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Worldbuilding

12 entries tagged Worldbuilding, 12 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Kolhii and Toa Stones.

Powers: what separates a BIONICLE power from an abilityIn BIONICLE a power is copyable by the Faxon, alterable by a shift in inner light and shadow, or not a consequence of physiology. Anything failing all three tests is an ability instead.
Kanoka DisksThe protodermis disks of Metru Nui, used for sport, self-defence and machinery, carried by the Vahki, and melted down to forge Kanohi masks.
AkiliniAkilini was the official sport of Metru Nui, in which Matoran surfed on Kanoka disks and threw others through scoring hoops, with tournaments held on the shifting floor of the Coliseum.
The Bohrok SwarmsThe six-tribe Matoran Universe cleanup force awakened to strip the island of Mata Nui back to bare rock for the Great Spirit's reawakening.
ExsidianExsidian was the tough, golden metal mined by the Ice Tribe near Iconox, prized for resisting sand and rust, and the cargo that drove the events of The Crossing.
The Great SundialThe Great Sundial of Onu-Wahi was a large organic disk buried beneath the Great Mine of Onu-Koro that opened a passage into Mangaia and later, in shrunken form, guided Takanuva to the Codrex during the Battle of Karda Nui.
KolhiiKolhii was the inter-village sport of Mata Nui, grown out of the older game of koli and played by all six Koro until the Matoran left the island.
The CrossingThe Bara Magna serial in which Strakk, Gresh, Kirbold, and Tarduk carried an exsidian shipment from Iconox to Vulcanus along the dangerous northern route and uncovered the first Skrall and Vorox confrontations of the empire era.
Toa StonesSmall stones charged with a portion of a Toa's power, used to awaken the dormant Toa Power within a destined Matoran and elevate them into a Toa.
Toa ToolsToa Tools were the implements every Toa carried as channels for elemental power and as physical fighting gear, with each tool specific to a wielder's element and form.
WahiThe Matoran word for region. The six Wahi of Mata Nui were the six elemental territories that made up the island before the Bohrok cleared its surface.
The Great Spirit Robot, explainedBionicle's whole universe lives inside a 40-million-foot robot built by the Great Beings. Here is what it is, why it was built, and how it ended.