The Ga-Koro Bridge

The Ga-KoroGa-KoroGa-Koro is a village on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Ga-Matoran and associated with both Nokama and Gali. The settlement was formerly under the power of Teridax. Bridge was the network of walkways that joined the floating pads of Ga-KoroGa-KoroGa-Koro is a village on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Ga-Matoran and associated with both Nokama and Gali. The settlement was formerly under the power of Teridax., with one main causeway running from the village to a gate on the beach of Ga-WahiGa-WahiGa-Wahi was a region situated to the east on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by Ga-Matoran and various Rahi. The region once fell under the domain of Teridax, though that connection did not endure. Ga-Wahi no longer existed in later records.. That causeway was the only route into a village that otherwise sat on open water, and it was the front line when the Pahrak attacked. (The Official Guide to BIONICLE; Mata Nui Online Animations)

Construction and Function#

Ga-KoroGa-KoroGa-Koro is a village on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Ga-Matoran and associated with both Nokama and Gali. The settlement was formerly under the power of Teridax. sat just off the shore of Naho BayNaho BayThe body of water that made up most of Ga-Wahi, named for a fallen Toa of Water and home to the floating village of Ga-Koro on its surface., built mainly on huge floating pads that grew from the seabed. Its huts were made from thick seaweed, and the pads were joined by walkways made of a similar material, one of which connected to a gate on the beach. (The Official Guide to BIONICLE; Mata Nui Online Game)

The village was ringed with sharpened bamboo poles to keep out Rahi, and the causeway to the shore was the one way in on foot. (Mata Nui Online Game; Mata Nui Online Animations)

The Battle of Ga-KoroGa-KoroGa-Koro is a village on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Ga-Matoran and associated with both Nokama and Gali. The settlement was formerly under the power of Teridax.#

Near the end of the BohrokBohrokHive-minded mechanical creatures designed to reshape worlds, the Bohrok represent a threat the Toa Mata never expected. invasion, a PahrakPahrakStone-aligned Bohrok swarm units that forced the Toa Mata to realize they couldn't win through isolated victories. swarm attacked Ga-Koro, which was sheltering Po-MatoranPo-MatoranThe Stone-element Matoran of Po-Metru and Po-Koro, carvers and quarry workers, the most athletic of the Matoran types and the population behind the Kohlii and Akilini circuits. refugees from the fall of Po-Koro. HahliHahliA Ga-Matoran scholar who rose to become Chronicler of Mata Nui, then Toa Inika, then Toa Mahri of Water during the final crises of the Matoran Universe., KotuKotuKotu was a Ga-Matoran of Water who resided on Spherus Magna. Blue and light blue in color, Kotu wore a powerless Rau and carried a Kolhii Stick, serving at various times as a Rahi Tender, an assistant to Nokama, an athlete, and a guard in the Defense Force. and MackuMackuMacku was a Ga-Matoran of Metru Nui and later Ga-Koro, attendant to Turaga Nokama, Kolhii partner to Hahli at the championship at Ta-Koro, and a member of the Chronicler's Company. tried to dismantle the causeway so the Pahrak couldn't reach the village. Macku was nearly killed by a falling rock until the Po-Matoran HewkiiHewkiiHewkii rose from Po-Metru Matoran to Mata Nui's foremost kolhii player, then served as Toa Inika and Toa Mahri through the late wars of the universe. grabbed Macku's fishing staff and knocked it away. (Mata Nui Online Animations)

The Onu-MatoranOnu-MatoranEarth-wielding Matoran of the deep who adapted to darkness and built the Matoran Universe's defensive cavalry. sent their BoxorsBoxorBuilt by Nuparu from a salvaged Gahlok shell, the Boxor was the first Matoran-engineered combat machine and a key resistance asset against the Bohrok swarms. against the Bohrok, but as the machines crossed the walkway the Pahrak overturned it and dumped them in the water. Macku and Kotu dived in and rescued the pilots, and with the walkway gone the Pahrak pulled back. (Mata Nui Online Animations)

They returned at nightfall, blasting apart Naho Falls to make a bridge of rubble into the village. The Matoran and two Turaga were cornered, and the Pahrak were closing in when the Toa MataWho are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac. defeated the BahragBahragCahdok and Gahdok were the twin queens of the Bohrok, sealed in a protodermis cage by the Toa Mata and later released to finish their cleansing of Mata Nui. deep underground and the Bohrok shut down. (Mata Nui Online Animations)

Hewkii's save on the causeway had a lasting result. It's commonly credited as the moment the old game of koli became kolhii, played with sticks, and in return Macku taught Hewkii to swim, lessons he was glad of when he became a Toa Mahri. (Mata Nui Online Animations; BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit)

Auxiliary Structures#

After the swarms were defeated, Ga-Koro was rebuilt and greatly expanded. Suspended bridges linked its central Town Square to the flax-makers' homes and East Garden at one end and the shipyards at the other, one lily-pad walkway led to Turaga Nokama's hut, and another led the opposite way to the pad holding the village's kolhii field and the walkway to the shore. A new stone gate replaced the one the Bohrok had destroyed. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

Smaller bridges linked the outer huts. After a storm, Hahli had to repair the bridge between the pad holding her hut and AmayaAmayaAmaya was a Ga-Matoran native to Metru Nui who taught Vhisola before the Great Cataclysm and later made flax in Ga-Koro on the island of Mata Nui.'s on the village's outer edge and the rest of Ga-Koro. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

Reconstruction and Later Use#

While Turaga NokamaNokamaNokama served as Toa Metru of Water, endured the Hordika mutation, and led Ga-Koro and later Ga-Metru as Turaga through three eras. was away at a meeting of the Turaga, Ga-Koro was closed off from the mainland and its gate locked, which kept traders out. She returned to announce a kolhii tournament and pick the village's team. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

Place in the Record#

The causeway's defence was Ga-Koro's defining moment in the Bohrok war, and the improvised save on it changed Matoran sport for good. (Mata Nui Online Animations; Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)