Idris

Idris 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 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., one of the four-MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. crew of Defilak's SubmarineDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was a Takea-shaped underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui Matoran Defilak. Its one voyage into the black water ended when Pridak's Takea sharks sank it and took its crew prisoner., and one of the two MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. who helped LesovikkLesovikkA Toa of Air and former commander whose team was destroyed, leaving him fractured and searching for purpose. trap 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. in the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains.. Her recorded life ran from exile in 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.'s realm, through the long years underwater, and out the far side onto the reformed Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. The acts the record assigns her are short, sequential, and unusually consequential for a MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. who held no formal authority. (BIONICLE Legends 6: City of the Lost; Dreams of Destruction)

Home island and the friendship with Lesovikk#

Idris's early life comes mostly from the writer's later comments. Greg Farshtey said she grew up on an island in the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. alongside the future ToaToa (2001)Biomechanical heroes bonded to elemental powers and masks. Not born, but chosen and transformed. of Air, LesovikkLesovikkA Toa of Air and former commander whose team was destroyed, leaving him fractured and searching for purpose., and the Ta-MatoranTa-MatoranThe Fire-element Matoran of Ta-Metru and Ta-Koro, forgers of masks and Kanoka, lava farmers, and the standing core of the Ta-Koro Guard during the war for Mata Nui. SardaSardaSarda was a Ta-Matoran from Toa Lesovikk's homeland, mutated to breathe water and serving as a jailer under Hydraxon in the Pit., the circle the story later brings back together in the Pit. (Dreams of Destruction)

LesovikkLesovikkA Toa of Air and former commander whose team was destroyed, leaving him fractured and searching for purpose. became a Toa and the leader of the Toa CordakToa CordakThe first Toa team ever formed, wiped out by Zyglak except for their leader Lesovikk.. While he and his team were away, the island's TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. went mad and shipped the Matoran to 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.. Lesovikk later told Karzahni he had come to his realm again and again to free his friends, only to find them already gone. (Dreams of Destruction)

The land of Karzahni and the Southern Continent#

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. rebuilt Idris, as he rebuilt the other exiles, into a weaker form than she had arrived in. He gave her weapons, a claw and an Electro-Blade, as compensation, and sent her away to 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. rather than back home. (BIONICLE Legends 2: Dark Destiny)

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. placed Idris in the village that, with 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., broke off as 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.. She and the other MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. of the village lived on the newly raised island. Years later they built a new village on cooled lava, and when it broke away from 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 sank, she found herself in 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., the underwater city held alive by air from the airweedAirweedThe underwater plant of the Fields of Air whose bubbles let the Matoran of Mahri Nui breathe beneath the sea. of the Fields of Air. Exposure to the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains.'s mutagenMutagenPit Mutagen was a power-source energy that leaked into the waters of The Pit during the Great Cataclysm and mutated almost every being exposed to it. there undid Karzahni's alterations, though she still needed air. (BIONICLE Legends 2: Dark Destiny; BIONICLE Legends 6: City of the Lost)

The submarine expedition#

When DefilakDefilakDefilak is a dark green and silver Le-Matoran who serves as leader of the Mahri Nui Council and as an inventor. He wears a powerless Kualsi and wields Electro-Blades alongside an Air Launcher. As a Le-Matoran, he carries an inactive affinity for the element of Air and resides on Spherus Magna. led an expedition into the Black Water by submarine after a Matoran was killed near the Fields of Air, Idris was part of the crew along with SardaSardaSarda was a Ta-Matoran from Toa Lesovikk's homeland, mutated to breathe water and serving as a jailer under Hydraxon in the Pit. and the Onu-MatoranOnu-MatoranEarth-wielding Matoran of the deep who adapted to darkness and built the Matoran Universe's defensive cavalry. GarGarGar was an Onu-Matoran of Mahri Nui and Defilak's best friend, one of the four submariners captured by Pridak in the Black Water and the volunteer who offered to sacrifice himself so that Idris could carry the warning back to the underwater city.. Her presence on Defilak's SubmarineDefilak's SubmarineDefilak's Submarine was a Takea-shaped underwater craft built by the Mahri Nui Matoran Defilak. Its one voyage into the black water ended when Pridak's Takea sharks sank it and took its crew prisoner. is the act that puts her into 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. chronicle and links her short life with the wider 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. campaign of the period. (BIONICLE Legends 6: City of the Lost)

The expedition was caught by 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. PridakPridak: the most savage of the BarrakiPridak was the most savage of the six Barraki warlords and commanded an army of sharks. The League of Six Kingdoms ended with all six imprisoned in the Pit. and his Takea SharksTakea SharkTakea were a species of shark-like predator Rahi created by the Makuta from Viruses and liquid protodermis, found in the waters of Ga-Wahi and later organised by the Barraki Pridak into the standing army he used against the Mahri Nui Matoran and the Toa Mahri., who took the four MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. to a sea cave. When they refused to tell him what he wanted, PridakPridak: the most savage of the BarrakiPridak was the most savage of the six Barraki warlords and commanded an army of sharks. The League of Six Kingdoms ended with all six imprisoned in the Pit. grabbed SardaSardaSarda was a Ta-Matoran from Toa Lesovikk's homeland, mutated to breathe water and serving as a jailer under Hydraxon in the Pit. and hurled him out into the waiting sharks. (BIONICLE Legends 6: City of the Lost; Dreams of Destruction)

Idris and GarGarGar was an Onu-Matoran of Mahri Nui and Defilak's best friend, one of the four submariners captured by Pridak in the Black Water and the volunteer who offered to sacrifice himself so that Idris could carry the warning back to the underwater city. were left behind in the cave. They managed to escape and set out for 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., but their air bubbles began to fail on the way. (BIONICLE Legends 6: City of the Lost)

DefilakDefilakDefilak is a dark green and silver Le-Matoran who serves as leader of the Mahri Nui Council and as an inventor. He wears a powerless Kualsi and wields Electro-Blades alongside an Air Launcher. As a Le-Matoran, he carries an inactive affinity for the element of Air and resides on Spherus Magna. reached them in time and rescued them, and the three returned to 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.. After 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. arrived, Idris reported to Defilak that CaraparCaraparOne of six Barraki warlords imprisoned for 80,000 years, Carapar sought the Mask of Life and became expendable muscle for a final, fatal mission.'s 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. were pulling back from the Fields of Air and that five of the Toa were leaving with the Barraki. (BIONICLE Legends 6: City of the Lost; BIONICLE Legends 7: Prisoners of the Pit)

The reunion with LesovikkLesovikkA Toa of Air and former commander whose team was destroyed, leaving him fractured and searching for purpose. and the trap for KarzahniKarzahniA realm of the Matoran universe built by the Great Beings as a place to repair Matoran, turned into a prison by its incompetent ruler.#

Later her air bubble ran out and the mutagen turned her into a water-breather. LesovikkLesovikkA Toa of Air and former commander whose team was destroyed, leaving him fractured and searching for purpose. and SardaSardaSarda was a Ta-Matoran from Toa Lesovikk's homeland, mutated to breathe water and serving as a jailer under Hydraxon in the Pit., who had survived Pridak's sharks thanks to the Toa's arrival, found her outside 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., mutated as Sarda had been, and recruited her into their hunt. (Dreams of Destruction)

The three set out after 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. himself, who had come down into the Pit, and watched him fight a being Idris took for a Maxilos robot, in truth Makuta TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.. When they finally closed in, things went badly. 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. caught LesovikkLesovikkA Toa of Air and former commander whose team was destroyed, leaving him fractured and searching for purpose. in a vision sent by the OlisiOlisiThe Olisi is a Mask of Alternate Futures that grants its wearer the ability to see and show alternate timelines and possible futures. The mask was formerly worn by Karzahni., the mask that showed targets alternative versions of their own lives, and pinned the Toa of AirToa of AirWielders of the Element of Air, typically transformed from Le-Matoran, tasked with protecting the Matoran Universe. inside an illusion of the future he might have had if his original Toa team had not been wiped out. (Dreams of Destruction)

The two MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. responded by improvising. Idris and SardaSardaSarda was a Ta-Matoran from Toa Lesovikk's homeland, mutated to breathe water and serving as a jailer under Hydraxon in the Pit. constructed a makeshift trap and lured 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. toward it. The bait was their own visible presence. LesovikkLesovikkA Toa of Air and former commander whose team was destroyed, leaving him fractured and searching for purpose. recovered from the vision in time to interrupt the chase, saved the two MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body., and 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. sprang the trap on himself. The tyrant who had ruined Idris's body and exiled her was, in the end, caught by a trap she had helped to build. (Dreams of Destruction)

The air-breathing device and the run through the Cord#

LesovikkLesovikkA Toa of Air and former commander whose team was destroyed, leaving him fractured and searching for purpose. then turned to a piece of practical engineering. After many hours of work he fashioned a crude helmet that held sea water inside it, so that a water-breather could breathe out of the ocean. Sarda chose to stay with Lesovikk and told Idris to take the helmet and go home to 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.. She wanted to argue, but took it and swam away. (Dreams of Destruction)

The route ran through the Stone CordStone CordA lava column connecting two sunken worlds became the battleground where Toa learned to cross the abyss. connecting 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. 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. above. The CordThe CordThe stone Cord linking Voya Nui to the sunken peninsula of Mahri Nui, the tunnel the Toa Mahri descended, and the lifeline severed to revive Mata Nui. was, by that point, the site of active hostilities. Idris climbed it with the other remaining Mahri Nui residents, and the mutated 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. ambushed them. ZaktanZaktanMutated Skakdi leader of the Piraka, formerly a Dark Hunter whose body was dissolved into a colony of Protodites by the Shadowed One and reformed with its consciousness intact. tried to strangle her, but she stunned him with her electro-blade. She and the others then sheltered in the Nui Caves as Voya Nui sank back into place, and she returned safely to 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.. (BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall)

Restoration and evacuation#

She joined the wider 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. population on 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. after the descent 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., still a water-breather. (BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall)

The evacuation of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control., in the aftermath of the Battle of Bara MagnaThe Battle of Bara MagnaTeridax brought the Great Spirit Robot to Bara Magna, and Mata Nui rose to meet him in the ancient Prototype Robot, in the battle that ended the Matoran Universe and reformed Spherus Magna. and the destruction of TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s control of the great machine, carried Idris out onto Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. According to Greg Farshtey's later comments, she was among the evacuees who settled on the reformed world, where 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. cured her mutations. (BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall)

Standing in the record#

Idris's place in the second-age chronicle rests on three distinct contributions. The first was her place on the submarine crew, which put 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 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. into PridakPridak: the most savage of the BarrakiPridak was the most savage of the six Barraki warlords and commanded an army of sharks. The League of Six Kingdoms ended with all six imprisoned in the Pit.'s cave and brought her back to the city with Defilak. The second was the trap for 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., the act of improvised engineering by which two unarmed MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. defeated the overlord who had been wrecking their kind for centuries. The third was surviving the Cord, where she fought off ZaktanZaktanMutated Skakdi leader of the Piraka, formerly a Dark Hunter whose body was dissolved into a colony of Protodites by the Shadowed One and reformed with its consciousness intact. with her electro-blade. (BIONICLE Legends 6: City of the Lost; Dreams of Destruction; BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall)

What links them is loyalty under pressure. LesovikkLesovikkA Toa of Air and former commander whose team was destroyed, leaving him fractured and searching for purpose. provided the power and the engineering, SardaSardaSarda was a Ta-Matoran from Toa Lesovikk's homeland, mutated to breathe water and serving as a jailer under Hydraxon in the Pit. the second pair of hands at the trap, DefilakDefilakDefilak is a dark green and silver Le-Matoran who serves as leader of the Mahri Nui Council and as an inventor. He wears a powerless Kualsi and wields Electro-Blades alongside an Air Launcher. As a Le-Matoran, he carries an inactive affinity for the element of Air and resides on Spherus Magna. the rescue on the way home. Idris was the one who kept going, even when it meant leaving her friends behind. (Dreams of Destruction; BIONICLE Legends 6: City of the Lost)