Bionicle category
2008
93 entries tagged 2008, 59 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Spherus Magna and Hewkii.
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4- Adaptive ArmorArtakha's shapeshifting armor gave the Toa Nuva environment-specific abilities, changing form from aerial to aquatic to everything in between.
- Air SaberToa Lewa Phantoka's Protosteel blade, designed for aerial combat in Karda Nui's challenging skies.
- Av-MatoranThe Light-element Matoran, prototypes of their species, who colonised Karda Nui from the Southern Continent and built the Stalactite Villages above the Swamp of Secrets.
- Axalara T9A sleek airborne tank equipped with Midak Skyblasters, the Axalara T9 was Lewa's weapon when air superiority mattered most in Karda Nui.
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2- ChiroxA Makuta of the Brotherhood who questioned Teridax's plans before being sent to Karda Nui.
- City of Silver Pocket DimensionThe City of Silver Pocket Dimension was a small dimension of the Matoran Universe holding a city of silver and crystal towers, where a misdirected Takanuva nearly doomed the city's last builder before setting matters right.
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3- EhlekA Barraki warlord with electrical powers who led aquatic forces against the Brotherhood of Makuta.
- Energy Storm: The Raw-Energy Maelstroms of Karda NuiThe Energy Storms were vast maelstroms of raw energy that tore through Karda Nui whenever the Great Spirit Mata Nui woke, devastating the region while feeding power into his body.
- Exo-ToaToa-sized powered armor built for the Brotherhood of Makuta, worn briefly by the Toa Mata against the Bahrag and later used as enforcers under Teridax.
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3- Fa-MatoranMatoran subspecies with Magnetism powers and an uncanny sense of direction due to their elemental affinity.
- Fe-MatoranIron-aligned Matoran known for exceptional endurance. The only confirmed member, Zaria, became a Toa of Iron.
- FelnasA Great Kanohi that sent one of a target's natural powers out of control on contact, worn by the Makuta Gorast in Karda Nui.
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4- Hau NuvaThe Hau Nuva was the Toa Nuva variant of the Mask of Shielding, capable of protecting both wearer and nearby allies from anticipated physical attack.
- Helryx: 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.
- HewkiiHewkii rose from Po-Metru Matoran to Mata Nui's foremost kolhii player, then served as Toa Inika and Toa Mahri through the late wars of the universe.
- High-Speed Rotating BladeThe single rotating blade granted to Tahu Nuva by his Adaptive Armor when the Toa Nuva descended into Karda Nui, used to channel his Fire energies and to deflect incoming projectiles in the Swamp of Secrets campaign.
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8- KalmahA red-and-black Barraki warlord of the League of Six Kingdoms, imprisoned in the Pit and mutated into permanent aquatic form.
- Kanohi CrastThe Kanohi Crast was the Mask of Repulsion, which let its wearer hurl things away at high speed or fly by repelling the ground, most famously worn by the Makuta Krika.
- Kanohi Mask of PsychometryA Great Kanohi that read the past of any object the wearer touched, borne by Toa Helryx of the Order of Mata Nui.
- Kanohi Mask of ReboundingA Great Kanohi that returned thrown objects to the wearer's hand through a small application of telekinesis.
- Kanohi Mask of ScavengingA Great Kanohi that drained residual life energy from the recently dead, worn by the Makuta Icarax and later carried in powerless form by Vultraz.
- Kaukau NuvaThe underwater breathing mask that could suffocate, but the Toa refused to use it as a weapon.
- Kirop, Av-Matoran Leader of Karda NuiKirop was the leader of the Av-Matoran in Karda Nui, captured and transformed into a Shadow Matoran by the Brotherhood of Makuta, restored by the cry of a klakk, and a survivor of the Destiny War and the Reformation.
- Krekka's SpeciesKrekka's species, informally called bruisers, were a heavily built lower class of Stelt's hierarchy employed as guards, servants and labourers.
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3- LariskaDark Hunter defined by discipline and tactical competence, Lariska was one of the Shadowed One's most dependable operatives before joining Brutaka's desperate mission.
- Lava-GemA volcanic treasure the Matoran of Tren Krom Peninsula relied on for survival, until Vultraz's theft sealed their fate.
- LifebladeThe signature weapon of Toa Ignika, a blade channeling Life itself, destroyed when its wielder awakened Mata Nui.
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13- Makuta of SteltThe Makuta of Stelt was the Brotherhood of Makuta member responsible for the island of Stelt, who mutated Voporak into a temporal being and was finally absorbed by Miserix.
- Makuta PoolAn underground chamber holding Antidermis, hidden deep in the Southern Islands and fiercely guarded by the Brotherhood.
- Makuta VirusA bioweapon engineered by Makuta Kojol that incapacitated the Great Spirit Mata Nui, reversible only through Matoro's ultimate sacrifice.
- MantaxMutated Barraki warlord of the Pit who uncovered Takadox's Brotherhood collaboration through a hidden Tablet of Transit.
- Mask of BiomechanicsA canonized fan-design with a clean technopathy power and almost no canon presence, the Mask of Biomechanics is a footnote that earns more attention than the lore ever gave it.
- Mask of ClairvoyanceA Kanohi that granted unbidden flashes of near-future events to its wearer, worn by Toa Hagah Gaaki, operating without her consent or control.
- Mask of EmulationA Kanohi that analysed and temporarily copied a target's non-Kanohi, non-weapon, non-Rahi power. Worn by Toa Hagah Pouks during the engagement with Makuta Miserix.
- Mask of FusionA canonized fan-design Kanohi that lets the wearer forcibly merge themself with other beings into a single larger form, with strong-willed minds able to resist and only one unnamed Matoran on record as a wearer.
- Mask 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.
- Midak SkyblasterThe Midak Skyblaster was a ranged light weapon issued to the Toa Nuva for the final aerial battle against the Brotherhood of Makuta in Karda Nui.
- MistikaMistika was the designation given to the Toa Nuva and Makuta who fought in the Swamp of Secrets at the floor of Karda Nui during the final campaign.
- MohtrekThe Kanohi Mohtrek allowed its wearer to summon past versions of themselves into the present, at the cost of their own erasure if any duplicate was killed.
- MutagenPit Mutagen was a power-source energy that leaked into the waters of The Pit during the Great Cataclysm and mutated almost every being exposed to it.
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5- NektannNektann was a water-powered Skakdi warlord of Zakaz who allied first with the Order of Mata Nui and then with Teridax, and survived the Battle of Bara Magna.
- Nektann: Skakdi Warlord of ZakazNektann was a formidable Skakdi warlord of Zakaz who rallied a massive army to fight alongside Teridax in the Battle of Bara Magna. He gave his name to the automated Nektann weapons and fought Tahu to the end before the Great Spirit Robot fell.
- NiazeskEngineered by Makuta Bitil to keep larger Rahi in check, the Niazesk got one brief, mutated outing in Karda Nui before the Energy Storms wiped them out.
- NynrahNynrah was a contested island in the Matoran Universe whose Fe-Matoran population produced the weapons engineers known as the Nynrah Ghosts.
- Nynrah GhostsThe Nynrah Ghosts were Fe-Matoran weapons engineers from the island of Nynrah whose sabotage of Brotherhood war machines led to their near extinction.
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6- PhantokaPhantoka is the term for the 2008 Toa and Makuta aerial combat wave, meaning 'Spirits of the air' in Matoran.
- PhotokPhotok was an Av-Matoran of Karda Nui who fought alongside Tanma and Solek in the resistance against the Brotherhood of Makuta during the final battle for Mata Nui's awakening.
- Power LanceTakanuva's amplifier tool that channels raw light into devastating force, straight from an alternate Kingdom.
- Power SwordsAv-Matoran light-channeling blades that doubled as melee weapons and elemental conductors during the 2008 Karda Nui conflict.
- Pridak: the most savage of the BarrakiPridak was the most savage of the six Barraki warlords and commanded an army of sharks. The League of Six Kingdoms ended with all six imprisoned in the Pit.
- Primal: The Trophy-Hunting Dark Hunter"Primal" was one of the most troublesome of the Dark Hunters, a survivor of a Visorak-ruined homeland who hunted for trophies and whose harsh sense of justice sometimes turned him against his own employers.
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3- RadiakAn Av-Matoran of Karda Nui who was corrupted into a Shadow Matoran by a Shadow Leech, restored by a Klakk, and evacuated to Metru Nui before the Energy Storms.
- Rocket BoosterShort-burst flight devices issued to Av-Matoran in Karda Nui, used for lightvine harvesting and evasion during the invasion of the Brotherhood of Makuta.
- Rockoh T3One of three vehicles hidden in the Codrex, piloted by Pohatu during the climax of Karda Nui's story.
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9- Sand FrogA Rahi so obscure it appears only once in all of Bionicle canon, in The Mutran Chronicles.
- ScareRahiScarecrow-like objects that guarded Matoran villages in Karda Nui, destroyed alongside the settlements they protected.
- Shadow MatoranAv-Matoran corrupted by the Makuta in Karda Nui, drained of Light and weaponized with shadow powers.
- Sidorak's SpeciesSidorak's species formed the dominant warlord caste on Stelt, ruling through forced combat and producing many of the Dark Hunters' most violent recruits.
- Smoke HawkAvian Rahi native to Xia, notable for their brief appearance as scouts in 2008 storylines.
- SolekSolek was an Av-Matoran of Karda Nui who fought alongside the Toa Nuva against the Brotherhood of Makuta during the final battle for Mata Nui's awakening.
- Spherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.
- Swamp of SecretsThe Swamp of Secrets was the mutagen-saturated wetland that filled the floor of Karda Nui after the Great Cataclysm, serving as a Brotherhood stronghold until the Energy Storms.
- Swamp StalkerThe Swamp Stalker was a reptilian Rahi native to the Swamp of Secrets, whose exposure to Pit Mutagen produced armoured colossi capable of crushing a Razor Whale.
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23- Tanma, Av-Matoran Resistance Leader of Karda NuiTanma was the Av-Matoran who took command of the Karda Nui resistance after Kirop's corruption, partnered with Lewa Nuva during the Phantoka campaign, and led the evacuation that carried the surviving Av-Matoran to Metru Nui.
- The Blizzard BladeThe Blizzard Blade was the small Protosteel blade mounted on the Midak Skyblaster of Toa Phantoka Kopaka, a bayonet-style focusing edge for the Ice power he carried into the campaign over Karda Nui.
- The CodrexA spherical vault built by the Great Beings in Karda Nui, where the Toa Mata slept in their canisters and where Mata Nui's reawakening was finally set off.
- The Core ProcessorThe vast machinery beneath the Coliseum of Metru Nui where Mata Nui's spirit was meant to reside, seized by Teridax in his takeover and destroyed in the Battle of Bara Magna.
- The Keystones of Karda NuiThe six fragments of a Great Being tablet held by the Av-Matoran of Karda Nui, the only key capable of disabling the Codrex's energy field and admitting the Toa Nuva to the seat of Mata Nui's reawakening.
- The Kingdom: Parallel Universe Where Mata Nui DiedThe Kingdom was a parallel universe in which Matoro hesitated too long to revive Mata Nui, leaving the Great Spirit dead. Its survivors evacuated to the island of Mata Nui and built a vast city ruled from the Coliseum, until a visiting Takanuva and a redeemed Matoro brought down Teridax.
- The KlakkThe bat-like sonic Rahi engineered by Makuta Mutran whose scream shattered the inner barrier holding back the Light in a Shadow Matoran, used by Takanuva to cure Karda Nui's corrupted Av-Matoran.
- The Melding Parallel UniverseIn the parallel universe known as The Melding, the Great Beings prevented the Shattering of Spherus Magna and never created Mata Nui, leaving a single unbroken world where Toa and Matoran already walked as heroes.
- The MountainXia's sentient peak that grew by consuming its inhabitants before becoming too dangerous to exist.
- The Northern ContinentBig enough that the Brotherhood needed multiple Makuta to watch it, the Northern Continent and its Tren Krom Peninsula gave the canon some of its most interesting smaller players.
- The Nynrah GhostblasterThe Nynrah Ghostblaster was the air-pumped dart weapon devised by the Nynrah Ghosts and carried by the Makuta of the Swamp of Secrets, whose Aerial Defenders later met it in their own Adaptive Armor loadouts on the way into Karda Nui.
- The Scroll of PreparationsThe Great Beings' inscribed list of tasks that the Toa Nuva were required to complete before the Great Spirit Mata Nui could be reawakened, retrieved from the Great Temple in Ga-Metru on the eve of the Karda Nui campaign.
- The Shadow Leech HiveThe Shadow Leech Hive was a bioweapons facility in the Swamp of Secrets where the Brotherhood of Makuta bred Shadow Leeches to corrupt the Av-Matoran.
- The Southern ContinentThe Southern Continent was a vast landmass beneath the Matoran Universe, scarred by Voya Nui's separation and held under Makuta Mutran's nominal dominion.
- The Spectral MaskA sentient, floating Great Kanohi Hau that dwelled in a dead forest within the City of Silver Pocket Dimension and tested Toa Takanuva during his dimensional misadventure.
- Toa EmpireAn alternate-universe tyranny where Tuyet ruled Metru Nui with absolute authority over all its Toa.
- Toa Ignika, the Mask of Life Made ToaThe brief Toa form taken by the Kanohi Ignika after the death of Matoro, built from the organic life of the Swamp of Secrets and sacrificed to reawaken Mata Nui and again in the Battle of Bara Magna.
- Toa of FireThe Elemental protectors of the Matoran, most often rising from Ta-Matoran to command the power of fire.
- Toa of ShadowA Toa who had their moral Light drained and wielded the forbidden element of Shadow through Brotherhood deception.
- Tren 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.
- Tren Krom's IslandTren Krom's Island was a rocky island west of the Southern Continent in the Matoran Universe, created by the Great Beings as the place of exile for the ancient being Tren Krom after his duty ended.
- TrinumaA no-nonsense Order operative with the Mask of Charisma, Trinuma recruits the chaotic Vezon for a suicide mission to Destral.
- Twin PropellersTwin rotating Protosteel weapons granted to Pohatu Nuva by Artakha's Adaptive Armor for combat in the airspace above Karda Nui.