Mata Nui (Location)

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"Matoran thrived amid the lush jungles, sparkling rivers, snowcapped peaks, and vast, barren plains."
— Helryx, BIONICLE World

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Mata Nui (Location)

Location Category: Destroyed

Mata Nui, before the Bohrok cleansed it

Location Info
Residents None, Formerly the Matoran of Metru Nui
Population Formerly 1,000 Matoran
Position Above Metru Nui
Pronunciation MAH-tah NOO-ee

Mata Nui was a large island, measuring 357 kio (303.75 miles / 486 Km) in length and 178 kio (151.3 miles / 285 Km) wide, located in the center of an Endless Ocean. It was the "roof" of the dome that houses Metru Nui, and Mata Nui was directly above the City of Legends. It was made up of six different Wahi, along with the Kumu Islets, which were never colonized and don't truly belong to any Wahi. Mata Nui became the home of the Matoran of Metru Nui after the city was damaged, although they have since returned to their former homeland.

When the Matoran departed, the island was believed to be inhabited only by Rahi. Following the reawakening of the Bahrag and the Bohrok swarms, the island was cleansed and reverted back to its former barren state. After the awakening of Mata Nui, it was destroyed and fell into the ocean.

Mata Nui was named after the Great Spirit Mata Nui by Vakama when he was still a Toa.

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[carve] The Land

[carve] History

Mata Nui as represented in the Comics.
Mata Nui as represented in the Comics.
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The island of Mata Nui was created by the Great Spirt's camouflage system, which creates an island to cover his face while he observed planets. After the island is made, Energized Protodermis is released onto the surface and creates plants based on the native flora. The purpose of the Bohrok swarms was to cleanse the island of plant life and weaken the soil when Mata Nui was ready to move on, which allowed the Great Spirit to break through the island.

During the Great Cataclysm, the Great Spirit fell from space and crashed on his back onto the planet. This damaged his camouflage system and activated it, creating the island and leaking Energized Protodermis onto the surface. One of Mata Nui's other purposes was to be the landing spot for the Toa Mata, instead of a possibly more dangerous direct-assault on the dome of Metru Nui. They would have used Kini-Nui to get to Metru Nui, instead.

Following the Great Cataclysm, the Toa Metru landed on the shore of the future Naho Bay. They scouted out the land to find areas for the Matoran of Metru Nui to live, and each chose their Wahi and village locations for their own reasons, with security in mind. Vakama had a vision of them one day losing their powers, and in response, they created six Toa Stones and chose locations to hide them. After they returned from the Great Rescue, they hid the Avohkii in the Mangai Volcano.

They named several of the Landmarks after the Toa that helped Metru Nui, such as Naho Bay, and the Mangai Volcano, or respected figures, such as Mount Ihu, or common mythos such as the Tren Krom Break.

For one thousand years afterwards, the island was plagued by Rahi attacks. These Rahi were controlled by Teridax and his Infected Kanohi. Once the Toa Mata arrived, they put an end to the attacks by confronting and defeating Teridax. However, he unleashed the Bohrok immediately afterwards, and the island was ravaged by their attempts to level it of everything that had come as a result of the Great Cataclysm. However, after the defeat of the Bahrag, Queens of the Bohrok, the Bohrok were reprogrammed and made to begin rebuilding the island.

When Takua found the Avohkii the island was once again badly damaged by the Rahkshi while they were searching for it. The villages Ta-Koro and Onu-Koro were destroyed in the process. After Takanuva defeated Teridax and rediscovered Metru Nui, the Matoran left the island of Mata Nui.

The island of Mata Nui in its barren state.
The island of Mata Nui in its barren state.

The Toa Nuva later returned to Mata Nui to awaken the Bohrok swarms once more, as per their mission. When Gali Nuva later went back to look through the Great Telescope, she found that all of Mata Nui had been destroyed, save for the telescope itself. Though she did not see it, the foundations of the Kini-Nui also remain intact, for all things constructed by the Great Beings the Bohrok did not destroy.

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When the Great Sprit Mata Nui finally awoke, the Great Spirit's face penetrated the island, which was covering the face of the being, destroying the island in the process. The reason for this, and why the Bohrok had to perform their task, was because it was a malfunction in Mata Nui's camouflage system, triggering itself accidentally due to Teridax's attack.

[carve] The Kingdom

In "The Kingdom" Pocket Dimension, Matoro hesitated on the decision to revive Mata Nui, thus the core was sealed off and Mata Nui remained dead. As a result, the entire Matoran Universe migrated to Mata Nui except the Zyglak and Makuta. The Makuta attempted to migrate, but were forced back by the Toa and the Order of Mata Nui. Here, the Toa helped stabilize the land to prevent collapse, and extended the amount of land in order to house all its residents, and warded the ground so that if the Makuta dug through to the Kingdom, the residents would know about the action. The residents live in unexpected harmony, with different species working alongside each other without conflict. The Dark Hunters became the law enforcers, and Takanuva surrendered his Toa Power and created a new generation of Toa while formed a ruling council to oversee the Kingdom.

There was a diverse array of architecture around the island, ranging from simple huts to rebuilt landmarks such as the Coliseum and the Great Furnace.

[carve] Landscape

The former landscape of Le-Wahi.
The former landscape of Le-Wahi.

After the Energized Protodermis leak, Mata Nui's landscape was greatly changed. The landscape of the island during the protodermis leak was tropical, and was split into 6 different regions with Kini-Nui located at the center.

[carve] Ta-Wahi

The region of Fire, and the location of the now destroyed Ta-Koro.

[carve] Ga-Wahi

The region of Water, and the location of the now destroyed Ga-Koro.

[carve] Ko-Wahi

The region of Ice, and the location of the now destroyed Ko-Koro.

[carve] Po-Wahi

The region of Stone, and the location of the now destroyed Po-Koro.

[carve] Onu-Wahi

The region of Earth, and the location of the now destroyed Onu-Koro.

[carve] Le-Wahi

The region of Air and where the flora grew most densely, also the location of the now destroyed Le-Koro.

All of the plants were destroyed by the Bohrok.

An in-depth map of Mata Nui
An in-depth map of Mata Nui

[carve] Other Locations

[carve] Major Landmarks
[carve] Major Landforms

[carve] The Inhabitants

Mata Nui from an aerial perspective.
Mata Nui from an aerial perspective.

[carve] Matoran

The Matoran were the primary residents on Mata Nui before they returned to Metru Nui, the Matoran here was smaller then they would have been on Metru Nui. (Due to the effects of the Matoran Spheres) The Matoran are slightly round in shape, unlike the box forms seen on Metru Nui.

[carve] Rahi

Many types of Rahi resided on Mata Nui, many of which came from Metru Nui. Mata Nui was also the home to Organic Rahi, when the Toa Metru first arrived, Whenua noted organic birds in the skies overhead. Absolutely no species are native to Mata Nui. All Rahi and Matoran migrated to Mata Nui from mainly Metru Nui or somewhere else. Currently, all or most of the Rahi have retreated back to Metru Nui as a result of the Bohrok leveling the island of Mata Nui.

[carve] Trivia

  • The alternate universe of The Kingdom revealed that Mata Nui would not necessarily be destroyed with the Matoran Universe in the event of Mata Nui's death, but it would take tremendous effort to keep any landmass stabilized without the support of Mata Nui himself.

[carve] Appearances

[carve] See Also


Mata Nui
Kini-Nui | Ta-Wahi - Ta-Koro | Ga-Wahi - Ga-Koro | Po-Wahi - Po-Koro | Onu-Wahi - Onu-Koro | Ko-Wahi - Ko-Koro | Le-Wahi - Le-Koro
Locations
Wall of Stars: Red Star

Planet Surface: Mata Nui | Voya Nui | Mahri Nui

Matoran World: Metru Nui | Karzahni | Northern Continent | Southern Continent | Artakha | The Pit | Odina | Daxia | Xia | Destral | Zakaz | Stelt | Artidax | Nynrah

Universe Core - Karda Nui

Universes: BIONICLE Planet | Matoran Universe | Field of Shadows | Toa Empire Pocket Dimension | "Journey of Takanuva" Pocket Dimension | "The Kingdom" Pocket Dimension

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