Power Lance

The Power Lance breaks the fundamental rules of how Toa tools work. Where every other tool channels elemental energy, the Power Lance amplifies it. A tiny pulse of light becomes a beam the size of a Kanoka disk. It's exactly the kind of asymmetric advantage you'd expect in an alternate dimension where the normal rules are already bent. TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history. receives it in The Kingdom after losing his Staff of LightStaff of LightThe Staff of Light was the Toa Tool of Takanuva, channelling his elemental power and retaining its origin as the Kolhii stick Takua had carried as a Matoran., and it proves far more devastating than his original weapon ever was.

How Amplification Changes Everything#

A NynrahNynrahNynrah was a contested island in the Matoran Universe whose Fe-Matoran population produced the weapons engineers known as the Nynrah Ghosts. Ghost explains to TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history. in The Kingdom that most Toa tools merely channel power, while this one amplifies it instead, a concept that represents the whole point of the weapon. Standard Toa tools like the Sword of Fire give the user control and precision. You direct your elemental force exactly where it needs to go.

The Power Lance doesn't work that way. It takes whatever power you feed into it and magnifies the output exponentially. A minimal amount of energy produces a beam the size of a Kanoka disk. For TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history., who channels pure light, that means access to raw destructive force he wouldn't otherwise carry. The tool doesn't make him stronger so much as it removes his natural limiter on output.

A Gift from Parallel Crafters#

In The Kingdom, TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history.'s original Staff of LightStaff of LightThe Staff of Light was the Toa Tool of Takanuva, channelling his elemental power and retaining its origin as the Kolhii stick Takua had carried as a Matoran. is taken from him early in the conflict. The Nynrah GhostsNynrah GhostsThe Nynrah Ghosts were Fe-Matoran weapons engineers from the island of Nynrah whose sabotage of Brotherhood war machines led to their near extinction., those scattered craftsmanship guilds from Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. who've learned to operate across alternate realities, present him with the Power Lance as a replacement. It's a tactical trade, not a sympathetic one. They've assessed that an amplifier serves him better than a channeler in this version of events. TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history. carries the lance through much of his time in The Kingdom, relying on its force in combat.

This entire weapon and the version of TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history. who uses it exist in a parallel universe. The main Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.'s history never includes the Power Lance at all.

From Amplifier to Duality#

When MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. launches his siege of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control., TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history. abandons the Power Lance entirely. He switches to wielding two staffs for the climactic battle on Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. The switch might be tactical. It might be that the lance isn't available in the prime universe. Either way, the amplifier tool vanishes from the story at that point.

Its existence is confined to The Kingdom, a footnote in TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history.'s vast library of alternate-timeline versions.

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