Bionicle category
Characters
112 entries tagged Characters, 78 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Who are the Toa Mata? and The Great Beings.
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9- Agarak, Ancient Protector of Jungle of OkotoThe ancient Protector of Jungle in the 2015 reboot continuity: married, father of a son he called Junior, and the only one of the first Protectors whose family life the story describes.
- Agil, Creature of LightAgil was the hawk-like Elemental Creature of Light from the 2016 reboot story, bonded to Ekimu, who spied on Umarak for the Mask Maker and merged with him to free the Toa from the Destroyer's shadow.
- AirwatcherA Dark Hunter guard whose lethal effectiveness vastly exceeds every other aspect of his character.
- AkoAko was a young villager from the Region of Stone on Okoto, in the 2015 reboot continuity, who was carried off with Oda to the Skull Raiders' underground city and rescued by Ekimu and the Toa.
- AmphibaxAmphibax was a soldier of Ehlek's army during the League of Six Kingdoms who lost a hand searching for his fallen warlord, became an undersea wanderer, and was recruited into the Dark Hunters as a specialist in aquatic missions.
- AngonceThe Great Being who named Mata Nui, stayed out of the Baterra project, was said to have lingered on Bara Magna to watch the Agori, and raced too late to stop Marendar when the Toa reached Spherus Magna.
- AnnonaA predatory entity older than the Great Beings, the dream-eater Annona fed on the minds of sentient life and ended the Iron Tribe before its banishment.
- Artakha: Master Crafter of the Great RefugeArtakha is one of the most powerful beings in the Matoran Universe, the reclusive ruler of the hidden island that bears his name, whose crafters made the Avohkii. He governed a refuge no evil could enter and armed the Toa Nuva for their trip to Karda Nui.
- AtakusAtakus is a Rock Tribe Agori who served the Skrall as gate guard of Roxtus, arena assistant and Tuma's spokesman, and the Agori who first tested the loyalty of the traitor Metus.
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5- BingzakBingzak was a young villager from the Region of Jungle on Okoto, in the 2015 reboot story, who escaped a Skull Spider raid alone and guided the lost Protector of Stone to the Temple of Time.
- BIONICLE Character Types and TiersBIONICLE's cast follows a rigid hierarchy, from lowly Matoran to godlike Great Beings, with each tier playing a fixed role in the universe's order.
- Bohrok-Kal Kaita JaBohrok-Kal Kaita Ja was the merged being formed by Kohrak-Kal, Lehvak-Kal and Gahlok-Kal, wielding Magnetism, Vacuum and Sonics, which beat the Toa Nuva Kaita Wairuha Nuva with a vortex of their combined powers.
- BranarThe Skrall warrior who survived a Baterra attack in the Black Spike Mountains, earned his name from Tuma, carried the Baterra warning south, and fought the Skrall's last battle at Roxtus.
- BranderA Ta-Matoran of Metru Nui who helped Vakama find Nuhrii, survived the Great Cataclysm in a Matoran sphere, and worked as a Crafter in Ta-Koro on Mata Nui.
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4- CaraparOne of six Barraki warlords imprisoned for 80,000 years, Carapar sought the Mask of Life and became expendable muscle for a final, fatal mission.
- ChargerCharger was a Kane-Ra bull transformed into a sentient being and recruited into the Dark Hunters, a brute fighter sent against big odds who solved every problem by force.
- ClickThe Scarabax beetle whose touch on the Ignika turned him into Mata Nui's scarab shield, and who travelled with Mata Nui across Bara Magna.
- CrotesiusA Vulcanus pilot who went from dismissing legends to answering one in Riddle of the Great Beings.
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2- DarknessThe Dark Hunter who shadows the Shadowed One himself, waiting for any sign of weakness so he can kill his leader and take his place.
- DwellerDweller was a Dark Hunter assassin turned spy, posted to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to watch the city for the Shadowed One, until Brutaka caught him.
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5- Ekimu the Mask MakerEkimu is the Mask Maker of Okoto in the 2015 BIONICLE reboot, brother of Makuta, who knocked the Mask of Ultimate Power from his brother's face and slept for thousands of years before the Toa woke him.
- Element Lord of SandThe Element Lord of Sand was a warrior chosen by the Great Beings as one of the six Element Lords, made one with the element of Sand, and the ruler who led the Sand Tribe through the Core War before the Shattering broke the planet apart.
- EliminatorA Dark Hunter fixer who executes failures and finishes their missions, defined entirely by capability and reputation rather than backstory.
- Energized Protodermis EntityThe Energized Protodermis Entity was the living mind of energized protodermis, able to take shape in any pool of the substance. It clashed with the Toa Metru and with Helryx and Keetongu, and its wave gave Vezon the power to open dimensional gates.
- Etoku, Ancient Protector of Earth of OkotoAncient Protector of Earth of Okoto in the 2015 reboot continuity, who went to Terak for an Elemental Crystal and whose statue stands among the ancestors of the modern Protectors.
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4- GaardusA Matoran turned living weapon by exiled Nynrah Ghosts, Gaardus outlived his tormentors and the fall of the Matoran universe, only to be blamed for the Red Star's failure and pressed into service as a reluctant teleporter.
- Gali, Master of Water: The Toa Who Closed the RiftGali of Okoto, from the 2015 reboot, was the Master of Water of the Toa, the team's mediator at the City of the Mask Makers, and the Toa pulled into the Shadow Realm who came back knowing how to banish Makuta again.
- GarGar 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.
- GladiatorA Dark Hunter enforcer tasked with testing new recruits. One of canon's most obscure characters.
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3- Harvali, the Jungle Archaeologist of OkotoHarvali was the Region of Jungle archaeologist whose disappearance beneath the City of the Mask Makers preceded the second age of Okoto, and whose rescue by the Protectors during the campaign against the Skull Spiders unblocked the bridge that brought the villagers back to the capital.
- HeremusThe Great Being whose hope for the giant robot supplied the name Mata Nui, a builder of the Baterra, and one of the rulers of Spherus Magna before the Shattering.
- HydraxonThe jailer of the Pit was killed once, then resurrected as the Matoran Dekar by the Mask of Life.
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4- IdrisIdris 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 helped trap Karzahni before carrying Lesovikk's breathing helmet home towards Mahri Nui.
- Is Makuta Mata Nui's Brother?Only in legend and in a loose sense. The Matoran's Legend of Mata Nui calls Makuta the Great Spirit's jealous brother, and Makuta talks about Mata Nui the same way, but the later story shows Makuta Teridax was one of a species Mata Nui himself brought into being. Here is how the story uses the word.
- Is Mata Nui a God?To the Matoran he was, but the story reveals Mata Nui is a giant robot with a mind, built by the Great Beings to repair their world. He can be poisoned, put to sleep, killed and robbed of his body. Here is how the legend and the truth compare.
- Izotor, Protector of Ice of OkotoIzotor was the village chief and Protector of Ice in the second age of Okoto, wielder of the Elemental Ice Blaster and the Ice Saw, descendant of Uganu, and guide who led Kopaka for weeks through the snowbound tundra to the Golden Mask of Ice.
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9- KabruaKabrua led an organised Vorox society on Bota Magna, kept the speech and intelligence his desert kin had lost, and hunted a Toa expedition for sport.
- KamenKamen was a Po-Matoran stonemason who kept the carvings of Po-Koro safe from desert erosion and lived through the Bohrok attacks on Mata Nui.
- Kerato, Ancient Protector of Stone of OkotoProtector of Stone in BIONICLE's 2015 reboot, who followed Ekimu to Capital City when the first age ended, went to Ketar for the crystal of Stone, and left an office that reached Nilkuu.
- Kivoda, Protector of Water of OkotoKivoda was the village elder and Protector of Water in the second age of Okoto, wielder of the Elemental Torpedo Blaster, descendant of Owaki, and guide who led Gali through the underwater region to the Golden Mask of Water.
- Ko-MatoranIce Matoran who were quiet scholars and star-watchers, built to survive the frozen peaks of Ko-Wahi.
- Kohrak-KalThe Bohrok-Kal of Sonics, disintegrated by the very element it wielded.
- Kopaka, Master of Ice: The Chivalrous Toa of OkotoKopaka of Okoto, in the 2015 reboot continuity, was the Master of Ice summoned by the Protectors, the cold perfectionist who found his Golden Mask with Izotor and clashed with Tahu over who should lead.
- Korgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth.
- KrikaThe cautious Mistika leader who survived by never taking unnecessary risks, until Teridax's Plan forced his hand.
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6- 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.
- Mamuk, Ancient Protector of Fire of OkotoThe ancient Protector of Fire of Okoto, in the 2015 reboot continuity, who fetched Ikir's Elemental Crystal for Ekimu and whose office passed down to Narmoto.
- MavrahA Metru Nui Archivist who fled his city rather than let Turaga Dume cull his pet sea Rahi, drowned in a feeding frenzy a thousand years before the Great Cataclysm, and was rediscovered alive aboard the Red Star.
- MazekaA Ko-Matoran spy for the Order of Mata Nui obsessed with becoming the perfect warrior.
- Melea, Stone Villager of OkotoMelea was a villager from the Region of Stone whose nephews Ako and Oda vanished during her family's relocation to the City of the Mask Makers, forcing Ekimu and the Toa into a rescue against the Skull Raiders.
- Minion: the Silent Dark HunterMinion was a Dark Hunter who began as a Rahi experiment of the Brotherhood of Makuta. Made sapient by their tampering, he overheard their secrets, escaped to Odina, and was kept by the Shadowed One as a guard who could never be made to speak.
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6- Narmoto, Protector of Fire of OkotoNarmoto was the village elder and Protector of Fire in the second age of Okoto, wielder of the Elemental Fire Blaster and the Flame Swords, descendant of Mamuk, and guide who led Tahu across the volcanic region to the Golden Mask of Fire.
- 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.
- Nilkuu, Protector of Stone of OkotoNilkuu was the village elder and Protector of Stone in the second age of Okoto, wielder of the Elemental Sandstone Blaster, rescuer of Bingzak, and guide who led Pohatu across the desert to the Golden Mask of Stone.
- NocturnNocturn was an amphibious prisoner of the Pit who served as Ehlek's lieutenant and briefly held the Mask of Life before its recovery.
- NuhvokThe earth-dwelling Bohrok whose rigid nature made them dangerously predictable.
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5- OdaOda was a young villager from the Region of Stone on Okoto, abducted with Ako by the Skull Raiders during the relocation to the City of the Mask Makers and rescued by Ekimu and the Toa from the buried city under Axato.
- Onua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer.
- Onua, Uniter of EarthOnua's second-stage form on Okoto, the Uniter of Earth, equipped with the Drill Hammer and the Unity Mask of Earth, paired with Terak the Creature of Earth for the campaign that hunted the Mask of Control.
- Other TuragaUnnamed and lesser-known Turaga scattered across Bionicle's islands, from ancient councils to mysterious mentors whose fates remain untold.
- Owaki, Ancient Protector of Water of OkotoFirst-age Protector of Water of Okoto, given as Owa in the earliest accounts. Owaki went into the depths for Akida's crystal and founded the line that produced Kivoda.
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6- Pahrak-KalThe slowest Bohrok-Kal conceals immense destructive plasma power that grows beyond control and consumes itself.
- PakastaaKo-Matoran guard who survived the entire Matoran universe timeline from Metru Nui through Mata Nui and on to Spherus Magna, representing countless workers behind the Toa's spotlight.
- Pohatu, Master of Stone: The Stubborn Toa of OkotoPohatu of Okoto was the Master of Stone summoned by the Protectors, the stubborn sandstorm-rider guided by Nilkuu through the Region of Stone whose hesitation at the Labyrinth cost the team the Mask of Control.
- 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.
- ProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived.
- Prototype (Dark Hunter)An unstable fusion of Fire and Earth, Prototype was forged through biomechanical mutation and hired for his violent unpredictability.
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13- SahmadA slaver, a survivor, and the only living memory of a people the Dreaming Plague erased before the Core War.
- SavageSavage was a Toa of Earth mutated into a Toa Hordika by Hordika Venom, driven feral when his own teammates failed to recognize him, and recruited into the Dark Hunters by the Shadowed One.
- ScodoniusAn Agori pilot who prepared Arena Magna for the tournament and refused a wild hunt for the Red Star.
- SeekerSeeker was a Dark Hunter assigned by the Brotherhood of Makuta to guard the Mask of Light, cast out when the Toa Hagah stole it, and obsessed ever after with finding the mask he had failed to keep.
- SentrakhThe Shadowed One's mysterious bodyguard commands transmutation and illusion, leaving Vakama barely alive in Time Trap.
- Silence: the Soundless Dark HunterSilence was a Dark Hunter and a gift to the organization from Roodaka, whose Rhotuka was held responsible for his appearance. He generated a field that deadened all sound around him, making him an abductor who could take targets from the most heavily guarded places without a scream being heard.
- Skull BasherA Skull Creature guardian of Okoto's Temple of Creation, armed with mask-draining powers and hook axes.
- Skull GrinderThe title borne by Kulta after his alliance with Makuta, marking his role as the wielder of the Mask Stealer Staff, the mask-burner at the Mask Makers' forge, and the first foe to defeat the Toa in single combat on Okoto.
- Skull SlicerA former arena victor who drains masks of their power as Kulta's lieutenant.
- Sonic EntityA being of pure sound that the Toa Metru faced underground in Web of the Visorak, one of Bionicle's rarest elemental entities.
- SpinnerSpinner was a former Toa of Air who, after being left for dead and revived by the Dark Hunters, became a mutated agent obsessed with hunting the Toa he blamed for his fall.
- StroniusAn Elite Skrall who earned his name by proving he was worth remembering.
- SubterraneanAn Onu-Matoran defector to the Dark Hunters, armed with maces for underground combat.
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18- Tahu, Master of Fire: Leader of the Toa of OkotoTahu of Okoto was the Master of Fire summoned by the Protectors, the hot-tempered would-be leader of the Toa who opened the Labyrinth of Control and held the line at the Black Volcano.
- Tahu, Toa of FireTahu served as Toa Mata, Toa Nuva, and Toa Mistika of Fire, leading his team from the first landing on Mata Nui to the destruction of the Rahkshi army on Bara Magna.
- Takanuva (The Kingdom): the Turaga who walled off the MakutaIn the alternate timeline of The Kingdom, Takanuva sealed the Matoran Universe behind a barrier of light, raised a new generation of Toa, and ruled as the head of his island kingdom's council.
- TarixThe Water Tribe's toughest fighter, Tarix earned his place through instinct and hard-won experience in the arena.
- TellurisAn Iron Tribe scavenger and one of the few immune to the Dreaming Plague, reduced to solitary vengeance.
- Teridax (Melding Alternate Universe): the Makuta who kept his lightIn the Melding alternate universe, Makuta Teridax was created as a warrior of light who never fell to shadow. Brought across to the main reality by Mazeka, he confronted his corrupted counterpart and outlived the war.
- The Cursed Great BeingA Great Being who touched the Mask of Life and was cursed to bring everything around him to life, then locked away by his fellows in a fortress on Bota Magna.
- The Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed.
- The RecorderA mysterious Dark Hunter tasked with documenting The Shadowed One's every move.
- 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.
- The Toa of Okoto: The Six Heroes Summoned to Save the IslandThe six elemental heroes summoned by the Protectors of Okoto, who recovered the Golden Masks, woke Ekimu, fought the Skull Army, and twice banished Makuta to the Shadow Realm.
- Toa MangaiThe defenders of Metru Nui before the Toa Metru arrived, a team that fell to betrayal and relentless war.
- Toa Metru: Heroes of Metru NuiThe Toa Metru were the six Toa transformed from Matoran of Metru Nui by Toa Lhikan's Toa stones, who defeated the Morbuzakh, sealed Teridax after the Great Cataclysm, survived mutation into Toa Hordika, and carried the city's Matoran to the island of Mata Nui before becoming Turaga.
- 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.
- TriglaxA shapeshifter with no confirmed appearance, a habit of pocketing what he was paid to fetch, and one canonical betrayal that put a Toa of Psionics in a stasis tube.
- TrinumaA no-nonsense Order operative with the Mask of Charisma, Trinuma recruits the chaotic Vezon for a suicide mission to Destral.
- TuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer.
- Tuyet (Dark Mirror): the Toa empress of an alternate Matoran UniverseIn the alternate timeline of the Dark Mirror, Tuyet seized the Nui Stone, murdered Toa Lhikan, and built a tyrannical Toa Empire that crushed the Brotherhood of Makuta and the Dark Hunters alike.
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3- Uganu, Ancient Protector of Ice of OkotoCalled Udapo in the earliest accounts, the first-age Protector of Ice of Okoto, gatherer of Melum's crystal and founder of the line that reached Izotor.
- UmarakUmarak hunted the Elemental Creatures of Okoto until the Mask of Control bound him to Makuta's will and remade him as the Destroyer.
- Unnamed Av-Matoran of KarzahniAn insane builder of the Toa Canisters speaks in cryptic riddles, one of Bionicle's most unsettling minor characters.
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2- Vengeance (Dark Hunter)A Dark Hunter with unknown origins whose name masks the obscurity of his true identity and purpose.
- Vizuna, Protector of Jungle of OkotoVizuna was the village elder and Protector of Jungle in the second age of Okoto, wielder of the Air Elemental Flame Bow, descendant of Agarak, and guide who led Lewa through the rainforests to the Golden Mask of Jungle.
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3- What Happened to Mata Nui?Mata Nui was struck down by Teridax, kept alive by the Mask of Life, robbed of his body and thrown into space, then rebuilt himself on Bara Magna and killed Teridax. At the end of the original story his spirit rests inside the Mask of Life. Here is the whole chain of events, with where each part is told.
- What Happened to Takanuva?Takanuva survived the whole original BIONICLE story. After becoming the Toa of Light in Mask of Light, he was half-drained by a shadow leech, lost in alternate universes, fought at Karda Nui and helped win the last battle on Bara Magna. Here is where each part of his story is told.
- Who are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac.