Assembler's Village

Assemblers' villages were small settlements scattered around the 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. 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.. They were made up of shacks and outdoor work stations where 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. crafters put together Matoran goods and tools from parts shipped in from around the city. In the film Legends of Metru Nui, three of the Toa Metru are ambushed by the Dark Hunters Nidhiki and Krekka in one of them. (BIONICLE: Metru Nui: City of Legends; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui)

Origins and Function#

Assemblers' villages were small settlements dotted around Po-Metru. Parts were sent to them by chute, boat, airship and Ussal cart, and skilled Po-Matoran artisans assembled them into Matoran goods and tools. (BIONICLE: Metru Nui: City of Legends; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

The villages also changed the land around them. As more of them were built, they drove out some of Po-Metru's wildlife, including the small Archives moles that fled to the Archives. (BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts)

Working Life in the Villages#

The villages were spread out and isolated, which made them good places to work undisturbed but hard places to defend. Because of the danger, Po-Matoran spent a great deal of time training in self-defence with Kanoka launchers. (BIONICLE: Metru Nui: City of Legends)

Threats from RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts.#

Their isolation left the villages very vulnerable to Rahi attacks. They had been menaced by stone rats, KinlokaKinlokaSwarming rodent-like Rahi native to Le-Metru, engineered by the Brotherhood of Makuta and known for hurling Weaken Kanoka at close range., rock raptors and many other creatures. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Confrontation with Nidhiki and Krekka#

While searching for the missing Toa LhikanLhikanToa of Fire, leader of the Toa Mangai, and the last Toa of Metru Nui, who surrendered his Toa Power to create the Toa Metru and died defending Vakama., VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years., NokamaNokamaNokama served as Toa Metru of Water, endured the Hordika mutation, and led Ga-Koro and later Ga-Metru as Turaga through three eras. and MatauMatauA former Le-Metru test driver who became a Toa Metru, Matau wielded air, illusion, and shape-shifting before sacrificing his Toa power to wake the sleeping Matoran. passed through an assemblers' village. There the Dark Hunters NidhikiNidhikiOnce a guardian of Metru Nui, Nidhiki traded his Toa honor for Dark Hunter gold and paid the price. and KrekkaKrekkaA brutish but ineffective Dark Hunter with no powers or masks, Krekka was outmatched from his first moments in Metru Nui. ambushed them. (BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui)

The Kikanalo Stampede#

The fight was cut short by a herd of stampeding KikanaloKikanaloBionicle's most underestimated Rahi: intelligent herd creatures whose stampedes terrified even Dark Hunters on Metru Nui.. One of the beasts knocked out a support under a statue, which fell on the Dark Hunters and put them out of action for the moment. (BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui)

Nokama stopped the herd when she discovered the power of her Kanohi Rau, the Mask of Translation, and spoke with its leader. From the Kikanalo, the Toa learned that the Dark Hunters had taken Lhikan to their prison, and they left the village to find him. (BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui)

Failure to Rebuild#

The story doesn't return to that village afterwards, and with the Great Cataclysm and the evacuation of the city soon to follow, there was no time to rebuild. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui)

Terminology and Records#

The name is used for a type of settlement rather than a single place: the books describe "an" assemblers' village, and the guides treat the villages as a category spread across Po-Metru. The spelling varies between "assemblers' villages" and "assembler's village" from source to source. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE: Metru Nui: City of Legends; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Place Within Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.#

The villages were part of how Metru Nui made the things it needed. They sat at the edge of the city's transport network, supplied by chute and cart but exposed to the wild country of Po-Metru, and the Po-Matoran who worked there had to be ready to defend themselves. (BIONICLE: Metru Nui: City of Legends; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)