Element Lord of Fire

The Element Lord of Fire was a former member of the GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. species of Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., remade by the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. in the Cavern of the ElementsThe Cavern of the ElementsA chamber within the Great Beings' underground lab at Tajun, the Cavern of the Elements was the room in which seven Glatorian and a leader-class Skrall were transformed into the seven Element Lords of Spherus Magna. beneath TajunTajunTajun was a village of the Water Tribe, situated on the banks of the Skrall River. into an immortal being given mastery over the element of Fire. He led the Fire TribeFire TribeThe master smiths of Bara Magna who forged tools for all tribes before the Shattering scattered them into conflict.'s army through the Core WarThe Core WarThe generations-long war on Spherus Magna over Energized Protodermis that produced the Shattering, the exodus of Mata Nui, and the long Glatorian peace on Bara Magna., ruled the Great VolcanoThe Great VolcanoThe volcano in the country north of the desert of Bara Magna that the Element Lord of Fire claimed as his seat and inside which the Ta-Matoran later settled with the Fire Tribe on Spherus Magna. and its surrounding region on Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., and after the ShatteringThe Core WarThe generations-long war on Spherus Magna over Energized Protodermis that produced the Shattering, the exodus of Mata Nui, and the long Glatorian peace on Bara Magna. was trapped in the great desert of Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna. along with the other surviving Element LordsElement LordsSeven elemental warriors transformed by the Great Beings who refused to end their war even after the world broke.. His most fully recorded appearance came in the White Quartz MountainsWhite Quartz MountainsA jagged mountain range in the northern reaches of Bara Magna, once ruled by the Element Lord of Rock and later home to Surel and the Iron Wolves., where a strike from the Element Lord of IceElement Lord of IceThe Element Lord of Ice is a member of the Element Lords and a former Glatorian who once served as the leader of the Ice Tribe on Spherus Magna. Wielding the element of ice and bearing white coloration, the Element Lord of Ice resides on the reformed Spherus Magna, the homeland from which the species originated. intended for him was vaporised by a jet of flame before it reached the ground, sweeping the TardukTardukTarduk is an Agori of the Jungle Tribe, distinguished by his dark green and lime coloration. A treasure hunter by trade, he wields claws and spikes and makes his home on the reformed Spherus Magna. expedition clear of the avalanche as a side effect of the duel.

Origins and Transformation#

Before his transformation, the Element Lord of Fire was a warrior of the Fire TribeFire TribeThe master smiths of Bara Magna who forged tools for all tribes before the Shattering scattered them into conflict., the GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. population whose homeland centred on the Great VolcanoThe Great VolcanoThe volcano in the country north of the desert of Bara Magna that the Element Lord of Fire claimed as his seat and inside which the Ta-Matoran later settled with the Fire Tribe on Spherus Magna. and the surrounding region on Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. The tribe wore armor in shades of red, orange, orange-yellow, and occasional grey, and the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. of its towns kept a long metallurgical tradition that the Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna. settlement of VulcanusVulcanusThe Fire Tribe's settlement on Bara Magna, caught between resources and threats. inherited.

The discovery of Energized ProtodermisEnergized ProtodermisA sentient substance that could remake or annihilate any being that touched it. One of the Matoran Universe's most lethal hazards. at the planet's core changed the position of every tribal leader. The substance was identified as a resource of decisive value, and when the Element Lord of IceElement Lord of IceThe Element Lord of Ice is a member of the Element Lords and a former Glatorian who once served as the leader of the Ice Tribe on Spherus Magna. Wielding the element of ice and bearing white coloration, the Element Lord of Ice resides on the reformed Spherus Magna, the homeland from which the species originated., having found the spring near IconoxIconoxIconox is a village of the Ice Tribe, situated in the White Quartz Mountains., refused to share it, the other tribal leaders gathered their forces and went to war. The Core WarThe Core WarThe generations-long war on Spherus Magna over Energized Protodermis that produced the Shattering, the exodus of Mata Nui, and the long Glatorian peace on Bara Magna. drew in every tribe on Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., and the Fire TribeFire TribeThe master smiths of Bara Magna who forged tools for all tribes before the Shattering scattered them into conflict. committed its warrior population to the fight alongside the rest.

The Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. intervened in the conflict by selecting one warrior from each major tribe and remaking them in the Cavern of the ElementsThe Cavern of the ElementsA chamber within the Great Beings' underground lab at Tajun, the Cavern of the Elements was the room in which seven Glatorian and a leader-class Skrall were transformed into the seven Element Lords of Spherus Magna., a part of their underground lab beneath TajunTajunTajun was a village of the Water Tribe, situated on the banks of the Skrall River., into immortal embodiments of their respective elements. The future Element Lord of Fire was the Fire TribeFire TribeThe master smiths of Bara Magna who forged tools for all tribes before the Shattering scattered them into conflict. selection. The procedure granted him full mastery over the element of Fire and the purpose of leading the Fire TribeFire TribeThe master smiths of Bara Magna who forged tools for all tribes before the Shattering scattered them into conflict. for the remainder of the war. Six other warriors underwent the same procedure: the future Element LordsElement LordsSeven elemental warriors transformed by the Great Beings who refused to end their war even after the world broke. of WaterElement Lord of WaterFormer Glatorian of the Water Tribe, remade by the Great Beings into a being of living water, ruler of the Water Tribe during the Core War, and the elemental claimant who dragged the Tarduk expedition under the River Dormus., IceElement Lord of IceThe Element Lord of Ice is a member of the Element Lords and a former Glatorian who once served as the leader of the Ice Tribe on Spherus Magna. Wielding the element of ice and bearing white coloration, the Element Lord of Ice resides on the reformed Spherus Magna, the homeland from which the species originated., Jungle, Sand, Earth, and RockElement Lord of RockFormer leader-class Skrall remade by the Great Beings into a being of living stone, ruler of the Rock Tribe during the Core War, and the elemental claimant who turned the river fight in the Valley of the Maze.. His identity and name carried over from his pre-transformation life, though his form and his attitudes both took on the traits of the element fused into him.

The Core War and the Shattering#

The Element Lord of Fire led the Fire TribeFire TribeThe master smiths of Bara Magna who forged tools for all tribes before the Shattering scattered them into conflict.'s army through the bulk of the Core WarThe Core WarThe generations-long war on Spherus Magna over Energized Protodermis that produced the Shattering, the exodus of Mata Nui, and the long Glatorian peace on Bara Magna., with AckarAckarVeteran Glatorian of the Fire Tribe and prime fighter for Vulcanus, Ackar served from the Core War through the defence of Spherus Magna. serving as prime GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. under his command. AckarAckarVeteran Glatorian of the Fire Tribe and prime fighter for Vulcanus, Ackar served from the Core War through the defence of Spherus Magna. led an entire army into the Iron CanyonIron CanyonA canyon on Bara Magna, site of Core War battles between the Fire and Water Tribes and later the location where Karzahni's body was found after the reformation of Spherus Magna. and clashed with the Water TribeWater TribeA trading-focused desert tribe vulnerable to Bone Hunter raids and arena warfare on Bara Magna. there. MalumMalumFire Tribe Glatorian exiled from Vulcanus for arena killings, who became the warlord of a Vorox pack in the wastelands of Bara Magna. served as a unit commander in the same chain, was granted his own small military detachment, and managed to capture the Energized ProtodermisEnergized ProtodermisA sentient substance that could remake or annihilate any being that touched it. One of the Matoran Universe's most lethal hazards. spring near the end of the war before being forced to retreat. PerditusPerditusA Fire Tribe vehicle pilot who secretly works for Velika, embodying the franchise's later spy-craft intrigue. fought as a vehicle pilot under the same command. Among the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system., CrotesiusCrotesiusA Vulcanus pilot who went from dismissing legends to answering one in Riddle of the Great Beings., KyryKyry, Agori of the Fire TribeKyry was an Agori of the Fire Tribe who stood guard for Raanu at the Energized Protodermis spring before the Shattering, sounded the alarm at the Raid of Vulcanus, and spread word of the Glatorian alliance through the desert of Bara Magna., and the future VulcanusVulcanusThe Fire Tribe's settlement on Bara Magna, caught between resources and threats. leader RaanuRaanuRaanu is an Agori of the Fire Tribe, distinguished by his dark red and yellow-orange coloration, who served as the leader of Vulcanus and the Fire Tribe on Spherus Magna. He wielded a Flame Blade and Fire Shield as his tools of office. Following the reformation of the planet, Raanu continued to reside on the restored Spherus Magna. all served the Fire Lord through the war; RaanuRaanuRaanu is an Agori of the Fire Tribe, distinguished by his dark red and yellow-orange coloration, who served as the leader of Vulcanus and the Fire Tribe on Spherus Magna. He wielded a Flame Blade and Fire Shield as his tools of office. Following the reformation of the planet, Raanu continued to reside on the restored Spherus Magna. and KyryKyry, Agori of the Fire TribeKyry was an Agori of the Fire Tribe who stood guard for Raanu at the Energized Protodermis spring before the Shattering, sounded the alarm at the Raid of Vulcanus, and spread word of the Glatorian alliance through the desert of Bara Magna. were sent by the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. themselves to take a sample of Energized ProtodermisEnergized ProtodermisA sentient substance that could remake or annihilate any being that touched it. One of the Matoran Universe's most lethal hazards. from the contested spring for the lab's calculations on the ShatteringThe Core WarThe generations-long war on Spherus Magna over Energized Protodermis that produced the Shattering, the exodus of Mata Nui, and the long Glatorian peace on Bara Magna..

The war ended by catastrophe rather than by any victory among the Element LordsElement LordsSeven elemental warriors transformed by the Great Beings who refused to end their war even after the world broke.. The continuing extraction of Energized ProtodermisEnergized ProtodermisA sentient substance that could remake or annihilate any being that touched it. One of the Matoran Universe's most lethal hazards. from the planetary core destabilised Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., and the planet broke apart into the three fragments that would later be known as Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., Bota MagnaBota MagnaA verdant jungle moon separated from Spherus Magna for 100,000 years, then restored by Mata Nui himself at the climax of the Core War., and Aqua MagnaAqua MagnaThe endless ocean where the Matoran Universe found refuge and Mata Nui made his final stand.. The Fire Lord and most of his surviving tribe were trapped in the great desert of Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna.. At least part of the Fire TribeFire TribeThe master smiths of Bara Magna who forged tools for all tribes before the Shattering scattered them into conflict. took refuge in VulcanusVulcanusThe Fire Tribe's settlement on Bara Magna, caught between resources and threats. and chose an AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. to lead them in the Element Lord's absence; that leadership eventually passed to RaanuRaanuRaanu is an Agori of the Fire Tribe, distinguished by his dark red and yellow-orange coloration, who served as the leader of Vulcanus and the Fire Tribe on Spherus Magna. He wielded a Flame Blade and Fire Shield as his tools of office. Following the reformation of the planet, Raanu continued to reside on the restored Spherus Magna., who governed the village through the long GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. era. The Fire Lord himself did not return to take up his former command. His portion of the war did not stop with the ShatteringThe Core WarThe generations-long war on Spherus Magna over Energized Protodermis that produced the Shattering, the exodus of Mata Nui, and the long Glatorian peace on Bara Magna.; he continued his feud with the other Element LordsElement LordsSeven elemental warriors transformed by the Great Beings who refused to end their war even after the world broke. directly, the conflict outlasting the planet that had produced it.

Confrontation in the White Quartz Mountains#

The most fully recorded engagement of the Element Lord of Fire during the Reign of ShadowsReign of ShadowsThe year Teridax ruled the Matoran Universe from inside Mata Nui's body, and the scattered resistance plots that ran against him until the Great Spirit returned from Bara Magna. era came in the White Quartz MountainsWhite Quartz MountainsA jagged mountain range in the northern reaches of Bara Magna, once ruled by the Element Lord of Rock and later home to Surel and the Iron Wolves., where his feud with the Element Lord of IceElement Lord of IceThe Element Lord of Ice is a member of the Element Lords and a former Glatorian who once served as the leader of the Ice Tribe on Spherus Magna. Wielding the element of ice and bearing white coloration, the Element Lord of Ice resides on the reformed Spherus Magna, the homeland from which the species originated. broke open in the path of the TardukTardukTarduk is an Agori of the Jungle Tribe, distinguished by his dark green and lime coloration. A treasure hunter by trade, he wields claws and spikes and makes his home on the reformed Spherus Magna. expedition. The three AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. explorers, TardukTardukTarduk is an Agori of the Jungle Tribe, distinguished by his dark green and lime coloration. A treasure hunter by trade, he wields claws and spikes and makes his home on the reformed Spherus Magna., CrotesiusCrotesiusA Vulcanus pilot who went from dismissing legends to answering one in Riddle of the Great Beings., and KirboldKirboldKirbold is an Agori of the Ice Tribe, distinguished by white and grey coloring, who serves as a maintenance worker on the reformed Spherus Magna. He carries a blade as his primary tool., had passed into the northern mountains with the former Iron TribeThe Iron TribeAn entire civilization consumed by dream-hunger, leaving only scattered survivors who dared not reveal their origins. warrior SurelSurelSurel is a Glatorian and the Element Lord of Ice, native to Spherus Magna. Clad in white and light blue, he wanders the reformed Spherus Magna armed with a spear. and his pack of Iron WolvesThe Iron WolvesBiomechanical wolves built by the Great Beings for the Core War, the Iron Wolves outlasted the Shattering and held the northern range of Bara Magna beside the warrior Surel. when the Element Lord of IceElement Lord of IceThe Element Lord of Ice is a member of the Element Lords and a former Glatorian who once served as the leader of the Ice Tribe on Spherus Magna. Wielding the element of ice and bearing white coloration, the Element Lord of Ice resides on the reformed Spherus Magna, the homeland from which the species originated. released an avalanche over the valley they were crossing.

The avalanche never reached the ground. A jet of flame from the Fire Lord met the descending ice, melted and vaporised the mass in mid-fall, and threw the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. party clear of its track as collateral. TardukTardukTarduk is an Agori of the Jungle Tribe, distinguished by his dark green and lime coloration. A treasure hunter by trade, he wields claws and spikes and makes his home on the reformed Spherus Magna. interpreted the intervention as deliberate rescue. SurelSurelSurel is a Glatorian and the Element Lord of Ice, native to Spherus Magna. Clad in white and light blue, he wanders the reformed Spherus Magna armed with a spear. corrected him. He told the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. party that they were dust to the Fire Lord, not even dust, that the strike had been an attack on the Fire Lord's frozen enemy, and that they were simply caught between the two. The exchange established the position of the surviving Element LordsElement LordsSeven elemental warriors transformed by the Great Beings who refused to end their war even after the world broke. toward the contemporary inhabitants of the planet: their war, in their own estimation, was the only one that mattered, and the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. of the GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. era figured in it only as terrain.

Powers, Form, and Final Disposition#

The Element Lord of Fire possessed the ability to create, control, and absorb fire. As with the other surviving Element LordsElement LordsSeven elemental warriors transformed by the Great Beings who refused to end their war even after the world broke., his command of his element exceeded the scale of any ToaToa (2001)Biomechanical heroes bonded to elemental powers and masks. Not born, but chosen and transformed. of Fire in the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.; the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. modelled later Toa elemental abilities on his and his counterparts'. He could possess his portion of his element directly, animating volumes of flame from a distance and projecting them across the terrain, as the vaporising jet that met the Ice LordElement Lord of IceThe Element Lord of Ice is a member of the Element Lords and a former Glatorian who once served as the leader of the Ice Tribe on Spherus Magna. Wielding the element of ice and bearing white coloration, the Element Lord of Ice resides on the reformed Spherus Magna, the homeland from which the species originated.'s avalanche demonstrated. The same property carried a corresponding vulnerability shared by every Element Lord: damage inflicted on the substance he was inhabiting at any moment was damage to him. His effectiveness was bounded in practice by his opposite. Direct confrontations between Fire and Ice produced steam and shattered terrain rather than a decisive result, and no recorded engagement of his ended with either Lord overcoming the other.

The Element Lord of Fire survived the Battle of Bara MagnaThe Battle of Bara MagnaThe Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky carrying Teridax in stolen flesh, and the desert world below produced a champion who carried Mata Nui's consciousness back into the fight. and the reformation of Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. The reunification of the three fragments did not undo the transformations the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. had performed during the Core WarThe Core WarThe generations-long war on Spherus Magna over Energized Protodermis that produced the Shattering, the exodus of Mata Nui, and the long Glatorian peace on Bara Magna., and he remained alive on the reformed planet alongside the other surviving Element LordsElement LordsSeven elemental warriors transformed by the Great Beings who refused to end their war even after the world broke.. No further engagement of his is recorded. The Fire TribeFire TribeThe master smiths of Bara Magna who forged tools for all tribes before the Shattering scattered them into conflict. of the GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. era, the VulcanusVulcanusThe Fire Tribe's settlement on Bara Magna, caught between resources and threats. township under RaanuRaanuRaanu is an Agori of the Fire Tribe, distinguished by his dark red and yellow-orange coloration, who served as the leader of Vulcanus and the Fire Tribe on Spherus Magna. He wielded a Flame Blade and Fire Shield as his tools of office. Following the reformation of the planet, Raanu continued to reside on the restored Spherus Magna., and the Hero AgoriHero AgoriA nameless Fire Tribe defender who survived the Shattering and served as a negotiator on reformed Spherus Magna. who later rose to defend them all carried forward the institutional memory of his former command. The Fire Lord himself did not return to take it back. The tribe continued without him.