Mutran
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- "You know, I have discovered a way to force a being to shapeshift and then lock him permanently into just one form. Grab me again, and you will spend eternity as a very angry frost beetle ... with a broken arm."
- — Mutran, Shadows in the Sky
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| Mutran | |
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| Makuta | |
| Assigned Region | Center of the Southern Continent |
| Mask | Great Shelek |
| Tools | Shadow Blade, Shadow Spear, claws, fangs, Tridax Pod |
| Status | Deceased |
| Pronunciation | Mew-trann |
| BZPower page | |
Mutran was the Makuta of the central area of the Southern Continent and a member of the Brotherhood of Makuta.
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Biography
Like all Makuta, it was Mutran's job to experiment with and create new Rahi. Shortly after the completion of the island of Destral, Mutran and Chirox, at the time best friends, were attempting to salvage something useful from one of Spiriah's Rahi experiments when they were approached by Miserix, who asked for one of them to go to Xia and make the Vortixx stop charging high prices for their goods. Mutran ended up going with Icarax and Pridak, and while there, accidentally left behind an experimental Rahi that he kept as a pet; a sentient rock. This rock later grew into The Mountain.
Mutran was also present at a meeting with the League of Six Kingdoms, along with Miserix, Chirox, Icarax, and Teridax. While the League ruled, Mutran supplied Rahi for their armies, along with other Makuta, but never sent Kalmah anything that he expected to last more than three days. One such species of Rahi he created were the Blade Burrowers. After Teridax's battle with the League, Mutran and Gorast were sent to Kalmah's fortress in order to "clean up." While Gorast hunted down the few survivors of Kalmah's army, Mutran noticed that the Blade Burrowers had not only survived, but were building a map. After that day, he attempted to discern the significance of the map, but never succeeded, confessing to be frightened by its implications.
After the Matoran Civil War in Metru Nui, the Makuta were assigned regions by Miserix to watch over. Mutran was assigned to the center of the Southern Continent.
Later, Mutran was assigned by Miserix to meet Tren Krom. When Mutran found him, he pulled Mutran into his cave and started searching through his mind. After Mutran woke up after his encounter, he realized that he had the knowledge Teridax needed to overthrow the Great Spirit. When Teridax called a meeting between the Brotherhood, Miserix and Teridax had a fight. A majority of the Makuta, including Mutran, sided with Teridax rather than Miserix.
Mutran and Bitil were discussing Kojol's involvement in Teridax's plan to overthrow Mata Nui when they discovered they could no longer move their armor. After Chirox examined a sample of the gas that came out of Kojol's armor, he learned that the Makuta had evolved to a state where they no longer could feel pain, or needed to breathe, eat, or sleep. Chirox also learned that they can inhabit robot bodies, and took control of an Exo-Toa to surprise Mutran. Annoyed that Chirox had discovered these things before he had, he planned to get back at Chirox by introducing him to the Lohrak he had just created, for Chirox had been attempting to create such a Rahi but failing; however, Chirox later received credit for the Rahi's creation.
Shortly after Kojol led the raid on Artakha, two squads of Rahkshi that had participated in the attack went missing in a remote area of the Southern Continent, and when Mutran found them, they had been completely destroyed. When the Exo-Toa that had been in the raid disappeared overnight, he realized that somebody was taking revenge for the attack on Artakha, and that Kojol would be the next to be eliminated. However, he never informed Teridax of this, as he had never been fond of Kojol and was happy to see him gone. He later regretted not forcing the location of the mysterious island from Kojol before he died, as it soon became apparent that everyone who knew of its location had also been killed.
Before the Brotherhood was dicovered to have turned into a malevolent organization, Mutran had a squad of Toa Hagah assigned to him.
Shortly after Teridax left for Metru Nui to take it over, Chirox confronted Mutran about his new variation of Lohrak, which Chirox had created millenia before. As the two argued over the use of the name, the Great Cataclysm struck the Matoran Universe, bringing the argument to an end as the fortress around them was reduced to rubble from the earthquake, though the two were relatively unharmed.
Karda Nui
One thousand years later, Mutran and Tridax invented the Shadow Leeches. While they experimented, they used a Kanohi Olmak to dispose of their failures. To test the leeches, Mutran traveled to a village in search of a "willing" Matoran as a test subject. He then found Vican, whom he transformed into a Shadow Matoran and made his assistant. Later, while in his laboratory, Mutran witnessed Vultraz being thrown through his lab by Gorast, who was beating him up for keeping information to himself. After Gorast learned from Vultraz Karda Nui's location, she informed Teridax, who was in the Pit at the time and ordered a strike force to be assembled to invade Karda Nui. Mutran was part of the strike force, along with Antroz, Krika, Vamprah, Chirox, Gorast, and Bitil. However, Icarax refused to go with the strike force, and Antroz eventually gave up on him. Upon entering Karda Nui, Mutran and Vican constructed a hive in which to create more Shadow Leeches. He busied himself creating more leeches and altering the appearances of the transformed Matoran while his partners terrorized the remaining Av-Matoran. While in Karda Nui, he started writing down a history of himself and the Brotherhood of Makuta. Shortly after finishing the chronicle, he noticed a flash of light from outside (Matoro using the Ignika), but promptly ignored it.
Mutran was ordering Vican to kick a failed experiment out of a window and working on the third batch of a group of experimental Shadow Leeches that were supposed to have a greater light capacity when Vamprah interrupted him. He then proceeded to the main lair of the Makuta in Karda Nui, where he and Chirox were ordered by Antroz to create a creature for Vican to ride on in order to summon Makuta Icarax to Karda Nui.
Later, when the Toa Nuva discovered the location of the Shadow Leech Hive, Mutran attempted to drive the invaders away by casting Lewa, Pohatu, Tanma, and Photok into a vision, causing them to think the hive was a series of long tunnels and the Ignika was a monstrous creature. Mutran then fought against Kopaka and Solek. During the fight, he knocked Solek unconscious and then battled against Kopaka using his mind powers, causing the Toa to hesitate, doubt and fear his own Ice powers. The Makuta increased his mental assault until the Toa collapsed onto the ground. After a moment of jeering, the Makuta prepared to fire a bolt of Shadow to finish the Toa when Solek ran to the Toa and created a shield of Light, reflecting the attack. Kopaka, who had faked his defeat, quickly rose and bound the Makuta in ice and snow. However, the other three Makuta then entered the hive immediately following Mutran's defeat and quickly defeated the Toa and Matoran.
Later, after he was freed, Mutran and Antroz attempted to turn Lewa into a Toa Nuva of Shadow. However, Pohatu managed to save the Toa of Air and the others and destroy the Shadow Leech Hive by using the Kakama Nuva, Mask of Speed. Angered by the destruction of his creations, Mutran blamed Kirop for leading the Toa to the hive, and attempted to punish him, but was stopped by Antroz.
Icarax arrived shortly afterwards, and all five Makuta assaulted the final standing Av-Matoran village, where they believed the Toa and Matoran were hiding. To their dismay, the Toa and Matoran were actually in the lair of the Makuta retrieving a Keystone, and they began a raging battle soon afterwards. During the battle, Mutran unleashed an enormous blast of Shadow, and then ordered the other Makuta to retreat down to the Swamp of Secrets. As he was retreating, the Toa surrounded him and forced him to tell them where the other Makuta were heading.
He later created a Klakk, which attacked Vican and caused him to be turned back into a Le-Matoran.
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Sometime later, the Toa Nuva succeeded in awakening Mata Nui and unleashing the Energy Storms. Mutran attempted to study the storm at its edges and find a way control them, but was incinerated by a bolt of lightning immediately upon doing so.
Abilities and Traits
Mutran specialized in mutations that tend to be extremely destructive in nature. Chirox, a fellow mutation specialist, thought very little of his work, however.
Mutran had always been generally insane, but his condition were worsened by his encounter with Tren Krom.
Like other Makuta, Mutran wielded several different powers. These powers included elemental Shadow powers, shape-shifting, the ability to make Kraata, as well as the many different Kraata/Rahkshi powers.
Mask and Tools
Mutran wielded a Shadow Spear, a Shadow Blade, carried a Tridax Pod, and wore the Kanohi Shelek.
BIONICLE.com Stats:
| Strength: | 10 | |
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| Agility: | 10 | |
| Toughness: | 15 | |
| Mind: | 14 |
Set Information
Mutran was officially released as a set in April 2008 as a Wal*Mart exclusive titan set, packaged with the Shadow Matoran Vican. Altogether the Mutran and Vican set consists of 90 pieces, 69 of which were used to build Mutran. Pressing a button on Mutran's back deploys a Tridax pod, releasing up to four Shadow Leeches also included in the set. Like most Makuta sets seen so far, Mutran's mask features a blend of two colors of plastic: lime green and black.
Quotes
- "The invasion of the universe core is proceeding well, my newest creations are spreading darkness and corruption, and in general, it is good to be alive."
- — Mutran narrating the intro to The Mutran Chronicles
- "As usual, you design Rahi that are a bludgeon rather than a dagger. I, on the other hand, put some subtlety into my work. It's as if I signed my name to them."
- — Mutran, The Mutran Chronicles
- "Karda Nui – how to describe its glory, its wonder, its sheer beauty? How to capture the feeling one gets at the first sight of it? It isn't easy, but let me try.
It's a big cave. With a swamp in it." - — Mutran, The Mutran Chronicles
- "Vican! I told you to kick that last experiment over the ledge and into the swamp. I can't have it screaming and melting all over the cave. I keep slipping in it."
- — Mutran, Shadows in the Sky
- "In the interests of writing a complete record, I should include every detail of my time there [Tren Krom's prison island]. In the interests of the sanity of everyone reading this, I will not."
- — Mutran, The Mutran Chronicles
Trivia
- Mutran's name is derived from the English words "mutate" and "transform".
- Mutran was Greg Farshtey's favorite Phantoka to write about.
- Originally, Mutran was going to wear the Kanohi "Artidax, the Mask of Mutation." However, the idea was scrapped after Greg Farshtey saw that the set wore a Shelek. The name is now the name of the island where Miserix was held.
Appearances
- Into the Darkness (Mentioned Only)
- The Mutran Chronicles (First Appearance)
- Federation of Fear (Mentioned Only)
- BIONICLE Legends 9: Shadows in the Sky
- Takanuva's Blog
- Destiny War (Mentioned Only)
- Comic 15: Mata Nui Rising
- BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle
External Links
| Brotherhood of Makuta |
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| Present: Teridax Former: Miserix |
| Members |
| Deceased: Antroz | Bitil | Chirox | Gorast | Icarax | Kojol | Krika | Mutran | Spiriah | Tridax | Vamprah |
| Minions |
| Present: Exo-Toa | Kraata (Shadow Leeches) | Mana Ko | Manas | Rahkshi | Vultraz | Zivon
Former: Ahkmou | Brutaka | Colony Drones | Fohrok | Gate Guardians | Karzahni (Deceased) |
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| Makuta |
| Antroz | Chirox | Icarax | Mutran | Vamprah |
| Toa |
| Toa Ignika Toa Nuva: Lewa | Kopaka | Pohatu |
| 2008: Karda Nui Saga |
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| Axalara T9 / Icarax / Jetrax T6 / Mazeka (With Swamp Strider) / Mutran & Vican / Rockoh T3 / Takanuva / Toa Ignika (With Skyboard) / Vultraz (With Skyfighter) |
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