Kopeke

Kopeke was a Ko-MatoranKo-MatoranIce Matoran who were quiet scholars and star-watchers, built to survive the frozen peaks of Ko-Wahi. ice carver of Ko-KoroKo-KoroKo-Koro is a location in Ko-Wahi, home to the Ko-Matoran and associated with both Nuju and Kopaka. Its exact size is unknown., known for his sculptures, his silence and his skill at the Huai Snowball Sling. He represented Ko-KoroKo-KoroKo-Koro is a location in Ko-Wahi, home to the Ko-Matoran and associated with both Nuju and Kopaka. Its exact size is unknown. in the ChroniclerChroniclerThe Matoran role of recording history and Toa deeds through word and carving, held by figures like Takua and Hahli.'s Company at the Battle of Kini-NuiKini-NuiThe most sacred temple on Mata Nui, ironically built directly above Teridax's fortress., kept goal for Ko-Koro in the KolhiiKolhiiKolhii was the inter-village sport of Mata Nui, grown out of the older game of koli and played by all six Koro until the Matoran left the island. tournament alongside MatoroMatoroA quiet Ko-Matoran translator who became a Toa Inika and then a Toa Mahri, Matoro gave his life with the Mask of Life to restore Mata Nui., and became Chronicler of Metru Nui after 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. became a Toa. He lived through Teridax's reign and the fall of the Great Spirit Robot. (Mata Nui Online Game; Kopeke character profiles; Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; Reign of Shadows)

Origins on Metru Nui#

Kopeke worked several jobs on Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., among them messenger and chute station attendant. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Shortly before the Great Cataclysm, the VahkiVahkiMetru Nui's mechanical law enforcement squads, designed to maintain rigid order but ultimately undermined by chaos beyond their programming., acting for TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. in the guise of TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. DumeDumeDume is a Turaga of Fire and the former ruler of Metru Nui, distinguished by his red and black coloring and the Noble Kanohi Kiril, the Mask of Regeneration. As a member of the Turaga of Metru Nui, he wields a Staff of Office and commands a weakened mastery of Fire. He later resides on the reformed Spherus Magna., forced him into a Matoran SphereMatoran SphereRound containers that wiped memories and hid Makuta Teridax's manipulation of the Matoran. along with the rest of the city's Matoran. 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 the spheres and woke the Matoran on the shore of Naho Bay on 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; BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui)

Like the others, Kopeke woke smaller and weaker, with his memories of Metru Nui gone. (BIONICLE: World)

Ice carving in Ko-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., Kopeke helped build Ko-KoroKo-KoroKo-Koro is a location in Ko-Wahi, home to the Ko-Matoran and associated with both Nuju and Kopaka. Its exact size is unknown. under Turaga Nuju from the salvaged airships of the Great Rescue, and became a renowned ice carver. He made ice bridges and sculptures in honour of KopakaKopakaKopaka was the Toa Nuva of Ice, the loner of the Toa Mata, and one of the six warriors created on Artakha to protect the Great Spirit Mata Nui., the Toa whose coming had been foretold, and he could shape delicate, detailed work in very little time. (BIONICLE: World; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

During Makuta's war on the island, Kopeke was given the job of watching over the North MarchNorth MarchA frozen passage between Ta-Koro and Ko-Koro where a Ta-Koro Guard outpost fell to Makuta Teridax.. Late in the war, infected 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. attacked the outpost there and carried off the Ta-KoroTa-KoroTa-Koro was a settlement located in Ta-Wahi, home to the Ta-Matoran, Tahu, and Vakama, and formerly connected to Teridax. The settlement was ultimately destroyed. Guard stationed at it, and in the struggle Kopeke was frozen into a wall of ice. (Mata Nui Online Game)

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., sent by Jaller to find the lost patrol, thawed him out with a Heat StoneHeat StoneA straightforward thermal tool that Ko-Matoran carried to survive Ko-Wahi's frozen climate.. Kopeke promptly ran off to his observation post, and when Takua caught up, he told him the Ta-Matoran had been claimed by Makuta. (Mata Nui Online Game)

The Chronicler's Company and the Battle of Kini-Nui#

When 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. came to Ko-Koro looking for a Matoran to join his company to defend Kini-NuiKini-NuiThe most sacred temple on Mata Nui, ironically built directly above Teridax's fortress., 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. told him to take Kopeke, and Kopeke agreed. The finished ChroniclerChroniclerThe Matoran role of recording history and Toa deeds through word and carving, held by figures like Takua and Hahli.'s Company drew Matoran from across the island: Takua at its head, with TaipuTaipuTaipu is a black and tan Onu-Matoran of the element of Earth who resides on Spherus Magna. A miner by trade, he wields a pickaxe and wears the Kanohi Pakari., TamaruTamaruTamaru was a Le-Matoran Forest Navigator of Le-Koro, Kongu's Kolhii partner, and the Le-Koro representative in the Chronicler's Company at the Battle of Kini-Nui., MackuMackuMacku was a Ga-Matoran of Metru Nui and later Ga-Koro, attendant to Turaga Nokama, Kolhii partner to Hahli at the championship at Ta-Koro, and a member of the Chronicler's Company., KapuraKapuraKapura was a red Matoran of Fire who served as a member of the Ta-Koro Guard and formerly as part of the Chronicler's Company. A native of Metru Nui, he later worked as a Vat Controller there, wearing a powerless Ruru on Mata Nui and a powerless Pakari on Metru Nui, and ultimately settled on Bota Magna on Spherus Magna., HafuHafuHafu was a Po-Matoran Carver of Po-Koro, recognized as a Master Carver, who served in the Chronicler's Company and survived the Reign of Shadows. and Kopeke. (Mata Nui Online Game)

Kopeke's carving came in handy on the march. When the company reached the Gate of Ice, he carved its key out of a nearby icicle. At Kini-Nui they found 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. about to go down into MangaiaMangaia: Teridax's lair beneath Mata NuiMangaia was Teridax's hidden lair beneath the island of Mata Nui. It held a pool of Energized Protodermis used to make Infected Kanohi and Rahkshi., and the company stayed to guard the entrance, fighting off wave after wave of infected 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.. Outnumbered and down to a last stand, they were saved by the arrival of the Ta-Koro Guard, KonguKonguKongu captained Le-Koro's Gukko Force before lightning from the red star turned him into a Toa of Air, who later served among the Toa Mahri.'s Gukko ForceGukko ForceLe-Matoran aerial cavalry that defended their treetop home during the Matoran-Rahi War. and the Onu-Koro UssalryUssalryOnu-Koro's branch of the Mata Nui Military, made up of Onu-Matoran riders mounted on tamed Ussal crabs and led by High Commander Onepu.. After the battle, Kopeke was seen talking with Matoro. (Mata Nui Online Game)

Kopeke also excelled at the Huai Snowball Sling, the Ko-Koro sport in which players pelt each other with snowballs until only one is left. (Kopeke character profiles; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Ko-KoroKoroThe Koros were the six elemental villages built on Mata Nui after the Great Rescue, on sites the Toa Metru had chosen, each tied to one element and one Turaga. Kolhii Team#

After the Bohrok-KalBohrok-Kal Kaita ZaA possible fusion of Tahnok-Kal, Pahrak-Kal, and Nuhvok-Kal that was never formed on Mata Nui during the Bohrok-Kal campaign. were defeated, Kopeke was rebuilt into a stronger form with the other Matoran. His Komau-shaped mask was later damaged in Kolhii practice, and he replaced it with a Matatu-shaped mask in honour of 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., whose own mask was the MatatuMatatuWorn by Toa Metru Nuju and his later Turaga form, the Matatu let its bearer move and strike at any target within line of sight by force of will alone.. (Mata Nui Online Animations; Kopeke character profiles)

Kopeke kept goal for the Ko-KoroKo-KoroKo-Koro is a location in Ko-Wahi, home to the Ko-Matoran and associated with both Nuju and Kopaka. Its exact size is unknown. KolhiiKolhiiKolhii was the inter-village sport of Mata Nui, grown out of the older game of koli and played by all six Koro until the Matoran left the island. team, with MatoroMatoroA quiet Ko-Matoran translator who became a Toa Inika and then a Toa Mahri, Matoro gave his life with the Mask of Life to restore Mata Nui., Nuju's translator, as forward. They lost 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 Macku of Ga-Koro and didn't reach the championship. (Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle)

When the Rahkshi attacked Ko-Koro after the tournament, Kopeke was evacuated with the rest of the village. (BIONICLE: Mask of Light; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

The Third ChroniclerChroniclerThe Matoran role of recording history and Toa deeds through word and carving, held by figures like Takua and Hahli.#

Kopeke helped build the boats that carried the Matoran 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. and joined the rebuilding of the city, downing tools for a while when Jaller 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)

The office of Chronicler had been revived on Mata Nui with 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., and 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. when Takua became a Toa. When Hahli in turn became a Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself., Kopeke was appointed Chronicler of Metru Nui, the third to hold the post since its revival. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

His most important work came when the Toa MahriToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. returned to Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. after MatoroMatoroA quiet Ko-Matoran translator who became a Toa Inika and then a Toa Mahri, Matoro gave his life with the Mask of Life to restore Mata Nui.'s sacrifice. Hahli told Kopeke the story of their time in the Pit so that he could record it. Toa Mahri KonguKonguKongu captained Le-Koro's Gukko Force before lightning from the red star turned him into a Toa of Air, who later served among the Toa Mahri. also took him aside and warned him not to write anything unflattering about Matoro. (BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall; BIONICLE: Makuta's Guide to the Universe)

He was at the celebration of Mata Nui's awakening when TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. announced that he now ruled the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.. (BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle; Reign of Shadows)

Reign of Shadows#

Kopeke later left Metru Nui and joined a band of rebels made up of TahuTahu, Toa of FireTahu served as Toa Mata, Toa Nuva, and Toa Mistika of Fire, leading his team from the first landing on Mata Nui to the destruction of the Rahkshi army on Bara Magna., the Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe. agent JohmakJohmakJohmak is a member of the Order of Mata Nui who served as part of the rebellion force against the Makutaverse. Bearing ebon coloring and armed with a shield, Johmak operates on Spherus Magna., the shapeshifting 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. KrahkaKrahkaKrahka is a Rahi affiliated with various groups and known to have worn various Kanohi; only one of her kind remains., and the Dark HuntersThe 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. GuardianGuardianA Dark Hunter who tracked down captured operatives before the fall, and later fought beside Tahu in the ruins of Karzahni. and LariskaLariskaDark Hunter defined by discipline and tactical competence, Lariska was one of the Shadowed One's most dependable operatives before joining Brutaka's desperate mission.. (Reign of Shadows)

While they were camped in the ruins of KarzahniKarzahniBionicle used one cursed name three times, for a being, a realm and a plant, and every one of them earns it. This article untangles all three., Kopeke saw Teridax kill Guardian by turning the earth against him. An army of Exo-ToaExo-ToaToa-sized powered armor built for the Brotherhood of Makuta, worn briefly by the Toa Mata against the Bahrag and later used as enforcers under Teridax. then surrounded the group with Teridax's message: return to Metru Nui or die. OnuaOnuaOnua was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Earth, a quiet, deliberate warrior whose patience and underground mastery anchored his team across the Matoran Universe. destroyed the Exo-Toa in a surprise attack, and Kopeke went on with the group to Daxia, where they destroyed Teridax's largest source of energised protodermis. He later returned to Metru Nui. (Reign of Shadows)

After Teridax's death left the city devastated, Kopeke joined other former members of the ChroniclerChroniclerThe Matoran role of recording history and Toa deeds through word and carving, held by figures like Takua and Hahli.'s Company in the rescue efforts. The Matoran then left the robot to make new lives on Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., though the stories don't follow Kopeke there by name. (Reign of Shadows; BIONICLE: Journey's End)

Personality and legacy#

Most Ko-MatoranKo-MatoranIce Matoran who were quiet scholars and star-watchers, built to survive the frozen peaks of Ko-Wahi. are aloof by nature, but Kopeke is simply shy. He rarely speaks, so other Matoran tend to take his silence for coldness, and like other Ko-Matoran he shrugs off the cold. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; Kopeke character profiles)

His story touches nearly every phase of the Mata Nui era and the return to Metru Nui: the rescue from the North MarchNorth MarchA frozen passage between Ta-Koro and Ko-Koro where a Ta-Koro Guard outpost fell to Makuta Teridax. ice, the defence of Kini-NuiKini-NuiThe most sacred temple on Mata Nui, ironically built directly above Teridax's fortress., the KolhiiKolhiiKolhii was the inter-village sport of Mata Nui, grown out of the older game of koli and played by all six Koro until the Matoran left the island. tournament, his time as Chronicler recording 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.'s account of the Pit, and the resistance under TahuTahu, Toa of FireTahu served as Toa Mata, Toa Nuva, and Toa Mistika of Fire, leading his team from the first landing on Mata Nui to the destruction of the Rahkshi army on Bara Magna. at KarzahniKarzahniBionicle used one cursed name three times, for a being, a realm and a plant, and every one of them earns it. This article untangles all three.. For a Matoran who barely spoke, he ended up as the keeper of everyone else's story. (Mata Nui Online Game; BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall; Reign of Shadows)