Fohrok

The Fohrok were yellow-and-blue replicas of the BohrokBohrokHive-minded mechanical creatures designed to reshape worlds, the Bohrok represent a threat the Toa Mata never expected. that appear in BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga, where the Toa HagahToa HagahElite Toa teams appointed by the Brotherhood of Makuta to serve as personal guardians, later rebelling against their creators. serving Makuta TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. destroy them while they rampage out of control. The name Fohrok is a fan nickname; the story never names them. (BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga)

Origin and construction#

The comic shows the machines without explaining where they came from. Greg Farshtey later said, in answers to fans rather than in the stories, that the Brotherhood of MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. wanted the effectiveness of a Bohrok swarm and commissioned a group of Nynrah GhostsNynrah GhostsThe Nynrah Ghosts were Fe-Matoran weapons engineers from the island of Nynrah whose sabotage of Brotherhood war machines led to their near extinction. to build working replicas. (BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga)

Appearance and equipment#

The machines look like BohrokBohrokHive-minded mechanical creatures designed to reshape worlds, the Bohrok represent a threat the Toa Mata never expected. but are coloured yellow and blue, which sets them apart from the real swarms. (BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga)

Powers and limitations#

The comic doesn't spell out their powers. Farshtey's later answers add that each replica had one of the six powers of the real Bohrok, focused through two hand-held shields, and that unlike true Bohrok they didn't need KranaKranaThe small organic creatures that controlled the Bohrok, made in eight types plus a mutated variant, without which no Bohrok could serve the swarm. to function. (BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga)

Sabotage and uprising#

In Birth of the Rahaga the machines are already out of control. Farshtey's later explanation is that the Nynrah ghosts sabotaged most of them once they discovered what the Brotherhood planned to do with them. (BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga)

The Toa HagahToa HagahElite Toa teams appointed by the Brotherhood of Makuta to serve as personal guardians, later rebelling against their creators. assigned to TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., who hadn't yet discovered the Brotherhood's treachery, destroyed the rampaging machines. (BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga)

Retaliation against the Nynrah Ghosts#

No story covers what happened to the builders. Farshtey later said the Brotherhood swiftly executed them. (BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga)

Surviving record#

The Fohrok's one story appearance is the scene in BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga where the Toa Hagah destroy them. Everything else known about them comes from Greg Farshtey's later answers to fans. (BIONICLE 25: Birth of the Rahaga)