Kinloka

The Kinloka are vicious, rodent-like RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts., distant relatives of stone rats, best known from the Le-MetruLe-MetruThe teal district where Le-Matoran managed everything that moved through Metru Nui, from chutes to airships. district of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. They came out of a Brotherhood of MakutaMakuta: species, title, and TeridaxMakuta means three things in the Matoran Universe: the Antidermis species Mata Nui created, the Brotherhood rank, and most often Teridax himself. experiment to create a Rahi with a more efficient digestive system, and the result was a creature with an insatiable appetite that devours almost anything in its path. Kinloka have Kanoka launchers built into their tails, and the Metru Nui population learned to use disks for hunting. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts; BIONICLE: Maze of Shadows)

Origins#

Like other RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts., the Kinloka were made by the Makuta using viruses and liquid protodermis. They were part of a Brotherhood experiment meant to produce a Rahi with a more efficient digestive system. The results were unexpected: instead the Brotherhood got nasty beasts, similar to stone rats, that devour anything in their path. (BIONICLE: Makuta's Guide to the Universe; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts)

A population of Kinloka settled on Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. Most lived near the Moto-Hub in Le-MetruLe-MetruThe teal district where Le-Matoran managed everything that moved through Metru Nui, from chutes to airships., though some were also seen near Ko-MetruKo-MetruKo-Metru was Metru Nui's frozen intellectual quarter, home to the scholarly Ko-Matoran race. and in Ta-MetruTa-MetruThe fire district where Ta-Matoran perfected their craft and powered Metru Nui's industry for thousands of years.. (BIONICLE: Maze of Shadows; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Anatomy and Diet#

The Brotherhood's tinkering left the Kinloka with an insatiable hunger. They can eat even MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. or structures, and can sense food from a distance. (BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts; BIONICLE Adventures 5: Voyage of Fear)

Rahi Beasts files them alongside the stone rats they're distantly related to, as nasty beasts rather than anything a Matoran would want to keep. (BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts)

Use of Kanoka#

The Kinloka's most distinctive trait is their use of Kanoka disks. They have Kanoka launchers built into their tails. Their shots have little power and range, but they make up for it with great accuracy. (BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts; BIONICLE: Maze of Shadows)

At one point the Metru Nui Kinloka got into a vault of Kanoka, and over time they learned how to use the disks for hunting. They use many kinds of Kanoka, but usually carry Weaken disks to slow their opponents down. (BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts; BIONICLE: Maze of Shadows)

Encounters in Metru Nui#

The archivist MavrahMavrahA Metru Nui Archivist who fled his city rather than let Turaga Dume cull his pet sea Rahi, drowned in a feeding frenzy a thousand years before the Great Cataclysm, and was rediscovered alive aboard the Red Star. once tried an experiment with Kinloka in a sub-level of the Archives, but they broke free and caused great havoc. (BIONICLE Adventures 6: Maze of Shadows)

Kinloka also appear in Metru Nui in the 2005 game BIONICLE: Maze of Shadows. (BIONICLE: Maze of Shadows)

Presence on Zakaz#

Kinloka also lived on ZakazZakazThe island where Skakdi civilization developed, shaped by isolation and harsh Makuta rule., homeland of the SkakdiSkakdiA brutish warrior species from Zakaz whose pair-dependent elemental powers and moral void made them one of Bionicle's few irredeemable factions.. There, the Skakdi used them to set off any hidden traps when they moved around the island, which gave Zakaz the slang term "stalking Kinloka." (Federation of Fear)

How the Kinloka got to Zakaz from Metru Nui isn't explained. (Federation of Fear)

Behavior and Habitat#

Beyond their hunger and their Kanoka, the sources say little about how Kinloka live day to day. Their habit of eating whatever is in front of them is the trait every account comes back to. (BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Legacy#

The Kinloka are one of the clearer examples of a Brotherhood RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. experiment going wrong. A creature meant to test a better digestive system became a vicious, disk-firing pest in more than one corner of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts; Federation of Fear)