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Kai

Kai is a Ga-Matoran of Water, blue in color and wearing a Kakama, who resides on Spherus Magna and works as a sailor.

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Mnolgii Kai

Kai is a Ga-MatoranGa-MatoranThe Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, exclusively female, who taught the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats and bridges of the Mata Nui coast. of WaterWaterOne of the six core elements of the Matoran Universe and Spherus Magna, controlled by Toa, Turaga, and Matoran of Water, and apex-wielded by the Element Lord of Water. native to Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., where she lived and worked in Ga-Metru before the Great Cataclysm. During the Cataclysm she was forced into a Matoran Sphere, and was later brought to the island of Mata Nui, where she made her home in Ga-KoroGa-KoroGa-Koro is a village on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Ga-Matoran and associated with both Nokama and Gali. The settlement was formerly under the power of Teridax..

On Mata Nui, Kai lived in her own hut, furnished with a bed, a steering wheel, a bag, a bell, an anchor, a tub of water, and a small round window. She worked there making String and Rope from Flax, which she received from 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.. Producing one String required five Flax, and one Rope required five Strings. Shasa used Kai's Rope for her supplies, while KailaniKailaniKailani is a light blue Ga-Matoran craftswoman who resides on Spherus Magna. She wears the Kanohi Ruru and is affiliated with the element of Water. used her String. Kai spent much of her time walking the shipyards obtaining orders from the Ga-Matoran Marka, and at one point attempted to form a rowing club.

Kai was among the Matoran who controlled the boats of Ga-Koro, alongside Marka and Pelagia, renting out available ships to travelers. During the Great War she tried out a new vessel with Macku, Amaya, Marka, and other Matoran when a tentacled creature attacked them and dragged Marka beneath the waves. Amaya dived after her and, with the help of the others, rescued Marka and returned her to safety. Kai was also a frequent visitor to Okoth's Shop in Ga-Koro.

Kai wears a KakamaKakamaThe Mask of Speed granted superhuman velocity but blinded its wearer to the world around them. and now resides on Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., where she works as a sailor.

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Images via BIONICLE Wiki (Biosector01)

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