Mohtrek

The Mohtrek, also known as the Mask of TimeMask of TimeThe Kanohi Vahi is the Matoran Universe's deadliest mask, capable of stopping or accelerating time, and its creation nearly tore Metru Nui apart. Duplication, was a KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. of unique power that allowed its wearer to summon prior versions of themselves out of their own past and into the present. Its only recorded user was the MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. BitilBitilA Makuta obsessed with enslaving Toa, Bitil weaponized his Mohtrek's copying power in the final invasion of Karda Nui., who carried it during the Brotherhood's invasion of Karda NuiKarda NuiThe vast inner cavern at the core of the Matoran Universe, original home of the Av-Matoran, site of the Codrex and the final battle that decided the fate of Mata Nui..

Power#

The Mohtrek did not produce illusions or biological clones. When activated, it reached into the wearer's own past and drew a previous version of the wearer forward into the present moment. Each duplicate was a complete being with full memory of its own life up to the instant of summoning. None of the summoned past selves retained any knowledge of the future they were being brought into, and they had to be directed by the present-day wearer.

The mask placed a heavy cost on the wearer. If any summoned past self died while in the present, the wearer was erased from existence and replaced by a timeline in which they had died at that earlier point in their life. The risk scaled with the number of duplicates summoned, since each one represented a fresh point of failure.

The summoning required sustained concentration. The greater the number of past selves drawn forward, the harder the link was to maintain. A loss of focus broke the connection and returned the duplicates to their own time.

On their return, the duplicates retained no memory of their visit to the future. Physical damage, however, was carried back unaltered. Any wound suffered while in the present remained with the past self after the link was broken, and that past self then lived out the rest of their personal history bearing the injury.

Use by Bitil#

BitilBitilA Makuta obsessed with enslaving Toa, Bitil weaponized his Mohtrek's copying power in the final invasion of Karda Nui. was one of TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s earliest supporters in the Brotherhood and was among the first MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. to back the coup against Mata NuiMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna.. He carried the Mohtrek as his KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. during the invasion of Karda NuiKarda NuiThe vast inner cavern at the core of the Matoran Universe, original home of the Av-Matoran, site of the Codrex and the final battle that decided the fate of Mata Nui..

In the Swamp of SecretsSwamp of SecretsThe Swamp of Secrets was the mutagen-saturated wetland that filled the floor of Karda Nui after the Great Cataclysm, serving as a Brotherhood stronghold until the Energy Storms., BitilBitilA Makuta obsessed with enslaving Toa, Bitil weaponized his Mohtrek's copying power in the final invasion of Karda Nui. used the mask to summon multiple past versions of himself in an ambush against GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. Nuva. Each duplicate was, by his own description, fully himself, with no need for coordination beyond his direction. The ambush was broken when 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. Nuva triggered a geyser of mud beneath the attackers, disrupting BitilBitilA Makuta obsessed with enslaving Toa, Bitil weaponized his Mohtrek's copying power in the final invasion of Karda Nui.'s concentration and collapsing the link.

BitilBitilA Makuta obsessed with enslaving Toa, Bitil weaponized his Mohtrek's copying power in the final invasion of Karda Nui. refused to summon any version of himself from before his entry into the swamp. He feared that those past selves might be exposed to Pit MutagenMutagenPit Mutagen was a power-source energy that leaked into the waters of The Pit during the Great Cataclysm and mutated almost every being exposed to it. on arrival, and that if such a version were killed in the present, the timeline that produced him would be erased.

Limits and risks#

The Mohtrek's principal hazard was the recursive risk to its wearer's own existence. Unlike the Kanohi VahiMask of TimeThe Kanohi Vahi is the Matoran Universe's deadliest mask, capable of stopping or accelerating time, and its creation nearly tore Metru Nui apart., which manipulated the flow of time without creating fresh entities, the Mohtrek produced physical past selves whose deaths could retroactively unmake the user.

The memory wipe at the close of each use prevented the wearer from gaining strategic foreknowledge of events through their own duplicates. Information could not propagate backwards along the chain, only injury. The mask was therefore best suited to immediate tactical use, in which the duplicates served as a temporary fighting force, rather than to long-range planning.

The Mohtrek does not appear in any post-Karda NuiKarda NuiThe vast inner cavern at the core of the Matoran Universe, original home of the Av-Matoran, site of the Codrex and the final battle that decided the fate of Mata Nui. record. No other being is documented as having worn it, and BitilBitilA Makuta obsessed with enslaving Toa, Bitil weaponized his Mohtrek's copying power in the final invasion of Karda Nui. himself is not associated with further use of the mask after the campaign's collapse.