Galactic Universe: The Cosmos of Bionicle

The Galactic Universe was the universe within which the entire Bionicle story took place. It contained celestial objects of every kind, stars, planets, and moons, along with asteroids, galaxies, and nebulae, and among them lay the Solis Magna SystemSolis Magna System: the solar system of the BIONICLE sagaThe solar system in which the entire BIONICLE story unfolded, centered on the sun Solis Magna and home to the three fragments of the shattered planet Spherus Magna. and the planet Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., the world the Great Spirit's robot was built to serve. Almost every place and people of consequence, from the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. sealed inside the giant robot to the tribes of Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., existed somewhere within it. (BIONICLE Glatorian 6: All That Glitters; Journey's End)

The Solis Magna System and the Shattering#

The Galactic Universe contained the Solis Magna SystemSolis Magna System: the solar system of the BIONICLE sagaThe solar system in which the entire BIONICLE story unfolded, centered on the sun Solis Magna and home to the three fragments of the shattered planet Spherus Magna., home to the star Solis Magna and the planet Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., the world at the centre of the story. Long before the events on Mata Nui, Spherus Magna was split into three pieces by a cataclysmic event known as the Shattering. The three resulting fragments came to be called Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., Aqua MagnaAqua MagnaThe endless ocean where the Matoran Universe found refuge and Mata Nui made his final stand., and Bota MagnaBota MagnaA verdant jungle moon separated from Spherus Magna for 100,000 years, then restored by Mata Nui himself at the climax of the Core War.. Bara Magna was left a desert, and the stories mostly describe the other two as its moons. (BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn; BIONICLE Glatorian 6: All That Glitters; BIONICLE Glatorian 7: Rebirth)

Mata Nui's voyage and the rebellion#

The Great Spirit Mata NuiMata 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., who inhabited the giant robot, departed from Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. before it was split by the Shattering. He began a long journey through the Galactic Universe, observing various planets and occasionally landing on them to witness their societies. While he was returning from his travels, the Brotherhood of MakutaThe Brotherhood of MakutaAn organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to build Rahi and keep order in his universe, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit., the organization created to maintain order inside him, rebelled against him. Their leader, TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., struck him down with a virus. The Great Spirit fell into a coma, and as the body shut down it was drawn into the gravity of Aqua MagnaAqua MagnaThe endless ocean where the Matoran Universe found refuge and Mata Nui made his final stand., where it crashed on the ocean surface. (BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle; BIONICLE Glatorian 6: All That Glitters; Journey's End)

When TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. took over the robot and the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. inside it, he sealed Mata NuiMata 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.'s spirit inside the Kanohi IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero. and hurled it out of the mechanical body into the Galactic Universe. The mask flew through space until the gravity of other celestial bodies drew it down onto Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna.. (BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle; BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn)

The final battle and the reforming of Spherus Magna#

Using the Red StarRed StarThe Red Star was an orbiting facility that revived the dead and enabled the Great Spirit Robot's cosmic travels., TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. later departed Aqua MagnaAqua MagnaThe endless ocean where the Matoran Universe found refuge and Mata Nui made his final stand. for Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., intending to destroy Mata NuiMata 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. once and for all and then to begin a conquest of the wider Galactic Universe. While in transit, he teleported HelryxHelryx: the first Toa ever createdHelryx was the first Toa ever made, commissioned by the Great Beings on Artakha long before the Toa Mata. She founded and led the Order of Mata Nui., LewaLewaToa of Air, member of the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva, whose career was marked by repeated possession, body theft, and aerial campaigns from Le-Wahi to Karda Nui., ArtakhaArtakhaArtakha is the master craftsman of the Matoran Universe, ruler of a hidden island where the Toa Mata came into being and the Avohkii was forged., AxonnAxonnAxonn served as an arbitrator under the Hand of Artakha and later as an Order of Mata Nui agent, guarding the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui for thousands of years., BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, was mutated in the Pit, and later led the Order's strike team to free Miserix., Miserix, TuyetTuyet (Dark Mirror): the Toa empress of an alternate Matoran UniverseIn the alternate timeline of the Dark Mirror, Tuyet seized the Nui Stone, murdered Toa Lhikan, and built a tyrannical Toa Empire that crushed the Brotherhood of Makuta and the Dark Hunters alike., HafuHafuHafu was a Po-Matoran Carver of Po-Koro, recognized as a Master Carver, who served in the Chronicler's Company and survived the Reign of Shadows., and Kapura out of his body and into the void of space, though all of them were soon rescued by VezonVezonHe started as a weapon misfire and a throwaway joke, and the canon spent four years quietly turning him into its most useful expendable asset. and carried to Bota MagnaBota MagnaA verdant jungle moon separated from Spherus Magna for 100,000 years, then restored by Mata Nui himself at the climax of the Core War.. (Reign of Shadows; BIONICLE Glatorian 7: Rebirth)

When TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. arrived on Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., he fought Mata NuiMata 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., who now inhabited the body of an ancient robot. During the battle, Mata NuiMata Nui: Great Spirit of the Matoran UniverseBuilt by the Great Beings as a biomechanical guardian, betrayed by Teridax, and returned in a smaller form to reshape Spherus Magna. redirected a blast of gravity from TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. at the two moons of Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., Aqua Magna and Bota Magna, drawing them into the planet's gravitational field. As the moons fell, a few fragments broke away, and one from Aqua Magna struck the back of TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s head and killed him. The two moons and their fragments then struck Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., reforming it into Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. Mata NuiMata 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. used the last of the ancient robot's power to restore the planet, filling it once more with life. (BIONICLE Glatorian 7: Rebirth; Journey's End)