Karzahni (Plant)
From BIONICLEsector01, working on 1,438 articles.
| This article is about the plant. You may be looking for the location or the being. |
Parent Page: Characters
| Karzahni (Plant) | |
| |
| Villains | |
| Primary Group | None |
| Tools | Vines |
| Status | Deceased |
| Pronunciation | KARR-zah-NEE |
| BZPower page | |
The Karzahni was a prototype Morbuzakh created by Teridax to wreak destruction on Metru Nui, but was abandoned by its creator because it was too powerful.
[carve] Biography
Karzahni was created by Teridax a short time before his attempted takeover of the city. Teridax named him after Karzahni because he thought it would be amusing to have his creation be known by the name of one of the most feared and hated creatures in Matoran mythology. Teridax's Plan was to have Karzahni cut off the Matoran from the coast of Metru Nui, so that they could not escape to other lands when he took over. However, it soon became clear that Karzahni was too intelligent for Teridax’s purposes; he would not have settled for merely being a part of Teridax’s Plan, he would have wished to have ruled, and furthermore the plant had few weaknesses that Teridax could exploit if need be – almost none, in fact. So Teridax abandoned Karzahni, and instead created the Morbuzakh, which was more obedient, less powerful, and somewhat less intelligent and ambitious. Like the rest of Teridax’s experiments, the Karzahni had a ‘time limit’ – eventually, it would die. So Karzahni came to hate Teridax with a passion, and looked for any chance to kill him.
At some point, a member of the Order of Mata Nui came too close to Karzahni’s tunnels. The plant trapped him, tortured him, and, when the member had told Karzahni everything he knew, killed him. A while later, the six Toa Metru entered the labyrinth underneath Mata Nui. The Karzahni watched their fight with the Rahi Nui and Nokama being wounded by it. It later captured them as they were going down a tunnel, also capturing the serpent that was following them. It then proposed a deal: they would get some Energized Protodermis from one of Teridax’s many lairs, and it would give Nokama a cure for the Rahi Nui’s poison. With the protodermis, it would become powerful, and be able to defeat Teridax. It gave Nokama a temporary cure for the poison, and allowed the Toa to go free. When they returned, Nuju revealed that he had worked things out; the Karzahni didn’t want the protodermis to become powerful, it wanted it so that it could beat the ‘expiration date’ that Teridax had bred into it. The Karzahni took the Energized Protodermis in exchange for a permanent cure for Nokama. It used the substance but was not destined to change. Before it died, it told the Toa Metru that they must kill Teridax.
Later, when the Toa built the Lhikan II, they made it float using sealed-up logs sliced from Karzahni’s main root. They did not notice a green shoot growing from one of the logs. During the trip across the Silver Sea, the protodermis revived the shoot, and when the Lhikan II crashed in Metru Nui the shoot took root and grew into a new Karzahni, complete with the personality and memories of the old one. It briefly (and grudgingly) aided Teridax by appearing as the Morbuzakh to make his illusion seem more real. It then caught Vakama and saved him from his fall when his launcher was destroyed by The Shadowed One, and told Vakama of Mata Nui's conspiracy against Teridax to make him choose Vakama and the rest of his team as Toa. It was then killed when Teridax encased his main root in a shell of darkness.
[carve] Abilities and Traits
Karzahni was very similar to the Morbuzakh, except that instead of vines it consisted mainly of a form of moss. Karzahni was physically much stronger than the Morbuzakh; it did not feed off of fire and so had no weakness against cold or ice, still being able to move and function even when frozen. Karzahni also claimed to have the ability to cure most effects caused by many of Teridax’s creations, though it only demonstrated the ability to cure the Rahi Nui’s poison.
[carve] Appearances
- BIONICLE Adventures 6: Maze of Shadows
- BIONICLE Adventures 10: Time Trap
- BIONICLE Encyclopedia (Mentioned Only)
- BIONICLE Encyclopedia: Updated (Mentioned Only)
- BIONICLE: Maze of Shadows (Non-canonical Appearance)
| Brotherhood of Makuta |
|---|
| Leader |
| Present: Teridax Former: Miserix |
| Members |
| Deceased: Antroz | Bitil | Chirox | Gorast | Icarax | Kojol | Krika | Mutran | Spiriah | Tridax | Vamprah |
| Minions |
| Present: Colony Drones | Exo-Toa | Gate Guardian | Kraata (Shadow Leeches) Mana Ko | Manas | Rahkshi | Venom Flyers | Visorak | Vultraz | Zivon Former: Ahkmou | Brutaka | Fohrok | Karzahni (Deceased) | Kraata-Kal | Maxilos |
| Navigation |
|---|
| BIONICLEsector01 | Characters | Locations | Rahi | Society | Objects | Collectibles | Expanded Universe BZPower | BIONICLE | Sandbox | Tutorial | Timeline | Saga Guides | Transportation | Sources |
