Jovan

JovanJovanJovan led the Toa team that retrieved the Kanohi Ignika during the Great Disruption, then served as Turaga over the population that became Voya Nui. was a Toa of MagnetismToa of MagnetismToa of Magnetism were the rare Toa drawn from Fa-Matoran stock, wielding magnetic force at scales that let them rip Makuta armour apart and made them targets of a Brotherhood-led purge across the Matoran Universe. who led the team dispatched to retrieve the Kanohi IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero. during the Great DisruptionThe Great Disruption: the Matoran civil war that nearly killed the Great SpiritRoughly 79,500 years before the Toa Mata awoke, the Matoran of Metru Nui spent four hundred years fighting each other over barge schedules, and the Great Spirit began to fail.. After the mission he surrendered his Toa power, became a TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities., and led 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. settlement that 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. later raised 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..

Early Life as a Fa-Matoran#

JovanJovanJovan led the Toa team that retrieved the Kanohi Ignika during the Great Disruption, then served as Turaga over the population that became Voya Nui. began his life as a Fa-MatoranFa-MatoranMatoran subspecies with Magnetism powers and an uncanny sense of direction due to their elemental affinity., placed within the body of 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. along with others of his kind after the Great Spirit's initial construction. Following the activation of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control., he was among the first Fa-MatoranFa-MatoranMatoran subspecies with Magnetism powers and an uncanny sense of direction due to their elemental affinity. to be transformed into a ToaToa (2001)Biomechanical heroes bonded to elemental powers and masks. Not born, but chosen and transformed..

During his Toa service he met LesovikkLesovikkA Toa of Air and former commander whose team was destroyed, leaving him fractured and searching for purpose. and instructed him in several fighting techniques. The mentorship is one of the few pieces of Jovan's earlier biography recorded in detail, and it accounts for part of LesovikkLesovikkA Toa of Air and former commander whose team was destroyed, leaving him fractured and searching for purpose.'s later proficiency.

After the Hand of ArtakhaThe Hand of ArtakhaAn ancient organization formed by the Great Beings and Artakha to safeguard the early Matoran Universe, disbanded after its interventions caused more harm than good. was disbanded, Jovan formed his own Toa team, on the principle that Toa units should take over the protective work the Hand had performed. Other teams such as the Toa CordakToa CordakThe first Toa team ever formed, wiped out by Zyglak except for their leader Lesovikk. predated the Hand's dissolution, but Jovan's was a direct response to it.

The Great Disruption Mission#

The Great DisruptionThe Great Disruption: the Matoran civil war that nearly killed the Great SpiritRoughly 79,500 years before the Toa Mata awoke, the Matoran of Metru Nui spent four hundred years fighting each other over barge schedules, and the Great Spirit began to fail. originated in a MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. civil war in Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. The resulting loss of MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. labour endangered the life of 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. even after TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. suppressed the conflict. Jovan's team was dispatched 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. to retrieve the Kanohi IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero. and use it to heal the Great Spirit.

The team travelled to the Southern Continent guided by a member wearing a Kanohi EldaKanohi EldaThe Elda was the Kanohi Mask of Detection, capable of revealing hidden beings and tracking the Kanohi Ignika across long distances., worked through the trials protecting the Ignika, and defeated UmbraUmbraUmbra is a unique being who served as a guardian of the Mask of Life, operating under both the Hand of Artakha and the Order of Mata Nui. Colored dark green, yellow, and silver, he wielded a Laser Lance and Rhotuka spinner and wore a powerless Ruru. He possessed the power of Light and resided on Spherus Magna. for the right to claim the mask. The OlmakThe Kanohi OlmakThe Kanohi Olmak was the Great Mask of Dimensional Gates, a portal-opening Kanohi forged by Artakha. Only two ever existed in the Matoran Universe, and both passed through the hands of figures who reshaped the late storyline.-bearer among them then opened a path into 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., the power chamber at the core of Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years..

Inside 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., the team evaded the bolts of the failing distribution system that had once carried power through the chamber. At the centre, where the Great Spirit's condition was most critical, one of the team members sacrificed his life to use the Ignika and revive Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years.. The bearer's identity is not recorded. The sacrifice restored the energy bolts to full strength, and the remaining members escaped through the OlmakThe Kanohi OlmakThe Kanohi Olmak was the Great Mask of Dimensional Gates, a portal-opening Kanohi forged by Artakha. Only two ever existed in the Matoran Universe, and both passed through the hands of figures who reshaped the late storyline. before the renewed system destroyed them.

TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. of the Southern Continent#

After completing the mission, JovanJovanJovan led the Toa team that retrieved the Kanohi Ignika during the Great Disruption, then served as Turaga over the population that became Voya Nui. surrendered his Toa power and became a TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities.. He presided over a community 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. that consisted of several hundred of KarzahniKarzahniBionicle reused one cursed name three times, and every instance earns it, this is the article that finally untangles all three.'s poorly altered MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. workers. The population was not a standard MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. settlement; its members had been reshaped by KarzahniKarzahniA region of the Matoran Universe built by the Great Beings as a Matoran repair facility, ruined by the failures of its overseer.'s repair work and bore the marks of that intervention.

As a TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. he carried a Badge of OfficeBadge of OfficeThe Badge of Office was the staff or tool carried by a Turaga to symbolize experience and authority, most often the transformed Toa Tool the elder had wielded in their days as a Toa. staff and wore a Noble Kanohi KadinKanohi KadinThe Kadin granted its wearer self-powered flight from a standing start, and served Toa Inika Nuparu through the Voya Nui campaign., which granted limited flight from a standing start. His Toa tools had been a Magnetic Bolt Launcher and an early model of Zamor LauncherZamor LauncherThe Zamor Launcher is a weapon belonging to the Shooting Zamors group, formerly wielded by the Piraka, the Toa Inika, and Toa Jovan. It is no longer in use. containing spheres that could nullify a target's weapons. The Zamor connection prefigured the weapon's later prominence on Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time. under the Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself..

Jovan remained on his stretch of the Southern Continent until 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. tore the landmass free and lifted it above the ocean 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.. He died there roughly a thousand years before 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. reached the island. By the time of the Inika's arrival, 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. had no living founding TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities..

Revival on the Red StarRed StarThe Red Star was an orbiting facility that revived the dead and enabled the Great Spirit Robot's cosmic travels.#

Jovan was teleported to the Red StarRed StarThe Red Star was an orbiting facility that revived the dead and enabled the Great Spirit Robot's cosmic travels. after his death and repaired by its systems. A malfunction in the Red StarRed StarThe Red Star was an orbiting facility that revived the dead and enabled the Great Spirit Robot's cosmic travels.'s return mechanism left him trapped aboard rather than restored to the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control., the same failure that affected most late-era revivals. He is recorded as alive on the Red StarRed StarThe Red Star was an orbiting facility that revived the dead and enabled the Great Spirit Robot's cosmic travels..

One mask from his team remained in circulation after the original wearers were gone. 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. used a Kanohi OlmakThe Kanohi OlmakThe Kanohi Olmak was the Great Mask of Dimensional Gates, a portal-opening Kanohi forged by Artakha. Only two ever existed in the Matoran Universe, and both passed through the hands of figures who reshaped the late storyline. that had belonged to a member of Jovan's team when he transported TuyetTuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer. to an alternate dimension following her misuse 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.. The mask's passage from Jovan's teammate into the hands of 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. is the closest surviving record of what became of the rest of his unit. One died in 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.. At least one of the others lost or surrendered the OlmakThe Kanohi OlmakThe Kanohi Olmak was the Great Mask of Dimensional Gates, a portal-opening Kanohi forged by Artakha. Only two ever existed in the Matoran Universe, and both passed through the hands of figures who reshaped the late storyline.. The team faded from the record as quietly as it had entered it.