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Characters
108 entries tagged Characters. Every entry is sourced from Greg Farshtey’s serials, the BIONICLE novels, comics, or BS01 wiki cross-checks.
- Artakha: Master Crafter of the Great RefugeArtakha was one of the most powerful beings in the Matoran Universe, the reclusive ruler of the hidden island that bore his name and the crafter of the Kanohi Kraahkan and Avohkii. He governed a refuge no evil could enter and shaped the designs on which cities such as Metru Nui were modelled.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 destroyed the Toa Nuva Kaita Wairuha Nuva in a single blast.
- ChargerCharger was a Kane-Ra bull transformed into a sentient being and recruited into the Dark Hunters, a brute fighter sent against impossible odds who solved every problem by force.
- DwellerDweller was a Dark Hunter assassin who spent over a thousand years hidden in the Archives of Metru Nui, monitoring the city for the Shadowed One and killing through mental probes and induced nightmares.
- Element Lord of SandThe Element Lord of Sand was a former Glatorian chosen by the Great Beings as one of the seven Element Lords, master of the element of Sand, and the warlord who led the Sand Tribe through the Core War before the Shattering stranded her on Bara Magna.
- Energized Protodermis EntityThe Energized Protodermis Entity was a conscious body formed from Energized Protodermis, able to transform anything destined to be transformed. It clashed with the Toa Metru, with Helryx and Keetongu, and inadvertently created Vezon.
- KamenKamen was a Po-Matoran stonemason who maintained the carvings of Po-Koro against erosion, survived the Bohrok and Bahrag crises, and later carved statues of Teridax under the false Turaga Ahkmou.
- Makuta of SteltThe Makuta of Stelt was a member of the Brotherhood of Makuta assigned to oversee the island of Stelt, the one who mutated Voporak into a temporal being, and who was ultimately absorbed by Miserix.
- "Mimic""Mimic" was a Dark Hunter able to perfectly replicate any physical feat he watched, recruited by the Shadowed One with a promise to help find a lost companion the Hunters secretly held captive.
- RavagerRavager was a powerful Dark Hunter found wandering a coastline with no memory of his origins, whose adaptive sword and shield grew stronger to match any foe.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- BranarThe Skrall warrior who survived a Baterra ambush in the Black Spike Mountains, earned his name under Tuma, scouted the southern advance, and fought the Empire's last battle at Roxtus.
- BranderA Ta-Matoran of Metru Nui who survived the Great Cataclysm, served on the Ta-Koro Guard, and ended his recorded story among the rebuilt Fire Tribe on Spherus Magna.
- Agil, Creature of LightAgil was the seventh Elemental Creature of Okoto, the Creature of Light bonded to Ekimu, who scouted Umarak for the Mask Maker and combined with him at the Black Volcano to free the Toa from the Destroyer's shadow.
- The Cursed Great BeingA Great Being who touched the Mask of Life at the dawn of time and was cursed to bring every object near him to life, then chained for tens of thousands of years on the lost third fragment of Spherus Magna.
- DarknessThe Dark Hunter assigned to shadow The Shadowed One himself, waiting for any sign of weakness in the leader he was prepared to replace, and one of the few Hunters his master openly counted among the most powerful.
- 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.
- Agarak, Ancient Protector of Jungle of OkotoAgarak was the Protector of Jungle of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, husband and father, and the only ancient Protector whose gender is recorded; founder of the lineage that descended to Vizuna.
- AkoAko was a young villager from the Region of Stone on Okoto who, separated from his elders during the great relocation, was abducted by the Skull Raiders alongside Oda and rescued from the buried city by Ekimu and the Toa.
- AngonceThe Great Being who named Mata Nui, refused to work on the Baterra, remained on Bara Magna to observe the Agori, and went looking for Marendar when the Toa returned to 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.
- AtakusAtakus was a Rock Tribe Agori warrior, the guard of the gate of Roxtus under the Skrall, a vicious arena blocker, and the messenger through whom Metus delivered his coalition offer to Tuma before the Battle of Roxtus.
- BingzakBingzak was a young villager from the Region of Jungle on Okoto, sole apparent survivor of a Skull Spider raid that destroyed his village, rescued by Nilkuu in the forest and the guide who led the Protector of Stone to the Temple of Time.
- ClickThe Scarabax beetle whose touch on the Ignika became the Scarabax Shield, named by Kiina and carried by Mata Nui across Bara Magna.
- Etoku, Ancient Protector of Earth of OkotoEtoku was the Protector of Earth of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Terak's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Korgot.
- GaardusA Ta-Matoran turned living weapon by exiled Nynrah Ghosts, Gaardus survived his tormentors, the fall of the Matoran universe, and his own resurrection aboard the Red Star to become the most reluctant teleporter in the reformed world.
- Gali, Master of Water: The Toa Who Closed the RiftGali of Okoto was the Master of Water of the Toa, the team's mediator at the Ancient City, and the Toa drawn into the Shadow Realm at the Black Volcano who returned with the means of the second banishment.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 carried the air-breathing device repaired by Lesovikk back to the underwater city after Karzahni was finally trapped.
- 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.
- Kerato, Ancient Protector of Stone of OkotoKerato was the Protector of Stone of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Ketar's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to 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.
- Kopaka, Master of Ice: The Chivalrous Toa of OkotoKopaka of Okoto was the Master of Ice summoned by the Protectors, the cold perfectionist who shielded the Protector of Ice from the Skull Spiders and disputed leadership of the team with Tahu at the Ancient City.
- 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.
- Lewa, Master of Jungle: The Daredevil Toa of OkotoLewa of Okoto was the Master of Jungle summoned by the Protectors, the rebellious flier who quested for the Mask of Jungle in the Region of Jungle and bonded with Uxar in the second wave.
- Mamuk, Ancient Protector of Fire of OkotoMamuk was the Protector of Fire of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Ikir's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Owaki, Ancient Protector of Water of OkotoOwaki was the Protector of Water of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Akida's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Kivoda.
- 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.
- SahmadA slaver, a survivor, and the only living memory of a people the Dreaming Plague erased before the Core War.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Uganu, Ancient Protector of Ice of OkotoUganu was the Protector of Ice of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Melum's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Izotor.
- 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.
- Ekimu the Mask MakerEkimu was the legendary Mask Maker of Okoto, brother of Makuta, and bearer of the Mask of Creation who struck down his brother's tyranny at the cost of his own consciousness.
- 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.
- 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.
- FeroA senior Bone Hunter who rode the Rock Steed Skirmix, served briefly under the Skrall alliance, and survived the reformation of Spherus Magna.
- The Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed.
- KabruaKabrua led an organised Vorox community on Bota Magna, retained the speech and intelligence lost by his desert kin, and captured a Toa expedition in 2010.
- 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.
- NocturnNocturn was an amphibious prisoner of the Pit who served as Ehlek's lieutenant and briefly held the Mask of Life before its recovery.
- 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.
- UmarakUmarak hunted the Elemental Creatures of Okoto until the Mask of Control bound him to Makuta's will and remade him as the Destroyer.
- 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.
- Fire TribeThe master smiths of Bara Magna who forged tools for all tribes before the Shattering scattered them into conflict.
- TrinumaA no-nonsense Order operative with the Mask of Charisma, Trinuma recruits the chaotic Vezon for a suicide mission to Destral.
- Unnamed Av-Matoran of KarzahniAn insane builder of the Toa Canisters speaks in cryptic riddles, one of Bionicle's most unsettling minor characters.
- HydraxonThe jailer of the Pit was killed once, then resurrected as the Matoran Dekar by the Mask of Life.
- Skull BasherA Skull Creature guardian of Okoto's Temple of Creation, armed with mask-draining powers and hook axes.
- SubterraneanAn Onu-Matoran defector to the Dark Hunters, armed with maces for underground combat.
- Vengeance (Dark Hunter)A Dark Hunter with unknown origins whose name masks the obscurity of his true identity and purpose.
- 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.
- Toa MangaiThe defenders of Metru Nui before the Toa Metru arrived, a team that fell to betrayal and relentless war.
- TellurisAn Iron Tribe scavenger and one of the few immune to the Dreaming Plague, reduced to solitary vengeance.
- EliminatorA Dark Hunter fixer who executes failures and finishes their missions, defined entirely by capability and reputation rather than backstory.
- ProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived.
- Sonic EntityA being of pure sound that the Toa Metru faced underground in Web of the Visorak, one of Bionicle's rarest elemental entities.
- NuhvokThe earth-dwelling Bohrok whose rigid nature made them dangerously predictable.
- 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.
- The RecorderA mysterious Dark Hunter tasked with documenting The Shadowed One's every move.
- SentrakhThe Shadowed One's mysterious bodyguard commands transmutation and illusion, leaving Vakama barely alive in Time Trap.
- Pahrak-KalThe slowest Bohrok-Kal conceals immense destructive plasma power that grows beyond control and consumes itself.
- Skull SlicerA former arena victor who drains masks of their power as Kulta's lieutenant.
- 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.
- MazekaA Ko-Matoran spy for the Order of Mata Nui obsessed with becoming the perfect warrior.
- ScodoniusAn Agori pilot who prepared Arena Magna for the tournament and refused a wild hunt for the Red Star.
- AirwatcherA Dark Hunter guard whose lethal effectiveness vastly exceeds every other aspect of his character.
- TarixThe Water Tribe's toughest fighter, Tarix earned his place through instinct and hard-won experience in the arena.
- GladiatorA Dark Hunter enforcer tasked with testing new recruits. One of canon's most obscure characters.
- Ko-MatoranIce Matoran who were quiet scholars and star-watchers, built to survive the frozen peaks of Ko-Wahi.
- TuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer.
- Prototype (Dark Hunter)An unstable fusion of Fire and Earth, Prototype was forged through biomechanical mutation and hired for his violent unpredictability.
- KrikaThe cautious Mistika leader who survived by never taking unnecessary risks, until Teridax's Plan forced his hand.
- CrotesiusA Vulcanus pilot who went from dismissing legends to answering one in Riddle of the Great Beings.
- StroniusAn Elite Skrall who earned his name by proving he was worth remembering.
- Kohrak-KalThe Bohrok-Kal of Sonics, disintegrated by the very element it wielded.
- 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.
- Other TuragaUnnamed and lesser-known Turaga scattered across Bionicle's islands, from ancient councils to mysterious mentors whose fates remain untold.