BIONICLE 1: The Coming of the Toa

"I have slept for so long. My dreams have been dark ones. But now I am awakened. Now the scattered elements of my being are rejoined. Now I am whole. And the darkness cannot stand before me."
— Toa Mata Kopaka

BIONICLE 1: The Coming of the Toa
Comic
Outside/alternate title	Six Heroes One Destiny Six Heroes... One Destiny
Author	Greg Farshtey
Illustrator	Carlos D'Anda

"The Coming of the Toa", also known by its cover text "Six Heroes One Destiny" or "Six Heroes... One Destiny", is the first comic in the BIONICLE series.

Summary

The comic begins as Toa Mata Kopaka's Toa Canister lands at Mata Nui before an audience of Ussal crabs. He awakens and blasts open his Canister. He pieces himself together and, heading toward the mountains, meets the Ko-Matoran Matoro. The Toa of Ice sees the Matoran as an enemy, and attacks him. However, he is soon realizes that Matoro is not a foe, and Kopaka is consequently informed of his summoning to Mata Nui and his quest to collect Kanohi masks.

The pair then proceed to go to meet with Turaga Nuju. As they walk, they are ambushed by a Nui-Rama, which causes Matoro to fall over a cliff. Kopaka quickly saves the falling Matoran, and both land on top of a flowing stream of water which Kopaka freezes.

They are soon met by Turaga Nuju, who tells Kopaka more of his quest and the trouble which Makuta Teridax had brought on the island. He then tells Kopaka to look for the masks, the first of which is at a "place of far-seeing". Kopaka then departs for Mount Ihu, in search of his first mask, a Kanohi Hau.

As he scales Mount Ihu, Kopaka meets Pohatu, who accidentally buries Kopaka in a pile of rocks whilst "practicing" his skills. Freeing himself, Kopaka reluctantly allows the Toa of Stone to travel alongside him. Shortly afterwards, Kopaka finds the object of his quest, tests it out, and then quickly descends the mountain with Pohatu, as he saw "beings of great power". They soon find themselves in the company of the other four Toa Mata.

Characters

• The Toa Mata
• Matoro
• Turaga Nuju
• Turaga Whenua (CO)
• Turaga Vakama (CO)
• Turaga Matau (CO)
• Turaga Nokama (CO)
• Turaga Onewa (CO)
• Makuta Teridax (M)

Trivia

• First printings of this comic had the words 'Arriving Summer 2001' stamped between Tahu's legs. This was removed in the digital version.
• In the v0.006 build of BIONICLE: The Legend of Mata Nui, the files "Lev4_eng.slb" and "legocinePohatuMeetsKopaka.mp3" indicate that the game would have featured a cutscene adapted from Kopaka and Pohatu's first meeting in this comic.
• The comic was later re-released in 2003 at San Diego Comic-Con with a new cover from artist Ashley Wood.
• In some parts of the world, the re-released comic came packaged with one of the three versions of the poisoned Kanohi Hau Nuva.

See also

• The Toa and the Turaga
• BIONICLE Chronicles 1: Tale of the Toa
• Saga Guide - Quest for the Masks
• Timeline - Quest for the Masks

External links

• View
• The comic was also placed online by LEGO Magazine Flashback. It can be found here. (archive)