Kantai

Kantai was a Ko-MatoranKo-MatoranIce Matoran who were quiet scholars and star-watchers, built to survive the frozen peaks of Ko-Wahi. 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, after being carried to Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years., lived as a hermit in a small cave in the Drifts near the Ice Floe of Ko-WahiKo-WahiKo-Wahi is a region situated directly above Ko-Metru, inhabited by Matoran, Turaga, Toa, and Rahi. It was formerly under the control of Teridax.. He was well versed in the Kolhii skill of Willpower, and he taught it to anyone who asked. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

Metru Nui and the awakening#

On Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., Kantai lived and worked in Ko-MetruKo-MetruKo-Metru was Metru Nui's frozen intellectual quarter, home to the scholarly Ko-Matoran race., though little else is recorded of his life there. Makuta 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 Vahki force the Matoran into Matoran SpheresMatoran SphereRound containers that wiped memories and hid Makuta Teridax's manipulation of the Matoran., and Kantai was among them. The Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. rescued him, and he woke 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.. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui)

His time in the sphere left him smaller and weaker, with no memory of Metru Nui. Even so, he helped build Ko-Koro under Turaga NujuNujuNuju served as a Ko-Metru seer, Toa Metru of Ice, and Turaga of Ko-Koro who spoke only in bird calls translated by Matoro., using pieces of the airships the Toa had used to bring the Matoran to the island. (BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui; BIONICLE: World)

The hermit of the ice flows#

Kantai became a hermit, living in a small cave in the Drifts near the Ice Floe of Ko-WahiKo-WahiKo-Wahi is a region situated directly above Ko-Metru, inhabited by Matoran, Turaga, Toa, and Rahi. It was formerly under the control of Teridax.. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

In the peaceful time after the Bohrok-KalBohrok-KalSix elite Bohrok designed to free the imprisoned Bahrag, they nearly defeated the Toa Nuva before the Toa turned their own powers against them. were defeated, Kantai was rebuilt into a stronger form along with the other Matoran. When the Rahkshi later attacked Ko-Koro, he was evacuated with the rest of the Ko-MatoranKo-MatoranIce Matoran who were quiet scholars and star-watchers, built to survive the frozen peaks of Ko-Wahi.. (Mata Nui Online Animations; BIONICLE: Mask of Light)

Teacher of Willpower#

Kantai knew the Kolhii skill of Willpower and taught it to anyone who asked. He foresaw the coming of the 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. 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., and when she arrived to learn the skill, he taught her by having her balance on the Ice Pole. It was one of the lessons she gathered on her journey around the island as Ga-Koro's Kolhii player. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

Return to Metru Nui and Spherus Magna#

Kantai helped build the boats for the voyage 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 joined the work of repairing the city, 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 say where the Toa Nuva had gone. Greg Farshtey later said online that the Matoran of Metru Nui, Kantai among them, left for Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. after the Mata Nui robot was badly damaged, but no story follows him there. (BIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui; BIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom)