Click

Click was a ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. beetle of Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., the lone member of a desert swarm that did not flee the landing of the KanohiKanohi Faxon, the Mask of KindredThe Kanohi Faxon, or Mask of Kindred, allowed its wearer to mimic the powers of Rahi within the surrounding environment. Worn most prominently by Toa Mahri Hahli and by the Toa of Air Lesovikk during his time in the Pit. Ignika and who afterward became the constant companion of Mata NuiMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna. in his AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system.-sized body. Click's place in the chronicles of Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna. was small in scale but decisive in function. His touch on the Mask of LifeThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero. produced the Scarabax ShieldThe Scarabax ShieldThe Scarabax Shield was the secondary form of Click, a sentient beetle bonded to the Mask of Life and used by Mata Nui during the Bara Magna campaign., the first weapon Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. ever carried, and his loyalty during the climactic engagements at RoxtusRoxtusThe largest Agori village on Bara Magna and the seat of Tuma's Skrall, Roxtus was the centre of the Empire of the Skrall until Mata Nui defeated Tuma in single combat. rallied the wider ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. population into a decisive intervention against MetusMata Nui's Exile to Bara MagnaAfter Teridax seized the body of the Great Spirit, Mata Nui's consciousness was cast into the Kanohi Ignika and hurled to the desert world of Bara Magna. and the SkrallThe Skrall Conquest of Bara MagnaThe year of consolidation in which Tuma turned the Roxtus garrison into a continental military power, struck a covert alliance with the Bone Hunters, and set the southern villages on the road to the Battle of Roxtus..

Arrival of the Ignika and the first transformation#

Before the KanohiKanohi Faxon, the Mask of KindredThe Kanohi Faxon, or Mask of Kindred, allowed its wearer to mimic the powers of Rahi within the surrounding environment. Worn most prominently by Toa Mahri Hahli and by the Toa of Air Lesovikk during his time in the Pit. Ignika reached Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna. Click was an ordinary ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. in a swarm crossing the open desert. The mask descended through the night sky and was at first taken for a meteor by the GlatorianAckarVeteran Glatorian of the Fire Tribe and prime fighter for Vulcanus, Ackar served from the Core War through the defence of Spherus Magna. watching from VulcanusVulcanusThe Fire Tribe's settlement on Bara Magna, caught between resources and threats. and the surrounding settlements. The Ignika came down hard, scattering the swarm and beginning to gather sand from the surrounding desert into a body for the spirit it carried. Most of the ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. fled. One beetle approached out of curiosity, watched the assembly of the body in progress, and remained beside the mask through the sandstorm that accompanied the transformation.

When the wind subsided the tall figure of Mata NuiMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna. stood where the mask had landed. The body was new, the spirit inside it unaccustomed to walking on his own scale, and his first uncertain step very nearly crushed the watching ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall.. The beetle's audible alarm stopped him in time. He lowered his hand and let the beetle climb up his arm, and the beetle continued up the figure's body and touched the Ignika.

The Ignika responded as it had to the mass of sand a few moments earlier. The ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. was transformed into the Scarabax ShieldThe Scarabax ShieldThe Scarabax Shield was the secondary form of Click, a sentient beetle bonded to the Mask of Life and used by Mata Nui during the Bara Magna campaign., the curved defensive plate that Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. would carry for the duration of his stay in the body. The transformation was reversible: Click could revert to beetle form at will and resume shield form on contact with Mata NuiMata Nui: Great Spirit of the Matoran UniverseBuilt by the Great Beings as a biomechanical guardian, betrayed by Teridax, and returned in a smaller form to reshape Spherus Magna.'s intent. The mechanism was the same Ignika-mediated process that produced Mata NuiMata Nui: Great Spirit of the Matoran UniverseBuilt by the Great Beings as a biomechanical guardian, betrayed by Teridax, and returned in a smaller form to reshape Spherus Magna.'s body itself.

First combat and the trip to VulcanusVulcanusThe Fire Tribe's settlement on Bara Magna, caught between resources and threats.#

The transformation came in time for the first fight. A VoroxVoroxThe warrior caste of the Sand Tribe, reduced to feral pack hunters in the wastes of Bara Magna after the collapse of their civilisation in the Core War. attacked Mata NuiMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna. almost immediately after the shield formed. The Scarabax ShieldThe Scarabax ShieldThe Scarabax Shield was the secondary form of Click, a sentient beetle bonded to the Mask of Life and used by Mata Nui during the Bara Magna campaign. was hard enough that the VoroxVoroxThe warrior caste of the Sand Tribe, reduced to feral pack hunters in the wastes of Bara Magna after the collapse of their civilisation in the Core War.'s whip-stinger tail broke against it, and the VoroxVoroxThe warrior caste of the Sand Tribe, reduced to feral pack hunters in the wastes of Bara Magna after the collapse of their civilisation in the Core War. fled rather than continue against an opponent whose defence had cost him his primary weapon. Mata NuiMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna. took up the detached stinger as a sword. From that first encounter onward the pair travelled together, the shield on Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years.'s arm and the stinger in his hand.

MetusMata Nui's Exile to Bara MagnaAfter Teridax seized the body of the Great Spirit, Mata Nui's consciousness was cast into the Kanohi Ignika and hurled to the desert world of Bara Magna. reached the scene shortly afterward in his ThornatusThornatusDesert transport for Agori and Glatorian, built for Bara Magna's rough terrain and easily modified for combat. V9 and brought Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. to VulcanusVulcanusThe Fire Tribe's settlement on Bara Magna, caught between resources and threats.. There Mata NuiMata Nui: Great Spirit of the Matoran UniverseBuilt by the Great Beings as a biomechanical guardian, betrayed by Teridax, and returned in a smaller form to reshape Spherus Magna. met AckarAckarVeteran Glatorian of the Fire Tribe and prime fighter for Vulcanus, Ackar served from the Core War through the defence of Spherus Magna., the veteran Fire GlatorianAckarVeteran Glatorian of the Fire Tribe and prime fighter for Vulcanus, Ackar served from the Core War through the defence of Spherus Magna., and was taken into AckarAckarVeteran Glatorian of the Fire Tribe and prime fighter for Vulcanus, Ackar served from the Core War through the defence of Spherus Magna.'s cave. KiinaMata Nui's Exile to Bara MagnaAfter Teridax seized the body of the Great Spirit, Mata Nui's consciousness was cast into the Kanohi Ignika and hurled to the desert world of Bara Magna. arrived not long after, and it was she who gave the ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. his name. The name began as a joke at the beetle's expense, but it stuck, and Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. liked it. From that moment forward the beetle's identity in the chronicles was Click.

Travel through Bara Magna#

Click went with Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. everywhere across Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna. that followed. The group's journey from VulcanusVulcanusThe Fire Tribe's settlement on Bara Magna, caught between resources and threats. to TajunTajunTajun was a village of the Water Tribe, situated on the banks of the Skrall River. ran through Sandray CanyonBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna. and into a Bone HunterBone HunterDesert nomads of Bara Magna who raided for survival until their alliance with the Skrall nearly conquered the continent. ambush which produced a SkopioSkopioSkopio were biomechanical scorpion predators of Spherus Magna, modified ages past with integrated Thornax Launchers and surviving the Shattering as desert ambushers. encounter. In the training session afterward, when AckarAckarVeteran Glatorian of the Fire Tribe and prime fighter for Vulcanus, Ackar served from the Core War through the defence of Spherus Magna. attempted a sudden strike on Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. to teach him to keep his guard up, the force of the parry sent Click off his usual perch on Mata NuiMata Nui: Great Spirit of the Matoran UniverseBuilt by the Great Beings as a biomechanical guardian, betrayed by Teridax, and returned in a smaller form to reshape Spherus Magna.'s shoulder and onto KiinaKiinaKiina is a Glatorian of the Water Tribe who served as the secondary Glatorian for the village of Tajun on Spherus Magna. Colored in shades of dark and light blue, she wielded a Vapor Trident and a Thornax Launcher in combat. Following the reformation of Spherus Magna, she continued to reside on the restored world.'s arm. AckarAckarVeteran Glatorian of the Fire Tribe and prime fighter for Vulcanus, Ackar served from the Core War through the defence of Spherus Magna. returned him without comment and continued the lesson.

The journey continued into the Black Spike MountainsBlack Spike MountainsThe mountain range north of the Bara Magna desert that served as the Skrall homeland after the Shattering, became Baterra hunting ground, and was destroyed when the Mata Nui robot fell upon it. in search of the Valley of the Maze. Click went with Mata NuiMata Nui: Great Spirit of the Matoran UniverseBuilt by the Great Beings as a biomechanical guardian, betrayed by Teridax, and returned in a smaller form to reshape Spherus Magna. through the labyrinth itself. Inside the trap chambers, where water turned to ice and then to fire and then to animated plant life, Click transformed back into shield form to let Mata NuiMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna. batter down a section of wall and then to deflect the Thornax launchersThe Elemental Sandstone BlasterThe Elemental Sandstone Blaster was the close-range melee and sand-blast weapon carried by Nilkuu of Stone through the second-age campaign on Okoto, and the tool that passed to Pohatu in powered-up form at the temple of the Golden Mask of Stone. positioned behind it. The pair reached the tower at the centre of the maze and recovered the next piece of the trail that the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. BerixBerixBerix is an Agori of the Water Tribe who lived on Spherus Magna. A scavenger by trade, he is recognized by his blue and dark blue coloration and carries a Water Sword and shield. had begun to uncover with the saw blade shield and the Underground Lab coin.

RoxtusRoxtusThe largest Agori village on Bara Magna and the seat of Tuma's Skrall, Roxtus was the centre of the Empire of the Skrall until Mata Nui defeated Tuma in single combat. and the rallying of the swarm#

The decisive use of Click's connection to his own species came at RoxtusThe Skrall Conquest of Bara MagnaThe year of consolidation in which Tuma turned the Roxtus garrison into a continental military power, struck a covert alliance with the Bone Hunters, and set the southern villages on the road to the Battle of Roxtus.. After Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years.'s victory over TumaTumaTuma rose from the survivors of the Baterra massacre to rule the Skrall Empire from Roxtus until Mata Nui defeated him in single combat. in single arena combat for the freedom of his allies, MetusMata Nui's Exile to Bara MagnaAfter Teridax seized the body of the Great Spirit, Mata Nui's consciousness was cast into the Kanohi Ignika and hurled to the desert world of Bara Magna. revealed himself as the traitor who had engineered the alliance between the SkrallThe Skrall Conquest of Bara MagnaThe year of consolidation in which Tuma turned the Roxtus garrison into a continental military power, struck a covert alliance with the Bone Hunters, and set the southern villages on the road to the Battle of Roxtus. and the Bone Hunters. MetusMetusMetus was a transformed Agori from Spherus Magna who worked as a Glatorian recruiter. Originally a member of the Ice Tribe, he later joined the Rock Tribe. White and ice blue in coloration, Metus wielded an Ice Axe and an Ice Shield. ordered the assembled armies to attack. Realising what was about to happen, Mata NuiMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna. set Click down and told him to save himself.

Click did not flee. He burrowed underground, narrowly avoiding the dual-headed vapour trident that KiinaKiinaKiina is a Glatorian of the Water Tribe who served as the secondary Glatorian for the village of Tajun on Spherus Magna. Colored in shades of dark and light blue, she wielded a Vapor Trident and a Thornax Launcher in combat. Following the reformation of Spherus Magna, she continued to reside on the restored world. herself slammed into the spot where he had been standing in MetusMetusMetus was a transformed Agori from Spherus Magna who worked as a Glatorian recruiter. Originally a member of the Ice Tribe, he later joined the Rock Tribe. White and ice blue in coloration, Metus wielded an Ice Axe and an Ice Shield.'s attempt to exterminate him. Below the surface he summoned hundreds of other ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. beetles from the swarms that roamed the desert. The ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. responded in numbers large enough that, on emerging, they were able to take a single co-ordinated form similar to MalumThe Skrall Conquest of Bara MagnaThe year of consolidation in which Tuma turned the Roxtus garrison into a continental military power, struck a covert alliance with the Bone Hunters, and set the southern villages on the road to the Battle of Roxtus., the exiled Fire GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. whose alliance with the VoroxVoroxThe warrior caste of the Sand Tribe, reduced to feral pack hunters in the wastes of Bara Magna after the collapse of their civilisation in the Core War. they had observed. The composite swarm-figure threw itself into the engagement on the side of the GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. and AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system.. Between that intervention, the arrival of the wider GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. force, and Mata NuiMata Nui: Great Spirit of the Matoran UniverseBuilt by the Great Beings as a biomechanical guardian, betrayed by Teridax, and returned in a smaller form to reshape Spherus Magna.'s eventual use of the Ignika to turn MetusMata Nui's Exile to Bara MagnaAfter Teridax seized the body of the Great Spirit, Mata Nui's consciousness was cast into the Kanohi Ignika and hurled to the desert world of Bara Magna. into a snake, the rebellion at RoxtusRoxtusThe largest Agori village on Bara Magna and the seat of Tuma's Skrall, Roxtus was the centre of the Empire of the Skrall until Mata Nui defeated Tuma in single combat. was broken.

After the snake-form MetusMetusMetus was a transformed Agori from Spherus Magna who worked as a Glatorian recruiter. Originally a member of the Ice Tribe, he later joined the Rock Tribe. White and ice blue in coloration, Metus wielded an Ice Axe and an Ice Shield. attempted a retaliatory strike on Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years., Click and the other ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. confronted him a second time and defeated him.

Powers and constitution#

In beetle form Click was a normal ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. of the deserts of Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., with the species' usual hard carapace, burrowing behaviour, and capacity to swarm. The Ignika-mediated power that distinguished him from other ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. was the ability to assume the Scarabax ShieldThe Scarabax ShieldThe Scarabax Shield was the secondary form of Click, a sentient beetle bonded to the Mask of Life and used by Mata Nui during the Bara Magna campaign. form at will. In shield form he no longer had a functioning nervous system, which made him impervious to pain regardless of the force of blows struck against the shield. The two eyes of his beetle form became fixed on the front of the shield in that state, giving the wielder an additional field of view. The transformation was deliberate rather than reflexive: shield form when blows were imminent or when a barrier was needed, beetle form when freedom of movement, communication, or self-preservation required it.

Final disposition and significance#

After the battle at RoxtusThe Skrall Conquest of Bara MagnaThe year of consolidation in which Tuma turned the Roxtus garrison into a continental military power, struck a covert alliance with the Bone Hunters, and set the southern villages on the road to the Battle of Roxtus., Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. took control of the abandoned Prototype RobotMata Nui's Exile to Bara MagnaAfter Teridax seized the body of the Great Spirit, Mata Nui's consciousness was cast into the Kanohi Ignika and hurled to the desert world of Bara Magna. that the Great Beings had left behind on Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna.. Before stepping into that body and leaving behind the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system.-sized form, he handed Click to KiinaMata Nui's Exile to Bara MagnaAfter Teridax seized the body of the Great Spirit, Mata Nui's consciousness was cast into the Kanohi Ignika and hurled to the desert world of Bara Magna., the Water GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. who had named him.

Click's significance in the wider chronicle is two-fold. He is the only individual creature of Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna. whose contact with the Ignika produced a transformation comparable in kind to those the mask worked on the Toa MahriHahliA Ga-Matoran scholar who rose to become Chronicler of Mata Nui, then Toa Inika, then Toa Mahri of Water during the final crises of the Matoran Universe. and on the creatures of the waters surrounding Mahri NuiThe CordThe stone Cord linking Voya Nui to the sunken peninsula of Mahri Nui, the tunnel the Toa Mahri descended, and the lifeline severed to revive Mata Nui.. His ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. Shield was the first defence Mata NuiMata Nui: Great Spirit of the Matoran UniverseBuilt by the Great Beings as a biomechanical guardian, betrayed by Teridax, and returned in a smaller form to reshape Spherus Magna.'s AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system.-sized body ever carried and remained its primary defence to the end. The summoning of the wider ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. swarm at RoxtusThe Skrall Conquest of Bara MagnaThe year of consolidation in which Tuma turned the Roxtus garrison into a continental military power, struck a covert alliance with the Bone Hunters, and set the southern villages on the road to the Battle of Roxtus. was the only recorded instance in which a single ScarabaxScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. demonstrated organised collective action that the species otherwise performed only as a reflexive defensive response, as in the CrossingThe 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. episode in which a swarm overwhelmed a sand batScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall. in a desert tunnel. The RoxtusRoxtusThe largest Agori village on Bara Magna and the seat of Tuma's Skrall, Roxtus was the centre of the Empire of the Skrall until Mata Nui defeated Tuma in single combat. rally suggests that the Ignika's influence on Click extended beyond shield-form to the social and signalling capacities by which he was able to draw the rest of the swarm to him at need.