Angonce

Angonce was one of the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed., the inventor-rulers of Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., and the only member of that body whose presence on Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna. was confirmed by living witnesses after the Shattering. He named the Mata NuiMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna. robot in the programming language the robot itself would use, declined to work on the BaterraBaterraMechanical shapeshifters built by the Great Beings to end the Core War by killing every armed combatant on Spherus Magna, and the failsafe that never shut them down. on the grounds that future hope mattered more than present destruction, and stayed behind on Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna. when the rest of the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. retreated to the Valley of the Maze. He was also the first Great BeingThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. to be mentioned by name in the recorded chronicles.

Spherus Magna and the Core War#

Angonce lived on Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. with his fellow Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. through the period in which the inventor-scholars of that society shifted from public governance to closed laboratories. When the Element LordsElement LordsSeven elemental warriors transformed by the Great Beings who refused to end their war even after the world broke. the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. had created turned upon one another in the Core War, the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. responded with two parallel projects. The first was the BaterraBaterraMechanical shapeshifters built by the Great Beings to end the Core War by killing every armed combatant on Spherus Magna, and the failsafe that never shut them down., a programme of self-directed robotic assassins intended to end the war by killing every armed combatant on the field. The second was the Great SpiritMata Nui: Great Spirit of the Matoran UniverseBuilt by the Great Beings as a biomechanical guardian, betrayed by Teridax, and returned in a smaller form to reshape Spherus Magna. Robot, a colossal machine designed to enclose a refuge civilisation within itself.

Angonce was the only known Great BeingThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. who refused to work on the BaterraBaterraMechanical shapeshifters built by the Great Beings to end the Core War by killing every armed combatant on Spherus Magna, and the failsafe that never shut them down.. His reasoning, as preserved in the chronicles, was that future hope mattered more than present destruction and that his time was better spent on the robot than on the construction of a weapon. The position separated him from HeremusHeremusThe Great Being whose hope for the giant robot supplied the name Mata Nui, a builder of the Baterra, and one of the rulers of Spherus Magna before the Shattering. and the others who built the BaterraBaterraMechanical shapeshifters built by the Great Beings to end the Core War by killing every armed combatant on Spherus Magna, and the failsafe that never shut them down., and aligned him from the outset with the long view of the Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. project.

The robot itself was a collective work, and HeremusHeremusThe Great Being whose hope for the giant robot supplied the name Mata Nui, a builder of the Baterra, and one of the rulers of Spherus Magna before the Shattering. in particular hoped that the machine would carry within it the spirit of Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. itself. When the robot was completed, the office of naming it fell to Angonce. He christened it Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years., in the programming language the robot would use, and the phrase translated as "Great Spirit." The name became the central religious term of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. for the hundred thousand years that followed.

After the Shattering#

The Shattering broke Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. into three pieces. Most of the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. withdrew to the Valley of the Maze, where their last known stronghold stood within a great burning tower. Angonce did not go with them. He stayed on Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., and the chronicles attribute the choice to a curiosity about the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. sharper than that of his fellows.

TumaTumaTuma rose from the survivors of the Baterra massacre to rule the Skrall Empire from Roxtus until Mata Nui defeated him in single combat. of the SkrallSkrallA black-armored warrior species from Spherus Magna that dominated northern Bara Magna under Tuma's rule. summarised the situation under interrogation by the Sisters of the SkrallSisters of the SkrallThe female Skrall faction, exiled from their males and armed with innate psionic powers that made them the true rulers of the Rock Tribe.. Asked what he knew of Angonce, TumaTumaTuma rose from the survivors of the Baterra massacre to rule the Skrall Empire from Roxtus until Mata Nui defeated him in single combat. named the great tower in the Valley of the Maze as the seat from which the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. had departed and stated that Angonce, alone among them, had retained an interest in the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. sharp enough to keep him close to the southern villages. Angonce was therefore the only Great BeingThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. about whom rumour could attach itself with any prospect of confirmation, and the rumour that did would in due course set the Sisters of the SkrallSisters of the SkrallThe female Skrall faction, exiled from their males and armed with innate psionic powers that made them the true rulers of the Rock Tribe. on his trail.

The Sisters of the Skrall and the search#

The Sisters of the SkrallSisters of the SkrallThe female Skrall faction, exiled from their males and armed with innate psionic powers that made them the true rulers of the Rock Tribe. had been gifted from birth with strong psionic powers, sufficient to throw an armed SkrallSkrallA black-armored warrior species from Spherus Magna that dominated northern Bara Magna under Tuma's rule. warrior into incapacitating illusion at close range. A rumour spread among them that Angonce had at some earlier date taught a Sister of the SkrallSkrallA black-armored warrior species from Spherus Magna that dominated northern Bara Magna under Tuma's rule. to amplify her mental powers beyond anything the species had previously been capable of. The rumour took deep enough root that every Sister of the SkrallSkrallA black-armored warrior species from Spherus Magna that dominated northern Bara Magna under Tuma's rule. carried the goal of finding Angonce and being granted the same enhancement.

The rumour became politically useful in the negotiations between the SkrallSkrallA black-armored warrior species from Spherus Magna that dominated northern Bara Magna under Tuma's rule. and the females the SkrallSkrallA black-armored warrior species from Spherus Magna that dominated northern Bara Magna under Tuma's rule. had left behind. TumaTumaTuma rose from the survivors of the Baterra massacre to rule the Skrall Empire from Roxtus until Mata Nui defeated him in single combat., pressed for information he could trade, yelled the single word "Angonce" under duress and survived the interrogation that followed on the strength of what he claimed to know. He offered to share Angonce's location in exchange for the Sisters' help against the BaterraBaterraMechanical shapeshifters built by the Great Beings to end the Core War by killing every armed combatant on Spherus Magna, and the failsafe that never shut them down., and the leader of the Sisters of the SkrallSisters of the SkrallThe female Skrall faction, exiled from their males and armed with innate psionic powers that made them the true rulers of the Rock Tribe. accepted on the terms TumaTumaTuma rose from the survivors of the Baterra massacre to rule the Skrall Empire from Roxtus until Mata Nui defeated him in single combat. had set. The rumour that Angonce had ever taught a Sister of the SkrallSkrallA black-armored warrior species from Spherus Magna that dominated northern Bara Magna under Tuma's rule. anything at all was never corroborated by any first-hand witness.

Reign of Shadows and the cursed brother#

Angonce was directly observed on reformed Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. for the first time in the events of Reign of ShadowsReign of ShadowsThe year Teridax ruled the Matoran Universe from inside Mata Nui's body, and the scattered resistance plots that ran against him until the Great Spirit returned from Bara Magna.. The Cursed Great BeingThe Cursed Great BeingA Great Being who touched the Mask of Life at the dawn of time and was cursed to bring every object near him to life, then chained for tens of thousands of years on the lost third fragment of Spherus Magna., imprisoned in a cell that VezonVezonHe started as a weapon misfire and a throwaway joke, and the canon spent four years quietly turning him into its most useful expendable asset. had blundered into, spoke at length to LewaLewaToa of Air, member of the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva, whose career was marked by repeated possession, body theft, and aerial campaigns from Le-Wahi to Karda Nui. Nuva from the darkness and named Angonce in passing. The title of Great BeingThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed., the cursed brother explained, was a name the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. had given to his fellows. Angonce had once said the title was the worst thing that had ever happened to the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed., because they had begun to believe it was accurate. The recollection characterises Angonce as a member of the order who had recognised the trap of the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system.'s reverence and had said so to his brothers.

In the same period Angonce was observed at work on his own equipment, using ancient instruments preserved from before the Shattering to read the state of the newly restored Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. The readings identified the dormancy of Mata NuiMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna., the destruction of both the original robot and its prototype, and the survival of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.'s nanotech inhabitants, who were emerging into the open.

Marendar and The Yesterday Quest#

The reading was the prologue to Angonce's confrontation with his own worst contingency. The Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. had built, in the late period before the Shattering, a single creation whose purpose was to destroy ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe.. The weapon had been christened MarendarMarendarThe Great Beings' anti-Toa failsafe weapon, awakened on Spherus Magna and left deliberately unresolved., an AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. word meaning salvation, and placed in a vault designed to hold it until the day a ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. presence in the open became unacceptable to the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed.' design.

Angonce understood, when the Great SpiritMata Nui: Great Spirit of the Matoran UniverseBuilt by the Great Beings as a biomechanical guardian, betrayed by Teridax, and returned in a smaller form to reshape Spherus Magna. Robot deactivated and the population of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. walked out onto reformed Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., that the abrupt appearance of so many ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. might activate MarendarMarendarThe Great Beings' anti-Toa failsafe weapon, awakened on Spherus Magna and left deliberately unresolved.. He went to the vault as quickly as he could. The living weapon had already smashed its way through three feet of metallic protodermis and was gone. The Great BeingThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. who had refused to work on the BaterraBaterraMechanical shapeshifters built by the Great Beings to end the Core War by killing every armed combatant on Spherus Magna, and the failsafe that never shut them down. was now the only Great BeingThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. actively trying to stop the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed.' own anti-Toa weapon from doing what it had been built to do.

The ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. Nuva, riding south from AteroAteroThe free city at the heart of Bara Magna, home to the Arena Magna and the Great Tournament, destroyed by Tuma and the Skrall during the opening match. on the expedition that the same chronicle would name The Yesterday QuestThe Yesterday QuestThe unfinished post-Reformation serial that sent a hand-picked team of three Toa and the Glatorian Gelu into the unmapped jungles of Bota Magna to find the Great Beings, intercept the awakening of Marendar, and uncover the Great Being who had hidden inside the Matoran Universe for a hundred thousand years., intersected with MarendarMarendarThe Great Beings' anti-Toa failsafe weapon, awakened on Spherus Magna and left deliberately unresolved.'s hunt and Angonce's pursuit of it. Their quest at that stage was to find their own origins, which set them on a collision course with the Great BeingThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. who had been responsible for their making and who was, at that very moment, trying to undo the consequences of the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed.' own failsafes.

Legacy#

Angonce occupies a singular position in the chronicle of the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed.. He was the only one whose name reached the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. and the SkrallSkrallA black-armored warrior species from Spherus Magna that dominated northern Bara Magna under Tuma's rule. as a knowable person rather than as a member of a closed order. He named the central deity of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control., refused the BaterraBaterraMechanical shapeshifters built by the Great Beings to end the Core War by killing every armed combatant on Spherus Magna, and the failsafe that never shut them down. project on principle, and went in person to the MarendarMarendarThe Great Beings' anti-Toa failsafe weapon, awakened on Spherus Magna and left deliberately unresolved. vault when the ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. returned, only to find the weapon already loose. He was the first Great BeingThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. to be mentioned by name in the chronicles, and is recorded as having dark-coloured eyes, the only physical detail preserved for any Great BeingThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed..