Fader Bull

The Fader Bull was one of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.'s most elusive RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts.. These herbivorous, bull-like creatures possessed a teleportation ability that left behind a ghostly, fading image at their departure point, which is where the name came from. They were herd animals, usually found in groups across Po-MetruPo-MetruMetru Nui's Stone District, home to carvers whose work defined the city and site of an ancient conflict that threatened to divide it., with a teleportation power that worked similarly to a Kanoka disk's effect. No researcher ever determined why they possessed this ability or how they controlled the distance and direction of their jumps. They remained one of the more enigmatic species of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control., surviving thousands of years without anyone fully understanding their powers.

Why They're a Capture Nightmare#

Rahaga PouksPouksPouks is a Toa Hagah of Stone, distinguished by his golden brown and gunmetal armor and bearing the Great Mask of Emulation. Once a bodyguard to Makuta Teridax and later a Rahaga, he served as a Rahi hunter before reclaiming his Toa form. He carries an Avalanche Spear and Rhotuka Launching Shield, and resides on Spherus Magna. offered the most practical insight into hunting these creatures: trapping Fader Bulls required understanding their herd nature, where one individual's movement compelled the others to follow. A rockslide could scatter them, after which hunters had to carefully observe where the first bull vanished and reappeared. The window for capture came when the third or fourth bull reappeared, though there was considerable risk of one materialising directly on top of the hunter. They were herd animals with a built-in escape mechanism that made them nearly impossible to corner.

Stranger still was the occasional malfunction of their teleportation. Po-MatoranPo-MatoranThe Stone-element Matoran of Po-Metru and Po-Koro, carvers and quarry workers, the most athletic of the Matoran types and the population behind the Kohlii and Akilini circuits. reported finding them materialised inside solid rock, suggesting they could not always control where they reappeared. It was a vulnerability, but a dangerous one to exploit. These creatures would sooner get stuck in stone than fight back.

Survival Through Invisibility#

The Fader Bulls survived the VisorakVisorak (Rahi)Spider-like Rahi employed by the Brotherhood of Makuta whose name meant 'Stealers of Life' and whose swarms threatened the Matoran Universe. occupation of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., a feat that alone testified to their defensive capabilities. They were maddening for the spider horde to track. There was little point in hunting a RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. that simply vanished. Following the Battle of Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna. and the collapse of the Great Spirit Robot, they migrated to Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. alongside other Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. inhabitants. Whether they still travel in herds on their new world, and how their teleportation functions in a natural environment rather than within the mechanisms of the robot's interior, remains unknown. They endure as one of the universe's quieter mysteries, a species that solved the problem of predation by simply refusing to be caught.

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Compiled from primary sources by Lore Fortress editorial. Reviewed by Joe Garratt, Editor-in-Chief.