Ga-Wahi

Ga-WahiWahiThe Matoran word for region. The six Wahi of Mata Nui were the six elemental territories that made up the island before the Bohrok cleared its surface. was the water region of the island of Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years., lying to the east and home to the Ga-MatoranGa-MatoranThe Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, a female Matoran type, who filled the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats of the Mata Nui coast.. The name follows the standard prefix for water, the same root that names the village 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., the water temple Ga-Kini, the Ga-Suva shrine, and the GahlokGahlokWater-element Bohrok swarms that flooded Mata Nui's aquatic zones with relentless purpose. Bohrok.

The region centered on Ga-Koro, the Ga-Matoran settlement, which was linked to the Ga-Wahi beach by the Ga-Koro Bridge. The bridge's gate was opened by a stone balance and stood guarded by Ga-Koro guards. Within the region also lay the Great Temple and the East GardenEast GardenAn underwater garden in Ga-Koro where Hahli gathered flax materials before the Bohrok invasion., where Ga-Matoran gathered Harakeke plants and Cowrie Shells to make flax. The job of Flax Gatherer belonged to 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. until she became the next Chronicler.

Ga-Wahi was patrolled and defended by the Ga-Koro Defense Force, a body of the Mata Nui Military commanded by Hahli and Macku. The force ranged across the region in green motorized boats, carrying Bamboo Poles and Bamboo Disks as weapons, with Kolhii Sticks used on occasion.

Many aquatic 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. lived in Ga-Wahi, among them Dermis Turtles, Hoi, TarakavaTarakavaHuge lizard-like Rahi with powerful forelegs, hunted in pairs across Mata Nui and Metru Nui., Takea, Ruki Fish, Keras, Lightfish, Razorfish, Razor Whales, Cave Fish, GadunkaGadunka (Species)Inch-long sea Rahi from the waters around the Pit, one of which was mutated to enormous size by exposure to the Mask of Life., Makuta Fish, Proto Drakes, Waikiru, and at least one Great Temple Squid. When the Bohrok swarms were released to cleanse the island, structures such as the Ga-Koro Bridge and the East GardenEast GardenAn underwater garden in Ga-Koro where Hahli gathered flax materials before the Bohrok invasion. were destroyed.

The region passed out of use when the Ga-Matoran migrated from Mata Nui to 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 to Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint..