Kodan: First Chronicler of Metru Nui

Kodan 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. 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 served as ChroniclerChroniclerThe Matoran role of recording history and Toa deeds through word and carving, held by figures like Takua and Hahli. to the Toa Mangai, and who was given credit after his death for inventing the sport of AkiliniAkiliniAkilini was the official sport of Metru Nui, in which Matoran surfed on Kanoka disks and threw others through scoring hoops, with tournaments held on the shifting floor of the Coliseum.. TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., wearing the guise of Turaga DumeTuraga DumeThe Turaga of Metru Nui for sixteen thousand years, a former Toa of Fire who saved Lhikan's life and was abducted and impersonated by Teridax., sent him out with two Toa on a mission from which he never came back. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

The first Chronicler#

Kodan 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., one of the Matoran of Stone. When the Toa Mangai, led by LhikanLhikanToa of Fire, leader of the Toa Mangai, and the last Toa of Metru Nui, who surrendered his Toa Power to create the Toa Metru and died defending Vakama., came to Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., Kodan became the team's ChroniclerChroniclerThe Matoran role of recording history and Toa deeds through word and carving, held by figures like Takua and Hahli. and was given the Chronicler's staff. He travelled with the Toa and recorded their exploits and victories, including their defeat of the Kanohi Dragon. He is the only known Chronicler of Metru Nui before 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.. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

He was also one of many Matoran on Metru Nui who claimed to have invented AkiliniAkiliniAkilini was the official sport of Metru Nui, in which Matoran surfed on Kanoka disks and threw others through scoring hoops, with tournaments held on the shifting floor of the Coliseum., the disk sport played in the city. After his death, the Matoran settled the question in his favour. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

The mission and Eliminator#

Kodan's service ended through treachery he never saw coming. Before the Great Cataclysm, TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., who had taken the place of Turaga DumeTuraga DumeThe Turaga of Metru Nui for sixteen thousand years, a former Toa of Fire who saved Lhikan's life and was abducted and impersonated by Teridax., sent two Toa Mangai on a mission outside Metru Nui, and Kodan went with them to record it. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

The mission was an ambush. Teridax had hired the Dark HunterThe Dark HuntersA band of mercenaries and thieves founded on Odina by the Shadowed One and Ancient, hired out across the Matoran Universe, and left a battered ruin by the time Teridax ruled the universe. EliminatorEliminatorA Dark Hunter fixer who executes failures and finishes their missions, defined entirely by capability and reputation rather than backstory., who killed Kodan and the two Toa. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE: Dark Hunters)

After his loss, the Matoran of Metru Nui raised a monument to him in Po-Metru, crediting him with the creation of Akilini in gratitude for his sacrifice. Much later, when 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. became the Toa NuvaToa NuvaThe form the Toa Mata took after stepping into the Energized Protodermis beneath the Bahrag, with new masks, new tools, and the elemental scale to fight Karda Nui., Turaga Onewa named the ball formed by Pohatu's combined climbing claws the Kodan ball in his memory. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

With Kodan gone, no one was appointed to replace him. A thousand years later, on Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years., the need for a record-keeper came back, and the TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. made TakuaTakuaAn Av-Matoran hidden on Mata Nui as a Ta-Matoran, who gathered the Toa Stones, served as Chronicler, and ultimately accepted the Avohkii to become Takanuva, the Toa of Light. the Chronicler. When Takua became a Toa, the role passed to 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 later to KopekeKopekeKopeke was a Ko-Matoran ice carver of Ko-Koro who served in the Chronicler's Company at Kini-Nui and later became Chronicler of Metru Nui after Hahli.. (Mata Nui Online Game; BIONICLE: Mask of Light; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

In the Dark Mirror timeline#

In the alternate universe of the Toa Empire, where Toa ruled as dictators, Kodan was still alive and kept a record of every Toa in the universe. He was also a member of a resistance group led by PohatuPohatuPohatu was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Stone, guardian of Po-Wahi, whose speed and steady humour anchored the team through every era of the Matoran Universe. against the empire of Toa Tuyet. (Dark Mirror)

That version of Kodan, spared the mission that killed his counterpart, lived on in a world the main timeline never knew. (Dark Mirror)