Plasma: The Elemental Power of Superheated Matter

Plasma was the elemental powerElementsThe elemental powers of the Matoran Universe, covering the six elements of the first Toa, the rarer elements beyond them, the opposed pair of Light and Shadow, and the separate Element Lords of Spherus Magna. over superheated matter in the Matoran Universe. A being who held the power could generate and direct intense heat, hot enough to melt solid stone, and it was carried by the Su-Matoran villagers, by Toa of PlasmaToa of PlasmaA Toa who wields the Element of Plasma, typically transformed from a Su-Matoran dedicated to protecting the Matoran people., and by the Bohrok-KalBohrok-KalSix elite Bohrok designed to free the imprisoned Bahrag, they nearly defeated the Toa Nuva before the Toa turned their own powers against them. Pahrak-Kal.

The power#

Plasma gave its wielders command over superheated matter. The heat it produced was extreme enough to reduce solid ground to slag. When the Bohrok-KalBohrok-KalSix elite Bohrok designed to free the imprisoned Bahrag, they nearly defeated the Toa Nuva before the Toa turned their own powers against them. Pahrak-Kal, which carried the power of Plasma, lost control of its own abilities, its plasma melted the surrounding ground and sent it plunging into the earth. The same elite Bohrok could turn a boulder thrown at it into magma before the missile even left its attacker's hands.

Matoran, Toa, and other wielders#

The Matoran tied to the element were the Su-Matoran, denoted by the prefix Su-. They were resistant to heat and sunlight, lived in areas with a hot climate, were all male, and were orange and white in color. By the logic of the Matoran Universe, the existence of Toa of PlasmaToa of PlasmaA Toa who wields the Element of Plasma, typically transformed from a Su-Matoran dedicated to protecting the Matoran people. implied a corresponding line of Su-Matoran, and at least one such Matoran rose to become a Toa of Plasma before being attacked by 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. 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. years before the events at Voya Nui. Beyond the Matoran line, the Bohrok-KalBohrok-KalSix elite Bohrok designed to free the imprisoned Bahrag, they nearly defeated the Toa Nuva before the Toa turned their own powers against them. Pahrak-Kal carried Plasma as one of the six elemental abilities its swarm-elite possessed.