Fikou

The Fikou were a small spider 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. species found among the cables of Le-MetruLe-MetruThe teal district where Le-Matoran managed everything that moved through Metru Nui, from chutes to airships. and Onu-MetruOnu-MetruThe deep archive-city that made mining and historical records preservation the beating heart of Metru Nui. on Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. and later in the jungles of Le-WahiLe-WahiLe-Wahi is a region on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Le-Matoran and Rahi. Formerly subject to the power of Teridax, the region is no longer under that influence.. Their webs gave a stretch of the Maintenance TunnelsThe Maintenance TunnelsThe underground tunnel network beneath Metru Nui, nicknamed the Fikou Web, home to Fikou, Kuma-Nui and the shapeshifter Krahka, and explored by the Toa Metru. beneath the Onu-Metru Archives its name, the Fikou WebFikou WebThe maintenance tunnel system beneath Metru Nui's Archives, named for how its paths twist like spider silk.. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE Adventures 3: The Darkness Below)

Range and behaviour#

The Fikou were one of the Rahi species the MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. created to live in the Matoran Universe, made from viruses and liquid protodermis. A sub-species with pincers and a stinger was made the same way. (BIONICLE: Makuta's Guide to the Universe)

On Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., Fikou lived among the cables of Le-MetruLe-MetruThe teal district where Le-Matoran managed everything that moved through Metru Nui, from chutes to airships. and Onu-MetruOnu-MetruThe deep archive-city that made mining and historical records preservation the beating heart of Metru Nui.. The vicious spiders liked to lurk around high branches and tangled cables, waiting for their very strong webs to catch prey, and they could also jump out at anything passing by. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

The Fikou Web#

A section of the maintenance tunnels below the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. in Onu-MetruOnu-MetruThe deep archive-city that made mining and historical records preservation the beating heart of Metru Nui. was known as the Fikou WebFikou WebThe maintenance tunnel system beneath Metru Nui's Archives, named for how its paths twist like spider silk.. The name came from the webs the spiders left in the passages, and also from the way the tunnels themselves were laid out, like a web. (BIONICLE Adventures 3: The Darkness Below; BIONICLE: Metru Nui, City of Legends)

Life on Mata Nui#

Many Metru Nui Fikou moved to Le-WahiLe-WahiLe-Wahi is a region on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Le-Matoran and Rahi. Formerly subject to the power of Teridax, the region is no longer under that influence., the jungle region of the island of Mata Nui. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

There they were not always just a nuisance. Some Fikou fell under TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s control through infected masks and attacked Matoran, and they were known for a chirping noise and for tunnelling underground. During the BohrokBohrokHive-minded mechanical creatures designed to reshape worlds, the Bohrok represent a threat the Toa Mata never expected. invasion, the swarms destroyed Fikou webs in Le-Wahi and drove some of the spiders up into the jungle canopy. (BIONICLE: Quest for the Toa; Wall of History)

Other populations#

A stinger-tailed sub-species of Fikou, with pincers as well, lived in the Voya Nui region of the Southern ContinentThe Southern ContinentThe Southern Continent was a vast landmass beneath the Matoran Universe, scarred by Voya Nui's separation and held under Makuta Mutran's nominal dominion.. (Voya Nui Online Game)

Worldbuilding role#

The Fikou were a background species that turned up across the story, from Metru Nui to Mata Nui to Voya Nui. They also got a model of their own: a black Fikou could be built by combining the 2001 Toa Mata sets 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 OnuaOnuaOnua was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Earth, a quiet, deliberate warrior whose patience and underground mastery anchored his team across the Matoran Universe., with instructions printed in LEGO Mania Magazine. (Fikou; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)