BIONICLE Chronicles

	BIONICLE Chronicles
	; Tale of the Toa, the first book in the series
	Book Series
Number of books	Five
Author	Cathy Hapka; Greg Farshtey
Years released	2003

BIONICLE Chronicles is the first BIONICLE book series. They were written by Cathy Hapka, with the exception of the fourth book, which was written by Greg Farshtey. It chronicles the adventures of the Toa Mata, their transformation into Toa Nuva, their fights against the forces sent by Makuta, and the search for their masks and the Seventh Toa.

Books

Volumes

BIONICLE Chronicles Collection

Characters

The Toa
- Toa Mata/Toa Nuva
- Takanuva
Shadow Toa
The Turaga of Mata Nui
Matoran
- Jaller
- Onepu
- Hewkii
- Hafu
- Matoro
- Nuparu
- Kongu
- Hahli
- Macku
Teridax
The Bohrok horde
- Bahrag
- Bohrok
- Bohrok Va
- Bohrok-Kal
Rahi
- Taku
- Kofo-Jaga
- Gukko Ka
- Muaka
- Kane-Ra
- Nui-Jaga
- Nui-Rama
- Manas
- Great Temple Squid
- Subterranean Worm
- Rahi Nui
- Ussal Pewku

Trivia

The first three books drew their basis in the comics that had been written through 2003 by Greg Farshtey, with Greg himself providing recommendations for the books themselves, although ultimately Hapka was allowed a wide berth of creative liberty.^[1]^[2]
- Consequently, some events recorded in the Chronicles novels, notably how the Toa Mata defeated their Shadow Toa opponents and which Bohrok-Kal stole which Nuva Symbols from their villages, diverge from the storylines present in either Synopsis and the Mata Nui Online Animations or details outlined in the BIONICLE: Encyclopedia.
The first four Chronicles books were later released in a box set, along with a special edition poisoned Hau Nuva. However, the mask was replaced with Lhikan's Great Hau due to limited stock.
The first four Chronicles books and The Official Guide to BIONICLE were the only BIONICLE books officially translated into Hungarian.

References

↑ "Official Greg Discussion", post 8189. BZPower Forums. (archived on greg.thegreatarchives.com)
↑ "Official Greg Dialogue", post 3766. BZPower Forums. (archived on greg.thegreatarchives.com)

Notes

↑ * Mask of Light is not officially a part of the Chronicles series, nor does it include the Chronicles variation of the Legend of Mata Nui. However, the book is written by Cathy Hapka who wrote all except one of the Chronicles and concludes the Mata Nui storyline. In addition, it effectively bridges the gap between Tales of the Masks and Mystery of Metru Nui, and would otherwise be the only novel to not be in a series.

[http://greg.thegreatarchives.com/2003-2008/page205#post8189-line17-2] "Official Greg Discussion", post 8189. BZPower Forums. (archived on greg.thegreatarchives.com)

[http://greg.thegreatarchives.com/2008-2010/page95#post3766-line7-3] "Official Greg Dialogue", post 3766. BZPower Forums. (archived on greg.thegreatarchives.com)

[1] * Mask of Light is not officially a part of the Chronicles series, nor does it include the Chronicles variation of the Legend of Mata Nui. However, the book is written by Cathy Hapka who wrote all except one of the Chronicles and concludes the Mata Nui storyline. In addition, it effectively bridges the gap between Tales of the Masks and Mystery of Metru Nui, and would otherwise be the only novel to not be in a series.

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BIONICLE Chronicles
Tale of the Toa, the first book in the series
Book Series
Number of books	Five
Author	Cathy Hapka Greg Farshtey
Years released	2003