Mask of Conjuring

The Mask of Conjuring was one of the more mechanically distinctive canonized-fan-KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe.. The wearer describes a power in detail, names at least one weakness, and the mask grants that power for a fixed window. Correct wording produces a custom ability. Incorrect wording inflicts psychic backlash. Because the description must be spoken aloud, anyone within earshot also learns the counter, since the stated weakness is voiced alongside the power. The recorded entry lists exactly two wearers, neither of whom appears in a serial actually using the mask.

How the programmable power actually works#

The procedure is verbal. The wearer speaks the desired power in detail and must include at least one weakness as part of that description. If the phrasing is off, the mask responds with psychic backlash on the user. The mask is not a wish-granter; the spoken weakness is a binding cost of the power. That places a tighter constraint on the mask than most Great KanohiGreat KanohiThe most common mask type worn by Toa and other powerful beings, forged from the highest-grade Kanoka discs. carry.

Duration is locked. The Great version of the mask grants the programmed power for 15 minutes. After that window closes, there's a 30-second cooldown before the wearer can program another power. The Noble version of the mask only runs for 5 minutes per use. Those numbers are small enough that the mask is not a campaign-trivializer, and the cooldown discourages spamming.

The larger tactical problem is not the timer but the audience. The programming has to be spoken aloud, so anyone in earshot hears both the power and its weakness, which makes mid-fight use risky. The conjuring was best done alone. A wearer who programs a power in front of an enemy has effectively told the enemy how to counter it.

Known wearers#

Two entries on the wearers list. At Great tier, an unnamed Toa of IceToa of IceThe warrior role for guardians of the Ice element, typically drawn from Ko-Matoran, with the option to ascend to Turaga status. from the Toa MangaiToa MangaiThe defenders of Metru Nui before the Toa Metru arrived, a team that fell to betrayal and relentless war., listed as deceased and former. At Powerless tier, an unnamed "fixed" MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. 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.. Neither is named. Neither appears in a serial actually using the mask.

The Toa MangaiToa MangaiThe defenders of Metru Nui before the Toa Metru arrived, a team that fell to betrayal and relentless war. connection is thin. The Toa MangaiToa MangaiThe defenders of Metru Nui before the Toa Metru arrived, a team that fell to betrayal and relentless war. included 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., NidhikiNidhikiOnce a guardian of Metru Nui, Nidhiki traded his Toa honor for Dark Hunter gold and paid the price., TuyetTuyetA Toa of Water caught in the Order's machinations, Tuyet turned from peer-seeker to rebel-schemer., an unnamed Bo-MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. Toa of PlantlifeToa of PlantlifeBo-Matoran raised to Toa form wielded Elemental Plantlife, a rare power represented in the canonical record by two fallen Toa, including a member of the Toa Mangai., and a Toa of SonicsToa of SonicsThey're rarer than other Toa, and the reason reveals a dark joke built into Bionicle itself., among others, and the Ice members of that team carry little recorded detail. The Mask of Conjuring entry establishes only that one of those Toa MangaiToa MangaiThe defenders of Metru Nui before the Toa Metru arrived, a team that fell to betrayal and relentless war. members carried this KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe., died at some point, and the mask passed out of active use. Any attempt to tie it to a named character is fan inference rather than recorded lore.

The 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. MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. is the more obscure entry. The "fixed" descriptor refers to KarzahniKarzahniA region of the Matoran Universe built by the Great Beings as a Matoran repair facility, ruined by the failures of its overseer.'s repaired MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body., those who were reshaped before being sent to 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.. The Powerless Mask of Conjuring on a KarzahniKarzahniA region of the Matoran Universe built by the Great Beings as a Matoran repair facility, ruined by the failures of its overseer.-fixed MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. carries no narrative use.

Origin as a canonized fan submission#

The mask originated as a BZPower fan project that was later approved as official, the same path that brought the Mask of BiomechanicsMask of BiomechanicsA canonized fan-design with a clean technopathy power and almost no canon presence, the Mask of Biomechanics is a footnote that earns more attention than the lore ever gave it. and Mask of FusionMask of FusionA canonized fan-design Kanohi that lets the wearer forcibly merge themself with other beings into a single larger form, with strong-willed minds able to resist and only one unnamed Matoran on record as a wearer. into the canon. Its power was reportedly inspired by the nebulous shape of the mask together with the fact that "Matoran" doubles as the name of a real-world programming language, making the mask's name and mechanic a pun on its own community.

The 2006 category attached to the mask refers to its canonization timing rather than a narrative debut. The Mask of Conjuring did not appear in any 2006 story material; the year reflects when the design entered canon.

A design the canon never used#

The Mask of Conjuring carried tighter mechanics than most canonized-fan KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe., yet no story drew on them. A pre-programmed Toa of IceToa of IceThe warrior role for guardians of the Ice element, typically drawn from Ko-Matoran, with the option to ascend to Turaga status. caught in a VahkiVahkiMetru Nui's mechanical law enforcement squads, designed to maintain rigid order but ultimately undermined by chaos beyond their programming. ambush in Po-MetruPo-MetruMetru Nui's Stone District, home to carvers whose work defined the city and site of an ancient conflict that threatened to divide it. could pause briefly, release a combat power prepared in private beforehand, and then have fifteen minutes before the cooldown left them holding a KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. that needed another spoken description. No serial or novel ever staged that scenario.

What remains is a clean rules entry, two unnamed wearers, and a Powerless MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. 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.. The mask shows that the canonized-fan tier could produce constraints as precise as anything in the main line, and the broader roster of canonized-fan masks holds several such KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. with detailed rules that never reached a published story.