Gafna

Gafna were a type of small, ratlike 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. that lived on Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time.. They occurred in six varieties, one for each of the primary elements, and each variety kept to the region of the island whose environment suited its nature. Like many 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., they were the work of the Makuta speciesMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate., who bred them from a combination of liquid protodermis and viruses.

Origin and survival#

The various types of Gafna were created by the Makuta speciesMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. using liquid protodermis combined with viruses, the standard method by which the MakutaMakuta (2015)Ekimu's brother and rival Mask Maker, who forged the forbidden Mask of Ultimate Power and was sealed in the Shadow Realm with Capital City. engineered Rahi for the Matoran UniverseMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna.. When Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time. was torn from the rest of the universe during the Great CataclysmThe Great CataclysmThe day Makuta Teridax put the Great Spirit to sleep, the Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky, Metru Nui flooded, and Voya Nui tore loose from the Southern Continent. and driven up to the surface of the ocean, the Gafna that lived on it were carried along and survived the violent ascent. What became of them when Voya Nui later sank back to its original place on the Southern Continent was never recorded, nor whether any reached Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. after the death of TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna..

The six varieties#

Each kind of Gafna lived in a distinct part of Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time., settling in terrain that matched its element. Fire Gafna lived around Mount Valmai. Water Gafna kept to the Cape of No Hope. Earth Gafna dwelt in the Green Belt. Stone Gafna lived in the Desert of Sorrows, and Air Gafna were likewise found in that desert region. Ice Gafna inhabited the Ring of Ice, the frozen shoreline of the island, alongside other cold-dwelling Rahi.

Powers and behaviour#

Gafna were harmless on the whole and posed no threat unless they were attacked or cornered. When provoked, a Gafna could retaliate with a blast of elemental power corresponding to its variety, so that a Fire Gafna answered with fire, an Ice Gafna with cold, and so on. This defensive capability, paired with their small size and unremarkable appearance, made them more dangerous to the careless than they first appeared.