Golyo

Golyo was a 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. of StoneStoneStone was one of the six primary elements of the Matoran Universe, governing rock, sand, and worked stone across villages, Toa, and Bohrok. who came from MetruMetruIn the Matoran language a metru was a single district of Metru Nui; the city was divided into six such districts, one for each element, and the term covered both the place and the elemental community that lived in it. Nui and spent the years on 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. as a MahiMahiHorned Rahi of Mata Nui, kept by the Po-Matoran as livestock and magnetised to Pohatu Nuva by the Gahlok-Kal. herder in Po-KoroPo-KoroPo-Koro was the Po-Matoran village in Po-Wahi, led by Turaga Onewa and guarded by Toa Pohatu, reached through a single statue-lined road called the Path of Prophecies.. He kept a herd of the goat-like MahiMahiHorned Rahi of Mata Nui, kept by the Po-Matoran as livestock and magnetised to Pohatu Nuva by the Gahlok-Kal. and let others chase and capture his animals as a way of learning the Skill of Strategy, a practice that drew trainees from across the island. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle; BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE: World)

Metru Nui#

Golyo lived in Po-MetruMetruIn the Matoran language a metru was a single district of Metru Nui; the city was divided into six such districts, one for each element, and the term covered both the place and the elemental community that lived in it., the carving district of the city, until Turaga DumeTuraga DumeThe Turaga of Metru Nui for sixteen thousand years, a former Toa of Fire who saved Lhikan's life and was abducted and impersonated by Teridax. was kidnapped by TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.. With the real Dume removed, the Vahki forced Golyo and the other Matoran into Matoran SpheresMatoran SpheresThe silver hibernation pods used by Teridax, posing as Turaga Dume, to capture, store, and transport the entire Matoran population of Metru Nui during the Great Cataclysm.. He was among those rescued by the Toa MetruToa Metru: Heroes of Metru NuiThe Toa Metru were the six Toa transformed from Matoran of Metru Nui by Toa Lhikan's Toa stones, who defeated the Morbuzakh, sealed Teridax after the Great Cataclysm, survived mutation into Toa Hordika, and carried the city's Matoran to the island of Mata Nui before becoming Turaga. after the Great Cataclysm, but the time spent sealed in the sphere left him smaller than before and wiped his memories of the city. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui)

Mata Nui#

On 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., Golyo helped build Po-KoroPo-KoroPo-Koro was the Po-Matoran village in Po-Wahi, led by Turaga Onewa and guarded by Toa Pohatu, reached through a single statue-lined road called the Path of Prophecies. under OnewaOnewaOnewa served as Toa Metru of Stone, led Po-Koro through the Dark Time, and constructed the Metru Nui statue honoring the fallen Toa Mahri Matoro.'s lead, using parts of the airships from the rescue, and worked as a MahiMahiHorned Rahi of Mata Nui, kept by the Po-Matoran as livestock and magnetised to Pohatu Nuva by the Gahlok-Kal. herder, tending the herds of MahiMahiHorned Rahi of Mata Nui, kept by the Po-Matoran as livestock and magnetised to Pohatu Nuva by the Gahlok-Kal. that the village kept. He turned his work to a second use by letting anyone who wished learn the Skill of Strategy through the chase, setting them to track and capture his animals across the rough country. Among the Matoran who trained this way was 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. KolhiiKolhiiKolhii was the inter-village sport of Mata Nui, grown out of the older game of koli and played by all six Koro until the Matoran left the island. player 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.. After the defeat of the Bohrok-Kal, Golyo was rebuilt into a stronger form, and he later helped construct the boats that would carry the Matoran back to Metru Nui. (BIONICLE: World; Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle; Mata Nui Online Animations; BIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui)

Return to Metru Nui and Spherus Magna#

Once the boats were finished, Golyo returned to Metru Nui and joined the labour of rebuilding a city that had stood abandoned for a thousand years. He downed tools in the strike that JallerJallerJaller served as Captain of the Ta-Koro Guard, led the Toa Inika to Voya Nui, and commanded the Toa Mahri through the recovery of the Mask of Life. called when the Turaga would not say what had become of the Toa Nuva, and went back to work once the stoppage ended. (BIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui; BIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom)

When TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. seized control of the universe, the false Turaga AhkmouAhkmouA Po-Matoran carver of Metru Nui, one of the six Great Disk holders, who betrayed his fellow Matoran to the Dark Hunters, served Makuta Teridax, and became a false Turaga during Teridax's reign. set the Po-Matoran carvers of the city to work on statues of MakutaMakuta: species, title, and TeridaxMakuta means three things in the Matoran Universe: the Antidermis species Mata Nui created, the Brotherhood rank, and most often Teridax himself.. (Reign of Shadows)

After TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. was killed in the Battle of Bara Magna, the Matoran left the Matoran Universe to settle on Spherus Magna. (Journey's End)