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Daxia

Daxia is a location situated east of the Southern Continent, affiliated with the Order of Mata Nui and home to the Shallows Cat.

By Tom G
Daxia Bohrok And Avmatoran Sculpture

Daxia is an island that holds the headquarters of 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., the secret organization that worked to carry out the will of the Great Spirit. The Order maintained a fortress on the island, and it was here that members and recruits were summoned for their missions.

The island held one of the sources of energized protodermis, a substance the Order guarded closely. Daxia also served as a holding site for the Order's most dangerous captives: the six PirakaBionicle Piraka: the Six Skakdi Thieves Who Hunted the Mask of LifeThe Piraka were six Skakdi who quit the Dark Hunters, took over Voya Nui by posing as Toa and went after the Mask of Life in 2006. Here's who they were, how the Voya Nui story played out and what happened to them afterwards., mutated into water snakes, and the being known as KarzahniKarzahniBionicle used one cursed name three times, for a being, a realm and a plant, and every one of them earns it. This article untangles all three. were kept in great water tanks there, and Vezon was confined in a cell on the island.

The Order brought significant figures to Daxia at key moments. The Staff of Artakha was teleported there by Botar after BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, was mutated in the Pit, and later led the Order's strike team to free Miserix. stole it from Teridax, and it was activated on the island. Botar later transported the Toa Nuva to Daxia so they could witness the healing of the world.

Daxia's defenses were eventually overcome by TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., who targeted the energized protodermis source the Order would not think to shut down. He leveled the fortress and seized control of the island. The Order later mounted a mission to destroy the energized protodermis pool there, which succeeded. Daxia was home to the creature known as the Shallows CatShallows CatA deceptive Rahi predator on Daxia that uses its beauty to lure victims to their deaths in the shallows..

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