Hoi

The Hoi was a small turtle 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. of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control., notable for an unusual capacity for flight despite a slow and ungainly walking gait. Originally native to the coastline of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., the species later established populations in the inland swamps of Le-WahiLe-WahiLe-Wahi is a region on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Le-Matoran and Rahi. Formerly subject to the power of Teridax, the region is no longer under that influence. on Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. and on the beaches of the Cape of No HopeThe Cape of No HopeThe remote stretch of coastline at the northwest edge of Voya Nui, named for the concentration of dangerous Rahi that made it the most hostile habitat on the island. 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..

Description and abilities#

The Hoi was a small turtle 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. with an orange and grey shell, awkward on land due to its size and limited mobility. In flight it was substantially faster and more agile, reaching speeds well above what its terrestrial movement would suggest. The mechanism by which the species achieved flight was never widely documented, and no visible flight organ or wing structure was associated with the Hoi.

The species was harmless to MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. and other intelligent beings of the universe, and posed no predatory threat to other 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.. Protection of Hoi colonies was undertaken by Toa Gali NuvaGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. and by the Ga-MatoranGa-MatoranThe Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, exclusively female, who taught the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats and bridges of the Mata Nui coast., who treated the species as a benign element of the Ga-WahiGa-WahiGa-Wahi was a region situated to the east on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by Ga-Matoran and various Rahi. The region once fell under the domain of Teridax, though that connection did not endure. Ga-Wahi no longer existed in later records. ecosystem.

Range and habitats#

The original native range of the Hoi was the coastline of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. After the relocation of the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. population to the island above, surviving Hoi populations established themselves in the inland swamps of Le-WahiLe-WahiLe-Wahi is a region on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Le-Matoran and Rahi. Formerly subject to the power of Teridax, the region is no longer under that influence., where they coexisted with the other freshwater and marsh-dwelling 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. of the region.

A second range of records places Hoi in Ga-WahiGa-WahiGa-Wahi was a region situated to the east on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by Ga-Matoran and various Rahi. The region once fell under the domain of Teridax, though that connection did not endure. Ga-Wahi no longer existed in later records. alongside Dermis TurtlesDermis TurtleThe Dermis Turtle was a small, silver-shelled Rahi native to Metru Nui, valued by Ga-Matoran for its musical cry and its instinctive prediction of storms., TarakavaTarakavaHuge lizard-like Rahi with powerful forelegs, hunted in pairs across Mata Nui and Metru Nui., TakeaTakeaEngineered by the Makuta from viruses and protodermis, the Takea served as Pridak's shock troops in the Pit and as one of the deep ocean's most feared Rahi species., Ruki FishRuki FishCommon aquatic Rahi caught in Ga-Koro and traded across Mata Nui as food and commerce., KerasKerasLarge coral crab Rahi native to the ocean of Ga-Metru and the reefs of Ga-Wahi, briefly tamed during the Bohrok War and later conscripted by Carapar., LightfishLightfishSmall bioluminescent fish that glow to attract prey but served as practical light sources for Ga-Matoran homes in Ga-Koro., RazorfishRazorfishTiny but lethal ocean dwellers whose razor-sharp spines could sink a boat., Razor Whales, Cave FishCave FishObscure aquatic Rahi with minimal story presence, documented mostly in BIONICLE creature reference materials., GadunkaGadunkaGadunka is a Rahi belonging to the Gadunka species, distinguished by its fluorescent blue, dark blue, and silver coloration. It wields a Squid Launcher as its tool., and Makuta FishMakuta FishA hostile Rahi species that Makuta engineered from viruses and protodermis, named for its unfortunate resemblance to its creator.. The Onu-WahiOnu-WahiThe underground kingdom of Mata Nui, home to the Onu-Matoran and Toa Onua. beach at Papa Nihu ReefPapa Nihu ReefPapa Nihu Reef is the beach in Onu-Wahi where Onua's canister landed, and where Takua got his first plot hook of the 2001 story., where OnuaOnuaOnua was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Earth, a quiet, deliberate warrior whose patience and underground mastery anchored his team across the Matoran Universe. first arrived on Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years., also held Hoi within its local 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. population.

The Voya Nui population#

A small population of Hoi inhabited the beaches of the Cape of No HopeThe Cape of No HopeThe remote stretch of coastline at the northwest edge of Voya Nui, named for the concentration of dangerous Rahi that made it the most hostile habitat on the island. 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 colony was disconnected from the larger Hoi populations elsewhere in the universe, and predated the rise 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. from the Southern ContinentThe Southern ContinentThe Southern Continent was a vast landmass beneath the Matoran Universe, scarred by Voya Nui's separation and held under Makuta Mutran's nominal dominion. 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.. The species had been present on the section of continent that broke loose and ascended to the surface, and survived the geological event.

In the 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. Online Game, Hoi were depicted as hostile encounters for visiting parties. The aggression demonstrated there was not consistent with the harmless behaviour documented elsewhere in canonical records, and was likely a function of the local Cape of No Hope colony's response to intrusion rather than a species-wide trait.

Place in the universe#

The Hoi was among the smaller and more peripheral 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. of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control., with no recorded involvement in major events and no documented role beyond its presence as background fauna across three regional habitats. The species was nonetheless distributed widely enough to appear in regional 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. registries for both Ga-WahiGa-WahiGa-Wahi was a region situated to the east on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by Ga-Matoran and various Rahi. The region once fell under the domain of Teridax, though that connection did not endure. Ga-Wahi no longer existed in later records. and Onu-WahiOnu-WahiThe underground kingdom of Mata Nui, home to the Onu-Matoran and Toa Onua., as well as in records of Le-WahiLe-WahiLe-Wahi is a region on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Le-Matoran and Rahi. Formerly subject to the power of Teridax, the region is no longer under that influence.'s swamp ecology and the beach fauna 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..

Among the few species the Ga-MatoranGa-MatoranThe Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, exclusively female, who taught the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats and bridges of the Mata Nui coast. and Toa GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. actively protected, the Hoi held a small but settled place. The protection was not enshrined in any single major event, and the species persisted through every upheaval of the universe period as a quiet element of its broader 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. ecology.