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Tehutti

Onu-Matoran Archivist and Great Disk Finder

Tehutti was an Onu-Matoran archivist of Metru Nui, one of the six finders of a Great Disk, whose Archives research produced the Matoran Nui technique.

By Joe Garratt

Tehutti was an Onu-MatoranOnu-MatoranEarth-wielding Matoran of the deep who adapted to darkness and built the Matoran Universe's defensive cavalry. archivist of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., one of the six MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. finders of a Great DiskThe Great DisksThe six legendary Kanoka of Metru Nui, one hidden in each district, recovered by the Toa Metru during the Morbuzakh crisis and later fused into the Kanohi Vahi., and the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. whose work in the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. produced the Matoran NuiMatoran NuiSix Matoran combining into one, a rare, exhausting fusion that's stronger than any Toa, and we've only seen it twice in canon. merger technique that saved the Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. at the Great FurnaceThe Great FurnaceThe largest furnace in Ta-Metru, site of the Morbuzakh King Root's nest and the recovery of the fused Great Disks that became the Kanohi Vahi.. He survived the evacuation of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., worked the Great MineGreat MineOnu-Koro's most important mining complex, and home to an unexpected gateway to the island's darkest secrets. on Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years., and ultimately reached Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint..

Archivist of Onu-MetruOnu-MetruThe deep archive-city that made mining and historical records preservation the beating heart of Metru Nui.#

Tehutti worked the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. of Onu-MetruOnu-MetruThe deep archive-city that made mining and historical records preservation the beating heart of Metru Nui., the vast underground catalogue of RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts., artefacts, and curiosities that occupied the lower levels of the district. He was a veteran rather than a senior, the kind of MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. who knew the layout of his floor in fine detail but did not enjoy formal authority over it. His ambition was to mount a new exhibit that would carry his name into the catalogue's permanent record, and his pursuit of that ambition had made him one of WhenuaWhenuaToa 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.'s recognized rivals.

He carried a level-five Teleportation KanokaKanoka DisksMetru Nui's most versatile artifact: flying disks equally at home in sport, combat, and crafting. as his default loadout. The choice was practical: the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. had thousands of doors and miles of corridor, and a teleport disk shortened the average traversal time for an archivist whose work crossed several sub-levels in a single shift. His MetruMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.-era body was black and bore a powerless HunaHunaThe Kanohi Huna granted full invisibility to its wearer, with the limitation that the user's shadow remained visible and detectable..

The Great DiskThe Great DisksThe six legendary Kanoka of Metru Nui, one hidden in each district, recovered by the Toa Metru during the Morbuzakh crisis and later fused into the Kanohi Vahi. in the supply closet#

Tehutti had identified the Onu-MetruOnu-MetruThe deep archive-city that made mining and historical records preservation the beating heart of Metru Nui. Great DiskThe Great DisksThe six legendary Kanoka of Metru Nui, one hidden in each district, recovered by the Toa Metru during the Morbuzakh crisis and later fused into the Kanohi Vahi. as stored on one of the deeper sub-levels of the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface.. The exact location was a supply closet on that level, an outcome consistent with the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface.' historical habit of misfiling objects that did not have a recognized exhibit category. Tehutti's intent for the disk was personal rather than civic. He planned to put it on display under his own attribution, the centerpiece of the new exhibit he had been pursuing.

The plan was complicated by the fact that he was not authorized to enter the relevant sub-level himself. The disk was within his cataloguing range, but the security cleared on it was higher than his work permit allowed.

The forged offer and the RahkshiRahkshi of Heat VisionHeat-beaming foot soldiers of the Brotherhood of Makuta, deployed across the Matoran Universe and later Bara Magna.#

When the MorbuzakhMorbuzakhA sentient plant monster created by Teridax to terrorize Metru Nui and control its population through fear. attacks intensified, Tehutti became a target for TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s agents. A 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. had offered him a RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. for the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. which, on later investigation by WhenuaWhenuaToa 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., turned out to be a Po-MetruPo-MetruMetru Nui's Stone District, home to carvers whose work defined the city and site of an ancient conflict that threatened to divide it. specimen mislabelled to draw Tehutti deeper into the catalogue. A Ta-MetruTa-MetruThe fire district where Ta-Matoran perfected their craft and powered Metru Nui's industry for thousands of years. hammer had been used to damage a Kane-RaKane-RaBuffalo-like territorial Rahi that roamed Mata Nui's plains and Metru Nui's corridors, best known for encounters with the Toa. exhibit in the same period, part of the same broader sabotage campaign.

WhenuaWhenuaToa 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 new Toa Metru of EarthToa of EarthToa of Earth were quiet but exceptional guardians, suited to operating in subterranean darkness where other Toa would fail., tracked Tehutti to a sub-level he had not previously visited and found him in the company of a Rahkshi of Heat VisionRahkshi of Heat VisionHeat-beaming foot soldiers of the Brotherhood of Makuta, deployed across the Matoran Universe and later Bara Magna.. WhenuaWhenuaToa 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. released a captive MuakaMuakaTiger-like predators of Ko-Wahi with claws, teeth, and a taste for anything that moves. as a distraction, extracted Tehutti, and brought him out of the corridor. The RahkshiRahkshi of Heat VisionHeat-beaming foot soldiers of the Brotherhood of Makuta, deployed across the Matoran Universe and later Bara Magna.'s presence in the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. was unprecedented and would later be understood as part of TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s campaign rather than an ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. accident.

Search through the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. and Ko-MetruKo-MetruKo-Metru was Metru Nui's frozen intellectual quarter, home to the scholarly Ko-Matoran race.#

Brought into the team, Tehutti reported the Onu-MetruOnu-MetruThe deep archive-city that made mining and historical records preservation the beating heart of Metru Nui. disk's location. WhenuaWhenuaToa 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., NujuNujuNuju served as a Ko-Metru seer, Toa Metru of Ice, and Turaga of Ko-Koro who spoke only in bird calls translated by Matoro., Tehutti, and EhryeEhryeEhrye was a Ko-Matoran errand-runner of the Knowledge Towers, one of the six finders of a Great Disk, and a survivor of every era from Metru Nui through Spherus Magna. descended into the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. for the recovery. Tehutti and EhryeEhryeEhrye was a Ko-Matoran errand-runner of the Knowledge Towers, one of the six finders of a Great Disk, and a survivor of every era from Metru Nui through Spherus Magna. were confined to a level Tehutti was unfamiliar with, partly to ensure they could not bolt while the ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. searched and partly because the disk's sub-level was restricted access. The ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. cleared a Giant Mutant Ussal CrabUssal CrabUssal crabs were the riding and cargo Rahi of the Onu-Matoran, used as transport in Onu-Metru and as the mainstay of the Onu-Koro Ussalry., Frost LeechesFrost LeechA small heat-draining slug-like Rahi that once ambushed a Toa Metru in the Archives., a Two-Headed TarakavaTarakavaHuge lizard-like Rahi with powerful forelegs, hunted in pairs across Mata Nui and Metru Nui., and the shape-shifting Archives BeastThe Archives BeastAn unidentified shapeshifting Rahi confined in the lower levels of the Great Archives, capable of mimicking empty rooms and driven off only by extreme cold. before locating the disk in the predicted supply closet.

The team then moved to Ko-MetruKo-MetruKo-Metru was Metru Nui's frozen intellectual quarter, home to the scholarly Ko-Matoran race. for EhryeEhryeEhrye was a Ko-Matoran errand-runner of the Knowledge Towers, one of the six finders of a Great Disk, and a survivor of every era from Metru Nui through Spherus Magna.'s disk. Tehutti's contribution to that leg of the expedition was interrupted when a KeerakhKeerakhThe Vahki model assigned to Ko-Metru, the Keerakh enforced silence in the Knowledge Towers and subdued lawbreakers with staffs that scrambled a Matoran's sense of time and place. struck him with its order-enforcement effect, scattering his sense of time and place. He came to believe he was back in the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface., cataloguing a FikouFikouSmall arachnid Rahi associated with Metru Nui's Maintenance Tunnels, the reason the tunnel network earned the nickname Fikou Web. spider exhibit, and was left behind with EhryeEhryeEhrye was a Ko-Matoran errand-runner of the Knowledge Towers, one of the six finders of a Great Disk, and a survivor of every era from Metru Nui through Spherus Magna. while WhenuaWhenuaToa 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. and NujuNujuNuju served as a Ko-Metru seer, Toa Metru of Ice, and Turaga of Ko-Koro who spoke only in bird calls translated by Matoro. pressed on to retrieve the Ko-MetruKo-MetruKo-Metru was Metru Nui's frozen intellectual quarter, home to the scholarly Ko-Matoran race. disk from inside an icicle on a tower wall.

The Matoran NuiMatoran NuiSix Matoran combining into one, a rare, exhausting fusion that's stronger than any Toa, and we've only seen it twice in canon. technique#

The expedition reconvened at 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.. With all six Great DisksThe Great DisksThe six legendary Kanoka of Metru Nui, one hidden in each district, recovered by the Toa Metru during the Morbuzakh crisis and later fused into the Kanohi Vahi. recovered, the team moved on the Great FurnaceThe Great FurnaceThe largest furnace in Ta-Metru, site of the Morbuzakh King Root's nest and the recovery of the fused Great Disks that became the Kanohi Vahi. in Ta-MetruTa-MetruThe fire district where Ta-Matoran perfected their craft and powered Metru Nui's industry for thousands of years. on VhisolaVhisolaVhisola was a Ga-Matoran student of Nokama, one of the six finders of a Great Disk, whose research deduced the location of the Morbuzakh King Root.'s deduction. The approach was attacked by MorbuzakhMorbuzakhA sentient plant monster created by Teridax to terrorize Metru Nui and control its population through fear. vines and a barrage of thorns that brought the Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. close to defeat before they could enter the building.

Tehutti supplied the intervention. He had encountered, in the course of his ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. work, the documented technique of the Matoran NuiMatoran NuiSix Matoran combining into one, a rare, exhausting fusion that's stronger than any Toa, and we've only seen it twice in canon., the ritual merger of six elementally-balanced MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. into a single, considerably more powerful being. He instructed the other five finders in the procedure, and the six merged into the Matoran NuiMatoran NuiSix Matoran combining into one, a rare, exhausting fusion that's stronger than any Toa, and we've only seen it twice in canon.. The combined being drove the MorbuzakhMorbuzakhA sentient plant monster created by Teridax to terrorize Metru Nui and control its population through fear. back long enough for the Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. to reach King Root, then split back into its six components. The Matoran NuiMatoran NuiSix Matoran combining into one, a rare, exhausting fusion that's stronger than any Toa, and we've only seen it twice in canon. had no significant pre-Cataclysm precedent in active use; Tehutti's contribution was to recover the technique from the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. at the moment it was most needed.

After the King Root was destroyed and the MorbuzakhMorbuzakhA sentient plant monster created by Teridax to terrorize Metru Nui and control its population through fear. collapsed across the city, Tehutti and the rest of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.'s population were ordered to the ColiseumThe ColiseumCentral tower of Metru Nui, serving as government seat, sporting arena, and, during Teridax's masquerade, a prison for the city's Matoran population. by the figure they believed to be TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. DumeDumeDume is a Turaga of Fire and the former ruler of Metru Nui, distinguished by his red and black coloring and the Noble Kanohi Kiril, the Mask of Regeneration. As a member of the Turaga of Metru Nui, he wields a Staff of Office and commands a weakened mastery of Fire. He later resides on the reformed Spherus Magna., and were sealed by VahkiVahkiMetru Nui's mechanical law enforcement squads, designed to maintain rigid order but ultimately undermined by chaos beyond their programming. into Matoran SpheresMatoran SphereRound containers that wiped memories and hid Makuta Teridax's manipulation of the Matoran. on TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s orders.

Onu-KoroOnu-KoroOnu-Koro was the earth engineers' city, where underground isolation created one of Mata Nui's most self-sufficient settlements, until the Bohrok came., the Great MineGreat MineOnu-Koro's most important mining complex, and home to an unexpected gateway to the island's darkest secrets., and the Bohrok WarBohrok WarThe 2002 swarm that nearly destroyed Mata Nui when Teridax triggered the Bohrok's awakening ahead of schedule.#

The Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety.'s evacuation brought Tehutti out of the city in stasis. His Sphere drained his memories and his elemental connection. He was awakened on Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. without recollection of the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. or his role in the Great DiskThe Great DisksThe six legendary Kanoka of Metru Nui, one hidden in each district, recovered by the Toa Metru during the Morbuzakh crisis and later fused into the Kanohi Vahi. recovery. Settled in Onu-KoroOnu-KoroOnu-Koro was the earth engineers' city, where underground isolation created one of Mata Nui's most self-sufficient settlements, until the Bohrok came., he was assigned to the Great MineGreat MineOnu-Koro's most important mining complex, and home to an unexpected gateway to the island's darkest secrets., the village's main industrial enterprise in Onu-WahiOnu-WahiThe underground kingdom of Mata Nui, home to the Onu-Matoran and Toa Onua.. At some point his HunaHunaThe Kanohi Huna granted full invisibility to its wearer, with the limitation that the user's shadow remained visible and detectable. was replaced with a KakamaKakamaThe Mask of Speed granted superhuman velocity but blinded its wearer to the world around them. for reasons not preserved in the surviving records.

During the Bohrok WarBohrok WarThe 2002 swarm that nearly destroyed Mata Nui when Teridax triggered the Bohrok's awakening ahead of schedule., a swarm of GahlokGahlokWater-element Bohrok swarms that flooded Mata Nui's aquatic zones with relentless purpose. attacked Onu-WahiOnu-WahiThe underground kingdom of Mata Nui, home to the Onu-Matoran and Toa Onua. and flooded the region. Tehutti was among the population evacuated during that event. After the swarm was defeated and the Bohrok-KalBohrok-Kal Kaita ZaA theoretical fusion of Tahnok-Kal, Pahrak-Kal, and Nuhvok-Kal, capable of fusion in principle but never assembled during the Bohrok-Kal campaign. crisis was resolved, Tehutti was rebuilt at Kini-NuiKini-NuiThe most sacred temple on Mata Nui, ironically built directly above Teridax's fortress. into a stronger form and was renamed Tehuti on Naming DayNaming DayThe Matoran holiday where crisis heroes got new identities, turning Jala into Jaller and Maku into Macku., the broader cycle of rebuilding and renaming the TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. imposed at that time.

Return to Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. and Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.#

After the defeat of MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. and the rediscovery of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., Tehuti returned to the city with the rest of the surviving MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body.. He took part in the manual reconstruction until 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. was recovered and completed the work. After hearing the TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities.' accounts of his own role in the Great DiskThe Great DisksThe six legendary Kanoka of Metru Nui, one hidden in each district, recovered by the Toa Metru during the Morbuzakh crisis and later fused into the Kanohi Vahi. recovery and the Matoran NuiMatoran NuiSix Matoran combining into one, a rare, exhausting fusion that's stronger than any Toa, and we've only seen it twice in canon. merger, he reverted to the older spelling of his name and was again Tehutti, the change made as a deliberate tribute to what he had been. He attended the ColiseumThe ColiseumCentral tower of Metru Nui, serving as government seat, sporting arena, and, during Teridax's masquerade, a prison for the city's Matoran population. ceremony held for MatoroMatoroA quiet Ko-Matoran translator who became a Toa Inika and then a Toa Mahri, Matoro gave his life with the Mask of Life to restore Mata Nui. after the Toa MahriToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself.'s sacrifice. Following TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s death at the Battle of Bara MagnaThe Battle of Bara MagnaThe Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky carrying Teridax in stolen flesh, and the desert world below produced a champion who carried Mata Nui's consciousness back into the fight. and the reformation of Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint., Tehutti evacuated the damaged Great Spirit Robot and migrated to the new world.

Legacy#

Tehutti's documented life is the closest the six finders come to a research credit. He was named on LhikanLhikanToa of Fire, leader of the Toa Mangai, and the last Toa of Metru Nui, who surrendered his Toa Power to create the Toa Metru and died defending Vakama.'s original candidate list for the Toa StonesToa StonesSmall stones charged with a portion of a Toa's power, used to awaken the dormant Toa Power within a destined Matoran and elevate them into a Toa. and replaced before delivery; he was identified by TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. as the destined Toa Metru of EarthToa of EarthToa of Earth were quiet but exceptional guardians, suited to operating in subterranean darkness where other Toa would fail.; he never received that elevation in reality. What he did contribute was the Matoran NuiMatoran NuiSix Matoran combining into one, a rare, exhausting fusion that's stronger than any Toa, and we've only seen it twice in canon. technique, recovered from the ArchivesThe Archives of Metru NuiThe Archives of Onu-Metru were the central repository of Matoran knowledge and Rahi specimens, maintained by the Archivist Corps beneath the city's surface. at the moment the Toa MetruToa Metru and Toa HordikaSix Matoran elevated by Lhikan to save their city, mutated by Visorak venom, and restored in time to deliver the population to safety. needed it to enter the Great FurnaceThe Great FurnaceThe largest furnace in Ta-Metru, site of the Morbuzakh King Root's nest and the recovery of the fused Great Disks that became the Kanohi Vahi. at all. Without it the King Root would not have been reached. His hard head, his preoccupation with his own attribution, and his slow recovery from the KeerakhKeerakhThe Vahki model assigned to Ko-Metru, the Keerakh enforced silence in the Knowledge Towers and subdued lawbreakers with staffs that scrambled a Matoran's sense of time and place. strike are all on the record; so is the procedure he produced when the campaign required it. His survival into the Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. era placed him among the small number of city-era Onu-MatoranOnu-MatoranEarth-wielding Matoran of the deep who adapted to darkness and built the Matoran Universe's defensive cavalry. whose biographies were preserved end to end.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tehutti?
Tehutti was an Onu-Matoran archivist of Metru Nui and one of the six Matoran finders of a Great Disk. He was the finder whose Archives work produced the Matoran Nui merger technique that saved the Toa Metru at the Great Furnace.
Where did Tehutti find the Onu-Metru Great Disk?
Tehutti identified the Onu-Metru Great Disk as stored in a supply closet on one of the deeper sub-levels of the Archives. He planned to put it on display under his own name as the centerpiece of a new exhibit, though he was not authorized to enter the relevant sub-level himself.
What is the Matoran Nui technique and how did Tehutti contribute to it?
The Matoran Nui was a ritual merger of six elementally-balanced Matoran into a single, more powerful being. Tehutti had encountered the documented technique during his Archives work and instructed the other five finders in the procedure, allowing the six to merge and drive back the Morbuzakh long enough for the Toa Metru to reach King Root.
Why was Tehutti renamed Tehuti and then Tehutti again?
After being rebuilt at Kini-Nui following the Bohrok War, he was renamed Tehuti on Naming Day. After returning to Metru Nui and hearing the Turaga's accounts of his role in the Great Disk recovery and the Matoran Nui merger, he reverted to the older spelling, Tehutti, as a deliberate tribute to what he had been.
What happened to Tehutti after Metru Nui?
Sealed in a Matoran Sphere and evacuated to Mata Nui, Tehutti lost his memories and was assigned to the Great Mine in Onu-Koro. Following Teridax's death at the Battle of Bara Magna and the reformation of Spherus Magna, he evacuated the damaged Great Spirit Robot and migrated to the new world.

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