City of the Lost

The settlement of Mahri Nui had existed beneath the waters of Voya Nui BayVoya Nui BayA bay that swallowed a city and became an unwitting memorial to the living. for centuries before the wider Matoran Universe learned of it. The chunk of land that had become the city's foundation had been blasted upward during 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. and had broken loose from Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time., sinking into the bay carrying a population of MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. survivors who landed near the Fields of AirThe Fields of AirThe cultivated airweed beds on the seabed beside the sunken town of Mahri Nui, harvested by Hydruka under Matoran supervision to sustain the air dome that kept the settlement alive. and built an entire civilisation around the bubble-producing plants that grew there. The surface world's first warning that Mahri Nui was still alive had been a single dying Ta-MatoranTa-MatoranThe Fire-element Matoran of Ta-Metru and Ta-Koro, forgers of masks and Kanoka, lava farmers, and the standing core of the Ta-Koro Guard during the war for Mata Nui. washing up in Voya Nui BayVoya Nui BayA bay that swallowed a city and became an unwitting memorial to the living. and begging for help. The events that followed were the opening chapters of the underwater campaign for the Kanohi IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero..

The city and its survival#

Mahri Nui sat on the floor of Voya Nui BayVoya Nui BayA bay that swallowed a city and became an unwitting memorial to the living. under several hundred bio of dark water. The settlement was enclosed in a permanent bubble of breathable air, and the bubble was the only thing keeping the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. inhabitants alive. The waters of the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains. that surrounded the city were mutagenic. Direct exposure for more than seconds at a time would begin to rewrite the body of any MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. caught in them. The bubble was not a one-time effort. It was the continuous output of the Fields of AirThe Fields of AirThe cultivated airweed beds on the seabed beside the sunken town of Mahri Nui, harvested by Hydruka under Matoran supervision to sustain the air dome that kept the settlement alive., an underwater plain of airweedAirweedThe underwater plant of the Fields of Air whose trapped bubbles let the Matoran of Mahri Nui breathe beneath the southern ocean. plants whose internal cavities released breathable air when harvested. The settlement had landed on top of the fields by chance during the original sinking and had built itself around the fields' yield ever since.

The harvest itself was carried out by HydrukaHydrukaAquatic scorpion-like Rahi domesticated by the Matoran of Mahri Nui to harvest Airweed, and the natural prototype for the Air Launcher weapon., aquatic scorpion-like 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. naturally suited to working the airweedAirweedThe underwater plant of the Fields of Air whose trapped bubbles let the Matoran of Mahri Nui breathe beneath the southern ocean. without disturbing it. The MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. of Mahri Nui had domesticated them over generations. Each HydrukaHydrukaAquatic scorpion-like Rahi domesticated by the Matoran of Mahri Nui to harvest Airweed, and the natural prototype for the Air Launcher weapon. carried a name, a handler, and a route across the fields. The animals were ill-tempered and dangerous in the wrong handler's grip and were considered the most valuable property a MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. household could own. The bubble around the city had to be replenished day and night, and any failure in the supply chain would have collapsed the settlement within hours.

The city was governed by the Matoran CouncilThe Matoran CouncilThe governing body of the sunken city of Mahri Nui, a rotating council of Matoran leaders who met monthly in the Council Chamber of the Mahri Nui Fortress to plan the city's future, distribute the gifts from above, and decide the response to the Barraki incursion., a small body led by DefilakDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage., a Le-MatoranLe-MatoranGreen-powered Matoran obsessed with thrills and transport. They're basically Bionicle's daredevils. who had risen to the position through reputation as a builder and a negotiator. There were no 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. in Mahri Nui and no TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities.. There was only the Council, the harvest crews, and the sentries who watched the dark water beyond the bubble for whatever lived out there.

The death of Reysa#

The first warning that something out in the Black Water had changed came from the death of ReysaReysaReysa was an impatient Onu-Matoran Hydruka shepherd of Mahri Nui whose unexplained death at the Fields of Air opened the chain of events that put Defilak's submarine into the Black Water and exposed the Barraki to the underwater city., an Onu-MatoranOnu-MatoranEarth-wielding Matoran of the deep who adapted to darkness and built the Matoran Universe's defensive cavalry. on the HydrukaHydrukaAquatic scorpion-like Rahi domesticated by the Matoran of Mahri Nui to harvest Airweed, and the natural prototype for the Air Launcher weapon. handling staff. He had been waiting on a working animal to finish its airweed run when he heard a noise from below. He stepped beyond the lit area to investigate and did not return. A tentacled 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. had dragged him into the abyss beneath the fields and killed him outside the air bubble. Because the killing had taken place outside the Matoran Universe proper, ReysaReysaReysa was an impatient Onu-Matoran Hydruka shepherd of Mahri Nui whose unexplained death at the Fields of Air opened the chain of events that put Defilak's submarine into the Black Water and exposed the Barraki to the underwater city.'s Red StarRed StarThe Red Star was an orbiting facility that revived the dead and enabled the Great Spirit Robot's cosmic travels. revival did not function. He was gone in the full sense.

DefilakDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage. read the report and ordered a formal reconnaissance into the Black Water. The team selected was small: DefilakDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage. himself, his friend SardaSardaSarda was a Ta-Matoran from Toa Lesovikk's homeland, mutated to breathe water and serving as a jailer under Hydraxon in the Pit., and two volunteers, GarGarGar was an Onu-Matoran of Mahri Nui and Defilak's best friend, one of the four submariners captured by Pridak in the Black Water and the volunteer who offered to sacrifice himself so that Idris could carry the warning back to the underwater city. and IdrisIdrisIdris was a Ga-Matoran of Mahri Nui, the volunteer who helmed Defilak's Submarine into the Black Water, was captured by Pridak alongside Sarda and Gar, and carried the air-breathing device repaired by Lesovikk back to the underwater city after Karzahni was finally trapped.. The vehicle was Defilak's SubmarineDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage., the only submersible the city possessed, a small protodermis-hulled craft DefilakDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage. had built for survey work and had been planning to use for years.

Kyrehx and the mask#

While the submarine was being prepared, the sentry KyrehxGa-MatoranThe Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, exclusively female, who taught the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats and bridges of the Mata Nui coast., a Ga-MatoranGa-MatoranThe Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, exclusively female, who taught the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats and bridges of the Mata Nui coast. assigned to perimeter duty along the eastern bubble, spotted something falling slowly through the deeps beyond the city. The object was a KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. mask, settling toward the seabed at the speed of a feather. KyrehxGa-MatoranThe Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, exclusively female, who taught the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats and bridges of the Mata Nui coast. left her post, swam out beyond the bubble for the few seconds the mutagen would allow, and retrieved it. She did not know what it was, only that no MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. in the city had been wearing a mask of that design.

The mask was the Kanohi IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero., recently surfaced from the Chamber of LifeChamber of LifeThe Chamber of Life was a vault built by the Great Beings beneath Mount Valmai on Voya Nui to house the Kanohi Ignika for over one hundred thousand years. beneath Mount ValmaiMount ValmaiA roiling volcano on Voya Nui that guarded the Ignika and tested three desperate expeditions seeking the Mask of Life. and bonded to no one. None of the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. of Mahri Nui would have recognised it.

KyrehxGa-MatoranThe Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, exclusively female, who taught the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats and bridges of the Mata Nui coast. carried the mask back toward the Council chambers. On the way she was attacked by a thicket of airweedAirweedThe underwater plant of the Fields of Air whose trapped bubbles let the Matoran of Mahri Nui breathe beneath the southern ocean. near the HydrukaHydrukaAquatic scorpion-like Rahi domesticated by the Matoran of Mahri Nui to harvest Airweed, and the natural prototype for the Air Launcher weapon. pens that had, without warning, become animate and aggressive. The plants wrapped her and began pulling her under the surface of the field. DekarPo-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., 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. hunter passing through with an Air LauncherAirweedThe underwater plant of the Fields of Air whose trapped bubbles let the Matoran of Mahri Nui breathe beneath the southern ocean. on his shoulder, fired into the swarm and broke her loose. She handed him the mask, asked him to take it to the Council on her behalf, and returned to her perimeter duty.

Neither of them knew that one of Kalmah's reconnaissance squids, a tentacled creature trained as the warlord's distant eyes, had been watching the entire exchange from cover and had already begun the long swim back to its master with the mask's location.

The submarine#

Defilak's SubmarineDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage. launched on schedule. The Black Water beyond the city was, as the name implied, water in which the diffuse lightstone glow of Mahri Nui did not reach. Visibility dropped to nothing within minutes of leaving the bubble. The submarine's onboard lightstones lit a perimeter of a few bio. Beyond that the team navigated by instrument and by DefilakDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage.'s instinct for the layout of the bay.

The ambush hit them all at once. A school of Takea SharksTakea SharkTakea were a species of shark-like predator Rahi created by the Makuta from Viruses and liquid protodermis, found in the waters of Ga-Wahi and later organised by the Barraki Pridak into the standing army he used against the Mahri Nui Matoran and the Toa Mahri. closed on the submarine from every direction simultaneously. The animals were coordinated. They had been positioned. The school worked the hull from multiple angles until the structure failed and the submarine was crushed. The four MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. were thrown into the open water in protective bubbles before it went.

The figure that emerged from behind the school was Pridak, the BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit. warlord who had been commanding the TakeaTakeaEngineered by the Makuta from viruses and protodermis, the Takea served as Pridak's shock troops in the Pit and as one of the deep ocean's most feared Rahi species. directly through his elemental control over predatory species. He examined his prisoners and selected DefilakDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage. for personal interrogation. He referred to DefilakDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage., in passing, as a meal he had not yet decided when to eat.

What Pridak told Defilak#

The interrogation that followed was less a question session than a monologue. Pridak, kept underwater for centuries with no one outside the BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit. inner circle to talk to, used the opportunity of a captive listener to deliver a history he had not had occasion to deliver in a very long time.

He told DefilakDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage. about the League of Six KingdomsThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit., the empire he and his five fellow BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit. had once ruled across the Matoran Universe. Each of the six had governed a kingdom of his own and commanded armies in the millions. The League had once stood second in authority within the universe only to 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. himself. Pridak explained how the Brotherhood of MakutaThe Brotherhood of MakutaAn organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to police his universe and build Rahi, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit. had ended the six warlords' rule on the eve of their planned march against 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., how the survivors had been condemned to the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains., and how 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. had broken the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains. open and released them into the bay. The mutagen had rewritten them as it had rewritten everything else in those waters. They could no longer leave it.

He did not explain why he was telling DefilakDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage. any of it. The interrogation was a preamble. The conversation had a destination DefilakDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage. was not expected to survive to reach.

The siege of the city#

While Pridak talked, the rest of the BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit. moved against Mahri Nui itself. The squid that had observed DekarPo-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. receive the mask reached Kalmah and reported. Kalmah passed the information to Takadox, who recognised the description and identified the mask immediately as the legendary Kanohi IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero.. The BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit. had been searching for the IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero. since their escape from the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains.. The mask was the only known instrument capable of restoring their original bodies. Possession of it would also have put a weapon of unprecedented destructive potential in their hands.

Takadox ordered Carapar to seize a MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. witness from the city and bring her to him. Carapar intercepted KyrehxGa-MatoranThe Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, exclusively female, who taught the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats and bridges of the Mata Nui coast. at her sentry post and carried her, still in her air bubble, to Takadox's position. Takadox used the hypnotic power he had retained from his pre-Cataclysm life to read her mind directly. He confirmed that the mask had been in her hands briefly, that she had passed it to DekarPo-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., and that it was no longer in Mahri Nui.

The assault Takadox then instructed Carapar to halt was an attack by thousands of Venom Eels300-foot Venom EelA Venom Eel mutated to colossal size by the defensive reaction of the Ignika, active in the waters around Mahri Nui during the search for the Mask of Life. under Ehlek's control. The eels had been bearing down on Mahri Nui in coordinated swarms, intent on breaching the air bubble. Carapar found Ehlek, forced him to recall the eels, and prevented the destruction of the city in the moment before the bubble gave way.

Dekar's discovery#

DekarPo-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., still carrying the mask, had not delivered it to the Council. He had stopped in a sheltered alcove and examined the object more closely. He noticed that the mask had healed the cuts on his own armour without him intending it. He tested the effect on a small wound and watched it close. He understood, after several minutes, that he was holding the Kanohi IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero., and he understood the implications. A mask of this power in the wrong hands would cause damage on a scale that would dwarf 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.. He resolved to destroy it.

The destruction did not work. Every weapon he turned on the mask was deflected. The IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero., in response, manifested a guardian: an ordinary Venom Eel300-foot Venom EelA Venom Eel mutated to colossal size by the defensive reaction of the Ignika, active in the waters around Mahri Nui during the search for the Mask of Life. caught nearby that the mask enlarged to over 300 bio in length. The guardian attacked anything that approached, including DekarPo-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. himself.

Kalmah and Mantax reached the cave shortly after the guardian appeared. DekarPo-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. fled with the mask. The chase ran across the seabed and into broken terrain beyond the fields. Pridak eventually broke off the interrogation of DefilakDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage., joined the pursuit, and converged with the other BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit. on DekarPo-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.'s position.

The light over the city#

The corner Pridak eventually drove DekarPo-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. into was the moment the BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit. had been planning for since their escape from the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains.. Pridak took the Kanohi IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero. from DekarPo-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.'s hand. The other BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit. closed in. BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team., recently arrived in the bay and pursuing his own agenda, stepped forward and claimed the mask in the name of the Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe.. DekarPo-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. refused to hand it over and observed, with the only line of defiance available to him, that if BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team. had been meant to have the mask, BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team. would have found it first. Pridak, uninterested in the dispute, ordered Kalmah's giant squid to drag BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team. off into the Black Water and resolve the question by force.

In that moment, with the mask in Pridak's hand and BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team. being hauled into the deeps, the Kanohi IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero. gave off a flash of light. The light expanded outward across the bay and enveloped the whole of Mahri Nui and every being near the mask. It was visible from the Stone CordThe CordThe stone Cord linking Voya Nui to the sunken peninsula of Mahri Nui, the tunnel the Toa Mahri descended, and the lifeline severed to revive Mata Nui. upward, and would transform the inbound Toa InikaToa InikaSix former Matoran who entered Karzahni broken and emerged as the next Toa team, transformed on the shore of Voya Nui by a lightning strike from the red star. into the Toa Mahri and mark the beginning of the open underwater campaign for the mask.

The arrival of the Toa Mahri at Mahri Nui, DefilakDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was an underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui inventor Defilak in the shape of a Takea Shark, the only purpose-built Matoran vehicle to descend into the Black Water during the Mask of Life campaign, and the vessel destroyed by Pridak's Takea school on its first operational voyage.'s audit of whether they were genuine heroes or escaped prisoners of the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains., the death of MatoroMatoroA quiet Ko-Matoran translator who became a Toa Inika and then a Toa Mahri, Matoro gave his life with the Mask of Life to restore Mata Nui., and the destruction of the Stone CordThe CordThe stone Cord linking Voya Nui to the sunken peninsula of Mahri Nui, the tunnel the Toa Mahri descended, and the lifeline severed to revive Mata Nui. all proceeded from the position Pridak had reached here. Mahri Nui, as a city, had weeks of existence left. The settlement that had survived centuries under the bay would not survive what was coming for the mask. Its MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. would survive only because AxonnAxonnAxonn served as an arbitrator under the Hand of Artakha and later as an Order of Mata Nui agent, guarding the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui for thousands of years. and the Toa Mahri would, when the moment came, evacuate them up the Stone CordThe CordThe stone Cord linking Voya Nui to the sunken peninsula of Mahri Nui, the tunnel the Toa Mahri descended, and the lifeline severed to revive Mata Nui. into the Nui CavesVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time. of Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time. before the CordThe CordThe stone Cord linking Voya Nui to the sunken peninsula of Mahri Nui, the tunnel the Toa Mahri descended, and the lifeline severed to revive Mata Nui. collapsed and the bay swallowed everything below.