Ba-Koro

Ba-KoroKoroThe Koros were the six elemental villages built on Mata Nui after the Great Rescue, on sites the Toa Metru had chosen, each tied to one element and one Turaga. was a Ba-MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. village on the Southern Continent of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.. The serial that features it never names it; writer Greg Farshtey later called it Ba-Koro. By the closing days of TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s reign, it had long since been overrun and stood in ruins. (Reign of Shadows)

Location and population#

Ba-KoroKoroThe Koros were the six elemental villages built on Mata Nui after the Great Rescue, on sites the Toa Metru had chosen, each tied to one element and one Turaga. lay below a ridge on the Southern Continent, well away from Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. It had once been home to a small group of Ba-MatoranBa-MatoranMatoran of Gravity with inherent resistance to crushing gravitational forces, largely overlooked in the primary canon despite being a complete Matoran species., the Matoran whose element was gravity. (Reign of Shadows)

The village had been overrun some time before MazekaMazekaA Ko-Matoran spy for the Order of Mata Nui obsessed with becoming the perfect warrior. saw it, but there was no sign of any MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. corpses. Mazeka guessed that the villagers had escaped into the hills or been captured. No account gives a date or a final fate for them. (Reign of Shadows)

MazekaMazekaA Ko-Matoran spy for the Order of Mata Nui obsessed with becoming the perfect warrior. recognised the ruins as a Ba-Matoran village when he saw them from the ridge, but the serial does not say whether he had ever been there before. (Reign of Shadows)

The carnivorous grasses#

The Southern Continent had its own dangers. Earlier on the same journey, Mazeka and the alternate TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. arrived in a lush, uninhabited valley whose tall grasses guarded it. The grasses sensed movement, wrapped themselves around intruders, strangled them, and pulled the remains underground. (Reign of Shadows)

The village itself had fallen to the VisorakVisorakSpider-like Rahi created by Makuta Chirox, conquered for the Brotherhood by Gorast, broken at Metru Nui, and ultimately destroyed in a volcanic eruption on Artidax.. The bodies of Visorak spiders lay scattered among the ruins, long dead, and the serial says the villagers who had lived there had gone down fighting. (Reign of Shadows)

The grasses of the valley were never explained, and the serial does not link them to the village. The alternate TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. dealt with them by absorbing the light around them, and wherever the darkness passed, the grasses withered and died. (Reign of Shadows)

The confrontation in the abandoned village#

The village's only documented fight happened near the end of TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s rule over the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.. MazekaMazekaA Ko-Matoran spy for the Order of Mata Nui obsessed with becoming the perfect warrior. had travelled to an alternate dimension and, in return for leaving his old enemy VultrazVultrazVultraz is a Shadow Matoran, formerly a Ta-Matoran, who wears a powerless Mask of Scavenging and carries a sword. Dark red and black in coloration, he possesses an active power of Shadow while his former affinity for Fire remains inactive. He resides in a parallel universe. there, was allowed to bring one inhabitant back. He chose that world's TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., a MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. from a universe where the Makuta had never rebelled, hoping the double could predict the moves of the original. The two stood on a ridge overlooking the dead village. (Reign of Shadows)

The prime TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., ruling from inside the giant robot, raised a screaming maelstrom of wind and broke the ground under his double's feet, sending MazekaMazekaA Ko-Matoran spy for the Order of Mata Nui obsessed with becoming the perfect warrior. and the alternate TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. tumbling down the slope into the ruins. Once they were there, he spoke to them through the dead mouths of the VisorakVisorak (Rahi)Spider-like Rahi employed by the Brotherhood of Makuta whose name meant 'Stealers of Life' and whose swarms threatened the Matoran Universe., admitting that he had not noticed their arrival. (Reign of Shadows)

TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. then made three shadow TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history. appear in the village to kill the intruders. The alternate TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. charged them with his war hammer, shattering one's mask and cracking another's armour, though a blast of shadow damaged his shoulder. When one shadow Toa hid in a swirling fog of darkness, MazekaMazekaA Ko-Matoran spy for the Order of Mata Nui obsessed with becoming the perfect warrior. stood still and tracked it by sound. Between them they killed all three. (Reign of Shadows)

Connection to Teridax's death#

Moments after the shadow TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history. fell, the alternate TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. sensed that something was wrong and teleported himself and Mazeka back to the ridge just as a violent tremor shook the ground. "Your Makuta ... has fallen," he told Mazeka. On Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., Mata NuiMata 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. had shoved Teridax into the path of a fragment of Aqua Magna, which crushed his core processor. (Reign of Shadows; BIONICLE: Journey's End)

Wounded, the alternate TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. said they needed to keep moving but should first patch his armour, as he preferred to walk out of this universe rather than float. The ruins were left as they had been, with the remains of the three shadow TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history. added to those of the VisorakVisorak (Rahi)Spider-like Rahi employed by the Brotherhood of Makuta whose name meant 'Stealers of Life' and whose swarms threatened the Matoran Universe.. (Reign of Shadows)

Status#

Ba-KoroKoroThe Koros were the six elemental villages built on Mata Nui after the Great Rescue, on sites the Toa Metru had chosen, each tied to one element and one Turaga. does not appear in the guidebooks alongside larger sites such as 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. or Le-KoroLe-KoroLe-Koro is a village situated within Le-Wahi, inhabited by the Le-Matoran and home to Turaga Matau and Toa Lewa. The settlement was once held under the control of Teridax.. The fate of its Ba-MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. and its history before the Visorak attack are never told. After the departure of MazekaMazekaA Ko-Matoran spy for the Order of Mata Nui obsessed with becoming the perfect warrior. and the alternate TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., it remained what it had been: an empty, ruined village on the Southern Continent. (Reign of Shadows)