Protodermis Falls

The ProtodermisProtodermisThe engineered substance building the Matoran Universe, protodermis exists in countless refined states from mundane metal to diamond-hard crystal to the destruction-or-transformation force of energized form. Falls was a waterfall of liquid ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. located in Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh., the water district of the underground city of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. It carried purified ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. through the same district that housed the Great TempleGreat TempleThe Great Temple is a structure situated in Ga-Metru, Metru Nui, associated with the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. It formerly fell under the influence of Teridax, though it currently holds no such power., the Protodermis LabsProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations., the Fountains of WisdomFountains of WisdomThe contemplative fountains of Ga-Metru, sites of Matoran reflection that were broken in the Great Cataclysm and restored a thousand years later by the Staff of Artakha., NokamaNokamaNokama served as Toa Metru of Water, endured the Hordika mutation, and led Ga-Koro and later Ga-Metru as Turaga through three eras.'s classroom, and the Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. Docks, and it formed a visible expression of the district's role as the source and refining point for the substance on which the rest of the city depended.

Form and substance#

The ProtodermisProtodermisThe engineered substance building the Matoran Universe, protodermis exists in countless refined states from mundane metal to diamond-hard crystal to the destruction-or-transformation force of energized form. Falls was distinguished from the natural waterfalls of Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. above by the substance that flowed over it. Where the Ga-Koro WaterfallGa-Koro WaterfallThe Kaukau-shaped Naho Falls above Ga-Koro, concealing the southern approach to the Kini-Nui and rebuilt in the form of a Kaukau Nuva after the Bohrok War. on the surface island carried ordinary water down its KaukauKanohi Faxon, the Mask of KindredThe Kanohi Faxon, or Mask of Kindred, allowed its wearer to mimic the powers of Rahi within the surrounding environment. Worn most prominently by Toa Mahri Hahli and by the Toa of Air Lesovikk during his time in the Pit.-shaped face, the Falls in Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. carried liquid ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations., the foundational material of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.. The chronicled record is explicit on this point: the Falls was a waterfall not of water but of ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations..

The substance moving through the Falls was the purified, refined form of ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. that Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. supplied to the rest of the city. The district's role in the Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. economy was to take the raw material, purify it in its research and refining facilities, and distribute it to the other five 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. for use in everything from the forging work of Ta-MetruWhenuaToa Metru of Earth and later Turaga of Onu-Koro, formerly an Onu-Metru archivist whose career in the Archives shaped his role across the rescue of Metru Nui and the long residency on Mata Nui. to the construction projects of Po-MetruWhenuaToa Metru of Earth and later Turaga of Onu-Koro, formerly an Onu-Metru archivist whose career in the Archives shaped his role across the rescue of Metru Nui and the long residency on Mata Nui.. The Falls fed into that distribution system as a continuously flowing source of refined material, visible to anyone moving through the district.

The dedicated entry does not record the height or width of the Falls, the geometry of the basin into which the ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. descended, or the structure that channelled the flow. What it fixes is the basic identification: a waterfall, of liquid ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations., in Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh..

Place within Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh.#

The Falls belonged to the same network of named civic, industrial, and spiritual sites in Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. as the Great TempleGreat TempleThe Great Temple is a structure situated in Ga-Metru, Metru Nui, associated with the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. It formerly fell under the influence of Teridax, though it currently holds no such power., the Protodermis LabsProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations., NokamaNokamaNokama served as Toa Metru of Water, endured the Hordika mutation, and led Ga-Koro and later Ga-Metru as Turaga through three eras.'s classroom, the home of VhisolaNokamaNokama served as Toa Metru of Water, endured the Hordika mutation, and led Ga-Koro and later Ga-Metru as Turaga through three eras., the Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. Docks, the Matoran Recharge CenterMatoran Recharge CenterA Metru Nui feeding station where Matoran absorbed energy once yearly, destroyed in the Great Cataclysm and repaired long after., and the Fountains of WisdomFountains of WisdomThe contemplative fountains of Ga-Metru, sites of Matoran reflection that were broken in the Great Cataclysm and restored a thousand years later by the Staff of Artakha.. The district was the most peaceful of the six 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. and was understood within the city as the centre of education and spiritual learning. Its VahkiProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. order-enforcement units were the blue-coloured BordakhBordakhThe Vahki model assigned to Ga-Metru, the Bordakh patrolled the canals and schools of the academic district and carried Staffs of Loyalty that turned any Matoran they struck into a willing informant against their own friends..

The Falls sat in a district where most of the population was Ga-MatoranGa-MatoranThe Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, exclusively female, who taught the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats and bridges of the Mata Nui coast., the only group typically admitted to the schools and research labs of the 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., with a small number of Ko-MatoranKo-Koro GuardThe defensive force of Ko-Koro on Mata Nui, also known as the Sanctum Guard, drawn from Ko-Matoran trained for vigilance in the icy peaks. attending for the more technical disciplines. The presence of the Falls within that environment fitted the district's identification with water and with the ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. that water symbolised in MatoranThe Matoran CouncilThe governing body of the sunken city of Mahri Nui, a rotating council of Matoran leaders who met monthly in the Council Chamber of the Mahri Nui Fortress to plan the city's future, distribute the gifts from above, and decide the response to the Barraki incursion. civic life. It complemented the Fountains of WisdomFountains of WisdomThe contemplative fountains of Ga-Metru, sites of Matoran reflection that were broken in the Great Cataclysm and restored a thousand years later by the Staff of Artakha. on the contemplative side and the Protodermis LabsProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. on the technical side, with the Falls as the visible, working pulse of the substance whose study and refinement defined the district.

The Great CataclysmThe Great CataclysmThe day Makuta Teridax put the Great Spirit to sleep, the Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky, Metru Nui flooded, and Voya Nui tore loose from the Southern Continent.#

The ProtodermisProtodermisThe engineered substance building the Matoran Universe, protodermis exists in countless refined states from mundane metal to diamond-hard crystal to the destruction-or-transformation force of energized form. Falls suffered with the rest of Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. in the Great CataclysmThe Great CataclysmThe day Makuta Teridax put the Great Spirit to sleep, the Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky, Metru Nui flooded, and Voya Nui tore loose from the Southern Continent.. The Cataclysm reduced the district to rubble alongside the rest of the city, killed the VahkiProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. stationed in the 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., and allowed vital samples of ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. to leak away from the broken laboratories. The wider ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. infrastructure of the district was therefore damaged in two ways at once: the physical facilities that processed the substance, and the integrity of the systems that contained it.

In the period of abandonment that followed, the city was overrun by the VisorakBirth of the RahagaNorik and Iruini's rescue of their captured Toa Hagah comrades from a Brotherhood of Makuta fortress, the recovery of the Avohkii, and Roodaka's Rhotuka mutation that left all six survivors as Rahaga. horde. Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. became BoggarakBoggarakA Visorak subspecies specializing in deception and illusion, Boggarak served as Roodaka's personal guard during the Metru Nui invasion. territory. The district's canals, laboratories, and watercourses were wrapped in webs and converted into a BoggarakBoggarakA Visorak subspecies specializing in deception and illusion, Boggarak served as Roodaka's personal guard during the Metru Nui invasion. hunting ground. The Falls, whatever its condition after the CataclysmThe Great CataclysmThe day Makuta Teridax put the Great Spirit to sleep, the Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky, Metru Nui flooded, and Voya Nui tore loose from the Southern Continent., was caught in that environment alongside the Fountains of WisdomFountains of WisdomThe contemplative fountains of Ga-Metru, sites of Matoran reflection that were broken in the Great Cataclysm and restored a thousand years later by the Staff of Artakha., the Great TempleGreat TempleThe Great Temple is a structure situated in Ga-Metru, Metru Nui, associated with the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. It formerly fell under the influence of Teridax, though it currently holds no such power., and the rest of the district's broken architecture.

Restoration by the Staff of ArtakhaThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm.#

The Falls was among the Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. locations restored, approximately a thousand years after the CataclysmThe Great CataclysmThe day Makuta Teridax put the Great Spirit to sleep, the Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky, Metru Nui flooded, and Voya Nui tore loose from the Southern Continent., by the Staff of ArtakhaThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm.. The Staff returned the broken infrastructure of the city to its pre-Cataclysm condition. In Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. the named locations that came back into working order included the Great TempleGreat TempleThe Great Temple is a structure situated in Ga-Metru, Metru Nui, associated with the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. It formerly fell under the influence of Teridax, though it currently holds no such power., the Protodermis LabsProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations., NokamaNokamaNokama served as Toa Metru of Water, endured the Hordika mutation, and led Ga-Koro and later Ga-Metru as Turaga through three eras.'s classroom, the Ga-MetruGa-MetruGa-Metru is a district of Metru Nui, home to the Ga-Matoran and the Bordakh. Docks, the Matoran Recharge CenterMatoran Recharge CenterA Metru Nui feeding station where Matoran absorbed energy once yearly, destroyed in the Great Cataclysm and repaired long after., the Fountains of WisdomFountains of WisdomThe contemplative fountains of Ga-Metru, sites of Matoran reflection that were broken in the Great Cataclysm and restored a thousand years later by the Staff of Artakha., and the ProtodermisProtodermisThe engineered substance building the Matoran Universe, protodermis exists in countless refined states from mundane metal to diamond-hard crystal to the destruction-or-transformation force of energized form. Falls itself.

With the Falls restored, the ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. processing economy of the district resumed. The repair of the supporting facilities, the renewal of the canals and channels that fed the Falls, and the return of the Ga-MatoranGa-MatoranThe Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, exclusively female, who taught the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats and bridges of the Mata Nui coast. population to their classrooms and labs returned the visible flow over the Falls to its earlier state. The repaired city served as the home of the MatoranThe Matoran CouncilThe governing body of the sunken city of Mahri Nui, a rotating council of Matoran leaders who met monthly in the Council Chamber of the Mahri Nui Fortress to plan the city's future, distribute the gifts from above, and decide the response to the Barraki incursion. population through the period following the awakening of the Great SpiritMata 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. and the journey out of Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years..

After the collapse of the Great Spirit RobotThe Great CataclysmThe day Makuta Teridax put the Great Spirit to sleep, the Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky, Metru Nui flooded, and Voya Nui tore loose from the Southern Continent.#

The Falls' final status is recorded as conditional. After the collapse of the Great Spirit RobotThe Great CataclysmThe day Makuta Teridax put the Great Spirit to sleep, the Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky, Metru Nui flooded, and Voya Nui tore loose from the Southern Continent., the engine through which ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. circulated throughout the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. was no longer operating in the same way. The chronicled entry notes that, in those altered conditions, the ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. may have stopped flowing and the Falls may have run dry.

The reasoning runs from the broader fate of the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. Universe. Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. was abandoned for the second time once Spherus MagnaThe Great CataclysmThe day Makuta Teridax put the Great Spirit to sleep, the Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky, Metru Nui flooded, and Voya Nui tore loose from the Southern Continent. had been reformed and the surviving populations relocated to the open surface of that world. With no population to maintain the city, no demand for refined ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. from the other 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., and the underlying biomechanical systems of the Great Spirit RobotThe Great CataclysmThe day Makuta Teridax put the Great Spirit to sleep, the Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky, Metru Nui flooded, and Voya Nui tore loose from the Southern Continent. inoperative, the source of the flow that supplied the Falls had no functional reason to continue. The dedicated entry stops short of confirming the dry state, but the canonical possibility is preserved that the Falls, restored a thousand years earlier by the Staff of ArtakhaThe Staff of ArtakhaA restoration artifact forged by Artakha himself, used by Helryx to reverse the environmental damage of the Great Cataclysm., ended its history with its ProtodermisProtodermis LabsThe Ga-Metru research facility where Ga-Matoran scholars first documented the destiny rule governing energized protodermis transformations. basin empty inside an abandoned city.