Kane-Ra

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"If a Kane-Ra charges you, don't run! Stand perfectly still, arms at your sides, and avoid looking it in the eyes. If it decides you're not a threat, it may break off its charge before it gores or flattens you. If it doesn't, well, you won't be around to complain about the bad advice I gave you."
Rahaga Pouks, Rahi Beasts

Kane-Ra
Rahi
Conservation status Unknown
Known locations Metru Nui, Mata Nui (both formerly), Spherus Magna[1]
Pronunciation kah-NAY-rah
Set 8538


Kane-Ra are extremely territorial bull-like Rahi.

History

Kane-Ra were originally created by the Makuta from a blend of Viruses in vats of Liquid Protodermis as part of their duty to populate the Matoran Universe with Rahi.

On Metru Nui, Kane-Ra were usually seen roaming the lands of Po-Metru, their preferred habitat. When Makuta Teridax caused the Great Cataclysm, the Kane-Ra, like many other Rahi, migrated to the island above, Mata Nui. Some stayed during part of the Visorak occupation, and one was observed by Pouks and Onewa. The Kane-Ra on Mata Nui were soon infected with Infected Kanohi and organized into Teridax's army of Rahi.

A Kane-Ra with Infected Kanohi.

Teridax used the Kane-Ra to terrorize the Matoran for a thousand years, until the arrival of the Toa Mata. He then directed the Kane-Ra, along with Muaka, to attack the Toa in an attempt to defeat them. During a journey a meet the other Toa, Kopaka and Pohatu were attacked by a Kane-Ra in Ko-Wahi. They were able to trap it in a crevice and crush it with boulders. After Lewa had retrieved one of his Kanohi, he was knocked out of the sky by Nui-Rama, and to the ground where a Muaka and Kane-Ra were waiting. The giant beasts were attacked by Onua before they managed to harm Lewa, and the Toa retreated.

Teridax later marshaled a large force of Rahi to attack Kini-Nui while the Toa Mata prepared to confront him. The Rahi, including Kane-Ra, were repelled by the large amount of Matoran present. When the Toa Mata defeated Teridax, he released his hold over the Rahi, and they retreated, to roam around Mata Nui as they had before Teridax infected them.

The Kane-Ra of Mata Nui avoided the Bohrok to the best of their ability, but when the Toa Nuva released the insectoid robots intentionally, the Kane-Ra retreated back to Metru Nui.

After the Great Spirit Robot was critically damaged in the Battle of Bara Magna, many Kane-Ra immigrated to Spherus Magna.[1]

Mutated Kane-Ra

In his lair in the Maze of Shadows, Teridax conducted many experiments on Rahi. Among other bizarre results, the experiments produced a Kane-Ra that had no legs, which was later encountered by the Toa Metru on their journey back to Metru Nui.

Charger

Now a Dark Hunter, Charger was once a Kane-Ra, before he was transformed into a brutish humanoid.

Abilities and Traits

A Kane-Ra in the Comics.

Kane-Ra typically prefer to live as loners, becoming fiercely territorial over their grange. This advantage, together with the short supply of vegetation in Po-Metru, kept Kane-Ra from behaving as herd animals. The bulls often travel alone, and on rare occasions by two or three, feeding on vegetation by day and searching for shelter in caves by night.

Kane-Ra are bovine in appearance, with sharp, curving horns and a broad snout. They possess a tread-like appendage in place of hind legs. They are capable of extending their necks a great distance and use this ability to great effect as a defense mechanism.

Set Information

A Kane-Ra in set form.

A Kane-Ra set was released packaged with a Muaka in 2001. With the Muaka, the set contained 647 pieces. When the set's midsection was squeezed the head would jab forward as the mouth opened, then quickly closed. This was advertised as a way for Kane-Ra to battle with a Muaka or with a Toa Mata set. The masks were attached to rods on the shoulders which when removed (as was intended to occur when a Muaka set grabbed the mask in its jaws) would cause the legs to fall off as if in injury. The set contained additional instructions to combine the parts of the two and create a Kuma-Nui.

Quotes

"It must be remembered that Kane-Ra are brave and bold to the point of being unstoppable and well near suicidal. Put a wall in front of them, they will go through it... Put a canyon before them, they will try to jump it..."
The Shadowed One, Dark Hunters

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Appearances

A Matoran symbol depicting a Kane-Ra
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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BZPower: Farshtey Feed, 11. May 2010 (archive)

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