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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.

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Ally is a Po-MatoranPo-MatoranThe Stone-element Matoran of Po-Metru and Po-Koro, carvers and quarry workers, the most athletic of the Matoran types and the population behind the Kohlii and Akilini circuits. from Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. who lived through the city's fall, the building of Po-KoroPo-KoroPo-Koro was the Po-Matoran village in Po-Wahi, led by Turaga Onewa and guarded by Toa Pohatu, reached through a single statue-lined road called the Path of Prophecies. on the island of Mata Nui, the BohrokBohrokHive-minded mechanical creatures designed to reshape worlds, the Bohrok represent a threat the Toa Mata never expected. swarms, and the return home. On Mata Nui he served in the Po-Koro Guard. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui; Mata Nui Online Animations)

Metru Nui and the fall#

Ally lived and worked in Po-MetruPo-MetruMetru Nui's Stone District, home to carvers whose work defined the city and site of an ancient conflict that threatened to divide it., the stone-carving district of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., before the Great CataclysmThe Great CataclysmThe day Makuta Teridax put the Great Spirit to sleep, the Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky, Metru Nui flooded, and Voya Nui tore loose from the Southern Continent.. Like most of the city's Matoran, he was rounded up by the VahkiVahkiMetru Nui's mechanical law enforcement squads, designed to maintain rigid order but ultimately undermined by chaos beyond their programming. under TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., who was ruling the city disguised as Turaga DumeTuraga DumeThe Turaga of Metru Nui for sixteen thousand years, a former Toa of Fire who saved Lhikan's life and was abducted and impersonated by Teridax., and sealed in a Matoran sphereMatoran SpheresThe silver hibernation pods used by Teridax, posing as Turaga Dume, to capture, store, and transport the entire Matoran population of Metru Nui during the Great Cataclysm.. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui)

The Toa MetruToa Metru: Heroes of Metru NuiThe Toa Metru were the six Toa transformed from Matoran of Metru Nui by Toa Lhikan's Toa stones, who defeated the Morbuzakh, sealed Teridax after the Great Cataclysm, survived mutation into Toa Hordika, and carried the city's Matoran to the island of Mata Nui before becoming Turaga. rescued him along with the other captured Matoran, carried the spheres to the island of Mata Nui, and woke Ally on the shores of Naho BayNaho BayThe body of water that made up most of Ga-Wahi, named for a fallen Toa of Water and home to the floating village of Ga-Koro on its surface.. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui)

Building Po-Koro#

Time in the sphere had left Ally smaller and weaker, and like every Matoran woken on the island he had lost his memories of Metru Nui. He helped build Po-KoroPo-KoroPo-Koro was the Po-Matoran village in Po-Wahi, led by Turaga Onewa and guarded by Toa Pohatu, reached through a single statue-lined road called the Path of Prophecies., the desert village of the Po-Matoran, under TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. OnewaOnewaOnewa served as Toa Metru of Stone, led Po-Koro through the Dark Time, and constructed the Metru Nui statue honoring the fallen Toa Mahri Matoro., using parts taken from the airships that had carried the Matoran to Mata Nui. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE World)

Once the village was up, Ally joined the Po-Koro Guard, which protected the settlement and its people. (Mata Nui Online Animations)

The Bohrok swarms and after#

When the BohrokBohrokHive-minded mechanical creatures designed to reshape worlds, the Bohrok represent a threat the Toa Mata never expected. swarmed the island, the Tahnok overwhelmed Po-Koro, and Ally was among the Po-Matoran who fled to Ga-KoroGa-KoroGa-Koro is a village on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Ga-Matoran and associated with both Nokama and Gali. The settlement was formerly under the power of Teridax.. There the PahrakPahrakStone-aligned Bohrok swarm units that forced the Toa Mata to realize they couldn't win through isolated victories. cornered the gathered Matoran, and Ally made a final stand with them until the Toa MataWho are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac. shut the Bohrok down. He then went back to Po-Koro. (Mata Nui Online Animations)

After the Bohrok-KalBohrok-KalSix elite Bohrok designed to free the imprisoned Bahrag, they nearly defeated the Toa Nuva before the Toa turned their own powers against them. were defeated, Ally was rebuilt into a stronger form, as were the other Matoran of the island, and he appears in that form in The Final Chronicle. (Mata Nui Online Animations; Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

When Metru Nui was rediscovered, he helped build the boats that carried the Matoran back to the city, and once there he joined the rebuilding work, briefly downing tools when JallerJallerJaller served as Captain of the Ta-Koro Guard, led the Toa Inika to Voya Nui, and commanded the Toa Mahri through the recovery of the Mask of Life. ordered a stoppage. (BIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui; BIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom)

When Teridax later took over the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control., all of the Po-Matoran carvers were put to work carving statues of Makuta on the orders of the new "Turaga", AhkmouAhkmouA Po-Matoran carver of Metru Nui, one of the six Great Disk holders, who betrayed his fellow Matoran to the Dark Hunters, served Makuta Teridax, and became a false Turaga during Teridax's reign.. The serial doesn't name Ally, and Greg Farshtey's later comments outside the stories place him among the Matoran who moved to Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. after Teridax's defeat. (Reign of Shadows)

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ally in Bionicle?
Ally is a Po-Matoran from Metru Nui who lived in Po-Metru before the Great Cataclysm, woke on Mata Nui after the Toa Metru rescued him, and joined the Po-Koro Guard.
What did Ally do during the Bohrok swarms?
When the Tahnok overran Po-Koro, Ally fled to Ga-Koro with the other Po-Matoran. When the Pahrak cornered the Matoran there, he made a final stand alongside them until the Toa Mata shut the Bohrok down.
What happened to Ally?
He went back to Po-Koro, was rebuilt into a stronger form after the Bohrok-Kal were beaten, helped build the boats back to Metru Nui, and worked on rebuilding the city. Under Teridax's rule, the Po-Matoran carvers were ordered to make statues of Makuta.

Sources

  • BookBIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui, Greg Farshtey, Scholastic, 2004
  • FilmBIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui, Directed by David Molina and Terry Shakespeare, Miramax and the LEGO Group, 2004
  • BookBIONICLE World, Greg Farshtey, Scholastic, 2007
  • SerialMata Nui Online Animations, Online animated episodes, BIONICLE.com, 2002
  • GameMata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle, Templar Studios for The LEGO Group, BIONICLE.com, 2003
  • BookBIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui, Greg Farshtey, Scholastic, 2004
  • BookBIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom, Greg Farshtey, Scholastic, February 2006
  • SerialReign of Shadows, Greg Farshtey, BIONICLEstory.com, January 2009 to May 2010

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