BIONICLE: Mata Nui's Guide to Bara Magna

"Once the Great Spirit of an entire universe, Mata Nui now finds himself stranded on a desolate world. Stripped of his great powers, he must fight for survival on the planet Bara Magna, where adventure, danger, and betrayal wait in the heart of the vast desert.

Mata Nui's Guide to Bara Magna takes you on a journey of discovery through the villages of Bara Magna, its treacherous sea of sand, and its forbidding Black Spike Mountains. You will get exclusive information on the Agori, Glatorian, bone hunters and Skrall, and get the inside story of events on this strange world in Mata Nui's own words. A brand new adventure is about to begin!"
— Greg Farshtey, Back Cover

BIONICLE: Mata Nui's Guide to Bara Magna
Book
Series	Guides
Author	Greg Farshtey
Publisher	AMEET Papercutz
ISBN 978-83-253-0494-2

The BIONICLE: Mata Nui's Guide to Bara Magna is a guide book released on November 4, 2009 to European markets from AMEET. The guide was released in hardcover and has 96 pages. A paperback version was released in the United States from the Publisher Papercutz. The book was also available in US LEGO Brand Stores, with an edition the same as the European edition.

Content

The book contains information on Spherus Magna and Bara Magna, the Agori, the villages of Bara Magna, the Glatorian system, Arena Magna, and vehicles. It also contains diary entries written from Mata Nui's perspective, and titled excerpts from Empire of the Skrall, Raid on Vulcanus and The Legend Reborn.

A map of Bara Magna.

Characters

Each character gets two pages, one with a full picture of themselves as they would appear on the cover, and the other with a biography detailing their events from the Core War to the end of the Battle of Roxtus. There are also details on personality, equipment, achievements, and acquaintances.

Locations

Exclusive to the book, there is an illustrated and labeled map of a region of Bara Magna, encompassing many locations mentioned in the serial, with the exception of the Valley of the Maze. It shows all villages as well as landmarks around each village. Opposite the map, there is a column, detailing landmarks, such as the Black Spike Mountains and the Sea of Liquid Sand. In following pages, there are illustrations of each Agori Village, along with a history of each tribe, and opposite, a biography of an Agori from that village.

Trivia

• Tarduk's bio in the book contains several timeline errors. It describes Tarduk's expedition to the north as taking place before the events of The Crossing, and Tarduk being present for the Battle of Atero, conflicting with the events shown in Riddle of the Great Beings.
• Two of the images shown in the character bios for Tarix and Vastus are set renders superimposed onto blurred movie images.

See Also

• Mata Nui's Diary
• Gallery:Books § BIONICLE: Mata Nui's Guide to Bara Magna