Muaka

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"Hunting Muaka? Don't. Odds are the whole time you think you are stalking it, it is stalking you -- and it's a lot better at the job."
— Rahaga Pouks, Rahi Beasts

Parent Page: Rahi

Muaka
Rahi
Conservation Status Unknown
Pronunciation moo-AH-kah

Muaka are powerful, tiger-like Rahi.

[carve] History

Lewa tumbles towards the jaws of a Muaka.
Lewa tumbles towards the jaws of a Muaka.

Due to their immunity to stasis, few Muaka were ever placed in the Archives, though several awake specimens were kept in a marked area. Toa Metru Whenua once encountered a Rahkshi in the Archives, and released a Muaka from it's pen to distract it while he rescued Tehutti. When Teridax caused the Great Cataclysm, many Muaka migrated to the island of Mata Nui. Teridax enlisted them in his Rahi army, placing them under his control through the use of Infected Kanohi.

After the Toa Mata arrived, Teridax concentrated his attack on them, utilizing his Rahi to the fullest extent. Once Lewa had recovered a Kanohi, he was ambushed by infected Nui-Rama, who knocked him out of the air into the waiting jaws of a Muaka. Onua dispatched the creature and rescued Lewa.

When the Toa Mata reunited, Teridax used the convenience of their grouping, and had more Rahi attack them. Gali threw the Muaka that attacked her at Kopaka, who froze it solid.

Takua also encountered a Muaka in The Drifts of Ko-Wahi. The beast attacked him and Matoro, whom Takua was seeking at the time. Kopaka arrived and saved the Matoran, backing the beast to the edge of a cliff using his Kanohi Huna and Mahiki, and breaking off part of the glacier, sending the Muaka plummeting to the mountain below.

Teridax later assigned large amounts of Rahi, including Muaka, to attack Kini-Nui while the Toa Mata attempted to confront him. These Rahi conflicted with various Matoran millitary that had come to defend the sacred location. Eventually, the Matoran succeeded in repelling the Rahi, and the animals retreated after the defeat of Teridax. Teridax relinquished his hold over the Rahi, and the Muaka prowled the jungles of Mata Nui as they had before.

Muaka did their best to avoid the Bohrok swarms, and later migrated back to Metru Nui after the Bohrok were released intentionally by the Toa Nuva.

[carve] Mutated Muaka

A Muaka mutated by Hordika Venom.
A Muaka mutated by Hordika Venom.

There have been two known instances of unique Muaka, one of which was mutated by Teridax's experiments. The Muaka mutated by Teridax had sharp protrusions extending from its legs, armor along its back and sides, and extra fangs. The Toa Metru encountered this creature while descending through Teridax's lair to return to Metru Nui, and warned the Toa Metru not to return to Metru Nui when Nokama communicated with it using her Kanohi Rau. The fate of this mutated Muaka is unknown, but it is known that it is related in some way with Nektann's Muaka.

The other was a Muaka that had been mutated into a Hordika. It encountered and clashed with Toa Hordika Vakama, but fled when Vakama accidentally charged up his Rhotuka. It had long, saber-like fangs and back legs in place of treads.

[carve] Nektann's Muaka

The Skakdi warlord Nektann has a Muaka pet with spiked armor, who was mutated similarly to how the one on Metru Nui was.

[carve] Abilities and Traits

The Muaka have long, sharp claws and teeth, and a muscular neck that could extend several bios to snatch up prey. Able to bring down almost any prey, the Muaka have a fond liking for Rahkshi, considering it a delicacy. A Muaka can decimate an entire Rahkshi colony in a matter of days. They are incredibly swift and powerful, and are thus feared by Matoran. Muaka were most commonly found in the jungles of Le-Wahi.

[carve] Set Information

The Muaka set.
The Muaka set.

A Muaka set was released in 2001 packaged with a Kane-Ra. Along with the Kane-Ra, the set contained 647 pieces. Squeezing its midsection caused the neck to thrust forward and the jaws to open then quickly snap shut. This was advertised as a means for the Muaka and Kane-Ra to battle one another or a Toa Mata set. Its two infected masks (the only ones to be included on a Rahi set) were attached to rods holding its legs on. These rods, when removed from its shoulders (as was intended to happen when a Kane-Ra set grabbed the mask with its jaws) would make the legs drop off as if in injury. The two could be combined to create a Kuma-Nui.

[carve] Trivia

  • Muaka are immune to stasis.
  • The only known enemy of the Muaka is the Fusa.
  • Muaka do not get along with Rahkshi.
  • The Muaka are also cousins of the smaller Shallows Cat.
  • Teridax often paired his infected Muaka with infected Kane-Ra. These two creatures naturally would not coexist with each other and thus would not work together, but Teridax liked to pair their strength together to form an elite attack force.
  • While the Toa Inika were in the Zone of Nightmares, an illusion of a Muaka was spawned from one of the Toa's memories. Hahli fought the Rahi, and accidentally killed it. Afterwards, the Muaka turned into one of the Toa Nuva.

[carve] Appearances


2001: Coming of the Toa
Manas / Muaka & Kane-Ra / Nui-Jaga / Nui-Rama / Tarakava
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