Kamen

Kamen was a 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. stonemason who made sure the carvings of Po-KoroPo-KoroPo-Koro was the Po-Matoran village in Po-Wahi, led by Turaga Onewa and guarded by Toa Pohatu, reached through a single statue-lined road called the Path of Prophecies. didn't crack or wear away under the harsh winds of the Motara Desert. Ages of display had left the village's stonework open to erosion, and keeping it whole was his job. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

Metru Nui and the Great Cataclysm#

On Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., Kamen lived and worked in Po-MetruPo-MetruMetru Nui's Stone District, home to carvers whose work defined the city and site of an ancient conflict that threatened to divide it., the district of carvers. Little is recorded of his life there. TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., disguised as Turaga Dume, had his VahkiVahkiMetru Nui's mechanical law enforcement squads, designed to maintain rigid order but ultimately undermined by chaos beyond their programming. force the Matoran into Matoran spheres, Kamen among them, and the Toa Metru later rescued them and woke them on the shores of Naho Bay on the island of Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years.. Like the others, he came out of the sphere with his memories of the city gone. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui)

Stonemason of Po-Koro#

On Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years., Kamen helped build Po-KoroPo-KoroPo-Koro was the Po-Matoran village in Po-Wahi, led by Turaga Onewa and guarded by Toa Pohatu, reached through a single statue-lined road called the Path of Prophecies. out of the airships that had carried the Matoran to the island. (BIONICLE: World)

He then took up work as the village's stonemasonStonemasonA Po-Matoran occupation dedicated to preserving the sculptures that define their world's identity.. After ages on display, Po-Koro's carvings had suffered from the desert winds, and it was Kamen's task to stop them cracking or eroding. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

When TahnokTahnokFire-element Bohrok swarms from Mata Nui, controlled by krana and armed with Fire Shields. swarms overran Po-KoroPo-KoroPo-Koro was the Po-Matoran village in Po-Wahi, led by Turaga Onewa and guarded by Toa Pohatu, reached through a single statue-lined road called the Path of Prophecies., Kamen was among the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. evacuated to 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.. When the PahrakPahrakStone-aligned Bohrok swarm units that forced the Toa Mata to realize they couldn't win through isolated victories. swarms besieged that village too, he stood against them with every other Matoran there, until the Toa MataWho 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. defeated the BahragBahragCahdok and Gahdok were the twin queens of the Bohrok, sealed in a protodermis cage by the Toa Mata and later released to finish their cleansing of Mata Nui.. He then went home to Po-KoroPo-KoroPo-Koro was the Po-Matoran village in Po-Wahi, led by Turaga Onewa and guarded by Toa Pohatu, reached through a single statue-lined road called the Path of Prophecies., and after the defeat of the Bohrok-Kal he was rebuilt into a stronger form with the rest of the Matoran. (Mata Nui Online Animations)

Return to Metru Nui and after#

Kamen helped build the boats that carried him and the other MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. back to Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. Once there, he worked on repairing the parts of the city damaged in the Great Cataclysm, stopping only briefly when JallerJallerJaller served as Captain of the Ta-Koro Guard, led the Toa Inika to Voya Nui, and commanded the Toa Mahri through the recovery of the Mask of Life. called a strike to make the Turaga reveal where the Toa Nuva had gone. (BIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui; BIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom)

After TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. took over the Great Spirit's body, the false Turaga AhkmouAhkmouA Po-Matoran carver of Metru Nui, one of the six Great Disk holders, who betrayed his fellow Matoran to the Dark Hunters, served Makuta Teridax, and became a false Turaga during Teridax's reign. put all of Metru Nui's 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. carvers to work making statues of Makuta for the city. Kamen isn't named in that scene, but as a Po-Matoran stoneworker he would have been among them. Greg Farshtey later said online that the Matoran eventually left for Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., though no story follows Kamen there. (Reign of Shadows)