Toa of Psionics

OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team.'s first mission as a Toa was to calm a group of ZyglakZyglakZyglak are a species of dark red, dark blue, and white creatures who are amphibious and wield spears and knives in combat. Formerly confined to the Pit, the Zyglak now inhabit Spherus Magna. using his PsionicsPsionics: the elemental power of the mindOne of the elemental powers of the Matoran Universe, Psionics granted command over psychic energy: telepathy, telekinesis, and even control over other minds. Its wielders were almost all female. powers. It went the wrong direction. The ZyglakZyglakZyglak are a species of dark red, dark blue, and white creatures who are amphibious and wield spears and knives in combat. Formerly confined to the Pit, the Zyglak now inhabit Spherus Magna. became more brutal and savage instead of less, because OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team.'s mind was too aggressive. The Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed.' response was structural. Every subsequent Ce-MatoranCe-MatoranPsionics Matoran whose mental powers made them ghosts in the Matoran Universe., Toa of PsionicsPsionics: the elemental power of the mindOne of the elemental powers of the Matoran Universe, Psionics granted command over psychic energy: telepathy, telekinesis, and even control over other minds. Its wielders were almost all female., and TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. of Psionics would be created female, on the reasoning that they would be of a gentler nature. OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team. stayed the only male in the lineage. Everything else about the Toa of Psionics follows from that one decision.

What the element does#

Psionics gave a Toa near-perfect command over psychic energy. The standard kit was broader than most elements: psychic blasts as a direct attack, telekinesis for moving objects without contact, telepathy for reading and projecting thoughts, and mind control over other beings. Most elemental powers capped at one or two of those modes. Psionics covered all of them.

The defensive side was unusual. Toa of Psionics were naturally shielded from outside mental influence, which made Psionics-on-Psionics encounters strange, with both sides carrying built-in defense, and made them functionally immune to most other psychic attacks in the universe. The tradeoff was the absorption gap. Psionics was present in the minds of every sentient being a Toa of Psionics encountered, but they could not absorb psionic energy back into themselves to refuel. Reserves drained and did not refill on their own, the same problem the Toa of GravityToa of GravityA purple-armored Ba-Matoran lineage with a handful of named feats and a death toll that says more about Lariska than it does about the element itself. and the Toa of MagnetismToa of MagnetismToa of Magnetism were the rare Toa drawn from Fa-Matoran stock, wielding magnetic force at scales that let them rip Makuta armour apart and made them targets of a Brotherhood-led purge across the Matoran Universe. shared.

Standard KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. rules applied. Lose the mask, lose half elemental power, lose most physical strength.

OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team. and the Zyglak incident#

OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team. was created roughly 100,000 years ago as the first Toa of Psionics. He was never a MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body.; he was assembled directly as a Toa, which was rare. His first mission was the one that defined the entire lineage afterward.

The mission was to calm a group of ZyglakZyglakZyglak are a species of dark red, dark blue, and white creatures who are amphibious and wield spears and knives in combat. Formerly confined to the Pit, the Zyglak now inhabit Spherus Magna.. ZyglakZyglakZyglak are a species of dark red, dark blue, and white creatures who are amphibious and wield spears and knives in combat. Formerly confined to the Pit, the Zyglak now inhabit Spherus Magna., as a species, were inherently hostile and resistant to elemental powers. Calming them telepathically was always going to be hard. OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team.'s particular mind was too aggressive for the job. Instead of suppressing the ZyglakZyglakZyglak are a species of dark red, dark blue, and white creatures who are amphibious and wield spears and knives in combat. Formerly confined to the Pit, the Zyglak now inhabit Spherus Magna. rage, his psionic input increased it. The mission ended catastrophically.

The Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed. looked at the result and concluded the problem was temperamental rather than situational. They decided that all future Ce-MatoranCe-MatoranPsionics Matoran whose mental powers made them ghosts in the Matoran Universe., Toa, and TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. of Psionics would be created as female, on the belief that females would be gentler. It was a Great-Beings-level engineering decision rather than a cultural one, and the only documented case of an elemental lineage being deliberately gender-locked after the fact.

OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team. himself acknowledged this in The Yesterday QuestThe Yesterday QuestThe unfinished post-Reformation serial that sent a hand-picked team of three Toa and the Glatorian Gelu into the unmapped jungles of Bota Magna to find the Great Beings, intercept the awakening of Marendar, and uncover the Great Being who had hidden inside the Matoran Universe for a hundred thousand years., in conversation with ChiaraChiaraChiara is a blue and white Toa and former Vo-Matoran who wields the element of Lightning and possesses the power of Stealth. She carries a spear and wears the Great Volitak, replacing the Powerless Volitak she wore as a Matoran, and serves as a Protector of Matoran on Bota Magna, Spherus Magna.. His exact phrasing was, "All Psionics MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body., Toa and TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. are female, and I'm male. Simple answer is, I'm the reason they're all female." He admitted it cheerfully and moved on.

Orde's later career#

Between the ZyglakZyglakZyglak are a species of dark red, dark blue, and white creatures who are amphibious and wield spears and knives in combat. Formerly confined to the Pit, the Zyglak now inhabit Spherus Magna. fiasco and the events of The Yesterday QuestThe Yesterday QuestThe unfinished post-Reformation serial that sent a hand-picked team of three Toa and the Glatorian Gelu into the unmapped jungles of Bota Magna to find the Great Beings, intercept the awakening of Marendar, and uncover the Great Being who had hidden inside the Matoran Universe for a hundred thousand years., OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team. appeared in only one detailed scene. He used his powers to save a dozen MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. from Dark Hunters. The MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. got out. OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team. was captured and interrogated. His Toa team eventually rescued him. That was the entire middle section of his story.

He resurfaced in the post-reformation period on Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. OnuaOnuaOnua was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Earth, a quiet, deliberate warrior whose patience and underground mastery anchored his team across the Matoran Universe., TahuTahu, Toa of FireTahu served as Toa Mata, Toa Nuva, and Toa Mistika of Fire, leading his team from the first landing on Mata Nui to the destruction of the Rahkshi army on Bara Magna., and GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. recruited him alongside ChiaraChiaraChiara is a blue and white Toa and former Vo-Matoran who wields the element of Lightning and possesses the power of Stealth. She carries a spear and wears the Great Volitak, replacing the Powerless Volitak she wore as a Matoran, and serves as a Protector of Matoran on Bota Magna, Spherus Magna. (Toa of LightningLightning: The Elemental Power of ElectricityLightning was the elemental power over electricity in the Matoran Universe, carried by Vo-Matoran, Toa of Lightning, and the Bohrok-Kal Tahnok-Kal, among others., not Psionics), ZariaZariaZaria is a Toa of Iron and a former Fe-Matoran, distinguished by gunmetal gray and burnt orange armor. Armed with a staff, Zaria commands the elemental power of Iron and resides in the Bota Magna region of Spherus Magna. (Toa of Iron), and the former GlatorianGlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them. GeluGeluGelu is a Glatorian of the Ice Tribe, native to Bota Magna, who formerly served as a secondary Glatorian for the city of Iconox. White and dark blue in color, he wields an Ice Slicer and a Thornax Launcher and resides on the reformed Spherus Magna. for a mission to find the Great Beings. The team spent most of The Yesterday QuestThe Yesterday QuestThe unfinished post-Reformation serial that sent a hand-picked team of three Toa and the Glatorian Gelu into the unmapped jungles of Bota Magna to find the Great Beings, intercept the awakening of Marendar, and uncover the Great Being who had hidden inside the Matoran Universe for a hundred thousand years. dealing with intelligent VoroxVoroxThe warrior caste of the Sand Tribe, reduced to feral pack hunters in the wastes of Bara Magna after the collapse of their civilisation in the Core War. in Bota MagnaBota MagnaA verdant jungle moon separated from Spherus Magna for 100,000 years, then restored by Mata Nui himself at the climax of the Core War.. OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team. read minds when needed, including a covert read of the VoroxVoroxThe warrior caste of the Sand Tribe, reduced to feral pack hunters in the wastes of Bara Magna after the collapse of their civilisation in the Core War. alpha KabruaKabruaKabrua led an organised Vorox community on Bota Magna, retained the speech and intelligence lost by his desert kin, and captured a Toa expedition in 2010., who almost detected him. The serial ended unfinished.

The ChiaraChiaraChiara is a blue and white Toa and former Vo-Matoran who wields the element of Lightning and possesses the power of Stealth. She carries a spear and wears the Great Volitak, replacing the Powerless Volitak she wore as a Matoran, and serves as a Protector of Matoran on Bota Magna, Spherus Magna.-as-Psionics confusion shows up in a lot of fan writing. ChiaraChiaraChiara is a blue and white Toa and former Vo-Matoran who wields the element of Lightning and possesses the power of Stealth. She carries a spear and wears the Great Volitak, replacing the Powerless Volitak she wore as a Matoran, and serves as a Protector of Matoran on Bota Magna, Spherus Magna. was canonically a Vo-MatoranVo-MatoranVo-Matoran were rare elemental Matoran attuned to Lightning, all-female and electrically resistant, found only in high-power remote locations. (Lightning), shown in her on-page actions in The Yesterday QuestThe Yesterday QuestThe unfinished post-Reformation serial that sent a hand-picked team of three Toa and the Glatorian Gelu into the unmapped jungles of Bota Magna to find the Great Beings, intercept the awakening of Marendar, and uncover the Great Being who had hidden inside the Matoran Universe for a hundred thousand years., where she threw bolts of electricity at OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team. and at the VoroxVoroxThe warrior caste of the Sand Tribe, reduced to feral pack hunters in the wastes of Bara Magna after the collapse of their civilisation in the Core War.. OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team. and ChiaraChiaraChiara is a blue and white Toa and former Vo-Matoran who wields the element of Lightning and possesses the power of Stealth. She carries a spear and wears the Great Volitak, replacing the Powerless Volitak she wore as a Matoran, and serves as a Protector of Matoran on Bota Magna, Spherus Magna. argued almost constantly through the serial, but they were different elements.

VarianVarianVarian was a blue and gold Toa of Psionics and former Ce-Matoran who wore a Great Calix and wielded Elbow Blades and a Rhotuka Launching Shield. She was held at the Fortress of the Shadowed One., the second Toa of Psionics#

VarianVarianVarian was a blue and gold Toa of Psionics and former Ce-Matoran who wore a Great Calix and wielded Elbow Blades and a Rhotuka Launching Shield. She was held at the Fortress of the Shadowed One. was the only other Toa of Psionics whose story was detailed in the surviving records. Originally a Ce-MatoranCe-MatoranPsionics Matoran whose mental powers made them ghosts in the Matoran Universe., she became a Toa and joined a Toa team that dealt with Protocairns and Parakrekks. Her team eventually merged with another, and she grew close to a Toa HagahToa HagahElite Toa teams appointed by the Brotherhood of Makuta to serve as personal guardians, later rebelling against their creators.-era NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored., the Toa of FireToa of FireThe Elemental protectors of the Matoran, most often rising from Ta-Matoran to command the power of fire.. The two of them ran joint missions for some time, and VarianVarianVarian was a blue and gold Toa of Psionics and former Ce-Matoran who wore a Great Calix and wielded Elbow Blades and a Rhotuka Launching Shield. She was held at the Fortress of the Shadowed One. once gave NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored. a nightmare with her powers as a prank while keeping watch one night.

The mission that ended her active career involved a Toa of SonicsToa of SonicsThey're rarer than other Toa, and the reason reveals a dark joke built into Bionicle itself. named "Grey," who led VarianVarianVarian was a blue and gold Toa of Psionics and former Ce-Matoran who wore a Great Calix and wielded Elbow Blades and a Rhotuka Launching Shield. She was held at the Fortress of the Shadowed One. and NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored. to a village. The village was an ambush. Dark Hunters attacked. VarianVarianVarian was a blue and gold Toa of Psionics and former Ce-Matoran who wore a Great Calix and wielded Elbow Blades and a Rhotuka Launching Shield. She was held at the Fortress of the Shadowed One. was hit by "Lurker"'s PlasmaPlasma: The Elemental Power of Superheated MatterPlasma was the elemental power over superheated matter in the Matoran Universe, carried by Su-Matoran, Toa of Plasma, and the Bohrok-Kal Pahrak-Kal. Cannon and later struck with "Gatherer"'s mind-scrambling RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers., which knocked her into deep unconsciousness. She, NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored., and Grey were all eventually captured and taken to OdinaOdinaOdina is a member of both the Dark Hunters and the Cliff Screechers, operating within the Matoran Universe. Formerly in possession of the powers of Vamprah, Odina retains no elemental abilities in the present day..

The Shadowed OneThe Shadowed OneThe Shadowed One is the leader of the Dark Hunters, a black, yellow, and silver figure based on Spherus Magna. Armed with a staff and a Rhotuka, the Shadowed One directs the organization. forced VarianVarianVarian was a blue and gold Toa of Psionics and former Ce-Matoran who wore a Great Calix and wielded Elbow Blades and a Rhotuka Launching Shield. She was held at the Fortress of the Shadowed One. to choose between NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored. and the Toa of SonicsToa of SonicsThey're rarer than other Toa, and the reason reveals a dark joke built into Bionicle itself.. She chose NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored.. Then The Shadowed OneThe Shadowed OneThe Shadowed One is the leader of the Dark Hunters, a black, yellow, and silver figure based on Spherus Magna. Armed with a staff and a Rhotuka, the Shadowed One directs the organization. revealed that "Grey" was actually TriglaxTriglaxA shapeshifter with no confirmed appearance, a habit of pocketing what he was paid to fetch, and one canonical betrayal that put a Toa of Psionics in a stasis tube., a shapeshifting Dark Hunter who had impersonated a Toa of SonicsToa of SonicsThey're rarer than other Toa, and the reason reveals a dark joke built into Bionicle itself. for the entire setup. VarianVarianVarian was a blue and gold Toa of Psionics and former Ce-Matoran who wore a Great Calix and wielded Elbow Blades and a Rhotuka Launching Shield. She was held at the Fortress of the Shadowed One. was placed in a stasis tubeStasis TubePreservation devices that slowed life processes to near-stasis, widely used across the Matoran Universe for both archival storage and secure imprisonment. as a trophy in The Shadowed OneThe Shadowed OneThe Shadowed One is the leader of the Dark Hunters, a black, yellow, and silver figure based on Spherus Magna. Armed with a staff and a Rhotuka, the Shadowed One directs the organization.'s chamber, where the PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui. later saw her on display. She remained in stasis for the rest of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.'s existence.

She was the second of two named Toa of Psionics, and her story ended with capture rather than victory.

What it actually means to fight a Toa of Psionics#

Most Toa fights were physical or elemental in the obvious sense. TahuTahu (2001)Tahu was the Toa Mata of Fire and leader of the team, from his first landing on Ta-Wahi Beach to the destruction of Teridax's Rahkshi army on Bara Magna with the Golden Armor. set things on fire. PohatuPohatuPohatu was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Stone, guardian of Po-Wahi, whose speed and steady humour anchored the team through every era of the Matoran Universe. kicked rocks. A Toa of Psionics fight ran differently. The combat in The Yesterday QuestThe Yesterday QuestThe unfinished post-Reformation serial that sent a hand-picked team of three Toa and the Glatorian Gelu into the unmapped jungles of Bota Magna to find the Great Beings, intercept the awakening of Marendar, and uncover the Great Being who had hidden inside the Matoran Universe for a hundred thousand years.'s VoroxVoroxThe warrior caste of the Sand Tribe, reduced to feral pack hunters in the wastes of Bara Magna after the collapse of their civilisation in the Core War. sequence showed OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team. reading minds in real time, projecting suggestions, and treating mental presence as terrain. He located targets by sensing minds. He confirmed intent before reacting. The VoroxVoroxThe warrior caste of the Sand Tribe, reduced to feral pack hunters in the wastes of Bara Magna after the collapse of their civilisation in the Core War. alpha sensing his probe was a rare counter, and even then OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team. got out before being trapped.

The all-female rule applied after OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team. carried through to how the two used the same kit. VarianVarianVarian was a blue and gold Toa of Psionics and former Ce-Matoran who wore a Great Calix and wielded Elbow Blades and a Rhotuka Launching Shield. She was held at the Fortress of the Shadowed One.'s prank-nightmare on NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored. was a small example of what a less aggressive Psionics Toa did with the power: she scared him for fun and laughed about it, where OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team.'s instinct in the ZyglakZyglakZyglak are a species of dark red, dark blue, and white creatures who are amphibious and wield spears and knives in combat. Formerly confined to the Pit, the Zyglak now inhabit Spherus Magna. situation was to push harder when calm was needed. The Great BeingsThe Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed.' read on temperament had at least surface-level support in how the two characters used the same powers.

Status after the reformation#

After the reformation, the surviving Toa of Psionics evacuated to Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint. and joined the construction effort to build new homes for the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.'s refugees. VarianVarianVarian was a blue and gold Toa of Psionics and former Ce-Matoran who wore a Great Calix and wielded Elbow Blades and a Rhotuka Launching Shield. She was held at the Fortress of the Shadowed One. was presumably freed from stasis when TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. died and the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. was dismantled, though her individual fate was not pinned down in the surviving material.

OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team.'s last canonical appearance was deep in Bota MagnaBota MagnaA verdant jungle moon separated from Spherus Magna for 100,000 years, then restored by Mata Nui himself at the climax of the Core War. with the Great Beings hunt unresolved. The serial cut off before the team's mission ended. 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. of Psionics line, as recorded, ends mid-story: two named Toa, one finished account in Varian's capture, and an unresolved thread for OrdeOrdeOrde is a blue and gold Toa of Psionics of the Matoran species who resides on Spherus Magna. He wields a mace and formerly served as a member of Orde's Toa Team..