Vezon

Vezon is the only major BIONICLEBIONICLE: Matoran AdventuresA 2002 GBA platformer where you play as one of six Matoran fighting Bohrok across Mata Nui's islands. character who exists because a different character pulled a trigger wrong. The PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui. HakannHakannThe Skakdi bully known for pure aggression, from Dark Hunter mercenary to Piraka thief driven by violence and power. fired the Spear of FusionSpear of FusionThe Spear of Fusion is the artifact Hakann used in reverse on Vezok in Mangaia, splitting off Vezon as a separate being. Vezon then carried it to Voya Nui until Jaller destroyed it. at VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui. with the weapon set in reverse, and a second being split off. That being got VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui.'s intelligence and almost nothing else, including, apparently, none of his stability. He should have been a one-issue gag. Instead the writers kept him, and over the next four years of story he becomes the most reliably useful disposable character the franchise has. Every faction that picks him up does so for the same reason. Nobody knows what he is capable of, including Vezon, and you can spend a being like that without spending anything you value.

Born from a backfired weapon#

The creation is worth getting exact, because everything about Vezon follows from how careless it was. The six PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui. were searching TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s old lair when HakannHakannThe Skakdi bully known for pure aggression, from Dark Hunter mercenary to Piraka thief driven by violence and power. found the Spear of FusionSpear of FusionThe Spear of Fusion is the artifact Hakann used in reverse on Vezok in Mangaia, splitting off Vezon as a separate being. Vezon then carried it to Voya Nui until Jaller destroyed it.. He used it on VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui. with the spear set to split rather than merge, and VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui. came apart into two beings. The new one carried VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui.'s intellectual capabilities. VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui., going by the canon, kept everything else, his sanity included.

ThokThok (the Drifter)The Piraka's cowardly thief learned that ice guns and dirty tactics can't save you from Toa with elemental fury. looked at the result and called it a "vezon," the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. word for double. The new being decided he liked it and took it as a name. That is the entire ceremony of Vezon's arrival. A weapon misfire, an insult that doubled as a label, and a being who agreed to be called by it.

He did not stick around to be useful to anyone. Vezon grabbed the Spear of FusionSpear of FusionThe Spear of Fusion is the artifact Hakann used in reverse on Vezok in Mangaia, splitting off Vezon as a separate being. Vezon then carried it to Voya Nui until Jaller destroyed it. for himself, and when the PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui. picked up a sense of the IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero., the Legendary Mask of Life, he slipped away during a Mana-KoMana-KoMassive crab-like Rahi created by the Brotherhood but shielded by the Order of Mata Nui from Teridax's mental control. attack and went straight for it. BIONICLEBIONICLE: Matoran AdventuresA 2002 GBA platformer where you play as one of six Matoran fighting Bohrok across Mata Nui's islands. Legends 4: Legacy of Evil tells this stretch as backstory, and the detail that matters is the speed. Vezon is maybe a month old at this point. He already understands that the most valuable object anyone has mentioned is unguarded, and he already understands that being the half of VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui. nobody wanted means nobody is going to come looking for him with any urgency. He took a ToaToa (2001)Biomechanical heroes bonded to elemental powers and masks. Not born, but chosen and transformed. Canister a dead Order agent had used and sailed south to Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time. alone.

The guardian who could not die#

Here is where Vezon's life stops being his own, which is a pattern that never really breaks.

The Mask of Life let him reach it, and then it cursed him. That is the canon's word. The IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero. fused itself to the back of his skull, fused him to an enlarged FenrakkFenrakkA Rahi spider enlarged by the Mask of Life and bonded to Vezon, then reborn as Kardas after the lava bath in the Chamber of Life. spider, and conscripted him as a guardian. It handed him powers as a side effect rather than a gift. He could absorb kinetic energy, growing stronger with every blow he gave or took. He could see a little way into the future. And he could not die, not as long as the mask stayed fused to his head. His contact with the Ignika even left him able to use Great KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. later, something most SkakdiSkakdiA brutish warrior species from Zakaz whose pair-dependent elemental powers and moral void made them one of Bionicle's few irredeemable factions. lack the mental discipline for.

When the other PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui. finally reached the Chamber of LifeChamber of LifeThe Chamber of Life was a vault built by the Great Beings beneath Mount Valmai on Voya Nui to house the Kanohi Ignika for over one hundred thousand years., Vezon beat them with the Spear of FusionSpear of FusionThe Spear of Fusion is the artifact Hakann used in reverse on Vezok in Mangaia, splitting off Vezon as a separate being. Vezon then carried it to Voya Nui until Jaller destroyed it.. He merged VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui. and ReidakReidakA sadistic Skakdi thug who traded the Dark Hunters for the Piraka and paid the price. into a single monster and set it on the rest, then split them apart again and left them unconscious on the floor. In BIONICLEBIONICLE: Matoran AdventuresA 2002 GBA platformer where you play as one of six Matoran fighting Bohrok across Mata Nui's islands. Legends 5: Inferno and the Ignition comics, this is the high point of his actual competence. He is genuinely dangerous here, and almost none of it is him.

The Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. arrived and the fight turned. They forced Vezon and FenrakkFenrakkA Rahi spider enlarged by the Mask of Life and bonded to Vezon, then reborn as Kardas after the lava bath in the Chamber of Life. into a pool of lava, and he sank, and he did not die, because the mask would not let him. FenrakkFenrakkA Rahi spider enlarged by the Mask of Life and bonded to Vezon, then reborn as Kardas after the lava bath in the Chamber of Life. rose back up transformed into the KardasKardasA winged Rahi dragon created when the Mask of Life rebuilt the Fenrakk Spider in a lava river beneath the Chamber of Life, retaining Vezon as a fused rider. Dragon. Then JallerJallerJaller served as Captain of the Ta-Koro Guard, led the Toa Inika to Voya Nui, and commanded the Toa Mahri through the recovery of the Mask of Life. had KonguKonguKongu commanded Le-Koro's Gukko Force before a strike from the Kanohi Ignika transformed him into a Toa of Air who later served among the Toa Mahri. use his SuletuSuletuThe Suletu, Mask of Telepathy, allowed its wearer to read thoughts and project thoughts into other minds. Its best-known wearers were Toa Inika Kongu and Toa Krakua. to pour the Ignika's own thoughts into Vezon's mind, and Vezon learned something that genuinely seems to wound him. The mask resented him. It wanted 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. instead. He went 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. in a rage, JallerJallerJaller served as Captain of the Ta-Koro Guard, led the Toa Inika to Voya Nui, and commanded the Toa Mahri through the recovery of the Mask of Life. froze him in place with a special Zamor from AxonnAxonnAxonn served as an arbitrator under the Hand of Artakha and later as an Order of Mata Nui agent, guarding the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui for thousands of years., and in that frozen moment 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. pulled the Mask of Life off Vezon's head. Whatever Vezon had been for those few weeks, the mask took it with it when it left.

Powerless, and still in the way#

Strip the borrowed power off Vezon and what remains is the most honest version of him, and the canon is not kind about showing you.

He followed the Inika down the Stone CordStone CordA lava column connecting two sunken worlds became the battleground where Toa learned to cross the abyss., the anchor holding Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time. to the sea floor, and attacked them again. He had not absorbed that he was now powerless except for the Spear of FusionSpear of FusionThe Spear of Fusion is the artifact Hakann used in reverse on Vezok in Mangaia, splitting off Vezon as a separate being. Vezon then carried it to Voya Nui until Jaller destroyed it.. JallerJallerJaller served as Captain of the Ta-Koro Guard, led the Toa Inika to Voya Nui, and commanded the Toa Mahri through the recovery of the Mask of Life. took the spear and burned it to ash. Vezon was beaten without much ceremony, kept chasing the Inika anyway, and ran straight into a tribe 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. living in the cord. He tried to trade the Inika's lives for his own. 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. simply carried him off, which is the correct read on what a Vezon offer is worth. BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team. eventually pulled him out and he was imprisoned on DaxiaDaxiaDaxia is a location situated east of the Southern Continent, affiliated with the Order of Mata Nui and home to the Shallows Cat..

The Stone CordStone CordA lava column connecting two sunken worlds became the battleground where Toa learned to cross the abyss. stretch is the one I would point a new reader to first. It is the proof that Vezon's whole threat level was always a loan. The IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero. made him hard to kill and easy to fear. Without it he is a fast talker with nothing to bargain with and no instinct for when the talking has stopped working.

The team mascot nobody admits they need#

Federation of FearFederation of FearAn Order of Mata Nui strike team of imprisoned villains, led by Brutaka, rescued Makuta Miserix from the volcanic prison of Artidax to install him as the figurehead of the coming war against the Brotherhood., the 2008 serial, is where the writers commit to the joke and then quietly explain why the joke keeps getting hired.

BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team. assembles an Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe. strike team out of RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game., SpiriahSpiriahA Brotherhood Makuta exiled for a failed experiment who briefly controlled an outcast strike team before his death by absorption., TakadoxTakadoxA Barraki warlord whose hypnotic vision and cunning made him dangerous even in defeat., CaraparCaraparOne of six Barraki warlords imprisoned for 80,000 years, Carapar sought the Mask of Life and became expendable muscle for a final, fatal mission., and Vezon, and the recruitment pitch is that they can walk out under their own power or be planted in a hole outside to see if anything grows. They all come along. Vezon assumes he was picked for some dealing with the Brotherhood, the way the others were, and wonders aloud whether BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team. actually wanted VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui.. He had it backwards. Vezon was chosen for the absence of a history. Nobody, himself included, knows what he can do, which makes him perfect for a bluff. He has never met a MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate., so he has no reason to be afraid of one. And he is expendable, which on this team is the shared job description rather than a distinction.

The team treats him as comic relief and the serial lets them, but it keeps scoring points off the gap between how they see him and what he notices. On SteltSteltAn island in the Matoran Universe known for producing ruthless warriors like Sidorak and Krekka. they trade RoodakaRoodakaShe spent the entire Visorak arc letting everyone think they were using her, then walked away having beaten the Brotherhood and the Toa at their own game. away for a better ship, and BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team. has Vezon take a swing to sell the capture as a struggle, then knocks him out from behind before the swing lands. When SpiriahSpiriahA Brotherhood Makuta exiled for a failed experiment who briefly controlled an outcast strike team before his death by absorption. and LariskaLariskaDark Hunter defined by discipline and tactical competence, Lariska was one of the Shadowed One's most dependable operatives before joining Brutaka's desperate mission. ask why they brought him at all, the answer is that he breaks up the monotony. On Tren KromTren KromTren Krom maintained the Matoran Universe before Mata Nui's activation and spent the following hundred millennia fused to a cave on a remote island.'s island, the ancient horror floods every mind on the team with visions meant to break them, and Vezon, already insane, is the one it barely touches. There is a real idea buried under the gag. A mind nobody can predict and nothing can further damage is a strange kind of armour, and the people who keep drafting Vezon have all worked that out even while they roll their eyes at him. BrutakaBrutakaBrutaka guarded the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui, betrayed the Order during the Piraka incursion, served time in the Pit, and later led the Federation of Fear strike team. puts it plainly when Vezon complains about being denied a kill: the problem is that he enjoys his work.

Destiny War and the mask he stole on the way out#

By Destiny WarThe Destiny WarThe open conflict between the Order of Mata Nui and the Brotherhood of Makuta that ended fifty thousand years of operational secrecy and broke the Brotherhood's last assault on Metru Nui., the Order has stopped pretending Vezon is anything but ammunition.

TrinumaTrinumaA no-nonsense Order operative with the Mask of Charisma, Trinuma recruits the chaotic Vezon for a suicide mission to Destral. released him from DaxiaDaxiaDaxia is a location situated east of the Southern Continent, affiliated with the Order of Mata Nui and home to the Shallows Cat. specifically because the mission needed someone whose death would not cost anything. The job was to slip onto DestralDestralThe headquarters island of the Brotherhood of Makuta, whose installed teleportation technology made the entire landmass mobile and turned it into the most strategically protected location in the Matoran Universe. and sabotage the Brotherhood's teleportation technology. Vezon was given a dagger, set loose, and predictably captured by RahkshiRahkshiArmor suits powered by parasitic Kraata, Rahkshi were Teridax's most effective soldiers and among Bionicle's most visually iconic early enemies. and hauled in front of MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. TridaxTridaxMost Makuta wanted the Plan to succeed. Tridax wanted what came after, and he was building a private army of stolen Toa of Light in a Destral basement to make sure he got it.. He tried to lie his way through it. His story was that the Order had already planted a spy inside the fortress. TridaxTridaxMost Makuta wanted the Plan to succeed. Tridax wanted what came after, and he was building a private army of stolen Toa of Light in a Destral basement to make sure he got it. did not buy it and chained him upside down while he went to check.

What Vezon found while loose in the fortress is one of the genuinely chilling images of late G1. In a sub-basement he discovered a hundred stasis tubes, each holding the same being: an army of TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history., one pulled from each parallel universe and mutated with Shadow Leeches, that TridaxTridaxMost Makuta wanted the Plan to succeed. Tridax wanted what came after, and he was building a private army of stolen Toa of Light in a Destral basement to make sure he got it. meant to throw at the Order. TridaxTridaxMost Makuta wanted the Plan to succeed. Tridax wanted what came after, and he was building a private army of stolen Toa of Light in a Destral basement to make sure he got it. caught him looking and pinned him to the wall. Vezon only escaped because TobdukTobdukTobduk is a gunmetal grey and dark red member of the Order of Mata Nui who served as an assassin for that organization. He wore the Kanohi Sanok and carried a staff and daggers as his weapons. Following the reformation of the Great Spirit Robot, Tobduk resided on Spherus Magna. and MazekaMazekaA Ko-Matoran spy for the Order of Mata Nui obsessed with becoming the perfect warrior. arrived and destroyed TridaxTridaxMost Makuta wanted the Plan to succeed. Tridax wanted what came after, and he was building a private army of stolen Toa of Light in a Destral basement to make sure he got it.. Left alone in that room, Vezon stood among a hundred sleeping Toa and wondered what he could do with an army like that. Then he used the OlmakThe Kanohi OlmakThe Kanohi Olmak was the Great Mask of Dimensional Gates, a portal-opening Kanohi forged by Artakha. Only two ever existed in the Matoran Universe, and both passed through the hands of figures who reshaped the late storyline., the Mask of Dimensional Gates that TridaxTridaxMost Makuta wanted the Plan to succeed. Tridax wanted what came after, and he was building a private army of stolen Toa of Light in a Destral basement to make sure he got it. had left behind, opened a portal to get HelryxHelryxHelryx was the first Toa created by the Great Beings, founder of the Order of Mata Nui, and commander of its covert war against the Brotherhood of Makuta. and KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend. clear of an incoming wave of Energized ProtodermisEnergized ProtodermisA sentient substance that could remake or annihilate any being that touched it. One of the Matoran Universe's most lethal hazards., and was left standing in the wave's path himself. He saved two people he had no reason to save, and the story's reward for it was to leave him exactly where the danger was.

The walking door#

Reign of ShadowsReign of ShadowsThe year Teridax ruled the Matoran Universe from inside Mata Nui's body, and the scattered resistance plots that ran against him until the Great Spirit returned from Bara Magna. is where the franchise finally gives Vezon a power that is genuinely, originally his, and makes it the worst thing that ever happens to him.

The Energized ProtodermisEnergized ProtodermisA sentient substance that could remake or annihilate any being that touched it. One of the Matoran Universe's most lethal hazards. hit him and mutated him, and in doing so it fused him to the OlmakThe Kanohi OlmakThe Kanohi Olmak was the Great Mask of Dimensional Gates, a portal-opening Kanohi forged by Artakha. Only two ever existed in the Matoran Universe, and both passed through the hands of figures who reshaped the late storyline., the same way the Ignika had fused to his skull. The result is that Vezon becomes a living dimensional doorway. He cannot stop creating portals, and he cannot stop falling through them, so he is dragged from one universe to the next with no say in any of it. He drops through a world where Mata NuiMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna. and TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. have swapped roles, through the Swamp of SecretsSwamp of SecretsThe Swamp of Secrets was the mutagen-saturated wetland that filled the floor of Karda Nui after the Great Cataclysm, serving as a Brotherhood stronghold until the Energy Storms., through The KingdomThe Kingdom: Parallel Universe Where Mata Nui DiedThe Kingdom was a parallel universe in which Matoro hesitated too long to revive Mata Nui, leaving the Great Spirit dead. Its survivors evacuated to the island of Mata Nui and built a vast city ruled from the Coliseum, until a visiting Takanuva and a redeemed Matoro brought down Teridax., and finally onto a Bara MagnaBara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna. where TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. never rebelled at all. There the AgoriAgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system. TardukTardukTarduk is an Agori of the Jungle Tribe, distinguished by his dark green and lime coloration. A treasure hunter by trade, he wields claws and spikes and makes his home on the reformed Spherus Magna. asks if he is a Toa, and Vezon, true to form, announces himself as Toa Vezon, Toa of Anarchy. Then a village comes under attack, he reaches for his power to escape, and it does not answer, and the horror on him is real.

He gets out of the loop the only way Vezon ever gets anything, by negotiating. Time freezes around him and he finds himself talking to the Great Being cursed by the Ignika, and they cut a deal. Free me from this universe-hopping, Vezon offers, and I will free you from your prison on 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.. It works. It also goes sideways, because of course it does. When Vezon finally delivers a group to 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. to release the cursed Great Being, the team stands around arguing about whether they should, and the Great Being simply leaves while nobody is watching. Vezon brokered the most consequential jailbreak of his life and was not paying enough attention to see it happen.

Why the joke character is the saddest one#

Strip away the rambling and the comic timing and Vezon is the bleakest character study in G1, and I do not think the writers fully intended that. They built him as a gag and the gag kept accruing meaning.

Every power Vezon ever holds belongs to something else. The IgnikaThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero.'s gifts were a curse it imposed and then took back. The Spear of FusionSpear of FusionThe Spear of Fusion is the artifact Hakann used in reverse on Vezok in Mangaia, splitting off Vezon as a separate being. Vezon then carried it to Voya Nui until Jaller destroyed it. was VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui.'s. The OlmakThe Kanohi OlmakThe Kanohi Olmak was the Great Mask of Dimensional Gates, a portal-opening Kanohi forged by Artakha. Only two ever existed in the Matoran Universe, and both passed through the hands of figures who reshaped the late storyline. was TridaxTridaxMost Makuta wanted the Plan to succeed. Tridax wanted what came after, and he was building a private army of stolen Toa of Light in a Destral basement to make sure he got it.'s, and when it finally became his own it became a cage. He is, structurally, the part of another being that got discarded, and the entire canon treats him accordingly. The Order does not recruit him, it expends him. His teammates do not trust him, they tolerate him because his unpredictability is occasionally convenient. Tren KromTren KromThe first purely organic creation of the Great Beings, exiled to a stone island after surrendering the core of the Matoran Universe to Mata Nui.'s mind-shattering visions cannot find anything in Vezon left to break, which is presented as a punchline and is actually one of the saddest lines about him on the page.

The tell is what he says he wants. Asked what he would do if he ran into TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., Vezon says the first thing he would do is find the MakutaTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. and give him a great, big hug. It is played for a laugh, the insane half-SkakdiSkakdiA brutish warrior species from Zakaz whose pair-dependent elemental powers and moral void made them one of Bionicle's few irredeemable factions. being absurd again. Read it twice. Vezon was made by accident, named with an insult, used as a tool by everyone who ever held him, and the thing he reaches for as a joke is affection from the most powerful being he can think of. He ends the story alive on 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., no longer fused to anything, no longer being spent on anyone's mission. After the life this character had, that is not a small thing. It might be the only clean win he ever gets.