Into the Darkness
Matoro, Maxilos, and the Reanimation of Tuyet
The 2007 online serial that followed the Toa of Ice into the ruins of the original Pit alongside the Maxilos robot possessed by Teridax, recovered the body of a long-dead Toa of Water, and put the first fragments of the Nui Stone back into the hands of the Brotherhood of Makuta.
Into the DarknessDarknessThe Dark Hunter assigned to shadow The Shadowed One himself, waiting for any sign of weakness in the leader he was prepared to replace, and one of the few Hunters his master openly counted among the most powerful. was the descent of 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. 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. into the ruins of the original PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains. alongside the MaxilosMaxilos RobotsBuilt by Artakha and deployed by the Order of Mata Nui to guard the Pit, a single Maxilos unit was later hijacked by Teridax during the Mahri Nui arc. robot possessed by TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.. It followed the 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. of Ice's capture by the recreated HydraxonHydraxonThe jailer of the Pit was killed once, then resurrected as the Matoran Dekar by the Mask of Life. 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. and ran in parallel with the Toa NuvaToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age.'s operation to retrieve the Staff of ArtakhaThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm. from IcaraxIcaraxHe thought scheming was for the weak and said so out loud, so the canon made sure the thing that finally killed him was a scheme.. The descent recovered the corpse of a long-dead 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. of Water named TuyetTuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer., reanimated her under duress, and stripped her armour for fragments of the Nui StoneNui StoneA red artifact that hunts Toa and drains their power within 3000 kio, sought by Tuyet in ancient Metru Nui to gain strength against enemies only she could see.. Its central effect on the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. record was to put the first physical step of TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s long takeover plan back inside the BrotherhoodThe Brotherhood of MakutaAn organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to police his universe and build Rahi, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit.'s reach.
Background and capture#
The events of Into the DarknessDarknessThe Dark Hunter assigned to shadow The Shadowed One himself, waiting for any sign of weakness in the leader he was prepared to replace, and one of the few Hunters his master openly counted among the most powerful. sat inside 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. The Toa MahriToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age., recently transformed from the Toa InikaToa InikaSix former Matoran who entered Karzahni broken and emerged as the next Toa team, transformed on the shore of Voya Nui by a lightning strike from the red star. by 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., were operating below the surface 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., the broken fragment 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. that had fallen into the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains. during the events of the previous year. The original PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains. prison facility, destroyed in 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., lay deeper in the same waters. Its escaped inmates, including PridakPridakPridak was the most feared of the six Barraki, commander of a shark army and the dominant voice of the League of Six Kingdoms before its imprisonment in the Pit. and the rest of the BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit., the venom-touched NocturnNocturnNocturn was an amphibious prisoner of the Pit who served as Ehlek's lieutenant and briefly held the Mask of Life before its recovery., and assorted lesser prisoners, had had a thousand years to organise themselves into the warlord factions the Toa MahriToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age. were now contending with. The Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe. had answered the 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. by transforming the 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. DekarDekarDekar is a former Po-Matoran who serves as an Aqua Hunter on Spherus Magna. Colored yellow, black, and silver, he once wore a powerless Kiril and retains an inactive Stone element; his tools are Electro-Blades and an Air Launcher. into a recreated HydraxonHydraxonThe jailer of the Pit was killed once, then resurrected as the Matoran Dekar by the Mask of Life., the original PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains. jailer killed by TakadoxTakadoxA Barraki warlord whose hypnotic vision and cunning made him dangerous even in defeat. during the prison break. The recreated HydraxonHydraxonThe jailer of the Pit was killed once, then resurrected as the Matoran Dekar by the Mask of Life. carried the original's memories and instincts and assumed every armed being in the area was an escapee in need of return to custody.
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. had been swimming alone in the territory between 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. and the deeper ruins when the recreated HydraxonHydraxonThe jailer of the Pit was killed once, then resurrected as the Matoran Dekar by the Mask of Life. intercepted him. He was bound, identified as a prisoner by default, and brought to a holding alcove at the edge of the MaxilosMaxilos RobotsBuilt by Artakha and deployed by the Order of Mata Nui to guard the Pit, a single Maxilos unit was later hijacked by Teridax during the Mahri Nui arc.'s patrol route. HydraxonHydraxonThe jailer of the Pit was killed once, then resurrected as the Matoran Dekar by the Mask of Life. departed to round up the rest of the inmates, leaving the 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. of Ice in the custody of the robot and its energy hound SpinaxSpinaxSpinax is an Energy Hound who serves the Order of Mata Nui on Spherus Magna. Grey and silver in coloration, Spinax relies on its teeth and claws as tools in carrying out its duties as a servant of the Order.. The arrangement was not what it seemed. The MaxilosMaxilos RobotsBuilt by Artakha and deployed by the Order of Mata Nui to guard the Pit, a single Maxilos unit was later hijacked by Teridax during the Mahri Nui arc. addressed 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. directly in private and announced that the body was inhabited by TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., who claimed an alliance of interest with the 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. of Ice and offered cooperation toward the recovery of 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.. 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. had every reason to refuse and no leverage to act on the refusal. He concluded that survival of the immediate engagement required playing along until he could find a means to warn the rest of the Toa MahriToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age.. The decision shaped the entire serial.
The Barraki war#
TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s first move was to break the standoff between the BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit. factions that had been holding the local waters. 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., using his TrynaKanohi TrynaThe Ignika handed Matoro a mask most Toa considered immoral, then sat back to see what he'd do with it. The answer involved a dead alternate Tuyet and a legion of sea-creature skeletons., reanimated a legion of dead sea creatures from the seafloor and led them against the forces of TakadoxTakadoxA Barraki warlord whose hypnotic vision and cunning made him dangerous even in defeat. and PridakPridakPridak was the most feared of the six Barraki, commander of a shark army and the dominant voice of the League of Six Kingdoms before its imprisonment in the Pit.. The rest of the Toa MahriToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age. instigated conflicts among the other BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit. as part of an unrelated parallel operation, and the whole sector of the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains. became a running battlefield. The BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit. tore at each other; their armies tore at the 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. buffer zone; the sea creatures 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. had raised tore at anything they could reach. Under cover of the engagement, the MaxilosMaxilos RobotsBuilt by Artakha and deployed by the Order of Mata Nui to guard the Pit, a single Maxilos unit was later hijacked by Teridax during the Mahri Nui arc. and the 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. of Ice broke contact and slipped down into the deeper ruins.
The ruins of the original Pit#
The original PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains. facility had been destroyed in 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. a thousand years earlier. Its frame still lay on the floor of the trench. The cells, the holding pens, and the watch stations had been crushed when the southern continent broke upward and sent 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. into orbit 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.. What remained of the structure was open to the water and inhabited by silt-feeders and a slow patrol of opportunist predators.
TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. led 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. directly to a specific cell. Inside the cell lay the remains of 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. of Water. The armour was intact; the body was a thousand years dead.
TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. identified the figure as TuyetTuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer., a member of the Toa MangaiToa MangaiThe defenders of Metru Nui before the Toa Metru arrived, a team that fell to betrayal and relentless war. team 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 had been sentenced to the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains. for the murder of at least three MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body.. TuyetTuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer.'s prior history was a known piece of Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe. record. She had once concealed an artifact called the Nui StoneNui StoneA red artifact that hunts Toa and drains their power within 3000 kio, sought by Tuyet in ancient Metru Nui to gain strength against enemies only she could see. on Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., murdered MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. on a fake countdown to manipulate her teammates, attempted to use the stone to dominate the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control., and been defeated when LhikanLhikanToa of Fire, leader of the Toa Mangai, and the last Toa of Metru Nui, who surrendered his Toa Power to create the Toa Metru and died defending Vakama. destroyed the stone in the engagement. She had been sent to the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains. and had died there in the 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 body in the cell was hers.
The Tryna and the reanimation#
TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. ordered 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 use the KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. TrynaKanohi TrynaThe Ignika handed Matoro a mask most Toa considered immoral, then sat back to see what he'd do with it. The answer involved a dead alternate Tuyet and a legion of sea-creature skeletons., the Mask of Reanimation, to give TuyetTuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer.'s body artificial life. The TrynaKanohi TrynaThe Ignika handed Matoro a mask most Toa considered immoral, then sat back to see what he'd do with it. The answer involved a dead alternate Tuyet and a legion of sea-creature skeletons. was a mask 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. did not normally wear. Its use to puppet the dead was considered immoral by the 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. tradition; 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. had given 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. the TrynaKanohi TrynaThe Ignika handed Matoro a mask most Toa considered immoral, then sat back to see what he'd do with it. The answer involved a dead alternate Tuyet and a legion of sea-creature skeletons. as a test of his character during his transformation into a Toa MahriToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age., and he had been carrying it without using it for the duration of the campaign.
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. protested. The mask would animate the body, but it would not return the mind. TuyetTuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer. was a thousand years dead, the consciousness long since dispatched to the Red StarRed StarThe Red Star was an orbiting facility that revived the dead and enabled the Great Spirit Robot's cosmic travels., and whatever rose from the cell floor would be a puppet, not a person. TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. acknowledged the point and ordered the reanimation anyway. The body could not refuse a question; the consciousness was not required.
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. used the TrynaKanohi TrynaThe Ignika handed Matoro a mask most Toa considered immoral, then sat back to see what he'd do with it. The answer involved a dead alternate Tuyet and a legion of sea-creature skeletons.. The dead 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. stood up.
The Nui Stone fragments#
TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s purpose became clear in the next moments. The Nui StoneNui StoneA red artifact that hunts Toa and drains their power within 3000 kio, sought by Tuyet in ancient Metru Nui to gain strength against enemies only she could see. had been vaporised by LhikanLhikanToa of Fire, leader of the Toa Mangai, and the last Toa of Metru Nui, who surrendered his Toa Power to create the Toa Metru and died defending Vakama. at the close of the TuyetTuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer. crisis, but the vaporisation had not been clean. Microscopic fragments of the stone had survived and embedded themselves in TuyetTuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer.'s armour during her use of it. The fragments had remained in the armour through her transit to the PitThe PitThe Order of Mata Nui's maximum-security underwater prison where the Barraki warlords were held until catastrophe broke their chains., through her thousand years of incarceration, and through her death. The body in the cell was, in effect, a battery of Nui StoneNui StoneA red artifact that hunts Toa and drains their power within 3000 kio, sought by Tuyet in ancient Metru Nui to gain strength against enemies only she could see. seed material.
The fragments alone were not enough to reconstruct the artifact. They required pairing with a second component of comparable power. TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. named that component: the Staff of ArtakhaThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm., an artifact the Toa NuvaToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age. had been hunting in a parallel operation under the impression that they were preparing it for 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.'s awakening. The Staff of ArtakhaThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm. had been stolen from the Onu-MetruOnu-MetruThe deep archive-city that made mining and historical records preservation the beating heart of Metru Nui. ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. centuries earlier in a 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. raid. It had passed from there into BrotherhoodThe Brotherhood of MakutaAn organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to police his universe and build Rahi, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit. hands, and from there into the possession of IcaraxIcaraxHe thought scheming was for the weak and said so out loud, so the canon made sure the thing that finally killed him was a scheme., the MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. who had defied TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. over the Plan. IcaraxIcaraxHe thought scheming was for the weak and said so out loud, so the canon made sure the thing that finally killed him was a scheme. had been brought back into line and had passed the StaffThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm. to TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.. The path from the fragments in TuyetTuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer.'s armour to a fully reconstructed Nui StoneNui StoneA red artifact that hunts Toa and drains their power within 3000 kio, sought by Tuyet in ancient Metru Nui to gain strength against enemies only she could see. capable of draining every 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. within three thousand kioKioThe middle unit of the three-tier Matoran measurement system, equal to one thousand bio and roughly 0.85 miles, used to measure cities, islands, and the reach of every long-range weapon in the universe. was therefore short and operational.
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., under the TrynaKanohi TrynaThe Ignika handed Matoro a mask most Toa considered immoral, then sat back to see what he'd do with it. The answer involved a dead alternate Tuyet and a legion of sea-creature skeletons.'s burden and the MaxilosMaxilos RobotsBuilt by Artakha and deployed by the Order of Mata Nui to guard the Pit, a single Maxilos unit was later hijacked by Teridax during the Mahri Nui arc.'s armed escort, could do nothing about the fragments or the StaffThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm. in the moment. He noted the information and committed it to memory for use if he could reach the rest of the Toa MahriToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age..
Hahli's intercept#
Exiting the ruined facility, 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. and the MaxilosMaxilos RobotsBuilt by Artakha and deployed by the Order of Mata Nui to guard the Pit, a single Maxilos unit was later hijacked by Teridax during the Mahri Nui arc. encountered 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., the 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. Mahri of Water, on patrol in the open trench. The encounter was brief and tense. 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. registered immediately that 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 keeping his distance, that he was not speaking freely, and that the MaxilosMaxilos RobotsBuilt by Artakha and deployed by the Order of Mata Nui to guard the Pit, a single Maxilos unit was later hijacked by Teridax during the Mahri Nui arc. at his side was monitoring everything he said. She had no context for the situation.
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. attempted to communicate the truth without alerting the MaxilosMaxilos RobotsBuilt by Artakha and deployed by the Order of Mata Nui to guard the Pit, a single Maxilos unit was later hijacked by Teridax during the Mahri Nui arc.. He inflected ordinary phrases to convey that he was in trouble. 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. read the inflection. She understood that something was wrong. She had no plan, no team in reach, and no obvious lever to apply against an armed MaxilosMaxilos RobotsBuilt by Artakha and deployed by the Order of Mata Nui to guard the Pit, a single Maxilos unit was later hijacked by Teridax during the Mahri Nui arc. at the edge of the BarrakiThe BarrakiSix warlords who built an empire spanning most of the Matoran Universe, fell in a single Brotherhood ambush, and spent millennia mutated in the Pit. war zone. She broke contact and withdrew. 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.'s warning had been heard. It would not be acted on within the time he had left.
Aftermath and significance#
The events closed with TuyetTuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer.'s reanimated body in TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s effective custody, the fragments in his accounting, the Staff of ArtakhaThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm. already in his hand through IcaraxIcaraxHe thought scheming was for the weak and said so out loud, so the canon made sure the thing that finally killed him was a scheme.'s relay, 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. carrying the knowledge of all of it under a TrynaKanohi TrynaThe Ignika handed Matoro a mask most Toa considered immoral, then sat back to see what he'd do with it. The answer involved a dead alternate Tuyet and a legion of sea-creature skeletons. he had not wanted to wear. The 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. campaign continued from this point: the recovery of 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., 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.'s eventual choice to give his life 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., and the BrotherhoodThe Brotherhood of MakutaAn organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to police his universe and build Rahi, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit.'s attempted use of the recovered StaffThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm. all picked up directly from the reanimation in the ruined cell. The Staff of ArtakhaThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm. itself never produced the Nui StoneNui StoneA red artifact that hunts Toa and drains their power within 3000 kio, sought by Tuyet in ancient Metru Nui to gain strength against enemies only she could see.. BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team. intervened during TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s attempt to combine the components, the StaffThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm. was passed to BotarBotarThe Order of Mata Nui's teleporting enforcer hunted universe-threatening dangers and locked them in the Pit until a Makuta's magnetic power stopped him cold. and carried to the Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe. base at DaxiaDaxiaDaxia is a location situated east of the Southern Continent, affiliated with the Order of Mata Nui and home to the Shallows Cat., and HelryxHelryxHelryx was the first Toa created by the Great Beings, founder of the Order of Mata Nui, and commander of its covert war against the Brotherhood of Makuta. used it there to repair the damage 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. had done to the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.. The Nui StoneNui StoneA red artifact that hunts Toa and drains their power within 3000 kio, sought by Tuyet in ancient Metru Nui to gain strength against enemies only she could see. was never reconstructed. The fragments lifted from TuyetTuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer.'s armour ended their useful life in TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s possession.
The events exposed the depth of TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s long Plan at its most operational. The BrotherhoodThe Brotherhood of MakutaAn organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to police his universe and build Rahi, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit.'s public conflict with the 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 the Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe. had been visible for some time, but the underside of it now came into view: a single 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. walking through a destroyed prison with the consciousness of TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. at his shoulder, lifting Nui StoneNui StoneA red artifact that hunts Toa and drains their power within 3000 kio, sought by Tuyet in ancient Metru Nui to gain strength against enemies only she could see. seed material from the armour of a dead murderer to reconstruct a weapon capable of stripping every 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. in three thousand kioKioThe middle unit of the three-tier Matoran measurement system, equal to one thousand bio and roughly 0.85 miles, used to measure cities, islands, and the reach of every long-range weapon in the universe. of their power. The compromise of the Staff of ArtakhaThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm. operation, which the Toa NuvaToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age. believed they were carrying out for 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., made clear that the 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. of light were already being run, in part, by the MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. of shadow. The episode also marked 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.'s passage from a self-doubting translator into the 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. who would later trade his life for the world's. The TrynaKanohi TrynaThe Ignika handed Matoro a mask most Toa considered immoral, then sat back to see what he'd do with it. The answer involved a dead alternate Tuyet and a legion of sea-creature skeletons.'s burden, the MaxilosMaxilos RobotsBuilt by Artakha and deployed by the Order of Mata Nui to guard the Pit, a single Maxilos unit was later hijacked by Teridax during the Mahri Nui arc.'s shadow, and the failure to make 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. act on his warning all sharpened the 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. of Ice into the figure who would walk into the heart of Karda NuiKarda NuiThe vast inner cavern at the core of the Matoran Universe, original home of the Av-Matoran, site of the Codrex and the final battle that decided the fate of Mata Nui. and put 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. on the face of the Great SpiritMata 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.. The journey into the dark prison began the decision.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Into the Darkness in Bionicle?
- Into the Darkness was the 2007 online serial that followed Toa Matoro into the ruins of the original Pit alongside the Maxilos robot possessed by Teridax. The descent recovered the corpse of a long-dead Toa of Water named Tuyet, reanimated her under duress, and stripped her armour for fragments of the Nui Stone.
- How did Matoro end up with the Maxilos robot?
- Matoro was intercepted while swimming alone by the recreated Hydraxon, who bound him as a presumed escapee and left him in the custody of the Maxilos robot. The Maxilos then revealed in private that it was inhabited by Teridax, who claimed an alliance of interest with the Toa of Ice.
- Why did Teridax want Tuyet's body reanimated?
- Tuyet's armour held microscopic fragments of the Nui Stone, which had survived after Lhikan vaporised the artifact and embedded themselves during her use of it. Teridax ordered Matoro to use the Kanohi Tryna to reanimate her so the fragments could be recovered as seed material for reconstructing the stone.
- Who was Tuyet in Into the Darkness?
- Tuyet was a Toa Mangai of Water sentenced to the Pit for the murder of at least three Matoran. She had concealed the Nui Stone on Metru Nui and attempted to use it to dominate the Matoran Universe before Lhikan defeated her by destroying the stone, and she later died in the Pit during the Great Cataclysm.
- Was the Nui Stone ever reconstructed?
- The Nui Stone was never reconstructed. Brutaka intervened during Teridax's attempt to combine the fragments with the Staff of Artakha, the Staff was passed to Botar and carried to the Order of Mata Nui base at Daxia, and Helryx used it there to repair the damage the Great Cataclysm had done to the Matoran Universe.
Sources
- SerialInto the Darkness — Online serial via BS01 wiki entries
- WikiNui Stone — BS01 entry for the Toa-power-draining artifact
- WikiTuyet — BS01 entry for the deceased Toa of Water reanimated by Matoro
- WikiTryna — BS01 entry for the Mask of Reanimation Matoro was forced to wear
- WikiMaxilos Robots — BS01 entry for the Pit guardian robot inhabited by Teridax
- WikiStaff of Artakha — BS01 entry for the second component of Teridax's Nui Stone reconstruction
- WikiHydraxon — BS01 entry for the recreated jailer of the Pit
- SerialToa Nuva Blog — Companion serial via BS01 wiki entry
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