Zamor Spheres

Zamor Spheres were the hollow projectile ammunition of the Zamor LauncherZamor 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 weapon system that defined the 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. campaign. Each sphere was essentially a hollow ball into which gas, liquid, or energy could be loaded depending on the effect required. Fired from the launcher at a target, the solid surface of the sphere temporarily became intangible, and the substance inside passed through the outer shell into the target. The mechanism allowed operators to deliver effects that no conventional projectile could carry: brainwashing viruses, fear-induced nightmares, power siphoning, stasis fields, energy chains, tracking pulses, miniaturisation, and the cure to the very enslavement the spheres themselves were used to inflict.

Construction and operation#

The sphere itself was a simple object in concept. Its outer body was a hollow ball, sealed against the interior contents during storage and flight. The interior could carry gas, liquid, or energy, and the choice of payload was the entire effect. The same physical sphere, loaded with different substances, became a fundamentally different weapon depending on the contents. The standardisation of the projectile was the engineering achievement; the substances were sourced separately and matched to the operational need.

The delivery mechanism was unusual. On firing at the target, the solid surface of the sphere temporarily became intangible at the moment of contact. The substance inside passed through the outer shell and into the target rather than dispersing on impact, which meant that the effect was delivered directly into the recipient's body rather than to its surrounding environment. The intangibility lasted only as long as required to discharge the payload. Once the contents were transferred, the empty sphere itself ceased to be a tactical object. The technology was unique to ZamorZamor 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. ammunition; no other weapon in the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control. was recorded as combining a hollow-projectile delivery system with a phase-shift outer body of this kind.

The launcher itself was a long instrument capable of being mounted on a vehicle or held by a single user. The earliest models held a single sphere at a time and required reloading between shots. Later upgrades increased the capacity. The Toa InikaToa InikaSix former Matoran who entered Karzahni broken and emerged as the next Toa team, transformed on the shore of Voya Nui by a lightning strike from the red star. launchers, built by VelikaVelikaVelika is a Great Being who disguised himself as a Po-Matoran on Mata Nui, wearing a powerless Komau and bearing an affinity for Stone. Colored in golden brown, grey, and orange, he worked as an inventor and carried Power Carvers as his tools. He was last known to be located on Bota Magna., could hold up to four spheres, a substantial increase in sustained-fire capacity over the PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui.'s single-shot design. The same ammunition was later used in the Midak SkyblastersMidak SkyblasterThe Midak Skyblaster was a ranged light weapon issued to the Toa Nuva for the final aerial battle against the Brotherhood of Makuta in Karda Nui. and Air Launchers fielded in the Karda NuiKarda NuiThe vast inner cavern at the core of the Matoran Universe, original home of the Av-Matoran, site of the Codrex and the final battle that decided the fate of Mata Nui. campaign, which used ZamorZamor 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. ammunition rather than developing a new projectile.

The early record#

The earliest known Zamor LauncherZamor 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. was used by Toa JovanJovanJovan led the Toa team that retrieved the Kanohi Ignika during the Great Disruption, then served as Turaga over the population that became Voya Nui. roughly seventy-nine thousand years before the 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. campaign. JovanJovanJovan led the Toa team that retrieved the Kanohi Ignika during the Great Disruption, then served as Turaga over the population that became Voya Nui.'s spheres were yellow-orange and possessed the power to weaken a foe's weapons, an effect that reduced the offensive capacity of an opponent without directly attacking the opponent themselves. The combination matched JovanJovanJovan led the Toa team that retrieved the Kanohi Ignika during the Great Disruption, then served as Turaga over the population that became Voya Nui.'s role as 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 MagnetismMagnetism: The Elemental Power of Magnetic ForceMagnetism was the elemental power over magnetic force in the Matoran Universe, carried by Fa-Matoran, Toa of Magnetism such as Jovan, and the Bohrok-Kal Gahlok-Kal. who led the team that healed 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. before the Great DisruptionThe Great Disruption: the Matoran civil war that nearly killed the Great SpiritRoughly 79,500 years before the Toa Mata awoke, the Matoran of Metru Nui spent four hundred years fighting each other over barge schedules, and the Great Spirit began to fail.. The weapon-weakening spheres allowed his team to neutralise hostile equipment without lethal engagement, a tactical pattern that suited the Toa CodeThe Toa CodeThe Toa Code was the strict moral law that bound the Toa across the Matoran Universe, anchored on the prohibition against killing and enforced by the loss of the title for those who broke it. discipline of restraint that the order's later doctrine would formalise.

Modern Zamor LaunchersZamor 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. of the type used in the 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. period were first invented by the Nynrah GhostsNynrah GhostsThe Nynrah Ghosts were Fe-Matoran weapons engineers from the island of Nynrah whose sabotage of Brotherhood war machines led to their near extinction., the Fe-MatoranFe-MatoranIron-aligned Matoran known for exceptional endurance. The only confirmed member, Zaria, became a Toa of Iron. crafters of the island of NynrahNynrahNynrah was the southern Matoran Universe island whose Fe-Matoran population produced the tool-making craft tradition that gave rise to the Nynrah Ghosts., approximately three thousand years before the campaign. The Ghosts were the same crafters who had produced the Exo-ToaExo-ToaToa-sized powered armor originally produced by the Brotherhood of Makuta, worn briefly by the Toa Mata and later deployed as autonomous enforcers. for the Brotherhood of MakutaThe Brotherhood of MakutaAn organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to police his universe and build Rahi, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit. and a number of other advanced weapons across the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.. The launcher prototypes did not remain in NynrahNynrahNynrah was the southern Matoran Universe island whose Fe-Matoran population produced the tool-making craft tradition that gave rise to the Nynrah Ghosts. for long. NidhikiNidhikiOnce a guardian of Metru Nui, Nidhiki traded his Toa honor for Dark Hunter gold and paid the price. and KrekkaKrekkaA brutish but ineffective Dark Hunter with no powers or masks, Krekka was outmatched from his first moments in Metru Nui., operating for the Dark HuntersThe Dark HuntersA mercenary organization founded on Odina by The Shadowed One and Ancient, contracted across the Matoran Universe for assassination and theft, and ultimately reduced to a battered remnant by the fall of the universe itself. at some point before NidhikiNidhikiOnce a guardian of Metru Nui, Nidhiki traded his Toa honor for Dark Hunter gold and paid the price.'s mutation into his insectoid form, stole the prototypes from NynrahNynrahNynrah was the southern Matoran Universe island whose Fe-Matoran population produced the tool-making craft tradition that gave rise to the Nynrah Ghosts. and destroyed the production machinery so that the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. could not make replacements quickly. The Dark Hunter operation produced the Zamor LauncherZamor 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.'s first dispersal across the wider universe.

The Voya Nui supply chain#

The 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. campaign was the most extensively documented period of ZamorZamor 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. use. The PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui., a team of six SkakdiSkakdiA brutish warrior species from Zakaz whose pair-dependent elemental powers and moral void made them one of Bionicle's few irredeemable factions. who had separated themselves from the Dark HuntersThe Dark HuntersA mercenary organization founded on Odina by The Shadowed One and Ancient, contracted across the Matoran Universe for assassination and theft, and ultimately reduced to a battered remnant by the fall of the universe itself. and called themselves by the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. word for thieves and murderers, stole their launchers from XiaXiaA hostile island southeast of Metru Nui, home to the Vortixx and their brutal mercenary culture. before the campaign began. Their leader ZaktanZaktanMutated Skakdi leader of the Piraka, formerly a Dark Hunter whose body was dissolved into a colony of Protodites by the Shadowed One and reformed with its consciousness intact. built a vat to collect a virus called AntidermisAntidermisAntidermis was the physical substance that composed every Makuta, a revelation that fundamentally altered how fans understood the brotherhood's origin., which he gradually came to understand was the gaseous essence of TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. himself, distilled from the destroyed remains of the MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate.'s armour in MangaiaMangaiaThe hidden stronghold of Teridax beneath the island of Mata Nui, containing Energized Protodermis and connected to the Bohrok Nest.. ZaktanZaktanMutated Skakdi leader of the Piraka, formerly a Dark Hunter whose body was dissolved into a colony of Protodites by the Shadowed One and reformed with its consciousness intact. was the only PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui. able to approach the vat without becoming nauseated or weakened, and he was therefore the only one able to fill the spheres with AntidermisAntidermisAntidermis was the physical substance that composed every Makuta, a revelation that fundamentally altered how fans understood the brotherhood's origin. for the rest of the team to use.

The PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui.'s AntidermisAntidermisAntidermis was the physical substance that composed every Makuta, a revelation that fundamentally altered how fans understood the brotherhood's origin.-loaded spheres were a greenish-black, and their effect on MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. was complete enslavement. MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. struck by the spheres became mindless slaves to the PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui., losing their own will and becoming entirely dependent on the orders given to them, even to the point of death. The campaign proceeded by testing the sphere on a single 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. called DezalkDezalkDezalk is a red and black Matoran of Fire who resides on Spherus Magna and wears a powerless Huna. As a Matoran, Dezalk's elemental affinity for Fire remains inactive., then attacking the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. village at night and firing the spheres at all of the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. gathered there. Only the six MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. of the Voya Nui Resistance TeamVoya 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. escaped the fate. The rest of the population was put to work labouring at the sides of Mount ValmaiMount ValmaiA roiling volcano on Voya Nui that guarded the Ignika and tested three desperate expeditions seeking the Mask of Life.. The same spheres also affected 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. when used on him, making him stronger and more aggressive after he absorbed the virus.

The resistance reversed the supply chain. The six MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. who had escaped the enslavement managed to steal one of the PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui.'s launchers, and the group's inventor VelikaVelikaVelika is a Great Being who disguised himself as a Po-Matoran on Mata Nui, wearing a powerless Komau and bearing an affinity for Stone. Colored in golden brown, grey, and orange, he worked as an inventor and carried Power Carvers as his tools. He was last known to be located on Bota Magna. studied it and built a set of his own launchers from the design. The new launchers were given to the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body.'s new allies, the Toa InikaToa InikaSix former Matoran who entered Karzahni broken and emerged as the next Toa team, transformed on the shore of Voya Nui by a lightning strike from the red star., and the design was upgraded in the process. The InikaToa InikaSix former Matoran who entered Karzahni broken and emerged as the next Toa team, transformed on the shore of Voya Nui by a lightning strike from the red star. launchers could hold four spheres rather than one. VelikaVelikaVelika is a Great Being who disguised himself as a Po-Matoran on Mata Nui, wearing a powerless Komau and bearing an affinity for Stone. Colored in golden brown, grey, and orange, he worked as an inventor and carried Power Carvers as his tools. He was last known to be located on Bota Magna. also located 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. pool that the InikaToa InikaSix former Matoran who entered Karzahni broken and emerged as the next Toa team, transformed on the shore of Voya Nui by a lightning strike from the red star. used to fill their spheres, and the substance worked as a cure to the AntidermisAntidermisAntidermis was the physical substance that composed every Makuta, a revelation that fundamentally altered how fans understood the brotherhood's origin. virus for the infected MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body.. The colour of the spheres varied with the user: 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. and HahliHahliA Ga-Matoran scholar who rose to become Chronicler of Mata Nui, then Toa Inika, then Toa Mahri of Water during the final crises of the Matoran Universe. used shades of light green, HewkiiHewkiiHewkii rose from Po-Metru carver to Mata Nui's foremost kolhii player, then served as Toa Inika and Toa Mahri through the late wars of the universe. and NuparuNuparuAn Onu-Matoran engineer from Metru Nui who built the Boxor and rose to become a Toa of Earth despite no warrior destiny. used shades of yellow-orange, and 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. and 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. used shades of blue.

The 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. power siphon#

A second sphere type entered the campaign through HakannHakannThe Skakdi bully known for pure aggression, from Dark Hunter mercenary to Piraka thief driven by violence and power.'s pursuit of 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.'s power. The sphere was derived from VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui.'s abilities and produced a power-siphon effect: it transferred the target's power to the firing operator. HakannHakannThe Skakdi bully known for pure aggression, from Dark Hunter mercenary to Piraka thief driven by violence and power. used the sphere on 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., with ThokThok (the Drifter)The Piraka's cowardly thief learned that ice guns and dirty tactics can't save you from Toa with elemental fury. reaching the firing line in time to share in the siphoned power. The two PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui. gained a sudden and substantial elemental advantage and used it to knock both their allies and enemies aside. The siphon sphere was blue.

A gold-coloured counter-sphere appeared shortly afterwards. The Toa InikaToa InikaSix former Matoran who entered Karzahni broken and emerged as the next Toa team, transformed on the shore of Voya Nui by a lightning strike from the red star., battling the two empowered PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui., used a gold sphere supplied by 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. to reverse the siphon. HewkiiHewkiiHewkii rose from Po-Metru carver to Mata Nui's foremost kolhii player, then served as Toa Inika and Toa Mahri through the late wars of the universe. fired the sphere, and the effect returned the stolen power to 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., reducing HakannHakannThe Skakdi bully known for pure aggression, from Dark Hunter mercenary to Piraka thief driven by violence and power. and ThokThok (the Drifter)The Piraka's cowardly thief learned that ice guns and dirty tactics can't save you from Toa with elemental fury. to their normal capability. The two spheres demonstrated that the same delivery system could be loaded with directly opposed effects, and that the campaign's tactical balance could swing on which side held the right sphere at the right moment.

The Ignika chambers#

The chambers protecting the Kanohi 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. introduced further ZamorZamor 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. variants in the hands of the chambers' guardians. IrnakkIrnakkIrnakk was a Skakdi myth that gained temporary existence in the Zone of Nightmares, manifesting to confront the Piraka on their path to the Ignika., the SkakdiSkakdiA brutish warrior species from Zakaz whose pair-dependent elemental powers and moral void made them one of Bionicle's few irredeemable factions. myth made real in the Zone of Nightmares, possessed a Zamor LauncherZamor 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. mounted with SkakdiSkakdiA brutish warrior species from Zakaz whose pair-dependent elemental powers and moral void made them one of Bionicle's few irredeemable factions. skulls. His spheres made the target's worst fears appear real, capable of killing the target from fright if the target could not master the fear. The spheres affected the PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui. directly: HakannHakannThe Skakdi bully known for pure aggression, from Dark Hunter mercenary to Piraka thief driven by violence and power.'s armour melted, ZaktanZaktanMutated Skakdi leader of the Piraka, formerly a Dark Hunter whose body was dissolved into a colony of Protodites by the Shadowed One and reformed with its consciousness intact. became a mere thought, AvakAvakA Skakdi thief whose perfect prisons made him invaluable to the Piraka's Mask of Life heist. was trapped in a prison consisting of his own body, ThokThok (the Drifter)The Piraka's cowardly thief learned that ice guns and dirty tactics can't save you from Toa with elemental fury. was attacked by his own animated creations, and ReidakReidakA sadistic Skakdi thug who traded the Dark Hunters for the Piraka and paid the price. and VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui. were stuck in a never-ending battle. ZaktanZaktanMutated Skakdi leader of the Piraka, formerly a Dark Hunter whose body was dissolved into a colony of Protodites by the Shadowed One and reformed with its consciousness intact. eventually defeated IrnakkIrnakkIrnakk was a Skakdi myth that gained temporary existence in the Zone of Nightmares, manifesting to confront the Piraka on their path to the Ignika. by causing the being itself to fear death.

A further variant appeared in the ProtodaxProtodaxTrillions of times enlarged Protodites who served as the Ignika's unwilling sentinels on Voya Nui, armed with Zamor Launchers. chamber. The guardian ProtodaxProtodaxTrillions of times enlarged Protodites who served as the Ignika's unwilling sentinels on Voya Nui, armed with Zamor Launchers., an enlarged ProtoditeProtoditeViolent microscopic Rahi native to the Matoran Universe, escaped from the Archives, prey of the Archives Moles, raw material for the Protodax, and the biological substrate of the Piraka leader Zaktan. of unusual size and intelligence, carried a Zamor LauncherZamor 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. which fired spheres that shrank a target permanently to the size of a ProtoditeProtoditeViolent microscopic Rahi native to the Matoran Universe, escaped from the Archives, prey of the Archives Moles, raw material for the Protodax, and the biological substrate of the Piraka leader Zaktan.. The sphere had been acquired by the ProtodaxProtodaxTrillions of times enlarged Protodites who served as the Ignika's unwilling sentinels on Voya Nui, armed with Zamor Launchers. from a previous launcher-carrying entity who had attempted to take 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 shrinking sphere was a near-irreversible effect, distinct from the temporary or curable conditions delivered by the campaign's other sphere types.

The final sphere of the campaign was the stasis sphere 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. gave to 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.. In the chamber against the Kardas DragonKardas DragonThe winged Rahi dragon constructed by the Mask of Life in a lava river beneath the Chamber of Life when the spider form failed against the Toa Inika., with VezonVezonHe started as a weapon misfire and a throwaway joke, and the canon spent four years quietly turning him into its most useful expendable asset. holding 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., 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. fired the sphere and froze both VezonVezonHe started as a weapon misfire and a throwaway joke, and the canon spent four years quietly turning him into its most useful expendable asset. and KardasKardas DragonThe winged Rahi dragon constructed by the Mask of Life in a lava river beneath the Chamber of Life when the spider form failed against the Toa Inika. in time and space. 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. recovered the Mask of LifeThe 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. from the frozen VezonVezonHe started as a weapon misfire and a throwaway joke, and the canon spent four years quietly turning him into its most useful expendable asset.. The stasis effect won the chamber engagement and secured the artifact that drove the rest of the campaign.

The wider catalogue#

Beyond the spheres deployed in the campaign itself, the record names several further variants of ZamorZamor 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. effects with operational histories that vary in their level of documentation. A silver sphere bound the target to the nearest living being with an energy chain. A black sphere marked the target so that it could be tracked anywhere it went through an energy pulse. Together with the cures, viruses, fears, shrinking spheres, stasis fields, and power siphons of the campaign, the catalogue established the ZamorZamor 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. system as one of the most flexible delivery mechanisms in the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control..

The final accounting on 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. was that the PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui. had used the spheres to enslave the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. population and lost the campaign because the same delivery system, in the hands of a MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. inventor and a team of new 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., was capable of curing what the spheres had inflicted. The technology was neutral and the loaded substance was decisive. The Zamor SpheresZamor 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. themselves outlived the campaign as ammunition for later Order weapons, but the 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. period remained the period in which the system's full operational range was demonstrated.