Lava Chamber Gate

The Lava Chamber Gate was a gate to the Chamber of LifeChamber of LifeThe Chamber of Life was the vault beneath the Lake of Lava of Mount Valmai on Voya Nui where the Kanohi Ignika, the Mask of Life, lay hidden. under Mount ValmaiMount ValmaiA roiling volcano on Voya Nui that guarded the Ignika and tested three desperate expeditions seeking the Mask of Life. on Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time.. It stood at the foot of the far tower of a huge stone bridge that spanned a river of lava, on the last stretch of the route to the Mask of LifeThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero.. It was destroyed during the race between the PirakaBionicle Piraka: the Six Skakdi Thieves Who Hunted the Mask of LifeThe Piraka were six Skakdi who quit the Dark Hunters, took over Voya Nui by posing as Toa and went after the Mask of Life in 2006. Here's who they were, how the Voya Nui story played out and what happened to them afterwards. and the Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. to reach the mask. (BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno; BIONICLE Ignition 4: A Cold Light Dawns)

Location and Construction#

The gate stood deep beneath Mount ValmaiMount ValmaiA roiling volcano on Voya Nui that guarded the Ignika and tested three desperate expeditions seeking the Mask of Life.. The Toa Inika reached it after going down the 777 stairs toward the chamber and getting past UmbraBionicle Umbra: the Light-Speed Guardian of the Mask of LifeUmbra is the warrior of light who guards the way down to the Kanohi Ignika beneath Voya Nui. He was the first guardian the Great Beings made for the Mask of Life, and in 2006 he very nearly stopped the Toa Inika., one of the Ignika's guardians. (BIONICLE Ignition 4: A Cold Light Dawns)

At the far edge of a cavern, a huge stone bridge spanned a river of lava, and the far tower of the bridge had a small gateway at its base. When the PirakaBionicle Piraka: the Six Skakdi Thieves Who Hunted the Mask of LifeThe Piraka were six Skakdi who quit the Dark Hunters, took over Voya Nui by posing as Toa and went after the Mask of Life in 2006. Here's who they were, how the Voya Nui story played out and what happened to them afterwards. saw it, they knew they had almost reached their goal. (BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno)

The 2006 set version showed the bridge held together by chains, which could be released by pressing a button on top of either tower. (Lava Chamber Gate, LEGO set 8893)

The Piraka Ambush#

The PirakaBionicle Piraka: the Six Skakdi Thieves Who Hunted the Mask of LifeThe Piraka were six Skakdi who quit the Dark Hunters, took over Voya Nui by posing as Toa and went after the Mask of Life in 2006. Here's who they were, how the Voya Nui story played out and what happened to them afterwards. got to the gate first and set a few traps for the Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself., who were in hot pursuit. (BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno)

When the Toa arrived, the two sides fought on and around the bridge. (BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno; BIONICLE Ignition 4: A Cold Light Dawns)

The Collapse#

NuparuNuparuAn Onu-Matoran engineer from Metru Nui who built the Boxor and rose to become a Toa of Earth despite no warrior destiny. struck first, triggering an earthquake to throw the PirakaBionicle Piraka: the Six Skakdi Thieves Who Hunted the Mask of LifeThe Piraka were six Skakdi who quit the Dark Hunters, took over Voya Nui by posing as Toa and went after the Mask of Life in 2006. Here's who they were, how the Voya Nui story played out and what happened to them afterwards. off balance. It stopped them, but it weakened the bridge as well. 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. then summoned a powerful gust of wind to stop ZaktanZaktanMutated Skakdi leader of the Piraka, formerly a Dark Hunter whose body was dissolved into a colony of Protodites by the Shadowed One and reformed with its consciousness intact., and the bridge gave way. (BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno; BIONICLE Ignition 4: A Cold Light Dawns)

The bridge came down on the Toa Inika. Seeing no sign of them, the Piraka carried on toward the Ignika. (BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno; BIONICLE Ignition 4: A Cold Light Dawns)

Aftermath#

Both sides survived. The PirakaBionicle Piraka: the Six Skakdi Thieves Who Hunted the Mask of LifeThe Piraka were six Skakdi who quit the Dark Hunters, took over Voya Nui by posing as Toa and went after the Mask of Life in 2006. Here's who they were, how the Voya Nui story played out and what happened to them afterwards. reached the Chamber of LifeChamber of LifeThe Chamber of Life was the vault beneath the Lake of Lava of Mount Valmai on Voya Nui where the Kanohi Ignika, the Mask of Life, lay hidden. first and found their long-lost member VezonVezonHe started as a weapon misfire and a throwaway joke, and the canon spent four years quietly turning him into its most useful expendable asset. waiting there with the Mask of LifeThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero.. He turned on them, fusing Vezok and Reidak with the Spear of Fusion, and left the Piraka beaten. The Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. dug themselves out of the rubble, followed, and fought Vezon and Fenrakk, and in the end the mask flew free of everyone. (BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno)

The gate is listed as destroyed, and with the Mask of LifeThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero. gone from the chamber soon afterwards, there was nothing left for it to guard. (BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno)

Significance#

The Lava Chamber Gate was the last structure between intruders and the Mask of LifeThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero.. Its fall marked the point where both sides were fully committed to reaching the chamber, and the Piraka's failure to finish off the Toa there set up the chaotic fight with Vezon that followed. (BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno; BIONICLE Ignition 4: A Cold Light Dawns)