First Rahi

The earliest records of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. speak of the first 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. as sea creatures of extraordinary size. What survives in the chronicles is frustratingly limited. The universe teemed with 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, but determining which creatures count as the first requires examining the oldest fragments of recorded history. The evidence suggests that the term refers to creatures spawned in the universe's earliest ages, long before the establishment of the Archives or Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive..

What the Canon Says (Barely)#

The sum total of canonical description is direct: massive sea creatures. Beyond that, the record goes quiet. Were they named? Did they serve a specific function in the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.'s early ecosystem? The surviving chronicles do not answer.

The silence is striking. Detailed accounts exist for everything from MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. physiology to Toa creation protocols, yet the first 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. occupy a strange gap, acknowledged but never examined. They appear in references the way a prologue might be cited from a book long out of print.

Why They Matter#

They mattered because they represented the Great Beings' earliest expression of biological engineering in the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. Universe. Every 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. alive in the later ages, from the tiny KikanaloKikanaloBionicle's most underestimated Rahi: intelligent herd creatures whose stampedes terrified even Dark Hunters on Metru Nui. to the massive Morbuzahk, traces back through a chain of creation that began with those first sea beasts. Whether they were prototypes, test subjects, or baseline designs is unrecorded.

The Unanswered Questions#

What remains genuinely unclear is whether the Great Beings deliberately concealed details about them, or whether the first chroniclers simply lacked access to the earliest eras. Did the Great Beings create them for a specific purpose now lost to time? Do any still survive somewhere in the universe, waiting to be rediscovered? No surviving account answers these questions.

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