Raanu

Raanu is an AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. of the Fire TribeFire TribeThe master smiths of Bara Magna who forged tools for all tribes before the Shattering scattered them into conflict. and the leader of the village of VulcanusVulcanusThe Fire Tribe's settlement on Bara Magna, caught between resources and threats. on Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint..

In the era before the planet shattered, the Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. sent Raanu and a fellow Agori, Kyry, to take a sample of a newly discovered substance. The two found themselves in the middle of a great battle, and Raanu hastily took a sample and brought it back. When the Great Beings tested it, they learned a grim truth, and their efforts to halt the conflict over the substance pushed the tribes of Spherus Magna into the Core WarThe Core WarThe generations-long war on Spherus Magna over Energized Protodermis that produced the Shattering, the exodus of Mata Nui, and the long Glatorian peace on Bara Magna..

After the planet broke apart into Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna., Raanu led the Fire Tribe at Vulcanus. Following the exile of the Glatorian MalumMalumFire Tribe Glatorian exiled from Vulcanus for arena killings, who became the warlord of a Vorox pack in the wastelands of Bara Magna. and the SkrallSkrallA black-armored warrior species from Spherus Magna that dominated northern Bara Magna under Tuma's rule. takeover of the Flame Geysers north of his village, Raanu desperately sought a new Glatorian to fight on his tribe's behalf, arguing the matter with MetusMetusMetus was a transformed Agori from Spherus Magna who worked as a Glatorian recruiter. Originally a member of the Ice Tribe, he later joined the Rock Tribe. White and ice blue in coloration, Metus wielded an Ice Axe and an Ice Shield.. When the Skrall later marched on the tournament at AteroAteroThe free city at the heart of Bara Magna, home to the Arena Magna and the Great Tournament, destroyed by Tuma and the Skrall during the opening match., Raanu ran to warn the assembled crowd to find safety and tried to help other Agori escape the attack.

Raanu continued to guide the Fire Tribe through the events that followed. He advised the Glatorian AckarAckarVeteran Glatorian of the Fire Tribe and prime fighter for Vulcanus, Ackar served from the Core War through the defence of Spherus Magna. to be better prepared before an arena match with StrakkStrakkA profit-driven Glatorian mercenary from the Ice Tribe who fought in Bara Magna's arenas before joining Mata Nui's cause., and with KiinaKiinaKiina is a Glatorian of the Water Tribe who served as the secondary Glatorian for the village of Tajun on Spherus Magna. Colored in shades of dark and light blue, she wielded a Vapor Trident and a Thornax Launcher in combat. Following the reformation of Spherus Magna, she continued to reside on the restored world. watched a shining object fall from the sky, which proved to be the Kanohi Ignika and the arrival of Mata Nui.

When Mata Nui later returned with a power source to animate the great robot beneath the Agori village, Raanu, after an argument, allowed him to take control of it. He remained on the world through the final battle against TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. and continued to reside on the reformed Spherus Magna.