Felnas

The KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. Felnas, or Mask of Disruption, was a Great Mask that let its wearer make any one natural power of another being go out of control, through physical contact. It was the mask of the MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. GorastGorastA Makuta defined by rage and ruthlessness, Gorast conquered the Visorak and became Teridax's most devoted enforcer., who used it in Karda NuiKarda NuiThe vast cavern at the core of the Matoran universe, home of the Av-Matoran's Sky Villages and the Codrex, and the site of the battle to awaken Mata Nui. against PohatuPohatuPohatu was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Stone, guardian of Po-Wahi, whose speed and steady humour anchored the team through every era of the Matoran Universe. and, in the end, against two of her own kind. (BIONICLE: Makuta's Guide to the Universe; BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle)

Power and limitations#

The Felnas allows its wearer to make any one natural power of another being go out of control. In the stories it is always used through physical contact: Gorast has to get her hands on her target first. (BIONICLE: Makuta's Guide to the Universe; BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle)

The results depended on the power. PohatuPohatuPohatu was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Stone, guardian of Po-Wahi, whose speed and steady humour anchored the team through every era of the Matoran Universe.'s stone power buried him in rock, IcaraxIcaraxHe thought scheming was for the weak and said so out loud, so the canon made sure the thing that finally killed him was a scheme.'s teleportation ran out of control as he tried to leave, and KrikaKrikaThe cautious Mistika leader who survived by never taking unnecessary risks, until Teridax's Plan forced his hand.'s intangibility left him unable to turn solid again. Further rules about the mask, such as which power it picks or what it can't affect, come from Greg Farshtey's later answers to fans rather than the stories. (BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle)

Gorast's use in Karda Nui#

GorastGorastA Makuta defined by rage and ruthlessness, Gorast conquered the Visorak and became Teridax's most devoted enforcer. used the Felnas while fighting 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. in Karda NuiKarda NuiThe vast cavern at the core of the Matoran universe, home of the Av-Matoran's Sky Villages and the Codrex, and the site of the battle to awaken Mata Nui., sending PohatuPohatuPohatu was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Stone, guardian of Po-Wahi, whose speed and steady humour anchored the team through every era of the Matoran Universe.'s elemental stone power out of control so that he buried himself and the Av-Matoran Photok in a giant boulder. (BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle)

She turned it on her fellow Makuta too. When IcaraxIcaraxHe thought scheming was for the weak and said so out loud, so the canon made sure the thing that finally killed him was a scheme. went rogue and began crushing the Codrex, Gorast grabbed him as he tried to teleport away and used the Felnas to make his teleportation go out of control. Later, when KrikaKrikaThe cautious Mistika leader who survived by never taking unnecessary risks, until Teridax's Plan forced his hand. warned the other Makuta that Teridax had betrayed them, she took it as treachery, seized him and disrupted his intangibility until he faded from existence. (BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle)

Classification and other wearers#

No wearer other than GorastGorastA Makuta defined by rage and ruthlessness, Gorast conquered the Visorak and became Teridax's most devoted enforcer. appears in the stories. (BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle; BIONICLE: Makuta's Guide to the Universe)

Strategic role#

The Felnas didn't need to win a fight outright to change it. A single touch could take a Toa like PohatuPohatuPohatu was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Stone, guardian of Po-Wahi, whose speed and steady humour anchored the team through every era of the Matoran Universe. out of the battle, and against Icarax and Krika it was lethal. Gorast herself died soon afterwards, in the energy storm that swept Karda NuiKarda NuiThe vast cavern at the core of the Matoran universe, home of the Av-Matoran's Sky Villages and the Codrex, and the site of the battle to awaken Mata Nui. when Mata NuiMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna. was reawakened. (BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle)