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'''The Awakening'''<ref name="chat-30-07-2014">[https://community.lego.com/t5/LEGO-General/Chat-with-Greg-Farshtey/m-p/10675721/highlight/true#M245989 Chat with Greg Farshtey], 30 | '''The Awakening'''<ref name="chat-30-07-2014">[https://community.lego.com/t5/LEGO-General/Chat-with-Greg-Farshtey/m-p/10675721/highlight/true#M245989 Chat with Greg Farshtey], 30 July 2014 {{C|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140731143920/https://community.lego.com/t5/LEGO-General/Chat-with-Greg-Farshtey/m-p/10675721/highlight/true#M245989 archive]}}</ref> was an event in which [[Velika]], a [[Great Beings|Great Being]] disguised as a [[Matoran]], gave true sapience to the biomechanical inhabitants of the [[Matoran Universe]].<ref name="chat-23-06-2014">[https://community.lego.com/t5/LEGO-General/Chat-with-Greg-Farshtey/m-p/10241925/highlight/true#M238428 Chat with Greg Farshtey], 23 June 2014 {{C|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140720180954/https://community.lego.com/t5/LEGO-General/Chat-with-Greg-Farshtey/m-p/10241925/highlight/true#M238428 archive]}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Matoran workers created by the Great Beings to maintain the Matoran Universe were not designed to be fully sapient. They operated on a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence, clever enough to contend with unexpected complications, but simple enough that they could not really be considered true beings. The Matoran operated under this state of being for some time, including the period in which the [[Toa Mata]] fought the [[Avohkah]] and the [[Av-Matoran]] finished their labors in [[Karda Nui]]. The Toa and some others, however, possessed a greater measure of sapience.<ref>[https://community.lego.com/t5/LEGO-General/Chat-with-Greg-Farshtey/m-p/13901174/highlight/true#M303612 Chat with Greg Farshtey], 3 | The Matoran workers created by the Great Beings to maintain the Matoran Universe were not designed to be fully sapient. They operated on a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence, clever enough to contend with unexpected complications, but simple enough that they could not really be considered true beings. The Matoran operated under this state of being for some time, including the period in which the [[Toa Mata]] fought the [[Avohkah]] and the [[Av-Matoran]] finished their labors in [[Karda Nui]]. The Toa and some others, however, possessed a greater measure of sapience.<ref>[https://community.lego.com/t5/LEGO-General/Chat-with-Greg-Farshtey/m-p/13901174/highlight/true#M303612 Chat with Greg Farshtey], 3 May 2016</ref> | ||
Before the robot's launch, Velika transferred his consciousness into a Matoran body so as to better observe the workings of the Matoran Universe. Some time into the robot's journey, however, he exercised the higher intelligence and unbounded creativity of his kind, and elevated the minds of all current and future Matoran Universe inhabitants to a level of true sapience.<ref name="chat-23-06-2014"/> | Before the robot's launch, Velika transferred his consciousness into a Matoran body so as to better observe the workings of the Matoran Universe. Some time into the robot's journey, however, he exercised the higher intelligence and unbounded creativity of his kind, and elevated the minds of all current and future Matoran Universe inhabitants to a level of true sapience.<ref name="chat-23-06-2014"/> | ||
As a result of this cognitive evolution, the biomechanical beings developed intricate [[Society|cultures]] and [[languages]]. They also gained the capacity to feel and express emotions such as [[Turahk|fear]], happiness and [[anger]], as well as complex variations thereof. However, love was not intended as part of Velika's plan, as Matoran were unable to reproduce. | As a result of this cognitive evolution, the biomechanical beings developed intricate [[Society|cultures]] and [[languages]]. They also gained the capacity to feel and express emotions such as [[Turahk|fear]], happiness and [[anger]], as well as complex variations thereof. However, love was not intended as part of Velika's plan, as Matoran were unable to reproduce.<ref name="chat-30-07-2014"/> | ||
This event also caused some beings to act outside the expected parameters set by the Great Beings, and would, in time, lead to [[Makuta (Species)|Makuta]] [[Teridax]]'s [[Mata Nui's Reawakening|usurpation]] of the Matoran Universe. | This event also caused some beings to act outside the expected parameters set by the Great Beings, and would, in time, lead to [[Makuta (Species)|Makuta]] [[Teridax]]'s [[Mata Nui's Reawakening|usurpation]] of the Matoran Universe.{{OnlineCitation|TYQ|1}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 18:42, 19 January 2017
"No one advocated letting Toa, Matoran, etc. run free on Spherus Magna. They weren’t independent beings with a right to life and liberty, after all. They were tools to be used to keep the Mata Nui robot functioning... weren’t they?"
— Angonce's thoughts, The Yesterday Quest
| The Awakening | |
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| Event | |
| Witnesses | Inhabitants of the Matoran Universe |
| Time | Less than 100,000 years ago |
| Actions | Inhabitants of the Matoran Universe elevated to true sapience |
| Significance | Major |
The Awakening[1] was an event in which Velika, a Great Being disguised as a Matoran, gave true sapience to the biomechanical inhabitants of the Matoran Universe.[2]
History
The Matoran workers created by the Great Beings to maintain the Matoran Universe were not designed to be fully sapient. They operated on a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence, clever enough to contend with unexpected complications, but simple enough that they could not really be considered true beings. The Matoran operated under this state of being for some time, including the period in which the Toa Mata fought the Avohkah and the Av-Matoran finished their labors in Karda Nui. The Toa and some others, however, possessed a greater measure of sapience.[3]
Before the robot's launch, Velika transferred his consciousness into a Matoran body so as to better observe the workings of the Matoran Universe. Some time into the robot's journey, however, he exercised the higher intelligence and unbounded creativity of his kind, and elevated the minds of all current and future Matoran Universe inhabitants to a level of true sapience.[2]
As a result of this cognitive evolution, the biomechanical beings developed intricate cultures and languages. They also gained the capacity to feel and express emotions such as fear, happiness and anger, as well as complex variations thereof. However, love was not intended as part of Velika's plan, as Matoran were unable to reproduce.[1]
This event also caused some beings to act outside the expected parameters set by the Great Beings, and would, in time, lead to Makuta Teridax's usurpation of the Matoran Universe.[4]
References