Kualus

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"Click-click... Wheet... Click... Wheet-wheet."
— Kualus talking to birds, Challenge of the Hordika

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Kualus
Hagah
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Toa Title Toa Hagah of Ice
Mask Mask of Rahi Control
Tools Sub-Zero Spear, Rhotuka Launching Shield
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Rahaga
Tools Rahaga Staff, Rhotuka
Status Alive, transformed back into a Toa Hagah; underneath the Coliseum
Pronunciation KOO-ahl-luss
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Kualus is the Toa Hagah of Ice. He was formerly one of the six Rahaga.

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[carve] Biography

[carve] Toa

Very little is known of Kualus's life before his recruitment into the Toa Hagah. What has been confirmed, however, was that he was active as a Toa for quite some time beforehand, operating as a member of another Toa team. When the Brotherhood of Makuta decided that Makuta Teridax needed Toa bodyguards, Kualus was selected as representative Toa of Ice. He was endowed with metallic armor to indicate his status as an elite Toa and his former teammates presented him with his current Kanohi as a badge of honor.

[carve] Toa Hagah

Kualus's new Toa team performed this task well, protecting Teridax from everyday threats like Rahi intrusions. Upon team leader Norik's discovery that the Brotherhood had stolen the Avohkii Mask of Light to further the Plan for universe domination, the Toa Hagah raided the Brotherhood's fortress on the island of Destral. During the raid, four Toa Hagah, including Kualus, were captured and subsequently mutated by Roodaka into shrunken creatures with the heads of Rahkshi. They were eventually rescued by the two remaining Toa Hagah, Norik and Iruini, who were also mutated during the rescue mission.

Kualus and Bomonga in Web of Shadows.
Kualus and Bomonga in Web of Shadows.

[carve] Rahaga

Kualus joined Norik in rallying the Rahaga, who were grief-stricken over their repulsive new forms. Working together, the Rahaga proceeded to sabotage the operations of the Brotherhood's Visorak army in various locations around the Matoran universe. Finally, about 1,050 years before the time of the Toa Nuva, their efforts took them to Metru Nui. From their hiding place in the Onu-Metru Archives, they watched Teridax, their former employer and old enemy, conquer the city. They witnessed the valiant struggle of six novice Toa Metru that led to Teridax's defeat and imprisonment. And then they noted, horror-stricken, that the Toa subsequently left the dead city, rendering it defenseless against the onslaught of the Visorak. By the time the Toa Metru returned, the Visorak had largely conquered the city. The Rahaga mobilized, but were unable to stop the Visorak from adding the Toa Metru to their list of trophies.

The Rahaga rescued the newly-formed Toa Hordika from certain death, educated them about their new abilities and tools, warned them of the threat of the Visorak, and aided them in their quest to rescue the Matoran. Kualus accompanied Toa Hordika Nuju, whom he frequently annoyed by persistently wasting time speaking to Rahi in their native language. During their adventures, Kualus once found himself hanging from a Chute with one hand while beating back oncoming Visorak with his staff. After being rescued by Nuju, Kualus summoned a huge swarm of Ice Bats to distract the Visorak. He also called in a pair of Gukko, and was possibly one of the first to ever ride those gigantic birds.

Kualus participated in the capture of the Tower of Toa. Later, Kualus unsuccessfully attempted to prevent Nuju from being lured into an Oohnorak trap. As they made their escape through the Archives, Kualus explained the Rahaga's plan to Nuju. Shortly afterward, the pair was ambushed by a Kahgarak, blown through a wall, reunited with Toa Hordika Whenua and Rahaga Bomonga, and buried alive in an avalanche caused by Whenua. While unconscious, Kualus dreamed of Toa Hagah Norik and Iruini's final, desperate rescue mission.

Along with four other Rahaga, Kualus was captured by Toa Hordika Vakama. During the Battle of Metru Nui, the five were rescued by Norik, and all six participated in the final struggle. After the Toa Metru left Metru Nui with the Matoran, Kualus and the other Rahaga stayed in Metru Nui with Turaga Dume to help rebuild the city. They frequently left to aid other islands that had been ravaged by the Visorak, but returned momentairly to Metru Nui to welcome the Matoran, Turaga, and Toa Nuva when they returned.

Later, the Rahaga went to the island of Xia to deal with a battle between the Kanohi Dragon and a Tahtorak. When they arrived, the Toa Nuva, who we already on the island, had captured Roodaka and forced her to transform the Rahaga back into their Toa Hagah forms.

[carve] Hunt for Teridax

After they were transformed back into Toa Hagah, Kualus waited for Norik to slow the Kanohi Dragon down before he finished it off with an Ice attack. After hearing of Gaaki's vision, Kualus communicated with a nearby Smoke Hawk to check the horizon, and when the bird Rahi reported back that Dark Hunter ships were coming, Iruini rashly teleported onto one of the approaching ships.

Kualus was then teleported to the ship himself, along with the other remaining Toa Hagah, by a tall, gold-colored being. Once there, Toa Helryx introduced herself as the leader of the Order of Mata Nui, and tasked the Toa with hunting down Makuta Teridax. Though they disagreed at first, they eventually accepted the mission, and with Zaktan as their guide, being to depart. However, Gaaki then experienced another vision from her Mask of Clairvoyance, stating that the place they were going was one of death and that one of them would not return. The Hagah later traveled to Metru Nui, as Zaktan had instructed them to destroy the Coliseum, where they hoped to find Teridax. They clashed with the Toa Mahri, who attempted to defend the structure, until Kualus used his Mask of Rahi Control to summon a beast from the Archives to help Bomonga defeat Nuparu. He later lost control of the beast after Toa Hahli attacked him, and the Toa were forced to unite to protect the city. Kualus and his teammates convinced to Mahri to ally with their cause, and eventually journeyed underneath the Coliseum after helping to lift it with his Ice powers, sealing their trail behind.

[carve] Dark Mirror

In the Toa Empire Pocket Dimension, Toa Kualus, along with Bomonga, served as the escorts of Matoran Jaller, who retrieved the Vahi from Artakha. On the journey back to Metru Nui, the company was intercepted by Toa Takanuva, who managed to convince the pair that he was a Toa sent by Tuyet to protect them from somebody who was attempting to steal the Vahi. However, the pair saw through his lie after questioning about who was attempting to steal the Vahi, to which Takanuva responded Brutaka, who had been killed by Bomonga in the dimension.

A short time later, Bomonga and Kualus attempted to kill Takanuva, only to be blown away by Toa Lesovikk's wind power.

[carve] Abilities and Traits

As a Toa of Ice, Kualus can create, control, and absorb ice. This also gives him the ability to create snowstorms, to travel via ice bridges and more. These abilities were lost when he was turned into a Rahaga, but he has since regained his powers.

Sickened by his change into Rahaga, but determined all the same, Kualus worked to save flying Rahi. He can communicate with them via the language of the flyers, a complex language of clicks, whistles, and occasional toots, with other sounds thrown into his sentences. He can play his staff like a flute and uses it to summon flying Rahi or communicate danger to them.

[carve] Tools

As a Toa Hagah, Kualus carries a Sub-Zero Spear, a Rhotuka Launching Shield, and wears the Mask of Rahi Control, which allows him to control multiple animals at once. While a Rahaga, Kualus could use his staff to summon flying creatures or warn them of danger by blowing through it and playing it like a flute. He also had a boomerang Rhotuka spinner, which attached to a Rahi and then brought back to him.

[carve] Set Information

The Rahaga Kualus set.
The Rahaga Kualus set.

Kualus was released as a small set as a Rahaga in 2005, containing 28 pieces. Among these was a white Rhotuka spinner. He was one of the four Rahaga which were not released as Toa Hagah.

[carve] Quotes

"Everyone respects what they fear, and they can't help but look up to us when we always look down on them."
— Kualus, Dark Mirror
"And we don't take requests from anybody wearing a mask [...] Do we?"
— Kualus, Dwellers In Darkness

[carve] Trivia

  • In Dark Mirror, Kualus never received metallic armor to differentiate him as an elite Toa Hagah because the concept of Hagah did not exist in the Toa Empire Pocket Dimension. As such, he wore white armor and a white Kanohi, customary to Toa of Ice.
  • Kualus was the one responsible for teaching Nuju how to speak the language of the flying Rahi.

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