The Bionicle Years
Bionicle 2009
Bara Magna and the Glatorian. Mata Nui walks the desert in Ignika form.
54 entries tagged 2009, sourced from Greg Farshtey’s serials, the BIONICLE novels, comics, and BS01 cross-checks.
The 54 entries
- Element Lord of SandThe Element Lord of Sand was a former Glatorian chosen by the Great Beings as one of the seven Element Lords, master of the element of Sand, and the warlord who led the Sand Tribe through the Core War before the Shattering stranded her on Bara Magna.
- Tren Krom's IslandTren Krom's Island was a rocky island west of the Southern Continent in the Matoran Universe, created by the Great Beings as the place of exile for the ancient being Tren Krom after his duty ended.
- ZeskThe Zesk were a primitive subspecies of the Agori, members of the Sand Tribe whose genes were altered by the Great Beings and who regressed into bestial scavengers living alongside the Vorox in the Wastelands of Bara Magna.
- Saw Blade ShieldThe dual-purpose shield carried by the Skrall warriors of Bara Magna, which rotated like a buzz saw to function as a melee weapon and whose face bore the map of the Valley of the Maze.
- AtakusAtakus was a Rock Tribe Agori warrior, the guard of the gate of Roxtus under the Skrall, a vicious arena blocker, and the messenger through whom Metus delivered his coalition offer to Tuma before the Battle of Roxtus.
- BaterraMechanical shapeshifters built by the Great Beings to end the Core War by killing every armed combatant on Spherus Magna, and the failsafe that never shut them down.
- Black Spike MountainsThe mountain range north of the Bara Magna desert that served as the Skrall homeland after the Shattering, became Baterra hunting ground, and was destroyed when the Mata Nui robot fell upon it.
- ClickThe Scarabax beetle whose touch on the Ignika became the Scarabax Shield, named by Kiina and carried by Mata Nui across Bara Magna.
- The Core ProcessorThe central control system of the Great Spirit Robot, built by the Great Beings beneath Metru Nui, seized by Teridax in his takeover, and destroyed in the Battle of Bara Magna.
- The Iron WolvesBiomechanical wolves built by the Great Beings for the Core War, the Iron Wolves outlasted the Shattering and held the northern range of Bara Magna beside the warrior Surel.
- Kyry, Agori of the Fire TribeKyry was an Agori of the Fire Tribe who stood guard for Raanu at the Energized Protodermis spring before the Shattering, sounded the alarm at the Raid of Vulcanus, and spread word of the Glatorian alliance through the desert of Bara Magna.
- Ice Shield (Ice Tribe)The Ice Shield was a defensive arena weapon carried by members of the Ice Tribe on Bara Magna, passing between three known owners across its history.
- Jungle TribeThe Jungle Tribe of Tesara originated in Bota Magna, weathered the Shattering, and sent Gresh and Vastus into the Bara Magna arena system.
- RoxtusThe largest Agori village on Bara Magna and the seat of Tuma's Skrall, Roxtus was the centre of the Empire of the Skrall until Mata Nui defeated Tuma in single combat.
- SpikitA two-headed desert creature used as a draft animal across post-Shattering Bara Magna, valued for strength and endurance and feared for its appetite.
- Vapor TridentA dual-headed trident wielded by the Glatorian Kiina of Tajun, used as a focus for water powers granted by Mata Nui on Bara Magna.
- AckarVeteran Glatorian of the Fire Tribe and prime fighter for Vulcanus, Ackar served from the Core War through the defence of Spherus Magna.
- AgoriThe villager species of Bara Magna, organised by tribe and settlement, who governed their villages and arranged the Glatorian arena system.
- FeroA senior Bone Hunter who rode the Rock Steed Skirmix, served briefly under the Skrall alliance, and survived the reformation of Spherus Magna.
- MalumFire Tribe Glatorian exiled from Vulcanus for arena killings, who became the warlord of a Vorox pack in the wastelands of Bara Magna.
- The Scarabax ShieldThe Scarabax Shield was the secondary form of Click, a sentient beetle bonded to the Mask of Life and used by Mata Nui during the Bara Magna campaign.
- SkopioSkopio were biomechanical scorpion predators of Spherus Magna, modified ages past with integrated Thornax Launchers and surviving the Shattering as desert ambushers.
- Thornax LauncherThe Thornax Launcher was a scrap-built projectile weapon produced by Agori engineers, firing Thornax fruit and standard across Glatorian and Skrall ranks.
- ThornaxThornax was a hardy desert fruit native to Bara Magna, eaten unripe as stew and fired ripe from launchers across Glatorian and Skrall ranks.
- TumaTuma rose from the survivors of the Baterra massacre to rule the Skrall Empire from Roxtus until Mata Nui defeated him in single combat.
- VoroxThe 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.
- White Quartz MountainsA jagged mountain range in the northern reaches of Bara Magna, once ruled by the Element Lord of Rock and later home to Surel and the Iron Wolves.
- Iron WolfBiomechanical predators engineered by the Great Beings, these desert creatures roamed both Spherus Magna and Bara Magna after the Shattering.
- VulcanusThe Fire Tribe's settlement on Bara Magna, caught between resources and threats.
- Flame SwordAckar's fire-channeling blade that proves a weapon can be as much the master's gift as the warrior's tool.
- Sand DragonsCreatures from Bara Magna whose defining biological feature was their ability to shed their skin.
- Rock SteedBipedal desert creatures used as mounts by the Skrall and Bone Hunters of Bara Magna.
- Dune WolfA wolf-like creature species from Bara Magna, distantly related to the Iron Wolf.
- Flame ClawsMalum's signature melee weapons on Bara Magna, favoring close-range combat in the desert.
- Bara MagnaA desert world of tribal warfare and scarce resources, one of three landmasses that formed Spherus Magna.
- Talon SnakesVenomous predators of Tesara whose form and venom inspired the Glatorian Vastus's arsenal.
- Thornax StewA Bara Magna food so notoriously revolting that even its name induces nausea in those who remember tasting it.
- Bone HunterDesert nomads of Bara Magna who raided for survival until their alliance with the Skrall nearly conquered the continent.
- GlatorianTribal warriors of Spherus Magna who settled disputes through arena combat, until the Skrall conquest enslaved most of them.
- Bota 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.
- Dune SnakeSwarm predators that nest in hypnotic wave patterns beneath Bara Magna's desert sand.
- Glatorian ArenaA 2009 browser-based fighting game that turned Bara Magna's gladiatorial culture into competitive gameplay.
- Thorned ClubA heavy melee weapon favored by elite Skrall warriors, studded with metallic thorns for devastating impact.
- ThornatusDesert transport for Agori and Glatorian, built for Bara Magna's rough terrain and easily modified for combat.
- Kaxium V3A Bara Magna dual-vehicle that split in combat, piloted by Glatorian Scodonius and Kirbraz in 2009.
- Sand StalkerDesert creatures that made Bara Magna's vast distances traversable, though their animal instincts made them unreliable in genuine danger.
- Skrall SwordThe standard melee weapon of the Skrall, often enhanced with a Thornax Launcher for dual-range combat.
- ScarabaxSmall desert beetles of Bara Magna, welcomed as helpful scavengers by most Agori but dismissed as vermin by the Skrall.
- Arena MagnaThe oldest and largest Glatorian combat arena on Bara Magna, where champions tested their skills and settlements resolved conflicts.
- Element LordsSeven elemental warriors transformed by the Great Beings who refused to end their war even after the world broke.
- Ice TribeOne of Bara Magna's six major tribes, the Ice Tribe produced legendary Glatorian like Strakk and survived the Shattering intact.
- Sisters of the SkrallThe female Skrall faction, exiled from their males and armed with innate psionic powers that made them the true rulers of the Rock Tribe.
- Baranus V7A Rock Tribe transport chariot that survived the Shattering and ended up in the hands of a desert bandit.
- Ice SlicerGelu's no-frills melee blade on Bara Magna, taken when Vorox captured him.