Hordika Venom

Hordika Venom was a toxin used by the VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. to incapacitate or mutate prey. The venom was usually injected into a victim through small barbs lined inside the VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. web cocoons in which captured targets were suspended, and could produce one of two outcomes depending on the disposition of the recipient: an endless sleep, or a horrific physical mutation into a hybrid form known as a Hordika. The most consequential application of the toxin in the recorded history of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. was its use by the VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. on the captured Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety., an event that transformed 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., NokamaNokamaNokama served as Toa Metru of Water, endured the Hordika mutation, and led Ga-Koro and later Ga-Metru as Turaga through three eras., MatauMatauA former Le-Metru test driver who became a Toa Metru, Matau wielded air, illusion, and shape-shifting before sacrificing his Toa power to wake the sleeping Matoran., 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., WhenuaWhenuaToa Metru of Earth and later Turaga of Onu-Koro, formerly an Onu-Metru archivist whose career in the Archives shaped his role across the rescue of Metru Nui and the long residency on Mata Nui., and NujuNujuNuju served as a Ko-Metru seer, Toa Metru of Ice, and Turaga of Ko-Koro who spoke only in bird calls translated by Matoro. into the Toa HordikaToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. and required them to seek out the legendary 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. called KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend. to reverse the change.

Composition and delivery#

Hordika Venom was a toxin produced biologically by the VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city., the spider-like creatures bred for conquest by Makuta ChiroxChiroxA Makuta of the Brotherhood who questioned Teridax's plans before being sent to Karda Nui. and deployed across the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. under the command of the warlord SidorakSidorakHe took credit for someone else's idea, called it leadership, and spent his whole reign as the Visorak's king certain he could not be out-played. and his viceroy RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game.. The standard delivery vehicle was the web cocoon. VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. hunters wrapped captured prey in webbing strands and suspended the resulting cocoons from the high webs that the horde strung across whatever territory it had occupied. The interior surfaces of the cocoons were lined with small barbs, and the barbs delivered the venom into the victim's body over the course of the captivity.

The delivery method was indirect by design. The VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. did not require continuous attention to a cocooned victim once the wrapping was complete, and a cocoon could be left in place for hours or days while the venom progressed through its effect. The barbs operated passively, releasing the toxin into the captive in the time the cocoon held, and the VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. could attend to other prey or to other operational tasks while the venom did its work.

Two outcomes#

The venom produced one of two outcomes in a given victim. The first outcome was an endless sleep, an extended unconsciousness from which the victim did not naturally wake. The sleep response appeared to be the default outcome for the majority of cocooned prey and accounted for the typical fate of the 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. populations that the VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. processed through their webs in occupied territory.

The second outcome was the Hordika mutation. The venom transformed the victim's body into a hybrid form that combined elements of the original physiology with features of a beast: clawed limbs, altered armour, in some cases a partial tail, and a generally monstrous appearance that the recorded sources described in plain terms. The mutation also altered the victim's disposition. A transformed Hordika became feral and vicious in mind, with the original personality partially submerged beneath an instinctive predator's profile. The hybrid was capable of speech and reason in the early stages, but the longer the venom remained uncountered, the more the bestial side dominated, and the original sentient mind progressively gave way to the 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. one.

The dual-outcome design was not random. It reflected the VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. purpose for the toxin. The endless-sleep response disposed of prey efficiently; the Hordika mutation produced potential new servants for the horde or potential test subjects for the experiments RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game. conducted on the side. The toxin therefore handled both the consumption side and the experimental side of the VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. operational requirement through the same biological mechanism.

The temper rule#

A specific operational rule attached to Hordika Venom in the form it took within ToaWho are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac. and other sentient beings. The victim had to keep his or her temper in check during the period of the infection. If the victim failed to do so, the transformation accelerated. Each lapse of control pushed the affected being further toward the 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. end of the spectrum, until eventually the victim was reduced to being unable to speak and being little more than a vicious, snarling beast.

The rule made the Toa HordikaToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. state a question of self-control as much as of physiology. A transformed ToaWho are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac. could function with reasonable coherence as long as he or she suppressed the surges of anger that the new form was prone to producing, but every uncontrolled outburst cost coherence. The rule operated as a permanent pressure on the affected being's behaviour and made the search for a cure a matter of timing as well as of strategic priority: the longer the search took, the less of the original ToaWho are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac. would remain at the end of it.

Use on the Toa Metru#

The toxin's most consequential application was its use on the Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. on their return to Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. The team had crossed the Silver SeaThe Silver SeaThe vast body of unrefined liquid Protodermis surrounding Metru Nui inside the Great Barrier dome of the Matoran Universe. from 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. aboard the Lhikan IIThe Lhikan: Vahki Transport of the Toa MetruThe first of the two Vahki Transports the Toa Metru christened in honor of the fallen Toa Lhikan, the vessel that carried six Matoran in spheres across the Silver Sea to Mata Nui after the Great Cataclysm. to recover the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. population they had been forced to leave behind 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., and had arrived at a city now overrun by the VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city.. The horde captured the six ToaWho are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac. and cocooned them. The barbs inside the cocoons delivered the venom over the course of the captivity, and the cocoons were strung from the high webs above the city to await the standard outcome.

The intervention of the RahagaRahaga KualusKualus was the Toa Hagah of Ice, mutated into a Rahaga by Roodaka, restored centuries later on Xia, and known as the only recorded speaker of the language of the flying Rahi., the small group of former ToaWho are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac. Hagah who had been mutated into shrunken TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities.-sized forms by RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game.'s earlier experiments and who operated in the city as a resistance presence, broke the standard fate. The RahagaRahaga KualusKualus was the Toa Hagah of Ice, mutated into a Rahaga by Roodaka, restored centuries later on Xia, and known as the only recorded speaker of the language of the flying Rahi. caught the falling cocoons in mid-air as the cords snapped and brought them down to safety. By the time the six Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. emerged, the venom had completed its mutation, and the team emerged as the Toa HordikaToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety.: six monstrous half-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. forms with the Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. personalities still recognisable but partially submerged.

The RahagaRahaga KualusKualus was the Toa Hagah of Ice, mutated into a Rahaga by Roodaka, restored centuries later on Xia, and known as the only recorded speaker of the language of the flying Rahi. explained the situation to the changed team and introduced them to the legend of KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend., the legendary 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. said to be capable of reversing the venom's effect. The search for KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend. became the central operational task of the HordikaToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. phase, conducted in parallel with the continuing effort to recover 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. from their spheres.

Roodaka's experiments#

RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game., the viceroy who commanded the VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. under SidorakSidorakHe took credit for someone else's idea, called it leadership, and spent his whole reign as the Visorak's king certain he could not be out-played., conducted independent experiments with Hordika Venom in the service of her own goal of freeing MakutaTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. from his Toa SealToa SealA cage of Protodermis created by six Toa combining their Elemental Powers, used to trap powerful beings.. She described the work as her "experiments in the effect of Hordika venom" and held that they served "the shadows." SidorakSidorakHe took credit for someone else's idea, called it leadership, and spent his whole reign as the Visorak's king certain he could not be out-played. himself disapproved of the experiments and at one point complained to her that he should have killed the Toa HordikaToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. and the RahagaRahaga KualusKualus was the Toa Hagah of Ice, mutated into a Rahaga by Roodaka, restored centuries later on Xia, and known as the only recorded speaker of the language of the flying Rahi. when he had the chance, having instead allowed RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game. the latitude to use them as subjects. The disagreement was not resolved before the larger campaign ended, and RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game.'s experiments continued through the period of the HordikaToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. crisis.

The experiments contributed to the larger picture of the venom's possible applications. The standard VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. deployment treated the toxin as a passive cocoon-delivered agent with two binary outcomes. RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game.'s work explored the effects beyond the binary, including the question of whether transformed Hordika could be put to controlled use against the same forces from which they had been mutated.

The Hordika Dragons#

A second independent line of venom experimentation was conducted by the Shadowed OneThe Shadowed OneThe Shadowed One is the leader of the Dark Hunters, a black, yellow, and silver figure based on Spherus Magna. Armed with a staff and a Rhotuka, the Shadowed One directs the organization., the leader of the Dark HuntersThe Dark HuntersA mercenary organization founded on Odina by The Shadowed One and Ancient, contracted across the Matoran Universe for assassination and theft, and ultimately reduced to a battered remnant by the fall of the universe itself., on the Dark HunterThe Dark HuntersA mercenary organization founded on Odina by The Shadowed One and Ancient, contracted across the Matoran Universe for assassination and theft, and ultimately reduced to a battered remnant by the fall of the universe itself. island of OdinaOdinaOdina is a member of both the Dark Hunters and the Cliff Screechers, operating within the Matoran Universe. Formerly in possession of the powers of Vamprah, Odina retains no elemental abilities in the present day.. VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. appeared on OdinaOdinaOdina is a member of both the Dark Hunters and the Cliff Screechers, operating within the Matoran Universe. Formerly in possession of the powers of Vamprah, Odina retains no elemental abilities in the present day. at some point in the recorded history, and the Shadowed OneThe Shadowed OneThe Shadowed One is the leader of the Dark Hunters, a black, yellow, and silver figure based on Spherus Magna. Armed with a staff and a Rhotuka, the Shadowed One directs the organization. had them captured. He then began experimenting with their Hordika Venom and exposed eight Dark HuntersThe Dark HuntersA mercenary organization founded on Odina by The Shadowed One and Ancient, contracted across the Matoran Universe for assassination and theft, and ultimately reduced to a battered remnant by the fall of the universe itself. to the toxin. The exposed HuntersThe Dark HuntersA mercenary organization founded on Odina by The Shadowed One and Ancient, contracted across the Matoran Universe for assassination and theft, and ultimately reduced to a battered remnant by the fall of the universe itself. mutated into reptilian forms designated the Hordika Dragons. The Dragons were violent and savage in nature, lacked the discipline that the standard Dark HunterThe Dark HuntersA mercenary organization founded on Odina by The Shadowed One and Ancient, contracted across the Matoran Universe for assassination and theft, and ultimately reduced to a battered remnant by the fall of the universe itself. operational profile required, and at intervals had their bestial 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. sides take over to the point that they functioned as little more than animals.

The Hordika Dragons established that the venom's mutation outcome was not confined to a ToaWho are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac. physiology and could produce a recognisable Hordika hybrid out of substantially different base material, with the reptilian template of the Dark HunterThe Dark HuntersA mercenary organization founded on Odina by The Shadowed One and Ancient, contracted across the Matoran Universe for assassination and theft, and ultimately reduced to a battered remnant by the fall of the universe itself. subjects producing a different visual result from the Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. transformations but the same underlying violent, half-feral character.

The cure and Keetongu#

The only known being in the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. capable of curing Hordika Venom was KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend., a 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 legendary status whose existence was disputed within the VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. hierarchy and among the RahagaRahaga KualusKualus was the Toa Hagah of Ice, mutated into a Rahaga by Roodaka, restored centuries later on Xia, and known as the only recorded speaker of the language of the flying Rahi.. IruiniIruiniIruini is a Toa of Air, formerly a Le-Matoran and a member of the Toa Hagah who served as bodyguard to Makuta Teridax. He wears the Great Kualsi, wields a Cyclone Spear and Rhotuka Launching Shield with a healing Rhotuka, and resides on Spherus Magna as a Rahi Hunter and protector of Matoran., one of the RahagaRahaga KualusKualus was the Toa Hagah of Ice, mutated into a Rahaga by Roodaka, restored centuries later on Xia, and known as the only recorded speaker of the language of the flying Rahi., maintained that KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend. did not exist; NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored., the RahagaRahaga KualusKualus was the Toa Hagah of Ice, mutated into a Rahaga by Roodaka, restored centuries later on Xia, and known as the only recorded speaker of the language of the flying Rahi. leader, maintained that he did. The Toa HordikaToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. split on the question themselves, with NokamaNokamaNokama served as Toa Metru of Water, endured the Hordika mutation, and led Ga-Koro and later Ga-Metru as Turaga through three eras. holding faith in the RahagaRahaga KualusKualus was the Toa Hagah of Ice, mutated into a Rahaga by Roodaka, restored centuries later on Xia, and known as the only recorded speaker of the language of the flying Rahi. account and others uncertain, but the team eventually committed to the search.

The search was successful. KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend. was located, his existence confirmed, and his power demonstrated. The cure he provided returned the Toa HordikaToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. to their Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. form, closing the venom-induced transformation that had defined that phase of the team's service. The episode established the standard solution for Hordika Venom infection within the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. record, although the rarity of KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend. himself meant that the solution was not generally available to other victims of the toxin.

Position within the wider record#

Hordika Venom registered in the wider record as the operational signature of the VisorakThe Visorak HordeThe Brotherhood of Makuta's spider-Rahi army under King Sidorak and Viceroy Roodaka, summoned to Metru Nui after the Great Cataclysm to free Teridax and pacify whatever survived in the abandoned city. horde in the period of their occupation of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. and beyond. The toxin was the principal mechanism by which the horde processed prey, the experimental substrate that supported RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game.'s side projects, and the mutagenic agent that produced both the Toa HordikaToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. and the Hordika Dragons. Its use on the Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. extended the duration of the recovery effort for 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. by the length of the KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend. search and required the team to operate in altered form through the most difficult phase of that effort, with the temper rule pressing on every engagement they entered until the cure was secured.