Energized Flame Swords

The energized flame sword was the tool of JallerJallerJaller served as Captain of the Ta-Koro Guard, led the Toa Inika to Voya Nui, and commanded the Toa Mahri through the recovery of the Mask of Life. during his time as a Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself.. The 2006 Toa Jaller set describes raw energy flowing over its blade, and Jaller used it to channel his element of FireFireOne of the six main elements of the Matoran Universe, marked by the Ta- prefix and the colours red and orange, and wielded by Toa from Lhikan to Tahu., blasting electrified fire at his enemies. Nearly every source gives him a single sword. (Toa Jaller, LEGO set 8727; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE Legends 3: Power Play)

Creation at Voya Nui#

JallerJallerJaller served as Captain of the Ta-Koro Guard, led the Toa Inika to Voya Nui, and commanded the Toa Mahri through the recovery of the Mask of Life., HahliHahliA 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., 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., KonguKonguKongu captained Le-Koro's Gukko Force before lightning from the red star turned him into a Toa of Air, who later served among the Toa Mahri., NuparuNuparuAn Onu-Matoran engineer from Metru Nui who built the Boxor and rose to become a Toa of Earth despite no warrior destiny. and MatoroMatoroA quiet Ko-Matoran translator who became a Toa Inika and then a Toa Mahri, Matoro gave his life with the Mask of Life to restore Mata Nui., six Matoran from Metru Nui, set out after the Toa Nuva to find the Mask of Life. They reached Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time. in Toa canisters during a storm, and a bolt of lightning from the red starRed StarThe Red Star was an orbiting facility that revived the dead and enabled the Great Spirit Robot's cosmic travels. struck them, turning them into the Toa Inika. (BIONICLE Legends 3: Power Play)

The six emerged with new tools, each crackling with energy. Jaller's was the energized flame sword, which the set describes as having raw energy flowing over its blade. The other Inika carried a laser harpoon, laser axe, laser drill, laser crossbow and energized ice sword, and each set also came with a Zamor launcher. (BIONICLE Legends 3: Power Play; Toa Jaller, LEGO set 8727; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Capabilities#

The sword was both a weapon and a way for Jaller to channel his fire. The lightning that made the Inika left its mark on their powers, so when Jaller fired through the blade his fire came out electrified. (BIONICLE Legends 3: Power Play; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Most sources, from his 2006 set to BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated, describe Jaller with a single energized flame sword. BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit is the exception, describing him as having two. (Toa Jaller, LEGO set 8727; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit)

Use on Voya Nui#

The Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. arrived on Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time., joined the Matoran resistanceThe Matoran ResistanceThe covert insurgency waged by six unenslaved Matoran of Voya Nui against the Piraka occupation, sustaining Matoran agency through the interval between the Piraka takeover and the recovery of the Mask of Life. and took on the 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. who had enslaved the island. In one clash Jaller used his sword to blast electrified fire at the Piraka Hakann. (BIONICLE Legends 3: Power Play)

The fight went all the way down to the Chamber of LifeChamber of LifeThe Chamber of Life was the vault beneath the Lake of Lava of Mount Valmai on Voya Nui where the Kanohi Ignika, the Mask of Life, lay hidden., where the Inika faced VezonVezonHe started as a weapon misfire and a throwaway joke, and the canon spent four years quietly turning him into its most useful expendable asset., who had fused the Mask of Life to his head, and his spider steed FenrakkFenrakkA Fenrakk Spawn mutated by the Mask of Life's curse and fused to Vezon as a guardian, then reborn as Kardas after Vezon rode it into the lava of the Chamber of Life.. The Toa defeated them, but the mask chose Matoro as its guardian and flew off into the sea. (BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno)

Replacement during the Mahri transformation#

The Inika followed the mask down the Cord. When a giant eel cracked it, they escaped into the black water of the PitThe PitThe deep-water prison of the Matoran Universe, built by the Order of Mata Nui to hold the Barraki and other beings too dangerous to execute., where a burst of light and energy from the Kanohi IgnikaThe 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. transformed them into water-breathing Toa. Their masks and tools changed with them, and Jaller's energized flame sword became a power blade. (BIONICLE Legends 6: City of the Lost)

Place in the Inika arsenal#

The energized flame sword was one of six Inika tools, all of them carrying the same electrical charge from the red star. Hahli used her laser harpoon to shoot electrified water at the Piraka Thok, and Nuparu fired chunks of electrified earth from his laser drill. Jaller's sword was the fire version of that shared power. (BIONICLE Legends 3: Power Play)