Zivon

The Zivon was an immense RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. created by 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. that lived not in the physical world but in the Zone of DarknessZone of DarknessThe Zone of Darkness was a lightless pocket dimension accessed through Kahgarak Rhotuka and the Kanohi Olmak, used as a banishment realm., the dimension reachable only through the dark RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. spinner of a KahgarakKahgarakThe elite Visorak breed that could cloak enemies in living shadow.. When a VisorakVisorak (Rahi)Spider-like Rahi employed by the Brotherhood of Makuta whose name meant 'Stealers of Life' and whose swarms threatened the Matoran Universe. horde faced an enemy too stubborn to subdue by ordinary means, a Kahgarak could open a portal and call the beast forth to feed on whatever stood in its way.

A beast from another dimension#

The Zivon did not roam the physical world. It existed within the Zone of DarknessZone of DarknessThe Zone of Darkness was a lightless pocket dimension accessed through Kahgarak Rhotuka and the Kanohi Olmak, used as a banishment realm., the lightless pocket dimension into which a KahgarakKahgarakThe elite Visorak breed that could cloak enemies in living shadow.'s Dark Field RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. spinner could banish a victim. The same spinner that exiled an enemy to that realm could be used to open a passage the other way, and through it the VisorakVisorak (Rahi)Spider-like Rahi employed by the Brotherhood of Makuta whose name meant 'Stealers of Life' and whose swarms threatened the Matoran Universe. could call the Zivon into a battle. To an outside observer the creature seemed to materialise out of the shadows themselves.

The beast was the work of 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., the same organisation that bred and directed the VisorakVisorakSpider-like Rahi created by Makuta Chirox, conquered for the Brotherhood by Gorast, broken at Metru Nui, and ultimately destroyed in a volcanic eruption on Artidax. hordes. The Zivon's loyalty ran only to the spiderlike VisorakVisorakSpider-like Rahi created by Makuta Chirox, conquered for the Brotherhood by Gorast, broken at Metru Nui, and ultimately destroyed in a volcanic eruption on Artidax. it had been made to guard. It fought to protect its prey rather than out of any wider strategy, and once a battle was decided it would turn on the horde and devour most of it as a kind of victory feast, a habit it had indulged more than once.

Powers and traits#

The Zivon stood roughly forty feet tall and was, by the account of the RahagaToa Hagah and RahagaThe Toa Hagah were appointed to guard Makuta Teridax, mutated into hybrid warriors, and mysteriously restored. NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored., all but impossible to stop. It could be thrown the length of a metru, buried under a collapsing building, or driven head first into the ground and simply rise and come on again. Smoke and flame could sometimes slow it, but never put it down. The only reliable way to remove a Zivon from a fight was to see it banished back to the Zone of DarknessZone of DarknessThe Zone of Darkness was a lightless pocket dimension accessed through Kahgarak Rhotuka and the Kanohi Olmak, used as a banishment realm. by a KahgarakKahgarakThe elite Visorak breed that could cloak enemies in living shadow..

Its armament was varied. Its RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. spinners could strike a foe blind, deaf, mute, or numb. Its stinger was strong enough to penetrate the armor of a TahtorakTahtorakMassive, articulate Rahi that turned against their Skakdi riders and nearly wiped out an entire civilization., one of the largest RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. known. From its legs it could spray webbing to entangle an opponent and hold it fast. Taken together, these traits made the appearance of a Zivon, in NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored.'s judgement, a clear signal that it was time to be somewhere else.

The battle of Metru Nui#

The only known specimen of Zivon was summoned to the ruined city of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. by SidorakSidorakHe took credit for someone else's idea, called it leadership, and spent his whole reign as the Visorak's king certain he could not be out-played., king of the Visorak horde, shortly after the Great CataclysmThe Great CataclysmThe day Makuta Teridax put the Great Spirit to sleep, the Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky, Metru Nui flooded, and Voya Nui tore loose from the Southern Continent.. SidorakSidorakHe took credit for someone else's idea, called it leadership, and spent his whole reign as the Visorak's king certain he could not be out-played. called the beast forth during an assault on one of the horde's outpost towers in an effort to destroy the Toa HordikaToa HordikaToa mutated by Visorak venom into bestial hybrids, forced to fight their primal nature and hunt for a cure. once and for all. The summoning came at a moment when the tide of the wider fight was already turning against him.

The Zivon's arrival was answered by two other giants. A TahtorakTahtorakMassive, articulate Rahi that turned against their Skakdi riders and nearly wiped out an entire civilization. and the shapeshifting RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. KrahkaKrahkaKrahka is a Rahi affiliated with various groups and known to have worn various Kanohi; only one of her kind remains., both allied with the Toa Hordika and the RahagaToa Hagah and RahagaThe Toa Hagah were appointed to guard Makuta Teridax, mutated into hybrid warriors, and mysteriously restored., met the beast in combat. As the three giants struggled, a KahgarakKahgarakThe elite Visorak breed that could cloak enemies in living shadow. loosed a RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user''s nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. spinner at the Tahtorak. Krahka saw the spinner coming and threw herself into the Zivon, forcing all three creatures into physical contact at the instant the spinner struck. The result was that the Zivon, Krahka, and the Tahtorak were all dragged together into the Zone of DarknessZone of DarknessThe Zone of Darkness was a lightless pocket dimension accessed through Kahgarak Rhotuka and the Kanohi Olmak, used as a banishment realm.. With the beast gone and the rest of the horde collapsing, the Toa HordikaToa HordikaToa mutated by Visorak venom into bestial hybrids, forced to fight their primal nature and hunt for a cure. took the tower and turned it to their own use. The Zivon remained trapped in the dark dimension from which it had been called.