Bomonga

Bomonga was the Toa HagahToa HagahElite Toa teams appointed by the Brotherhood of Makuta to serve as personal guardians, later rebelling against their creators. of Earth assigned to guard MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.. After his capture during the raid on DestralDestralThe headquarters island of the Brotherhood of Makuta, which could teleport from place to place, until the Order of Mata Nui stormed it in the Destiny War., RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game. mutated him into a RahagaToa Hagah and RahagaThe Toa Hagah were appointed to guard Makuta Teridax, mutated into hybrid warriors, and mysteriously restored., and he stayed in that form until the Toa Nuva forced her to restore him. He survived TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s defeat and resettled on Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. (BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows; Toa Nuva Blog; BIONICLE: Journey's End)

Selection to the Hagah#

Little is recorded about Bomonga's life before his recruitment, except that he had been active as a Toa for some time and served on a previous Toa team. When the Brotherhood of MakutaThe Brotherhood of MakutaAn organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to build Rahi and keep order in his universe, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit. recruited elite Toa as guards for its members, Bomonga was selected as the Toa of EarthToa of EarthToa of Earth were quiet but exceptional guardians, suited to operating in subterranean darkness where other Toa would fail. on TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s team. His former teammates gave him his KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe., and he was issued metallic armour to mark his elite status. (BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows)

The Hagah team was a six-Toa unit made up of NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored. of Fire, GaakiGaakiGaaki is a Toa of Water and member of the Toa Hagah, distinguished by her dark blue and copper armor and wielding a Tidal Spear and Rhotuka Launching Shield. She wears the Great Mask of Clairvoyance and once served as a bodyguard to Makuta Teridax before dedicating herself to hunting Rahi and protecting Matoran, residing on Spherus Magna. of Water, IruiniIruiniIruini is a Toa of Air, formerly a Le-Matoran and a member of the Toa Hagah who served as bodyguard to Makuta Teridax. He wears the Great Kualsi, wields a Cyclone Spear and Rhotuka Launching Shield with a healing Rhotuka, and resides on Spherus Magna as a Rahi Hunter and protector of Matoran. of Air, KualusKualusKualus is a Toa of Ice and member of the Toa Hagah, formerly serving as one of the elite bodyguards of Makuta Teridax before dedicating himself to the protection of the Matoran. White and metallic blue in color, he wields a Sub-Zero Spear and a Rhotuka Launching Shield, and wears the Great Mask of Rahi Control, granting him the power to direct the minds of animal life. He resides on Spherus Magna. of Ice, PouksPouksPouks is a Toa Hagah of Stone, distinguished by his golden brown and gunmetal armor and bearing the Great Mask of Emulation. Once a bodyguard to Makuta Teridax and later a Rahaga, he served as a Rahi hunter before reclaiming his Toa form. He carries an Avalanche Spear and Rhotuka Launching Shield, and resides on Spherus Magna. of Stone, and Bomonga of Earth. Their duty was to protect TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. from threats such as 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. intrusions, and they did the job well. (BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia)

The Destral raid and Roodaka's mutation#

In time the Toa HagahToa HagahElite Toa teams appointed by the Brotherhood of Makuta to serve as personal guardians, later rebelling against their creators. discovered that the Brotherhood had stolen the KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. AvohkiiAvohkiiThe Avohkii is the Mask of Light, a golden mask that granted its wearer the power of Light and the ability to spread understanding. It was worn by Toa Takanuva., the Mask of LightKanohi Mask of Light and ShadowA single fused Kanohi formed in Energized Protodermis when Takanuva and Teridax merged into Takutanuva, holding both light and shadow at once., from ArtakhaArtakhaArtakha is the master craftsman of the Matoran Universe, ruler of a hidden island where the Toa Mata came into being and the Avohkii was forged., and that it was enslaving Matoran. They raided the Brotherhood fortress on DestralDestralThe headquarters island of the Brotherhood of Makuta, which could teleport from place to place, until the Order of Mata Nui stormed it in the Destiny War. and took both the Mask of Light and the Makoki StonesThe Makoki StonesAn inscribed stone of secrets about the Brotherhood of Makuta, broken into six pieces that passed through Toa, Dark Hunter and Brotherhood hands., but the team was split up. RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game. caught GaakiGaakiGaaki is a Toa of Water and member of the Toa Hagah, distinguished by her dark blue and copper armor and wielding a Tidal Spear and Rhotuka Launching Shield. She wears the Great Mask of Clairvoyance and once served as a bodyguard to Makuta Teridax before dedicating herself to hunting Rahi and protecting Matoran, residing on Spherus Magna., KualusKualusKualus is a Toa of Ice and member of the Toa Hagah, formerly serving as one of the elite bodyguards of Makuta Teridax before dedicating himself to the protection of the Matoran. White and metallic blue in color, he wields a Sub-Zero Spear and a Rhotuka Launching Shield, and wears the Great Mask of Rahi Control, granting him the power to direct the minds of animal life. He resides on Spherus Magna., Bomonga, and PouksPouksPouks is a Toa Hagah of Stone, distinguished by his golden brown and gunmetal armor and bearing the Great Mask of Emulation. Once a bodyguard to Makuta Teridax and later a Rahaga, he served as a Rahi hunter before reclaiming his Toa form. He carries an Avalanche Spear and Rhotuka Launching Shield, and resides on Spherus Magna. one after another, mutated them, and moved them to a Visorak fortress. NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored. and IruiniIruiniIruini is a Toa of Air, formerly a Le-Matoran and a member of the Toa Hagah who served as bodyguard to Makuta Teridax. He wears the Great Kualsi, wields a Cyclone Spear and Rhotuka Launching Shield with a healing Rhotuka, and resides on Spherus Magna as a Rahi Hunter and protector of Matoran. came back to free them and were mutated as well, though all six still escaped with the mask. (BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows; BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga)

RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game.'s mutation turned the Toa HagahToa HagahElite Toa teams appointed by the Brotherhood of Makuta to serve as personal guardians, later rebelling against their creators. into small, part-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. beings and stripped away their elemental powers. Bomonga's Seismic Spear gave way to a Rahaga staff that could sense Rahi through vibrations in the ground, and his new RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user's nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. spinner flew in silence and paralysed whatever it touched. (BIONICLE 21: Dreams of Darkness; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia)

SidorakSidorakHe took credit for someone else's idea, called it leadership, and spent his whole reign as the Visorak's king certain he could not be out-played. took credit for the mutations and was made King 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. horde, and he named RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game. his Viceroy. She had no real loyalty to him. (BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga; BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows)

Life as a Rahaga#

As a Rahaga, Bomonga hunted in total silence and preferred to work alone. He went after the Rahi known as hiders, insects and night creatures such as fireflyers and Blade Burrowers, and he was known for staying motionless for long stretches while he waited for prey. (BIONICLE 21: Dreams of Darkness; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia)

During 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. occupation of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., Bomonga and the other Rahaga met the Toa HordikaToa HordikaToa mutated by Visorak venom into bestial hybrids, forced to fight their primal nature and hunt for a cure. and helped them plan the rescue of the Matoran by airship. Bomonga and WhenuaWhenuaToa Metru of Earth and later Turaga of Onu-Koro, formerly an Onu-Metru archivist whose career in the Archives shaped his role across the rescue of Metru Nui and the long residency on Mata Nui. went to the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. to look for levitation Kanoka for the airships, where a KahgarakKahgarakThe elite Visorak breed that could cloak enemies in living shadow. spinner sent them into the Zone of DarknessZone of DarknessThe Zone of Darkness was a lightless pocket dimension accessed through Kahgarak Rhotuka and the Kanohi Olmak, used as a banishment realm.. They came out just as SidorakSidorakHe took credit for someone else's idea, called it leadership, and spent his whole reign as the Visorak's king certain he could not be out-played. was preparing to summon the ZivonZivonThe Zivon was a massive Rahi created by the Brotherhood of Makuta that dwelt in the Zone of Darkness and could only be summoned to the physical world by a Kahgarak. It fought to protect the Visorak horde and was nearly impossible to put down., who had them tied up as the beast's meal. Nuju freed them by freezing the webbing, and they joined the battle that followed. (BIONICLE Adventures 8: Challenge of the Hordika)

Later, Bomonga and four other Rahaga were captured by Toa HordikaToa HordikaToa mutated by Visorak venom into bestial hybrids, forced to fight their primal nature and hunt for a cure. 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. after he gave in to his Hordika side, and they were hung in webs at the Coliseum until NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored. rescued them during the battle for Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. Afterwards the Rahaga helped load the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. spheres onto 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.'s airships, then stayed in Metru Nui with KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend., sometimes leaving to help islands the Visorak had conquered. (BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows; BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows)

Restoration on Xia#

The path back to Toa form ran through RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game. herself. The Shadowed OneThe Shadowed OneThe Shadowed One is the leader of the Dark Hunters, a black, yellow, and silver figure based on Spherus Magna. Armed with a staff and a Rhotuka, the Shadowed One directs the organization. made a deal with the Toa NuvaToa NuvaThe form the Toa Mata took after stepping into the Energized Protodermis beneath the Bahrag, with new masks, new tools, and the elemental scale to fight Karda Nui. to have her killed, and the Toa went along with it with no intention of carrying out the killing. They found her on XiaXiaA hostile island southeast of Metru Nui, home to the Vortixx and their brutal mercenary culture. during the battle between the Kanohi DragonKanohi DragonA fearsome Rahi that plagued Metru Nui with soot and darkness, freed by Dark Hunters and exiled to Xia. and a TahtorakTahtorakMassive, articulate Rahi that turned against their Skakdi riders and nearly wiped out an entire civilization., and the Rahaga came to the island to help with the crisis. (Toa Nuva Blog)

The Toa Nuva warned RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game. that the Dark Hunters were out to kill her and that the Brotherhood would not be far behind, and they pressured her into reversing her mutation. She fired her RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user's nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. at the Rahaga and restored them to Toa HagahToa HagahElite Toa teams appointed by the Brotherhood of Makuta to serve as personal guardians, later rebelling against their creators. form, after which they took her into custody. (Toa Nuva Blog)

The restored Hagah went straight to work. Bomonga used his Mask of GrowthMask of GrowthA Kanohi forged from Enlarge Kanoka on Metru Nui that allowed its wearer to grow to a maximum of sixty feet. Worn by Toa Hagah Bomonga against the Tahtorak. to grow to the Tahtorak's size, got it in a headlock and used his knowledge of pressure points to make it collapse, and Pouks bound it in stone. When a Dark Hunter fleet approached, the team was teleported aboard and met HelryxHelryx: the first Toa ever createdHelryx was the first Toa ever made, commissioned by the Great Beings on Artakha long before the Toa Mata. She founded and led the Order of Mata Nui. 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., who gave them a new mission. (Dwellers in Darkness)

The hunt for TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.#

HelryxHelryx: the first Toa ever createdHelryx was the first Toa ever made, commissioned by the Great Beings on Artakha long before the Toa Mata. She founded and led the Order of Mata Nui. tasked the restored Hagah with finding TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., with ZaktanZaktanMutated Skakdi leader of the Piraka, formerly a Dark Hunter whose body was dissolved into a colony of Protodites by the Shadowed One and reformed with its consciousness intact. as their guide. To follow him into the chambers below Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. they planned to destroy 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., which brought them into a fight with the Toa MahriToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself.. (Dwellers in Darkness; Destiny War)

The fight ended when a Rahi summoned during the battle broke loose. Bomonga tackled it at full size but couldn't beat it alone, and the two teams brought it down together. Bomonga, Hewkii and Kualus then held the Coliseum up while the others dug a tunnel for the Hagah to go after Teridax. Deeper down, the Hagah were caught in a trap of molten ProtodermisProtodermisThe engineered substance building the Matoran Universe, protodermis exists in countless refined states from mundane metal to diamond-hard crystal to the destruction-or-transformation force of energized form. and saved by MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. MiserixMiserixThe deposed Makuta leader clawed back from exile to hunt the brother who stole his throne., and Helryx, KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend., 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 BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, was mutated in the Pit, and later led the Order's strike team to free Miserix. later joined them through a portal. (Dwellers in Darkness)

The chamber they reached proved a different kind of trap. TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. revealed himself, shattered BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, was mutated in the Pit, and later led the Order's strike team to free Miserix.'s KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe., and killed ZaktanZaktanMutated Skakdi leader of the Piraka, formerly a Dark Hunter whose body was dissolved into a colony of Protodites by the Shadowed One and reformed with its consciousness intact.. He turned MiserixMiserixThe deposed Makuta leader clawed back from exile to hunt the brother who stole his throne. into a picture with an illusion and placed the Hagah in a vision in which they believed Teridax was beaten and peace reigned everywhere. (Dwellers in Darkness)

Reign of Shadows and aftermath#

During TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s reign, the Hagah patrolled Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. insisting that nothing was wrong, even as Matoran begged them for help. While Bomonga and PouksPouksPouks is a Toa Hagah of Stone, distinguished by his golden brown and gunmetal armor and bearing the Great Mask of Emulation. Once a bodyguard to Makuta Teridax and later a Rahaga, he served as a Rahi hunter before reclaiming his Toa form. He carries an Avalanche Spear and Rhotuka Launching Shield, and resides on Spherus Magna. were on patrol, Tren KromTren KromThe first purely organic creation of the Great Beings, exiled to a stone island after surrendering the core of the Matoran Universe to Mata Nui., then in 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.'s body, cleared their minds of the illusion. (Reign of Shadows)

After TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s death and the destruction of the Great Spirit robot, the people of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. left for the restored Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. Bomonga isn't named in that story, but writer Greg Farshtey later said he made the move with the rest. (BIONICLE: Journey's End)

Powers and equipment#

As a Toa of EarthToa of EarthToa of Earth were quiet but exceptional guardians, suited to operating in subterranean darkness where other Toa would fail., Bomonga could create, control, and absorb earth, and generate earthquakes. He carried a Seismic Spear alongside a shield with a RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user's nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. launcher, and wore the Mask of GrowthMask of GrowthA Kanohi forged from Enlarge Kanoka on Metru Nui that allowed its wearer to grow to a maximum of sixty feet. Worn by Toa Hagah Bomonga against the Tahtorak., which let him increase his size. (BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows; Dwellers in Darkness)

In his Rahaga form his elemental powers were gone, and his weaponry shifted to a Rahaga staff and a silent Paralysis RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user's nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers.. His part-Rahi body gave him extra agility, sharper senses and surprising strength. (BIONICLE 21: Dreams of Darkness; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia; BIONICLE Adventures 8: Challenge of the Hordika)

Bomonga's patient style held across both forms. He worked alone, could wait for hours for a single Rahi, and took little interest in what others were doing or after. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia; BIONICLE Adventures 8: Challenge of the Hordika)