the Great Beings engineered into them and that no one who studied the creatures was ever able to fully explain.
By joe
2004
Chute: the Transport Tubes of Metru Nui
A Chute was a pipe of liquid protodermis held together by a magnetic field, used across Metru Nui to carry Matoran, cargo, and Rahi. The system was run by the Le-Matoran and ran throughout the city until the Great Cataclysm left it abandoned.
By joe
2015
City of the Mask Makers: Home of Ekimu and Makuta
The City of the Mask Makers was a city on the island of Okoto, named for the brothers Ekimu and Makuta who dwelt there before the Battle of the Mask Makers. It fell to ruin and became the lair of the Lord of Skull Spiders before the Toa reclaimed it.
By joe
2008
Energy Storm: The Raw-Energy Maelstroms of Karda Nui
The Energy Storms were vast maelstroms of raw energy that tore through Karda Nui whenever the Great Spirit Mata Nui woke, devastating the region while feeding power into his body.
By joe
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Artakha: Master Crafter of the Great Refuge
Artakha was one of the most powerful beings in the Matoran Universe, the reclusive ruler of the hidden island that bore his name and the crafter of the Kanohi Kraahkan and Avohkii. He governed a refuge no evil could enter and shaped the designs on which cities such as Metru Nui were modelled.
Long read · 7 Jun 2026
Artakha: The Great Refuge
Artakha, the island also called the Great Refuge, was the high-technology home of the Matoran Universe''s finest builders, governed by the being of the same name, where the Kanohi Nuva and other vital artifacts were forged before the land was erased from every map.
Long read · 7 Jun 2026
Blade Burrower: The Tunnelling Rahi of Metru Nui
Blade Burrowers were powerful, near-blind Rahi that dug endless tunnels in a fixed pattern, a behavior the Great Beings engineered into them and that no one who studied the creatures was ever able to fully explain.
Long read · 7 Jun 2026
Chute: the Transport Tubes of Metru Nui
A Chute was a pipe of liquid protodermis held together by a magnetic field, used across Metru Nui to carry Matoran, cargo, and Rahi. The system was run by the Le-Matoran and ran throughout the city until the Great Cataclysm left it abandoned.
Long read · 7 Jun 2026
City of the Mask Makers: Home of Ekimu and Makuta
The City of the Mask Makers was a city on the island of Okoto, named for the brothers Ekimu and Makuta who dwelt there before the Battle of the Mask Makers. It fell to ruin and became the lair of the Lord of Skull Spiders before the Toa reclaimed it.
Long read · 7 Jun 2026
Energy Storm: The Raw-Energy Maelstroms of Karda Nui
The Energy Storms were vast maelstroms of raw energy that tore through Karda Nui whenever the Great Spirit Mata Nui woke, devastating the region while feeding power into his body.
Long read · 7 Jun 2026
Galactic Universe: The Cosmos of Bionicle
The Galactic Universe was the universe in which the entire Bionicle story unfolded, holding the Solis Magna System, the planet Spherus Magna, and the long voyage of the giant robot through the stars before the final battle on Bara Magna.
Long read · 7 Jun 2026
Gravity: The Elemental Power of Gravitational Force
Gravity was the elemental power over gravitational force in the Matoran Universe, carried by Ba-Matoran, Toa of Gravity, and the Bohrok-Kal Nuhvok-Kal.
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Bionicle
Live2001 – 2010, 2015 – 2016
The full story of the Matoran Universe, Spherus Magna, and the Great Spirit. Every Toa team, every Makuta, every canonical event.
Star Wars
Coming soonCanon & Legends
Characters, species, worlds, wars, and the canon conflicts between what you grew up with and what Lucasfilm calls true.
StarCraft
Coming soonStarCraft through StarCraft II
Terran, Zerg, Protoss. The Overmind, the Xel'Naga, and the long war on Aiur.
Battlestar Galactica
Coming soonThe reimagined series
The fall of the Twelve Colonies, the Cylon war, and the ragtag fleet's hunt for Earth, with citations to the reimagined series canon.
Dune
Coming soonThe novels' universe
Arrakis, the spice melange, the Atreides and Harkonnen houses, the Fremen, and the rise of Muad'Dib, with citations to Frank Herbert's novels.
God of War
Coming soonThe Greek & Norse sagas
Kratos and the Ghost of Sparta, the Olympian pantheon, and the Norse realms of Midgard and Asgard, with citations across the God of War games.
Mass Effect
Coming soonThe original trilogy
Commander Shepard, the Reapers, the Citadel Council, and the galaxy of the Milky Way, with citations across the original Mass Effect trilogy.
Dead Space
Coming soonThe Marker outbreaks
Isaac Clarke, the Necromorphs, the Church of Unitology, and the survival horror of the USG Ishimura and the Sprawl, with citations across the Dead Space games.
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