Thornax

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Thornax
Flora
Location(s)	Bara Magna
Function(s)	Ammunition, sustenance
Pronunciation	Thohr-nacks

Thornax is a variety of fruit grown from rare plants native to the Bara Magna region of Spherus Magna.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Thornax Stew 2 Properties 3 Set Information 4 Trivia 5 Apearances

History

Thornax plants grew in the deserts of Bara Magna. After the Shattering, they were still able to grow, despite the harsh nature of the land. They eventually came to be used in Arena Matches, and their valuable nature as ammunition became the dispute of some fights. Use of over-ripe Thornax were frowned upon in normal fights, and saw most use in the Arena Magna, during the Great Tournament. Bone Hunters were also known to use them.

Artificial Thornax loaded into wall-mounted launchers were used in the defenses of the Valley of the Maze.

Thornax Stew

When unripe, Thornax are softened by boiling them, they can be made into a stew as food by the Bone Hunters and the Sand Tribe. The stew has a revolting smell, a rubbery consistency and an awful taste. It is viewed with aversion by Agori, who consider stew even worse when cold.

Properties

When ripe, Thornax have fully developed spines and become rock-hard. This form is used mostly as ammunition for the Thornax Launcher carried by Glatorian, Bone Hunters, and others. When Thornax are allowed to become over-ripe from the heat of the desert, they will become explosive.

The nectar inside Thornax is also used as ink.

Set Information

The Thornax was released in every set that contains a Thornax Launcher, to be used as ammunition for it. It is made of a golden, rubbery plastic, save for a black hard plastic band around the center, where the fruit is held by the tines of the Thornax Launcher. In the "BIONICLE Action Figure Game", the Thornax, when launched, reduces the number on a foe Glatorian set's life counter by two for each hit, and where the Thornax lands shows where to move the Glatorian set that launched it.

Trivia

• The Great Beings used Thornax as the inspiration for the Madu plant.

Apearances

• All Our Sins Remembered (In a Flashback)
• Decadence
• Fall and Rise of the Skrall
• The Exile's Tale
• Secrets of Bara Magna!
• BIONICLE: The Secret of Certavus
• Comic 1: Sands of Bara Magna
• My LEGO Network BIONICLE Campaign
• The Crossing
• Empire of the Skrall
• Riddle of the Great Beings (Mentioned Only)
• Comic 2: The Fall of Atero
• BIONICLE: Raid on Vulcanus
• Comic 3: A Hero Reborn
• Comic 4: Before the Storm
• BIONICLE: Desert of Danger
• BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn
• BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn (Book)
• Comic 5: Valley of Fear
• Comic 6: All That Glitters‎
• Mata Nui Saga
• Sahmad's Tale (Mentioned Only)
• BIONICLE: Mata Nui's Guide to Bara Magna (Mentioned Only)
• Glatorian Mini Movie
• Glatorian Arena
• Glatorian Promo Animation
• Glatorian Legends Promo Animation
• 2009 Vehicle Promo Animation
• Prepare for Battle
• Glatorian Arena 2
• Glatorian Arena 3

Flora
Spherus Magna	Bara Magna	Fireroot | Thornax
	Aqua Magna	Airweed | Lilypads | Seaweed | Thornplants
Matoran Universe	Metru Nui	Karzahni | Lightvine | Morbuzakh
	Mata Nui	Bamboo | Bula | Daikau | Harakeke | Madu (Cabolo) | Swamp Tree | Vuata Maca
	Others	Acid Grass | Lightvine | Spiked Dagger Plant

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