The Bionicle Years
Bionicle 2006
Voya Nui rises. The Piraka steal the Mask of Life. The Toa Inika answer.
49 entries tagged 2006, sourced from Greg Farshtey’s serials, the BIONICLE novels, comics, and BS01 cross-checks.
The 49 entries
- Artakha: Master Crafter of the Great RefugeArtakha was one of the most powerful beings in the Matoran Universe, the reclusive ruler of the hidden island that bore his name and the crafter of the Kanohi Kraahkan and Avohkii. He governed a refuge no evil could enter and shaped the designs on which cities such as Metru Nui were modelled.
- The Energized Ice SwordThe single electrical Ice blade carried by Toa Inika Matoro through the Voya Nui campaign, reshaped into the Twin Cutters when the Inika became Toa Mahri in the waters of the Pit.
- Zamor SpheresHollow spheres carrying gas, liquid, or energy, fired by Zamor Launchers and used by the Piraka to enslave the Matoran of Voya Nui, by the Toa Inika to free them, and by a long list of older operators going back to Toa Jovan.
- The Cape of No HopeThe remote stretch of coastline at the northwest edge of Voya Nui, named for the concentration of dangerous Rahi that made it the most hostile habitat on the island.
- Cavern of Historical RecordsThe underground chamber on Voya Nui that held the written history of the island's Matoran villagers until Vezok ransacked it in pursuit of the Resistance Team.
- The Matoran ResistanceThe covert insurgency waged by six unenslaved Matoran of Voya Nui against the Piraka occupation, sustaining Matoran agency through the interval between the Piraka takeover and the recovery of the Mask of Life.
- BurnakBurnak were four-legged Rahi native to Voya Nui, engineered by the Brotherhood of Makuta and found across nine elemental and environmental variants.
- Kanohi CalixThe Mask of Fate granted its wearer the ability to perform at the absolute peak of their natural physical capability, enabling reflexes, leaps, and dodges beyond ordinary species norms.
- Kanohi EldaThe Elda was the Kanohi Mask of Detection, capable of revealing hidden beings and tracking the Kanohi Ignika across long distances.
- Energized Flame SwordsTwin blades carried by Toa Inika Jaller, forged into existence by the Red Star bolt that transformed six Matoran into Toa atop Mount Valmai.
- FenrakkA 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.
- Kanohi KadinThe Kadin granted its wearer self-powered flight from a standing start, and served Toa Inika Nuparu through the Voya Nui campaign.
- Kanohi Mask of Sensory AptitudeA Great Kanohi that sharpened every non-visual sense of its wearer, recorded in powerless form on an enslaved Voya Nui Matoran.
- SanokThe Sanok was the Kanohi Mask of Accuracy, granting its wearer the power to strike any target with any thrown object, most famously worn by Toa Inika Hewkii.
- Spear 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.
- SuletuThe 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.
- Voya Nui Resistance TeamSix Matoran of Voya Nui who recognised the Piraka as impostors and waged a covert campaign against them before the arrival of the Toa Inika.
- The Voya Nui Liberation CampaignAn alternate-continuity account in which a lone unnamed hero traversed the six Piraka territories of Voya Nui and ended Vezon and Fenrakk in the south.
- The Great BeingsScholar-inventors of Spherus Magna whose creations shaped the Matoran Universe and whose absence defined the conflicts that followed.
- The Kanohi IdenThe Kanohi Iden allowed its user to project their spirit from their body, granting invisibility, speed, and the ability to inhabit hostless forms.
- IrnakkIrnakk was a Skakdi myth that gained temporary existence in the Zone of Nightmares, manifesting to confront the Piraka on their path to the Ignika.
- Laser CrossbowThe Laser Crossbow was Kongu's primary Toa Tool during his time as a Toa Inika, firing energy bolts and channelling his elemental Air power.
- Lava Chamber GateAn ancient stone gate inside Mount Valmai that guarded the final approach to the Chamber of Life and collapsed during the Toa Inika's pursuit of the Piraka.
- Mask of EmulationA Kanohi that analysed and temporarily copied a target's non-Kanohi, non-weapon, non-Rahi power. Worn by Toa Hagah Pouks during the engagement with Makuta Miserix.
- Mask of IncomprehensionA Kanohi that scrambled spoken and written language for ten minutes, countered outright by the Kanohi Rau and bypassed by any non-verbal communication.
- Kanohi RodeThe Mask of Truth granted its wearer constant detection of deception and the ability to see through disguise, invisibility, and shapeshifting.
- Sand ScreamerAn elusive Rahi native to Voya Nui, documented only through scattered carcasses, clawed tracks, and nocturnal cries, with no confirmed sightings by Matoran witnesses.
- Toa of PlantlifeBo-Matoran raised to Toa form wielded Elemental Plantlife, a rare power represented in the canonical record by two fallen Toa, including a member of the Toa Mangai.
- Zone of DarknessThe Zone of Darkness was a lightless pocket dimension accessed through Kahgarak Rhotuka and the Kanohi Olmak, used as a banishment realm.
- BrutakaBrutaka 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.
- NujuNuju served as a Ko-Metru seer, Toa Metru of Ice, and Turaga of Ko-Koro who spoke only in bird calls translated by Matoro.
- Lake of LavaThe Voya Nui lake the Piraka drained hunting a mask that was never there.
- SkakdiA brutish warrior species from Zakaz whose pair-dependent elemental powers and moral void made them one of Bionicle's few irredeemable factions.
- Voya 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.
- Laser AxeHewkii's gold Toa Tool fused electrical energy with Stone power for melee and ranged combat.
- Piraka AttackA 2006 flash game where you controlled one of the Voya Nui villains to enslave Matoran with Zamor Spheres.
- AirwatcherA Dark Hunter guard whose lethal effectiveness vastly exceeds every other aspect of his character.
- GladiatorA Dark Hunter enforcer tasked with testing new recruits. One of canon's most obscure characters.
- Move AlongAn All American Rejects promotional song featured in summer 2006 Toa Inika advertisements.
- Fa-MatoranMatoran subspecies with Magnetism powers and an uncanny sense of direction due to their elemental affinity.
- Echo ForksKazi's devastating pair of sonic weapons from Voya Nui, capable of producing lethal shockwaves.
- Laser LanceUmbra's dual-function weapon combined hard light projectiles and laser fire, with a fatal weakness to reflection.
- Piraka RapA promotional hip-hop track recorded to market the 2006 Piraka toyline during one of Bionicle's most divisive narrative arcs.
- Great ClawsToa Inika Nuparu's secondary Toa Tool, fused to his hands for excavation and earth channeling.
- Piraka OutpostTwelve defensive strongholds the Piraka built across Voya Nui to control Mount Valmai and their main fortress.
- Matoran SlavesMatoran infected by Antidermis during the Voya Nui crisis, stripped of free will until cured.
- Ring of IceVoya Nui's frozen shoreline and the first landing place of the Piraka.
- PirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui.
- Mount ValmaiA roiling volcano on Voya Nui that guarded the Ignika and tested three desperate expeditions seeking the Mask of Life.