Power Source

In 2010, Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. returned from the Valley of the Maze carrying something critical: the Power Source. It's an energized artifact created by the Great Beings, designed to power massive mechanical bodies. When Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. used it to activate the PrototypePrototype (Dark Hunter)An unstable fusion of Fire and Earth, Prototype was forged through biomechanical mutation and hired for his violent unpredictability. Robot housing the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system., it set in motion the events that defined BIONICLEBIONICLE: Matoran AdventuresA 2002 GBA platformer where you play as one of six Matoran fighting Bohrok across Mata Nui's islands.'s final arc. For a single object, it carries enormous weight.

What Is It?#

The Power Source is an ancient energized device built by the Great Beings before they left Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. discovered it in the Valley of the Maze, per BIONICLEBIONICLE: Matoran AdventuresA 2002 GBA platformer where you play as one of six Matoran fighting Bohrok across Mata Nui's islands. GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. 6: All That Glitters. The artifact's sole purpose was to serve as the central power core for massive mechanical bodies, though the canon never confirms whether the Great Beings designed it specifically for the PrototypePrototype (Dark Hunter)An unstable fusion of Fire and Earth, Prototype was forged through biomechanical mutation and hired for his violent unpredictability. Robot. You can't overstate its importance. Without the Power Source, the PrototypePrototype (Dark Hunter)An unstable fusion of Fire and Earth, Prototype was forged through biomechanical mutation and hired for his violent unpredictability. Robot would've stayed inert.

Discovery and Activation#

When 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. emerged from the Valley of the Maze, he brought the Power Source with him. He used it to activate the PrototypePrototype (Dark Hunter)An unstable fusion of Fire and Earth, Prototype was forged through biomechanical mutation and hired for his violent unpredictability. Robot, the massive mechanical form designed to house the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. village. This wasn't a smooth process. RaanuRaanuRaanu is an Agori of the Fire Tribe, distinguished by his dark red and yellow-orange coloration, who served as the leader of Vulcanus and the Fire Tribe on Spherus Magna. He wielded a Flame Blade and Fire Shield as his tools of office. Following the reformation of the planet, Raanu continued to reside on the restored Spherus Magna., the settlement's leader, initially objected to Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years.'s plan, viewing the robot's activation with suspicion. But 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.'s argument prevailed, and the village accepted the arrangement. Once the robot was powered and operational, 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. took direct control of it, setting the stage for the climactic confrontations of the 2010 arc. The Power Source made it all possible.

Origins and Purpose#

The Power Source leaves us with more questions than answers. The Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. created it, but the canon never clarifies whether they designed it specifically for the PrototypePrototype (Dark Hunter)An unstable fusion of Fire and Earth, Prototype was forged through biomechanical mutation and hired for his violent unpredictability. Robot or built it for some other purpose. One plausible reading holds that it was always intended as a backup power system for Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years., in case his organic systems failed (which, by 2010, they had). This remains speculation, but it fits the larger pattern of the Great Beings' contingency planning. Consider that the entire universe of Bionicle was constructed as an insurance policy. Why wouldn't they also create backup power sources? Without the Power Source, the 2010 endgame would've been impossible.

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