Hahli

Hahli was a 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. of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. who served in turn as the 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. title-holder, the second ChroniclerChroniclerThe Matoran role of recording history and Toa deeds through word and carving, held by figures like Takua and Hahli. of Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years., a Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. of Water, and finally a Toa MahriToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. of Water. She fought through the campaign 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., the waters of the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains. and the Destiny WarThe Destiny WarThe open war between the Order of Mata Nui and the Brotherhood of Makuta, told in the 2008 Destiny War podcast, which ended with the Brotherhood's assault on Metru Nui broken and the Great Spirit apparently awake., and reached reformed Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle; BIONICLE Legends 2: Dark Destiny; BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit; Reign of Shadows)

Early Life in Metru Nui#

Hahli came from Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh., where she was a capable translator of written language and symbols. The skill was lost when her memories were wiped, and NokamaNokamaNokama served as Toa Metru of Water, endured the Hordika mutation, and led Ga-Koro and later Ga-Metru as Turaga through three eras. had to teach it to her again after the Matoran returned to the city. (BIONICLE Legends 2: Dark Destiny)

When TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., disguised as TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. DumeDumeDume is a Turaga of Fire and the former ruler of Metru Nui, distinguished by his red and black coloring and the Noble Kanohi Kiril, the Mask of Regeneration. As a member of the Turaga of Metru Nui, he wields a Staff of Office and commands a weakened mastery of Fire. He later resides on the reformed Spherus Magna., had the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. sealed in 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., Hahli was among them. The Toa Metru carried the sleepers to 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., and she woke smaller and weaker, her memories gone. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui)

Life on Mata Nui#

On Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years., Hahli helped build 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. under Nokama's direction, using parts of the airships that had carried the Matoran to the island. She worked there as an assistant flax maker under Amaya and spent most of her time on village chores. Shy and easily overlooked, she was full of ideas she rarely voiced. Her closest friend was 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.. (BIONICLE: World; Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

When the Pahrak swarm attacked Ga-Koro during the Bohrok invasion, she helped take apart the causeways and made a last stand with the other Matoran, armed with a fishing stick. After the Bohrok-Kal were defeated, she was rebuilt into a stronger form with the rest of the island. (Mata Nui Online Animations)

Nokama chose Hahli to play 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. for Ga-Koro, with Macku as her defender. Hahli trained in the skills of every village on her way to the championship at the Ta-Koro kolhii stadium, where Ga-Koro narrowly beat Po-Koro and Ta-Koro. At the end of the match, the Mask of Light was revealed, and Jaller was named the herald of the seventh Toa. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle; BIONICLE: Mask of Light novelisation; BIONICLE: Mask of Light)

Chronicler of Mata Nui#

When Jaller died and Takua became TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history., Hahli mourned Jaller deeply. She stowed away in the Ussanui and went with Takanuva into Mangaia, where he sent her to bring the people of the island down. Nokama then gave her the post of ChroniclerChroniclerThe Matoran role of recording history and Toa deeds through word and carving, held by figures like Takua and Hahli., the second to hold it. (BIONICLE: Mask of Light novelisation; BIONICLE: Mask of Light; Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

As Chronicler she was one of the Matoran who heard the Turaga tell their tales of the Toa Metru and Toa Hordika, and she recorded those legends. (BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows)

Transformation Into a Toa Inika#

After the Matoran returned to Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. by boat, 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. chose Hahli to go with him, KonguKonguKongu captained Le-Koro's Gukko Force before lightning from the red star turned him into a Toa of Air, who later served among the Toa Mahri., 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., NuparuNuparuAn Onu-Matoran engineer from Metru Nui who built the Boxor and rose to become a Toa of Earth despite no warrior destiny. and MatoroMatoroA quiet Ko-Matoran translator who became a Toa Inika and then a Toa Mahri, Matoro gave his life with the Mask of Life to restore Mata Nui. to 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. to save the Toa Nuva and the dying Great Spirit. (BIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom)

On the way they passed through the land of KarzahniKarzahniBionicle used one cursed name three times, for a being, a realm and a plant, and every one of them earns it. This article untangles all three., who took Hahli's mask and gave her another. When the six reached 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., lightning from the Red StarRed StarThe Red Star was an orbiting facility that revived the dead and enabled the Great Spirit Robot's cosmic travels. struck them and turned them into the Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself.. Hahli became the Toa Inika of Water, and her KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. EldaKanohi EldaThe Elda is the Kanohi Mask of Detection, which reveals hidden beings and tracks the Mask of Life. Hahli wore it as a Toa Inika., the Mask of Detection, could sense 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.. (BIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom; BIONICLE Legends 2: Dark Destiny)

The Voya Nui Campaign#

The Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. fought the PirakaBionicle Piraka: the Six Skakdi Thieves Who Hunted the Mask of LifeThe Piraka were six Skakdi who quit the Dark Hunters, took over Voya Nui by posing as Toa and went after the Mask of Life in 2006. Here's who they were, how the Voya Nui story played out and what happened to them afterwards., the six SkakdiSkakdiA brutish warrior species from Zakaz whose pair-dependent elemental powers and moral void made them one of Bionicle's few irredeemable factions. who had taken over 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. and were hunting the Mask of LifeThe 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.. Hahli helped Jaller free enslaved Matoran, and in one battle Thok dazed her and pinned her with animated stone before she broke free. (BIONICLE Legends 2: Dark Destiny; BIONICLE Legends 3: Power Play; BIONICLE Ignition 3: Showdown)

The Toa Inika followed the Piraka down the 777 Stairs, through trials such as Umbra and the Chamber of Death, where Hahli believed for a time that Matoro had died. In the Chamber of LifeChamber of LifeThe Chamber of Life was the vault beneath the Lake of Lava of Mount Valmai on Voya Nui where the Kanohi Ignika, the Mask of Life, lay hidden. they fought 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 the FenrakkFenrakkA Fenrakk Spawn mutated by the Mask of Life's curse and fused to Vezon as a guardian, then reborn as Kardas after Vezon rode it into the lava of the Chamber of Life. spider, and then pursued the Ignika down the Stone CordStone CordA lava column connecting two sunken worlds became the battleground where Toa learned to cross the abyss. into the sea below. (BIONICLE Legends 3: Power Play; BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno; BIONICLE Legends 6: City of the Lost)

Transformation Into a Toa Mahri#

As the Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. fought a giant venom eel in the waters around the Cord, the Mask of LifeThe 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. cried out and remade them as the Toa MahriToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself., able to breathe and fight underwater. (BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit)

Hahli received the KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. FaxonFaxonThe Kanohi Faxon, Mask of Kindred, allowed its wearer to mimic the powers of Rahi that shared their environment., the Mask of Kindred, which let her copy the natural abilities of nearby 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.. She used it to hypnotise the squid guarding her cave when the Barraki imprisoned the team, to camouflage herself, and to fight off the Barraki Mantax's venom. (BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit)

The Pit and the Sacrifice of Matoro#

In the waters around Mahri NuiMahri NuiA matoran settlement that sank, survived, and was ultimately crushed beneath Voya Nui, leaving behind one of Bionicle's most poignant lost civilizations., Hahli won over the frightened Matoran of the village and later convinced their leader, Defilak, that the Toa meant them no harm; he named the team the Toa Mahri. She faced the BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell to a Brotherhood strike, and spent millennia imprisoned in the Pit. Mantax, tricking him into making her a lieutenant in his army, and duelled HydraxonHydraxonThe jailer of the Pit was killed once, then resurrected as the Matoran Dekar by the Mask of Life. when he tried to destroy the Ignika. (BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit)

The Toa Mahri destroyed the Stone CordStone CordA lava column connecting two sunken worlds became the battleground where Toa learned to cross the abyss. and followed MatoroMatoroA quiet Ko-Matoran translator who became a Toa Inika and then a Toa Mahri, Matoro gave his life with the Mask of Life to restore Mata Nui., who had recovered the Ignika, with the Barraki's armies close behind. While the other five held off the armies, Matoro used the mask to revive 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., at the cost of his life, and teleported his friends back to Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. (BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall)

In Metru Nui, Hahli and the others learned of Matoro's fate from Vakama, and she attended his memorial in the ColiseumThe ColiseumCentral tower of Metru Nui, serving as government seat, akilini arena and, during Teridax's masquerade, the place from which the city's Matoran were rounded up into spheres.. She told the story of their adventures to KopekeKopekeKopeke was a Ko-Matoran ice carver of Ko-Koro who served in the Chronicler's Company at Kini-Nui and later became Chronicler of Metru Nui after Hahli., the new Chronicler. (BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall)

The Destiny War#

Returning from a mission to Artidax with Jaller and Nuparu, Hahli found Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. under attack by 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 three Toa fought their way through Rahkshi and into the city, where Turaga VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. explained his plan to drive off the invaders by waking the Bohrok in the Archives. (Dwellers in Darkness; BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle)

Hahli found Toa KrakuaKrakuaA Toa of Sonics from De-Koro who served the Order of Mata Nui and delivered a devastating prophecy to Vakama., a Toa of SonicsToa of SonicsThey're rarer than other Toa, and the reason reveals a dark joke built into Bionicle itself., and told him the plan, which he carried out. She then began rousing the Silver Sea to wreck the Brotherhood's fleet just as a storm broke over it, and the Toa Nuva and Takanuva returned to help finish the battle. (BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle)

The Reign of Shadows#

At the victory celebration the next day, TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. announced that he had taken over the Great Spirit's body. Under his rule, Hahli helped defend Metru Nui against Rahkshi led by the Skakdi warlord Nektann. (BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle; Mata Nui Saga)

The five Toa Mahri were later sent to spy on a Skakdi base on Zakaz. Hahli led them through an underground river to a chamber where the Skakdi were fusing several beings into a single golden creature, which made dreams real and soon held the Toa Mahri entranced. After TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s death, the entranced Toa went with the Skakdi to Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., where the golden being raised a fortress on the coast of Aqua Magna and Hahli lived there in its thrall. (Reign of Shadows)

Equipment and Abilities#

Hahli's masks followed the stages of her life. As a 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. on Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years., she wore the KaukauKaukauThe Mask of Water Breathing lets you dive deep, but depth and time limits are what make it matter., the Mask of Water Breathing. As a Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself., she wore the EldaKanohi EldaThe Elda is the Kanohi Mask of Detection, which reveals hidden beings and tracks the Mask of Life. Hahli wore it as a Toa Inika., which could detect the Mask of LifeThe 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.. As a Toa MahriToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself., she wore the FaxonFaxonThe Kanohi Faxon, Mask of Kindred, allowed its wearer to mimic the powers of Rahi that shared their environment., which copied the abilities of nearby 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.. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle; BIONICLE Legends 2: Dark Destiny; BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit)

As a Toa Mahri she fought with protosteel talons and a Cordak BlasterCordak BlasterA six-shot revolving launcher made on Xia that fires explosive mini-rockets, and works underwater as well as in air.. Hahli, Hewkii and Nuparu found a stash of Cordak blasters while exploring the sea floor, and the weapons were shared among the team. (BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit)

Legacy#

Hahli's path from shy Matoran to Chronicler to Toa was one of the most complete changes recorded among the Matoran of her time. The patience and insight that served her as Chronicler stayed with her as a Toa, from talking down the Matoran of Mahri Nui to bargaining with Mantax. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle; BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit)

She came through the most destructive period in the history of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. and reached the reformed Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. Of the original Toa Mahri, only MatoroMatoroA quiet Ko-Matoran translator who became a Toa Inika and then a Toa Mahri, Matoro gave his life with the Mask of Life to restore Mata Nui. was lost. (BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall; Reign of Shadows)