The Flame Swords

The Flame Swords were a pair of melee weapons carried by NarmotoNarmoto, Protector of Fire of OkotoNarmoto was the village elder and Protector of Fire in the second age of Okoto, wielder of the Elemental Fire Blaster and the Flame Swords, descendant of Mamuk, and guide who led Tahu across the volcanic region to the Golden Mask of Fire., Protector of FireProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors. in BIONICLE's 2015 reboot, a continuity separate from the original Matoran Universe story. He used them for close combat and to channel his fire powers, alongside the Elemental Fire BlasterThe Elemental Fire BlasterThe Elemental Fire Blaster was the ranged tool and weapon carried by Narmoto, Protector of Fire, in the 2015 reboot story, able to light campfires and shoot Skull Spiders, and the weapon he used to hold off the spiders while Tahu claimed the Golden Mask of Fire.. (Protector of Fire; BIONICLE: Island of Lost Masks)

Construction and function#

The Flame Swords came as a matched pair. They were made for melee combat and for channelling the Protector's fire powers. (Protector of Fire)

Place in the Protector's loadout#

The swords were one of two weapons in NarmotoNarmoto, Protector of Fire of OkotoNarmoto was the village elder and Protector of Fire in the second age of Okoto, wielder of the Elemental Fire Blaster and the Flame Swords, descendant of Mamuk, and guide who led Tahu across the volcanic region to the Golden Mask of Fire.'s kit. The other was the Elemental Fire BlasterThe Elemental Fire BlasterThe Elemental Fire Blaster was the ranged tool and weapon carried by Narmoto, Protector of Fire, in the 2015 reboot story, able to light campfires and shoot Skull Spiders, and the weapon he used to hold off the spiders while Tahu claimed the Golden Mask of Fire., which could shoot Skull SpidersSkull SpidersThe arachnid swarm that raided the villages of Okoto, clamped infection masks onto its captives, guarded the City of the Mask Makers under the Lord of Skull Spiders, and broke against the arrival of the Toa. and light campfires. The 2015 set included both. (Protector of Fire)

Service in the Region of Fire#

When Skull SpidersSkull SpidersThe arachnid swarm that raided the villages of Okoto, clamped infection masks onto its captives, guarded the City of the Mask Makers under the Lord of Skull Spiders, and broke against the arrival of the Toa. began attacking Narmoto's village, he and the other ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. gathered at the Temple of TimeThe Temple of TimeThe Protectors' most sacred site on Okoto, built to house the Mask of Time and the place at which Ekimu received the vision that prepared the island for the coming of the Toa. to recite the Prophecy of HeroesThe Prophecy of HeroesThe dying instruction that the Mask Maker Ekimu pressed into the Protectors of Okoto, foretelling the coming of six Toa and the sign of the aligned stars that would let them be summoned.. Six ToaThe Toa of Okoto: The Six Heroes Summoned to Save the IslandThe six elemental heroes summoned by the Protectors of Okoto, who recovered the Golden Masks, woke Ekimu, fought the Skull Army, and twice banished Makuta to the Shadow Realm. fell from the sky, and a loud crash in the Region of FireRegion of FireThe volcanic region of Okoto, home of the Fire Tribe and the Protector of Fire, Narmoto, and the country in which Tahu landed and was guided across lava streams and erupting mountains to claim the Golden Mask of Fire. marked the landing of TahuTahu, Master of Fire: Leader of the Toa of OkotoTahu of Okoto was the Master of Fire summoned by the Protectors, the hot-tempered would-be leader of the Toa who opened the Labyrinth of Control and held the line at the Black Volcano.. (BIONICLE webisodes; BIONICLE: Island of Lost Masks)

Narmoto led his people to the crash and met the Toa of FireToa of FireThe Elemental protectors of the Matoran, most often rising from Ta-Matoran to command the power of fire.. When Skull Spiders attacked, Tahu beat them with ease. Narmoto then guided him for weeks across the volcanic region, through a spider-infested village where Tahu charged in against Narmoto's warnings and was nearly knocked into the lava before the Protector saved him. (BIONICLE webisodes; BIONICLE: Island of Lost Masks)

The temple of the Golden Mask of Fire#

At the temple on OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors.'s greatest volcano, a horde of Skull Spiders pursued the pair inside. Narmoto held them off with the Elemental Fire BlasterThe Elemental Fire BlasterThe Elemental Fire Blaster was the ranged tool and weapon carried by Narmoto, Protector of Fire, in the 2015 reboot story, able to light campfires and shoot Skull Spiders, and the weapon he used to hold off the spiders while Tahu claimed the Golden Mask of Fire. while Tahu surfed across the lava to the Golden Mask of Fire. As the spiders nearly overwhelmed the Protector, Tahu put on the mask and used its power to destroy them. (BIONICLE: Island of Lost Masks)

The transfer to Tahu and the powered-up form#

The Flame Swords didn't pass to Tahu. The Toa of Fire carried his own swords, and Narmoto kept his blades after Tahu left for the City of the Mask MakersCity of the Mask Makers: Home of Ekimu and MakutaThe City of the Mask Makers was a city on the island of Okoto, named for the brothers Ekimu and Makuta who dwelt there before the Battle of the Mask Makers. It fell to ruin and became the lair of the Lord of Skull Spiders before the Toa reclaimed it.. (BIONICLE: Island of Lost Masks; BIONICLE: Revenge of the Skull Spiders)

The pattern of inheritance#

Narmoto held an office his ancestors had held before him: statues of the ancient Protectors stand in the City of the Mask Makers, honouring the forebears of the modern six. (BIONICLE: Revenge of the Skull Spiders)

Narmoto still had them when the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. gathered at the City of the Mask Makers and went in by a back route to help the Toa. In the tunnels beneath the city, he used one of the swords to light up a cave for the others. (BIONICLE: Revenge of the Skull Spiders)