Mask of Time

VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years.'s greatest creation was never meant to see everyday use. The KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. Vahi, the Mask of Time, grants its wearer dominion over moments themselves. Slow time to a crawl. Freeze enemies mid-strike. Accelerate it until hours blur into seconds. Among all known KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe., only the Mask of Life and Mask of Creation rival its raw power. And it's absolutely not a tool for casual problems or minor inconveniences.

The Kanohi Vahi#

The Mask of Time is exactly what its name claims: a KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. that bends moments to the wearer's will. As VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. would later explain in BIONICLEBIONICLE: Matoran AdventuresA 2002 GBA platformer where you play as one of six Matoran fighting Bohrok across Mata Nui's islands. Chronicles 3: MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate.'s Revenge, the ability to control time and the risk of losing control of it are entirely different matters. The KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. Vahi can only be safely used in the direst emergency, when there is nothing left to lose. Its power is unmatched by most artifacts in the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.. Only two other masks come even close to this level of influence over reality itself: the Mask of Life and the Mask of Creation.

Creation and the Fall#

VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. forged the Disk of Time during his years as a Toa MetruMetruIn the Matoran language a metru was a single district of Metru Nui; the city was divided into six such districts, one for each element, and the term covered both the place and the elemental community that lived in it., completing what he'd first attempted as a MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. disk-caster. The mask became a centerpiece of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.'s vault, but its mere existence made it a target. When the mask fell into the sea during the chaos of the era, it sank beyond easy reach. That's when VoporakVoporakVoporak is a mutant member of Sidorak's species and a servant of the Dark Hunters. Clad in dark red, black, orange-yellow, and silver, he wields Rotating Blade Tools and a Rhotuka spinner and commands the power of time. He resides on Spherus Magna. entered the picture. This Dark Hunter, blessed with the ability to age anything he touches, began his relentless hunt for the artifact. In the novel Time TrapTime TrapVakama's solo descent into the Silver Sea to recover the Mask of Time, his capture by the Dark Hunter Voporak, the Teridax illusion that followed, and the three-way struggle over the Vahi between Vakama, the Shadowed One, and Teridax., VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. races against time itself to recover the mask before VoporakVoporakVoporak is a mutant member of Sidorak's species and a servant of the Dark Hunters. Clad in dark red, black, orange-yellow, and silver, he wields Rotating Blade Tools and a Rhotuka spinner and commands the power of time. He resides on Spherus Magna. does, only to fail. By the serial Destiny WarThe Destiny WarThe open conflict between the Order of Mata Nui and the Brotherhood of Makuta that ended fifty thousand years of operational secrecy and broke the Brotherhood's last assault on Metru Nui., the Dark Hunters' grip on the mask had tightened, forcing even the Brotherhood of MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. to reckon with its loss.

The Price of Control#

The KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. Vahi isn't just powerful. It's dangerous to whoever wears it. When VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. used it, the cost was visible. When TahuTahu (2001)Tahu was the Toa Mata of Fire and leader of the team, from his first landing on Ta-Wahi Beach to the destruction of Teridax's Rahkshi army on Bara Magna with the Golden Armor. Nuva briefly tried to wear it, the mask's unstable power nearly destroyed him. After one near-disaster, VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. noted that a damaged mask should have ceased working entirely, yet instead it continued flooding out power in vast quantities. The legend is clear: a mask of ultimate power demands an ultimate price from its wielder. Few are willing to pay it.

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