Toa Hagah

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Toa Hagah
Organization/Group
Headquarters/Base	Formerly a Brotherhood of Makuta base
Leader(s)	Norik
Status	Alive, under the Coliseum; all members in a trance
Goal	Protect the Makuta (Formerly), find Teridax (Formerly)
Allies	Keetongu, the Toa Metru (formerly), the Turaga, the Toa Nuva, the Toa Mahri, Miserix (Formerly), Order of Mata Nui
Enemies	Brotherhood of Makuta (Formerly), Visorak (Formerly), Dark Hunters

Toa Hagah was the name given to groups of elite Toa who once served as bodyguards for members of the Brotherhood of Makuta. Six groups of Toa Hagah have been known to exist: those of Makuta Teridax, Antroz, Chirox, Mutran, Spiriah, and Tridax. Following the rebellion of the group led by Toa Norik, all other Toa Hagah were eliminated or corrupted, leaving only Norik and his five companions, who were transformed into the Rahaga. Later, they were returned to their Toa forms.

History

Pre-Brotherhood of Makuta

The individual members of Teridax's Toa Hagah had been active as Toa for some time before they were recruited into the team. They were selected by the Brotherhood of Makuta from pre-existing Toa teams from various areas of the Matoran Universe based on the merit of their individual accomplishments, and were bestowed with metallic armor made of precious metals to differentiate them as elite Toa. As a badge of honor, they were given Kanohi in the shape of masks worn by previous heroes by the members of their former teams.

Brotherhood of Makuta

For several centuries, the Toa Hagah performed their duty of protecting Teridax and the other Makuta, dealing with such threats as a Hoto Bug invasion. When they discovered that the Brotherhood was enslaving Matoran and working with the Dark Hunters, the Toa Hagah under Norik rebelled, and fought bravely against Teridax and the rest of the Brotherhood, taking away victories such as the theft of the Mask of Light, which the Brotherhood had confiscated years ago from Artakha.

During that raid on Destral, when they stole the Mask of Light and the Makoki Stones, they also defeated Teridax. Unfortunately, Gaaki, Kualus, Pouks, and Bomonga were captured right after the raid and turned into Rahaga by Roodaka. Norik and Iruini did not initially share this fate because Norik was busy elsewhere, and Iruini had quit the team. Learning of their fellow Toa's capture, Norik and Iruini briefly joined forces again to rescue their allies, bringing the Avohkii along with them. The rescue was successful but ultimately resulted in their transformation into Rahaga as well. Roodaka told the nearby Visorak to let them be, for they were no longer a threat.

Xia

During their mission to prepare the universe for Mata Nui's reawakening, the Toa Nuva held Roodaka captive and commanded her to transform the Rahaga back into Toa Hagah. For a short time after, the Toa Hagah guarded Roodaka, though none-too-gently, given the mutual animosity between them. When Roodaka was taken by the Order of Mata Nui, the Toa Hagah's job changed to protecting the Vortixx of Xia from destruction caused by the ongoing Tahtorak and Kanohi Dragon conflict. They managed to subdue both Rahi before confronting a new problem: the Dark Hunters, who wished to destroy the island to prevent their enemies from receiving more weapons.

Hunt for Teridax

In response to the attack, Iruini quickly rushed to confront the oncoming fleet. Eventually, the rest of the Toa Hagah were teleported to the fleet, of which they learned of the existence of the Order of Mata Nui and its leader, Helryx. She then gave them a mission to track down Teridax and delivered Zaktan as a guide, of which most of them accepted. Gaaki, however did not, and stood shocked from a scene of the future she witnessed from her Mask of Clairvoyance, which showed them journeying into a "place of death" and that one of them will not come back.

The Toa Hagah later arrived on Metru Nui with help from Botar's replacement, where they encountered the Toa Mahri and told them they had come to destroy the Coliseum. They believed it necessary in order to pursue Teridax, who had slipped into hidden caverns deep beneath the city that the Toa Hagah couldn't access unless the Coliseum was out of the way. The Toa Mahri refused to let them accomplish this task, and the two teams engaged in a heated battle. During the course of this struggle, a monstrous Rahi beast was released from the Archives, and the Hagah and Mahri ceased fighting in order to subdue it. Together, they then lifted the Coliseum from its foundations and opened a tunnel into the underground, and the Toa Hagah then sealed it as they descended, refusing the Mahri's offer of help and allowing them to lower the Coliseum back into place.

The Hagah journeyed through the underground, passing a series of inscriptions along the way. Their presence triggered a trap, causing a surge of magnetism to pin them to the wall and a stream of molten Protodermis to flow down the corridor. Before the Protodermis reached them, Makuta Miserix tore open a hole in the tunnel wall and teleported them to safety. Norik then explained the history of the Toa Hagah to Miserix, and the Toa and Makuta formed an alliance together in their efforts to destroy Teridax.

The Toa Hagah entered a chamber filled with sophisticated machinery and two corpses on the ground, who Kualus and Bomonga examined. Bomonga revealed that the beings had been dead for many thousands of years, and suspected that they were not residents of the Matoran Universe, which Miserix confirmed upon examining their armor, which were not created using Protodermis. Suddenly, a portal opened in the chamber and several beings began making their way through it, and the Toa Hagah and Miserix prepared themselves for battle.

The figures turned out to be Helryx and Keetongu, followed closely by Axonn and Brutaka. After a few short moments of conversation between the three parties, a bolt of energy shot from a nearby control panel, shattering Brutaka's Kanohi Olmak in order to prevent them from escaping. Makuta Teridax then announced his presence to the group, and after briefly speaking to them, suddenly killed Zaktan by shattering the globe and the Piraka.

Miserix attacked the machinery in an attempt to destroy Teridax, even after Brutaka revealed that they were within the mind of the Great Spirit, and that the Matoran Universe was his body. Teridax responded by creating an illusion that cloaks Miserix and put a portrait of him on the wall. Turning his attention to the Hagah, he placed them in a powerful vision, one where they had defeated Teridax, and peace and happiness permeated their universe. The Hagah departed the chamber, blissfully unaware of the circumstances.

Members

The Toa Hagah team formerly in the service of Makuta Teridax consists of:

Toa Hagah
Toa	Kanohi	Tool(s)
Norik, Toa of Fire	Pehkui, Great Mask of Diminishment	Lava Spear, Rhotuka Launching Shield
Gaaki, Toa of Water	Great Mask of Clairvoyance	Rhotuka Launching Shield
Iruini, Toa of Air	Kualsi, Great Mask of Quick Travel	Cyclone Spear, Rhotuka Launching Shield
Pouks, Toa of Stone	Unnamed	Rhotuka Launching Shield
Kualus, Toa of Ice	Great Mask of Rahi Control	Sub-Zero Spear, Rhotuka Launching Shield
Bomonga, Toa of Earth	Great Mask of Growth	Seismic Spear, Rhotuka Launching Shield

Set Information

Only two of the members of Teridax's Toa Hagah team were released as sets, Toa Norik and Toa Iruini. These canister sets, released in 2005, were designated as Special Edition. Both featured armor in metallic colors, Rhotuka Launching Shields and long Spears as Toa Tools.

Quotes

Trivia

• Hagah means "Guardian" in the Matoran Language.
• All the Toa Hagah's staffs have limited powers of their own.
• In the Toa Empire Alternate Universe, the concept of the Toa Hagah never existed, and so the Toa never received the metallic armor to differentiate them as elite.

Appearances

• The Mutran Chronicles (Not Mentioned By Name)
• Comic 25: Birth of the Rahaga (In a Flashback)
• Comic 27: Fractures (In a Flashback)
• BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows
• Toa Nuva Blog
• BIONICLE Legends 9: Shadows in the Sky (Mentioned Only)
• Destiny War
• Dwellers In Darkness
• Comic 15: Mata Nui Rising (Mentioned Only)
• BIONICLE Encyclopedia (Mentioned Only)
• BIONICLE Encyclopedia: Updated (Mentioned Only)
• Toa Hagah Promo Animation (Non-canonical Appearance)

Toa Hagah/ Rahaga
Norik | Gaaki | Iruini | Pouks | Bomonga | Kualus

Brotherhood of Makuta
Former Leaders
Teridax | Miserix
Former Members
Antroz | Bitil | Chirox | Gorast | Icarax | Kojol | Krika | Mutran | Spiriah | Tridax | Vamprah (All Deceased)
Former Minions
Ahkmou | Brutaka | Exo-Toa | Fohrok (Destroyed) | Karzahni (Deceased) | Kraata (Shadow Leeches) | Kraata-Kal Mana Ko | Manas | A Maxilos (Destroyed) | Minion | Morbuzakh (Deceased) | A Nivawk (Deceased) | Pridak Rahi Nui | Rahkshi | Roodaka | Seeker | Shadow Matoran | Sidorak (Deceased) | Takadox | Toa Hagah Visorak (Extinct) | Voporak

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