Vultraz
Vultraz is a Shadow Matoran, formerly a Ta-Matoran, who wears a powerless Mask of Scavenging and carries a sword. Dark red and black in coloration, he possesses an active power of Shadow while his former affinity for Fire remains inactive. He resides in a parallel universe.
Vultraz is a MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. who was once a Ta-MatoranTa-MatoranThe Fire-element Matoran of Ta-Metru and Ta-Koro, forgers of masks and Kanoka, lava farmers, and the standing core of the Ta-Koro Guard during the war for Mata Nui. before becoming one with the shadows. After being subjected to a shadow leech, his affinity for Fire fell dormant and the power of Shadow took hold, turning him into a Shadow MatoranShadow MatoranAv-Matoran corrupted by the Makuta in Karda Nui, drained of Light and weaponized with shadow powers.. He entered the service of the Makuta GorastGorastA Makuta defined by rage and ruthlessness, Gorast conquered the Visorak and became Teridax's most devoted enforcer. and worked for some time under her command.
On a far-flung scouting mission, Vultraz discovered a way into the legendary Karda NuiKarda NuiThe vast cavern at the core of the Matoran universe, home of the Av-Matoran's Sky Villages and the Codrex, and the site of the battle to awaken Mata Nui., the core of the Matoran Universe. The news was quickly relayed to TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna., who ordered the Brotherhood of MakutaThe Brotherhood of MakutaAn organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to build Rahi and keep order in his universe, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit. to travel to the universe core and seize it.
Vultraz clashed with the Ko-Matoran MazekaMazekaA Ko-Matoran spy for the Order of Mata Nui obsessed with becoming the perfect warrior. at De-Koro, where both were searching for a Matoran named Krakua. Vultraz unleashed a sonic blast device to incapacitate the village's sound-sensitive inhabitants, but Mazeka shielded Krakua's audio receptors in time, and the two fought while Krakua was carried off by an invisible member of the Order of Mata Nui. Gorast later saved Vultraz's life in secret and, disguised as a blue warrior, instructed Mazeka to spread word of his death.
Vultraz and Mazeka were eventually transported from the Prime Reality through a portal in Karda Nui to an alternate Spherus Magna, a world where the Makuta had never turned evil and were beings of light. There they briefly met that universe's HelryxHelryx: the first Toa ever createdHelryx was the first Toa ever made, commissioned by the Great Beings on Artakha long before the Toa Mata. She founded and led the Order of Mata Nui., a Ga-Matoran, accompanied by a Toa Macku. The alternate TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. of that world agreed to leave Vultraz behind in exchange for the chance to bring one inhabitant back with him, and Vultraz remained in the parallel universe.
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Ta-Matoran
The Fire-element Matoran of Ta-Metru and Ta-Koro, forgers of masks and Kanoka, lava farmers, and the standing core of the Ta-Koro Guard during the war for Mata Nui.
Karda Nui
The vast cavern at the core of the Matoran universe, home of the Av-Matoran's Sky Villages and the Codrex, and the site of the battle to awaken Mata Nui.
The Brotherhood of Makuta
An organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to build Rahi and keep order in his universe, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit.
Helryx: the first Toa ever created
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Teridax
Teridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.
Gorast
A Makuta defined by rage and ruthlessness, Gorast conquered the Visorak and became Teridax's most devoted enforcer.
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