Timeline

Timeline

Timeline

BIONICLEsector01 has recorded the chronology of the BIONICLE storyline in a comprehensive and accessible way presented in a Timeline.

Pre-Shattering Spherus Magna	Aqua Magna and the Matoran Universe					Post-Reformation Spherus Magna
History of Spherus Magna	History of the Matoran Universe	Coming of the Toa	Quest for the Mask of Life	Teridax's Reign		Spherus Magna
	Bara Magna
	History of Bara Magna	Bara Magna

How the Timeline is Organized

Most of the BIONICLE storyline takes place over the year starting with the summoning and reawakening of the Toa Mata and concluding with the reawakening of the Great Spirit Robot. As such, most in-story references can be dated relative to this year, and the further one gets from the arrival of the Toa, the less definitive the timeline becomes. As such, most of the Timeline presented here lays events out according to the anchor point of the Toa's arrival. Events that transpire prior to the coming of the Toa Mata to the island of Mata Nui

However, in the absence of a definitive point of alignment between the Bara Magna timeline to the Matoran Universe, and because events that transpire on the Bara Magna planetoid are reckoned in terms of the final, Reformed Spherus Magna chapter and therefore operate on a different reckoning system. However, it is most likely that the year starting with the first Baterra attack on the Skrall and ending in the Fall of Atero corresponds to the year starting with the summoning of the Toa.

Pages Reckoned by the Coming of the Toa

The following is a list of Timeline pages reckoned in terms of the coming of the Toa, as well as their sub-sections:

• Timeline/History of the Matoran Universe - Events in the Matoran Universe preceding the Coming of the Toa
  • The Time Before Time - Over 100,000 years prior
  • Era of the League - Between 100,000 and 80,000 years prior
  • The Great Disruption - Between 80,000 and 79,000 years prior
  • Authority of the Brotherhood - Between 79,000 and 30,000 years prior
  • The Career of Dume - Between 30,000 and 4,000 years prior
  • Struggle for Metru Nui - Between 4,000 and 2,900 years prior
  • Twilight in the Matoran Universe - Between 2,900 and 1,000 years prior
  • The Great Cataclysm - 1,000 years prior
  • The Great Rescue - 1,000 years prior
  • The Dark Times - Less than 1,000 years prior
• Timeline/Coming of the Toa - Events in the four months in the Matoran Universe following the Coming of the Toa
  • Quest for the Masks - Less than 1 month after
  • The Bohrok Swarms - Between 1 and 2 months after
  • The Bohrok-Kal Strike - Between 2 and 3 months after
  • The Mask of Light - Between 3 and 4 months after
• Timeline/Quest for the Mask of Life - Events in the eleven to twelve months in the Matoran Universe following to the Coming of the Toa
  • Voya Nui - Between 11 and 12 months after
  • Mahri Nui - Between 11 and 12 months after
  • Karda Nui - Between 11 and 12 months after
• Timeline/Teridax's Reign - Events after 12 months following the Coming of the Toa

Pages Reckoned by Present Day

The following is a list of Timeline pages reckoned in terms of present day, as well as their sub-sections:

• Timeline/History of Spherus Magna - Events on Spherus Magna preceding the Shattering over 100,001 years prior to Present Day
• Timeline/Bara Magna - Events on Bara Magna between 100,001 years and approximately 1 month prior to Present Day
  • History of Bara Magna - Between 100,001 years and approximately 16 months ago
  • Arrival of the Skrall - Between approximately 16 and 4 months ago (the first Baterra on the Skrall attack roughly corresponds with the summoning of the Toa)
  • The Fall of Atero - Between approximately 4 and 3 months ago (the fall of Atero roughly corresponds with the beginning of Teridax's Reign)
  • Arrival of Mata Nui - Between approximately 3 and 2 months ago
  • The Battle of Bara Magna - Between approximately 2 and 1 months ago
• Timeline/Spherus Magna - Events on Bara Magna less than 1 month prior to Present Day