Taipu
Taipu is a black and tan Onu-Matoran of the element of Earth who resides on Spherus Magna. A miner by trade, he wields a pickaxe and wears the Kanohi Pakari.
Taipu is an Onu-MatoranOnu-MatoranEarth-wielding Matoran of the deep who adapted to darkness and built the Matoran Universe's defensive cavalry., a being of the element of Earth who spent most of his life in mines and deep underground. He was one of the diggers of Onu-Koro, and his great strength set him apart among his fellow Matoran. He was a member of the Chronicler's Company, the band of Matoran drawn from every village in which each member contributed a unique skill, Taipu's being his strength.
Working alongside the other Onu-Koro diggers, Taipu helped complete the tunnel connecting to Le-Wahi. While traveling to Le-KoroLe-KoroLe-Koro is a village situated within Le-Wahi, inhabited by the Le-Matoran and home to Turaga Matau and Toa Lewa. The settlement was once held under the control of Teridax. he was carried off by a Nui-RamaNui-RamaLarge insect-like Rahi with deadly claws and venom, known for kidnapping Matoran and attacking Le-Koro., one of many Le-Matoran and others taken to the insects' hive. During the Bohrok crisis he aided NuparuNuparuAn Onu-Matoran engineer from Metru Nui who built the Boxor and rose to become a Toa of Earth despite no warrior destiny., helping along with Onepu to modify a captured Gahlok shell into the Boxor combat vehicle, and he served as a member of the Boxor Squad.
At the Battle of Kini-Nui, Taipu fought alongside TakuaTakuaAn Av-Matoran hidden on Mata Nui as a Ta-Matoran, who gathered the Toa Stones, served as Chronicler, and ultimately accepted the Avohkii to become Takanuva, the Toa of Light., Macku, Kapura, Hafu, Kopeke, and Tamaru, beating back waves of Rahi with disks so that the Toa could complete their mission. The company held the Kini-Nui long enough for the Toa MataWho are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac. to defeat TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., with defense teams from other villages arriving to reinforce them as their numbers began to fail.
At the end of the Matoran Universe, a massive quake struck Metru Nui and buried Taipu under rubble. He was pulled free by Tamaru and Macku, and seeing Kopeke rescuing other Onu-Matoran, Taipu proposed that the surviving members reform the Chronicler's Company to help evacuate the Matoran Universe.
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Takua
An Av-Matoran hidden on Mata Nui as a Ta-Matoran, who gathered the Toa Stones, served as Chronicler, and ultimately accepted the Avohkii to become Takanuva, the Toa of Light.
Le-Koro
Le-Koro is a village situated within Le-Wahi, inhabited by the Le-Matoran and home to Turaga Matau and Toa Lewa. The settlement was once held under the control of Teridax.
Teridax
Teridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.
Who are the Toa Mata?
Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac.
Nuparu
An Onu-Matoran engineer from Metru Nui who built the Boxor and rose to become a Toa of Earth despite no warrior destiny.
Nui-Rama
Large insect-like Rahi with deadly claws and venom, known for kidnapping Matoran and attacking Le-Koro.
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Boxor
Built by Nuparu from a salvaged Gahlok shell, the Boxor was the first Matoran-engineered combat machine and a key resistance asset against the Bohrok swarms.
Charms
Small carved stones inscribed with the Three Virtues, the six Principles, and the six Kolhii Skills, used as keys to the six Wahi temples on the island of Mata Nui.
Chronicler's Company: the seven Matoran who held Kini-Nui
The Chronicler's Company was a group of seven Matoran gathered by Takua to defend Kini-Nui from infected Rahi while the Toa Mata descended into Mangaia to face Teridax.
Ga-Wahi Beach
The shoreline outside Ga-Koro where the Toa Metru first set foot on Mata Nui, later stripped by the reawakened Bohrok and lost with the island.
Hafu
Hafu was a Po-Matoran Carver of Po-Koro, recognized as a Master Carver, who served in the Chronicler's Company and survived the Reign of Shadows.
Kanohi Ruru
The Mask of Night Vision granted clear sight in darkness, with the Great version providing limited x-ray vision and a blinding light beam used by Whenua to navigate the Archives and locate the Great Disks.
Kolhii
Kolhii was the inter-village sport of Mata Nui, grown out of the older game of koli and played by all six Koro until the Matoran left the island.
Kolhii Champion
The Matoran picked by their Turaga to represent each Koro in the post-Bohrok-Kal Kolhii tournament on Mata Nui, and the Ga-Koro pair who won it.
Kongu
Kongu captained Le-Koro's Gukko Force before lightning from the red star turned him into a Toa of Air, who later served among the Toa Mahri.
Kopeke
Kopeke was a Ko-Matoran ice carver of Ko-Koro who served in the Chronicler's Company at Kini-Nui and later became Chronicler of Metru Nui after Hahli.
Le-Koro Highway
An underground tunnel from Onu-Koro to Le-Wahi, stalled by a lightstone shortage, finished with Taipu the first to break through, and later cleared out by the reawakened Bohrok.
Macku
Macku was a Ga-Matoran of Metru Nui and later Ga-Koro, attendant to Turaga Nokama, Kolhii partner to Hahli at the championship at Ta-Koro, and a member of the Chronicler's Company.
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