Catcher Claw

The Catcher Claw was a personal weapon used by 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., Viceroy 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. hordes. It was capable of catching RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. spinners in flight and returning them to their source, and could also fire bolts of Shadow energy. The weapon was destroyed 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. when 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. attempted to use it against KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend..

Two functions#

The Catcher Claw served a primary and a secondary function. The primary function was the capture of RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. spinners in flight and their return toward the launcher. This was a specific defensive capability in a setting where most factions 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. era relied on RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. launchers as their default ranged weapon. 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. themselves fired venomous mutating spinners. The Toa HordikaToa HordikaToa mutated by Visorak venom into bestial hybrids, forced to fight their primal nature and hunt for a cure. carried RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. launchers. The RahagaToa Hagah and RahagaThe Toa Hagah were appointed to guard Makuta Teridax, mutated into hybrid warriors, and mysteriously restored. used silent paralysis spinners. A device capable of catching and reflecting any of these had considerable utility in that period.

The secondary function was offensive. The Catcher Claw could fire bolts of Shadow energy powerful enough to injure KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend.. This corresponded to the same Shadow energy classification used elsewhere for 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.-related powers and VortixxVortixxThe amoral weapons dealers of Xia who sold to anyone willing to pay.-engineered weapons. The weapon complemented 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 other Shadow-energy capabilities; she also blasted KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend. with Shadow energy directly during the Coliseum engagement, knocking him from the wall.

The mechanics of the catch-and-return function are not described in surviving records. The Catcher Claw remained 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 personal weapon throughout its operational service, with no other wielder recorded except for 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.'s brief possession at the moment of its destruction.

The Coliseum confrontation#

The Catcher Claw appears in the record 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.'s final stand at the ColiseumThe ColiseumCentral tower of Metru Nui, serving as government seat, sporting arena, and, during Teridax's masquerade, a prison for the city's Matoran population. in Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. The five remaining Toa HordikaToa HordikaToa mutated by Visorak venom into bestial hybrids, forced to fight their primal nature and hunt for a cure. and their 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. ally KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend. stormed 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. base in the city's Coliseum. KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend. climbed the Coliseum wall to reach 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. and 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.. 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. struck him with Shadow energy and sent him falling to the ground.

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. offered her the final blow against the fallen KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend.. She refused. As later accounts make clear, 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. had not seriously wounded KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend.; she had only enraged him. Her refusal was not tactical hesitation but the move she had been planning to make against 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. personally.

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. passed the Catcher Claw to 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. and told him to do it himself. 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 the weapon, stepped within reach of an enraged KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend., and was crushed. The Catcher Claw was destroyed in the same engagement. 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. subsequently assumed the position of Queen of 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., which she had planned all along.

The engagement took place at the ColiseumThe ColiseumCentral tower of Metru Nui, serving as government seat, sporting arena, and, during Teridax's masquerade, a prison for the city's Matoran population. in Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., not at ZakazZakazThe island where Skakdi civilization developed, shaped by isolation and harsh Makuta rule. or in 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. homeland. It formed the climax of 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. occupation arc.

A weapon suited to its wielder#

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. was a VortixxVortixxThe amoral weapons dealers of Xia who sold to anyone willing to pay. who had risen to Viceroy 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. under 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.'s rule as their King, an appointment originating with the Brotherhood of MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate.. Her ranged combat style relied on RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. manipulation, consistent with her demonstrated ability to mutate targets with her own RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. spinner. She used that spinner on the Toa HagahToa HagahElite Toa teams appointed by the Brotherhood of Makuta to serve as personal guardians, later rebelling against their creators. to mutate them into RahagaToa Hagah and RahagaThe Toa Hagah were appointed to guard Makuta Teridax, mutated into hybrid warriors, and mysteriously restored., and later used it again to restore them to their Toa form on XiaXiaA hostile island southeast of Metru Nui, home to the Vortixx and their brutal mercenary culture..

A weapon designed to catch and redirect RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. spinners formed a natural extension of her existing toolkit. 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. understood RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. mechanics from both the launcher and the target side and was uniquely positioned to make full use of the device.

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.'s brief possession of the Claw remained the only documented use by anyone other than 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., and he did not survive to discharge it. The device was destroyed before he could activate any of its functions. After 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 subsequent defeat, TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. teleported her out of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. to safety, but no record exists of her recovering or replacing the Claw.

Operational legacy#

The Catcher Claw's existence is closely bound to a single engagement. It was used to wound KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend., handed off in an act of calculated betrayal, and destroyed within the same sequence. Its full operational record fits within a single fight.

Across 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 wider conduct, the Catcher Claw fit the pattern of her decisive actions. She mutated the Toa HagahToa HagahElite Toa teams appointed by the Brotherhood of Makuta to serve as personal guardians, later rebelling against their creators. into Rahaga, then later restored them on XiaXiaA hostile island southeast of Metru Nui, home to the Vortixx and their brutal mercenary culture. in exchange for safe passage. She allied with 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. only long enough to engineer his death. She betrayed both 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. and the Dark HuntersThe Dark HuntersA mercenary organization founded on Odina by The Shadowed One and Ancient, contracted across the Matoran Universe for assassination and theft, and ultimately reduced to a battered remnant by the fall of the universe itself. over the same period as a double agent. The Catcher Claw was the physical instrument of one of those decisive moves, and once that move was complete the weapon had no further role in her operations. No record of a replacement or rebuilt Catcher Claw appears in any subsequent account.