Long Fangs

Long Fangs are seven-foot reptilian 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. with powerful, tooth-filled jaws that hunted beneath Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. before the Great Cataclysm. The Rahaga named them for their teeth. When the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. returned home and wanted the creatures trapped, the Rahaga fought to protect them. That conflict is where the real story begins.

Predators of the Archives#

Before the Great Cataclysm, Long Fangs were apex predators in the shadowed levels beneath Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. Their preferred target was the Stone RatStone RatSmall underground Rahi with teeth powerful enough to chew through nearly anything, and notorious for the plague they caused in Ta-Metru., smaller game they cornered with speed and teeth. Seven feet of muscle and jaw, they thrived in the cool darkness where light never reached. Their intelligence was basic. Hunger drove them, not strategy. But that made them no less dangerous to anything smaller or slower.

Displaced and Defended#

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. changed everything. The Archives flooded or collapsed, and food vanished. Long Fangs surged to the surface, hunting larger prey out of desperation. When the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. finally returned to rebuild Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., 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. saw them as a threat and ordered their capture and removal. The Rahaga stepped in to argue their case. These creatures were native to the city's ecosystem now, they said. The law had shifted beneath everyone's feet once already. Why erase what adaptation had created?

A Question of Belonging#

The conflict between 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. and the Rahaga reveals something the early lore often understated. Once the city was sealed and evolution had its run, it was hard to say what belonged and what didn't. The Long Fangs didn't choose to live on the surface. Circumstance forced them there. But after surviving the Cataclysm's chaos, they'd earned their place. The Rahaga's defense wasn't sentimental. It was pragmatic. Kill the 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., and you create an imbalance. Let them live, and you accept that Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. is no longer the city it was.

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Compiled from primary sources by Lore Fortress editorial. Reviewed by Joe Garratt, Editor-in-Chief.