Protodermis Reclamation Furnace

The Protodermis Reclamation Furnace was the furnace in 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. Reclamation Yard of Ta-MetruTa-MetruThe fire district where Ta-Matoran perfected their craft and powered Metru Nui's industry for thousands of years., one of the districts of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.. Broken KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. were brought there to be melted down so the protodermis could be recycled.

Damaged masks were first placed in the Protodermis Reclamation Yard, where they waited to be melted down at the furnace. The yard and its furnace were watched over by the Ta-MatoranTa-MatoranThe Fire-element Matoran of Ta-Metru and Ta-Koro, forgers of masks and Kanoka, lava farmers, and the standing core of the Ta-Koro Guard during the war for Mata Nui. KalamaKalamaKalama is a Ta-Matoran of Fire native to Metru Nui who wears a powerless Matatu and bears the black and red colors of his kind. He worked in Protodermis Reclamation on Metru Nui before serving as a member of the Ta-Koro Guard, and later came to reside on Spherus Magna., who often talked to the flawed masks and tools as if they were intelligent beings. The Vahki did not patrol the yard much, believing that no one would steal the discarded material.

The furnace was damaged by 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., but was later repaired 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. when Metru Nui was restored and reinhabited. Once Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. was reformed, Ta-Metru was abandoned once again.