Cyclone Spear

The Cyclone Spear was the Toa ToolToa 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. of Toa HagahToa HagahElite Toa teams appointed by the Brotherhood of Makuta to serve as personal guardians, later rebelling against their creators. IruiniIruiniIruini is a Toa of Air, formerly a Le-Matoran and a member of the Toa Hagah who served as bodyguard to Makuta Teridax. He wears the Great Kualsi, wields a Cyclone Spear and Rhotuka Launching Shield with a healing Rhotuka, and resides on Spherus Magna as a Rahi Hunter and protector of Matoran.. Its special power could conjure massive windstorms and sweep away hundreds of foes at once, but using it weakened Iruini, so he had to call on it sparingly. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Origin#

The Toa Hagah were the elite Toa guard of MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. Teridax. To mark their status they were given metallic armour and specialised Toa Tools in the form of spears, and Iruini, the team's Toa of AirToa of AirWielders of the Element of Air, typically transformed from Le-Matoran, tasked with protecting the Matoran Universe., received the Cyclone Spear. (BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows)

Function#

Like all Toa Tools, each Hagah spear could be used in close combat and as a channel for its Toa's elemental power, and each also had a special power of its own. The Cyclone Spear's was the cyclone blast: windstorms big enough to sweep away hundreds of foes at once. The drawback was that it weakened Iruini, so he couldn't lean on it in every fight. (BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

The spear was a weapon in its own right. Outside the gate of a Brotherhood fortress, the Dark HunterThe Dark HuntersA band of mercenaries and thieves founded on Odina by the Shadowed One and Ancient, hired out across the Matoran Universe, and left a battered ruin by the time Teridax ruled the universe. KrekkaKrekkaA brutish but ineffective Dark Hunter with no powers or masks, Krekka was outmatched from his first moments in Metru Nui. attacked Iruini and NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored., and Iruini countered with the spear, launching Krekka over his head. (BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga)

In the same comic Iruini uses the spear against artificial Bohrok, and on another mission he and Norik beat a pack of Frostelus by combining their two spears' powers into a lava cyclone. (BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga)

Loss and recovery#

After the Toa HagahToa HagahElite Toa teams appointed by the Brotherhood of Makuta to serve as personal guardians, later rebelling against their creators. learned the Brotherhood of MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. had betrayed the Matoran, they raided the Destral fortress and stole the Avohkii. RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game. caught most of them and mutated them into RahagaToa Hagah and RahagaThe Toa Hagah were appointed to guard Makuta Teridax, mutated into hybrid warriors, and mysteriously restored.. The transformation changed their spears as well, shrinking them into smaller staffs with different powers, and their shields' Rhotuka launchers became mounted launchers. (BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows; BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga)

Iruini's Rahaga staff could hypnotise Rahi, which suited the Rahaga's work of rescuing creatures from the Visorak. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

The spear came back when the mutation was undone. On Xia, the Rahaga found Roodaka held prisoner by the Toa NuvaToa NuvaThe form the Toa Mata took after stepping into the Energized Protodermis beneath the Bahrag, with new masks, new tools, and the elemental scale to fight Karda Nui., and she transformed them back into Toa Hagah. (Toa Nuva Blog)

Later service#

Restored, Iruini was keen to be back in action. When the Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe. drafted the Hagah to track down Teridax, the team was teleported to Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. Norik told the Toa MahriToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. the Coliseum had to be destroyed, and a fight broke out in which HewkiiHewkiiHewkii 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. went after Iruini. It ended when Kualus lost control of a giant Rahi, and Iruini joined his powers with Norik, Kongu and Jaller to bring it down. (Dwellers In Darkness)

Design#

The Cyclone Spear came with the Toa Iruini canister set in 2005. It was built from four pieces: a spear tip, two axle rods joined at the figure's hand, and a connector holding the tip to one axle. The same set included a Rhotuka launcher shield. (Toa Iruini)

Norik's Lava SpearLava SpearThe Toa tool carried by Toa Hagah Norik, which channelled his Fire powers, fired a stream of lava, and could strip the heat from a target or superheat it in an instant. is the closest comparison. Its special power is a lava blast, and it can also draw all the heat out of an object or superheat it until it melts. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)