Amaya

Amaya is a Ga-MatoranGa-MatoranThe Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, a female Matoran type, who filled the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats of the Mata Nui coast. 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 later lived in 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. on the island of Mata Nui. She was a teacher in Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh., where one of her students was VhisolaVhisolaVhisola was a Ga-Matoran student of Nokama, one of the six finders of a Great Disk, whose research deduced the location of the Morbuzakh King Root., and on Mata Nui she became a flax maker. (BIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui; Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

Teacher of Ga-Metru#

Amaya lived in Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. and worked as a teacher. When her student VhisolaVhisolaVhisola was a Ga-Matoran student of Nokama, one of the six finders of a Great Disk, whose research deduced the location of the Morbuzakh King Root. went missing, Toa NokamaNokamaNokama served as Toa Metru of Water, endured the Hordika mutation, and led Ga-Koro and later Ga-Metru as Turaga through three eras. came to ask about her, and Amaya suggested she search Vhisola's desk for clues. (BIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui; Nokama's Toa Metru Mini Promo CD)

That was the extent of her part in the hunt for the six Matoran who knew where the Great DisksThe Great Disks: six Kanoka of level nineThe Great Disks were six Kanoka of Metru Nui, each at the maximum power level of nine, one hidden in every district. The Toa Metru recovered all six. were hidden. She held no office in the city. (BIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui)

Capture and the awakening on Mata Nui#

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., the VahkiVahkiMetru Nui's mechanical law enforcement squads, designed to maintain rigid order but ultimately undermined by chaos beyond their programming., serving TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. in his disguise as Turaga DumeDumeDume is a Turaga of Fire and the former ruler of Metru Nui, distinguished by his red and black coloring and the Noble Kanohi Kiril, the Mask of Regeneration. As a member of the Turaga of Metru Nui, he wields a Staff of Office and commands a weakened mastery of Fire. He later resides on the reformed Spherus Magna., forced Amaya to the ColiseumThe ColiseumCentral tower of Metru Nui, serving as government seat, akilini arena and, during Teridax's masquerade, the place from which the city's Matoran were rounded up into spheres., where she was 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.. The Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. rescued her with the others and she woke 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. on Mata Nui. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui)

Time in the sphere had weakened her and wiped her memories of Metru Nui. She still joined in building 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. under Nokama's direction, using parts from the airships that had carried the Matoran to the island. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE World)

The Flax Maker of Ga-Koro#

On Mata Nui, Amaya made flax in Ga-Koro. Her friend HahliHahliA Ga-Matoran scholar who rose to become Chronicler of Mata Nui, then Toa Inika, then Toa Mahri of Water during the final crises of the Matoran Universe. brought her harakeke plants and cowrie shells to make it with. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

Amaya took the job seriously. When Hahli wished for something more exciting, Amaya reminded her that everyone in Ga-Koro had a duty, and that theirs was making flax, even if it wasn't as thrilling as what MackuMackuMacku was a Ga-Matoran of Metru Nui and later Ga-Koro, attendant to Turaga Nokama, Kolhii partner to Hahli at the championship at Ta-Koro, and a member of the Chronicler's Company. and KotuKotuKotu was a Ga-Matoran of Water who resided on Spherus Magna. Blue and light blue in color, Kotu wore a powerless Rau and carried a Kolhii Stick, serving at various times as a Rahi Tender, an assistant to Nokama, an athlete, and a guard in the Defense Force. were up to or the adventures of Takua. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

Guarding Ga-Koro#

Some five hundred years after arriving on Mata Nui, Macku and MarkaMarkaMarka was a Ga-Matoran originally of Metru Nui who reported Nidhiki's pursuit of Vhisola, survived a tentacled Rahi attack at sea, and rose to lead the Shipwrights of Ga-Koro after the Bohrok-Kal crisis. talked Amaya into joining a rowing club. On the outing a Great Temple Squid attacked their canoe and dragged Marka into the water. Amaya dived in and jabbed at the squid's eyes with her oar until it let go, then carried Marka to shore. When the squid went on to attack Ga-Koro, Amaya tried to tie up its tentacles and nearly passed out from lack of air before Macku saved her. (Tentacles)

When 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. arrived, Amaya was trapped in a sunken hut with Nokama and other Ga-Matoran until Takua freed them, and she watched Gali fight the TarakavaTarakavaHuge lizard-like Rahi with powerful forelegs, hunted in pairs across Mata Nui and Metru Nui.. Later, she and ShasaShasaShasa is a blue Ga-Matoran of Water who wears a Kanohi Matatu and lives on Spherus Magna. She serves a dual role as a weaver and a guard in the Ga-Koro Defense Force. stood guard while the Toa went into Makuta's lair. (Mata Nui Online Game)

She was in Ga-Koro when the PahrakPahrakStone-aligned Bohrok swarm units that forced the Toa Mata to realize they couldn't win through isolated victories. swarm attacked the village during the BohrokBohrokHive-minded mechanical creatures designed to reshape worlds, the Bohrok represent a threat the Toa Mata never expected. invasion. After the Bohrok-Kal were defeated, she was rebuilt into a stronger form with the other Matoran. (Mata Nui Online Animations)

Return to Metru Nui and reformed Spherus Magna#

Amaya helped build the boats that carried the Matoran back to Metru Nui, and once there she worked on rebuilding the damaged parts of the city. 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 work stoppage to make the Turaga say where the Toa Nuva had gone, she downed tools, but she eventually went back to work. (BIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui; BIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom)

Island of Doom is the last story to mention her. Greg Farshtey later said, outside the stories, that she moved to Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. with the other surviving Matoran after Teridax's defeat. (BIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom)

Significance#

Amaya's part in the story is small but steady. She taught Vhisola, worked alongside Hahli before Hahli went on to bigger things, and kept doing her job through every crisis that hit her village. Her one moment of real heroism, saving Marka from the squid, comes from a fan story that BIONICLE.com published. (BIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui; Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle; Tentacles)