Events
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The BIONICLE storyline depicts many Events that involve or impact many Characters or otherwise significantly affect the Timeline.
This page is a listing of major events, with emphasis on notable battles and wars. For a comprehensive listing of events, see Timeline; for narrative summaries of the major story arcs, see Saga Guides.
Solis Magna System
Spherus Magna
Below is a list of events which occurred on the planet of Spherus Magna, and the area on the planet known as Bara Magna. The course of its history ultimately culminated in the Shattering, which set in motion the events of the 100,001 years to come.
Bara Magna (Post-Shattering - Post-Restoration of Spherus Magna)
- Great Tournament
- Arena Matches
- Certavus vs. Unknown Glatorian - Certavus wins and became the first champion of the Great Tournament.
- Ackar vs. Unknown Glatorian - Ackar wins and was named champion of the year.
- Gresh vs. Kiina - Gresh wins the match.[1]
- Gresh vs. Unknown Glatorian - Gresh wins the match.[1]
- Gresh vs. Unknown Glatorian - Gresh wins the match.[1]
- Gresh vs. Unknown Glatorian - Gresh wins the match.[1]
- Gresh vs. Gelu - Gelu wins the match.[1]
- Vastus vs. Unknown Glatorian - Vastus wins and becomes champion of the year.[2]
- Tarix vs. Unknown Glatorian - Tarix wins and is named champion of the year.[3]
- Perditus vs. Unknown Vehicle Pilot - Perditus wins and becomes champion of the vehicle division for a year.[citation needed]
- Perditus vs. Scodonius and Kirbraz - Scodonius and Kirbraz wins.[4]
- Crotesius vs. Unknown Agori Vehicle Pilot - Crotesius wins and became champion of the vehicle division for a year.[5]
- Malum vs. Tarix - Tarix wins the match.[6]
- Malum vs. Skrall - The Skrall wins the match.[7]
- Vastus vs. Kiina - Unknown.[8]
- Malum vs. Vastus - Malum wins the match.[9]
- Malum vs. Strakk - Malum attempts to kill Strakk, and as a result is exiled from his tribe.[9]
- Ackar vs. Gelu - Gelu loses, and Vulcanus wins a large supply of Exsidian.[10]
- Gelu vs. Unknown Glatorian - Gelu wins and claims part of the loser's armor as a trophy.[11]
- Gresh vs. Skrall - The Skrall wins, and the Rock Tribe claims right to an oasis.[12]
- Hero Agori's Quest
The Skrall War
The Skrall assault Bara Magna Society. The purpose is for global domination and land, providing resources and shelter for the Skrall's other enemies located north of the Black Spike Mountains. The war ends after the newly united inhabitance of Bara Magna successfully retaliated against the Skrall by striking Roxtus and defeating their leader.
- Strakk vs. Tarix - Fight disrupted.[6]
- Battle of Atero
- Gelu, who was guarding a caravan heading to Tajun, fights the Bone Hunter Fero and throws him off balance, defeating him. Gelu lets him escape and recovers information about the impending raid on Vulcanus, but the caravan is raided by Zesk.[11]
- Ackar vs. Gresh - Fight cancelled.[11]
- Battle at the Bone Hunter Camp
- Raid on Vulcanus
- Ackar vs. Strakk - Ackar wins the match and Strakk concedes, but then attacks Ackar from behind and is exiled from his tribe.[8]
- Attack on Tajun
- Battle of Sandray Canyon
- Tarix vs. Vastus - Fight disrupted and cancelled.[8]
- Conflict Between Mata Nui and Tuma
- Battle of Roxtus
Reuniting Spherus Magna
Matoran Universe
Events from just prior to the Shattering until the destruction of the Mata Nui Robot in the Battle of Bara Magna.
Pre-Launch
The days before the launching of the Mata Nui Robot.
- Artakha defeats Karzahni for possession of the Mask of Creation.[13]
- The Toa Cordak confront a tribe of Zyglak, and of the Toa, only Lesovikk survives.[14]
- Energy Storms
History of the Matoran Universe
- The Awakening
- A Toa Team visiting Metru Nui defeats and imprisons the Kanohi Dragon. Takadox bears witness to the event.[15]
- Civil War on Ancient's Homeland
- Civil War on Zakaz
- Battle Against the Barraki
- Matoran Civil War
- Time Slip
- Two Dark Hunters arrive on Airwatcher's homeland, and he kills one of them. The other brings Airwatcher back to Odina.[16]
- Two Toa teams join together to fight off Protocairns and the following Parakrekks invasion.[17]
- Norik, Varian, and a local Toa calling himself "Grey", fight Dark Hunters Lurker and Gatherer who kidnap "Grey." The Toa give chase, but are defeated and taken to Odina.[17]
- A Toa Fortress protecting the Makoki Stone, is besieged and destroyed by Frostelus, even as it is raided by Vezok and Hakann. Of the Toa, only the rookie Lhikan survives.[18]
- Toa Lesovikk tries to put a wounded Rock Lion out of its misery, only to end up fighting the lion for three days and lose.[14]
- Two Toa Hagah, Norik and Iruini, fight and defeat a Frostelus using a cyclone of molten lava.[19]
The Fight for Metru Nui
As his power grew, the Shadowed One came to crave Metru Nui, attempting repeatedly different strategies to secure a foothold there. After many failed attempts, he sent an army of Dark Hunters to the city, trapping Toa Mangai and Turaga Dume in the Coliseum. Toa Naho slipped through the Dark Hunter ranks and swim to another island to plea for assistance. As a result, hundreds of Toa descend on Metru Nui. An all-out fight across the city broke out, the Toa gaining the upper hand, and eventually driving away the Dark Hunters.
- Battle Against the Kanohi Dragon
- Battle of the Toa Mangai
- Toa-Dark Hunter War
- Tyrant and a group of Dark Hunters confront Lhikan and a band of Toa. The Dark Hunters desert Tyrant, and he disappears, vowing revenge.[16]
- In the closing days of the war, Vengeance duels Toa Lhikan, but is defeated and imprisoned.[16]
- Defeat of the Dark Hunters
- Underwater Rahi Study
Fights for the Avohkii
In little over a thousand years, the Avohkii changed hands twice, coming to and from the Brotherhood of Makuta.
Great Cataclysm
The Great Cataclysm occurs after Teridax cast Mata Nui into slumber. As a result, Metru Nui was wrecked by an earthquake, Voya Nui rocketed upward from the Southern Continent, tearing a hole in the dome and causing water to flood into the Southern Continent and into Karda Nui, as well as many other things throughout the universe.
- Battle in the Great Furnace
- Battle in the Archives
- Vakama, Nokama, and Matau fight several skirmishes while on the run against Nidhiki, Krekka, Vahki, and the Tahtorak.[20][21][22][23]
- Battle at the Great Barrier
- Battle Against Mavrah
Great Rescue
The Great Rescue occurs when the Toa Metru returned to Metru Nui in order to rescue the slumbering Matoran. During the event, the Toa Metru were mutated into the Toa Hordika, the Visorak invaded the island city, and the legendary Rahi Keetongu was found.
- The Toa Metru travel along the caves beneath the island of Mata Nui. Along the way, they face various opponents including the Rahi Nui and the Energized Protodermis Entity.[24]
- The Toa Metru travel through Le-Metru on their way to the Coliseum during which they face escaped and mutated Rahi. They are eventually captured by Visorak.[25]
- The Toa Hordika face the Visorak underground in Po-Metru in order to locate Turaga Dume.[26][27][28]
- The Toa Hordika battle the Visorak for possession of the Mask of Light.[29][30][31]
- Battle for the Tower of Toa
- Onewa, Nuju, Kualus, and Bomonga face Visorak in the Archives, even as Matau and Nokama scout out Coliseum defenses.[26][32][19][33][34]
- Battle of Metru Nui
- Battle for the Kanohi Vahi
The Dark Times
- Dark Hunter-Brotherhood of Makuta War
- A battle of the Dark Hunter-Brotherhood of Makuta War, which took place 250 years ago over a Brotherhood fortress containing carvings of the Brotherhood's plan.[18]
- Icarax challenges Teridax for leadership of the Brotherhood of Makuta. Teridax lets Icarax attack him until he is exhausted, and then uses his Rahi Control powers to turn Icarax's small army of Manas against him. He then uses all his powers to humiliate Icarax.[35]
- A battle between Turaga Dume, the Rahaga, and Keetongu, against a group of rogue Visorak, in which the Visorak are defeated.[36]
- 5 years ago: Mazeka battles Vultraz several times on the Tren Krom Peninsula in an effort to bring him to justice.[37]
Struggle for Mata Nui
As Makuta sends his forces against Metru Nui's former Matoran, the Turaga and Matoran, as well as eventually the Toa Mata, face them and defeat them.
Great War
The Great War was a conflict between Teridax and the Matoran of Mata Nui. Teridax, having taken control of most of the Rahi living on the Island, began to drive fear in the Matoran, kept them separated from other villages, and stopping them from ever returning to Metru Nui. The Matoran gained an edge in the war though, when the Toa Mata eventually arrived.
- A battle occurs between infected Rahi and Ta-Matoran in Ta-Wahi in which the Charred Jungle is destroyed.[38]
- An infected Muaka attacks Ta-Koro, and the Ta-Koro Guard take two days to fend it off.[39]
- Po-Koro Epidemic
- Battle of Le-Wahi
- The Toa Mata battle several infected Rahi. Teridax helps his servants by turning the very island against the Toa, but they overcome the threats by working together.[40]
- Battle for Kini-Nui
- Battle of Mangaia
The Bohrok Invasion
The Bohrok Invasion was an event that began after Teridax's initial defeat with the Toa Mata. Having been weakened, he activated a signal to awaken the Bohrok sleeping under Mata Nui. Programmed to clean Mata Nui of all extremities that may have built up before his awakening, they began to level the island, causing much damage to the Matoran Villages. Their queens, the ones who controlled them, were eventually trapped by the Toa, ending the event, and the heroes under certain condition, transformed into Toa Nuva.
After the Bohrok swarms and the Bahrag twins were defeated, the Bohrok-Kal were activated. The six creatures were a failsafe for the Bohrok in case anything should stop their mission. After robbing the Toa Nuva of their Nuva Symbols, cutting off their Elemental Power, they began to search for the missing Bahrag and free them using the symbols. They were eventually stopped by the weakened Toa, however, and the symbols were returned.
- The Toa Mata arrive in Ta-Koro to find it under attack by Pahrak and Kohrak. The Bohrok are driven out when Gali and Lewa create a thunderstorm.[41]
- Attack on Po-Koro
- Nuparu, Onepu and Taipu are trapped in a cave during an evacuation of Onu-Koro, which is being flooded by Gahlok. After inventing the Boxor, they drive the creatures out.[42]
- Battle for Le-Koro
- Attack on Ga-Koro
- Battle in the Bohrok Nest
- The Toa Nuva encounter the Bohrok-Kal in the desert of Po-Wahi. The Toa Nuva challenge them, but lack their Elemental Powers and are overwhelmed and defeated.[43]
- While searching for their Kanohi Nuva, Tahu and Lewa defeats the Nuhvok-Kal with the help of the Le-Matoran.[44]
- Gali, Kopaka, and Lewa attack the Gahlok-Kal, Kohrak-Kal, and Lehvak-Kal in Le-Wahi as Wairuha, but the Bohrok-Kal defeat them by forming their own Kaita.[45][46]
- All six elementally-drained Toa Nuva and Turaga Vakama are attacked by the Rahi Nui in the Place of Shadow. Vakama enrages and defeats the creature.[44]
- Battle Against the Bohrok-Kal
- The Rebuilding
- Kolhii Tournament
The Search for the Seventh Toa
Following the rediscovery of the Kanohi Avohkii, the Turaga tasked Takua and Jaller with the search for the seventh Toa of Light, a mission supported by the Toa Nuva and opposed by Teridax's Rahkshi.
- Attack on Ta-Koro
- Takua and Jaller are attacked by Lerahk, Panrahk in Guurahk in Ko-Wahi, but Kopaka arrive in time to save them and temporarily trap the Rahkshi in a frozen pond.[47]
- Tahu, Gali, and Lewa fight the Rahkshi Lerahk, Panrahk and Guurahk in attempt to stop the Rahkshi from reaching Po-Koro, but the Rahkshi corner and trap them.[48]
- Kopaka travels to Po-Wahi for a meeting with the other Toa only to be cornered and almost defeated by all six Rahkshi.[48] Tahu, Lewa, and Gali arrive and help defeat them.[49]
- Attack on Onu-Koro
- Tahu, Lewa, and Kopaka encounter two Rahkshi Kaita in Le-Wahi and defeat them.[50]
- Battle for the Kanohi Avohkii
- Conflict Between Takanuva and Teridax
Struggle on Voya Nui
The Piraka, the Toa, and the Matoran fight on Voya Nui in a race to find the Mask of Life.
- Battle Against the Piraka
- The Matoran Resistance attacks the Toa Nuva, thinking them to be more Piraka. The battle is halted by Balta, and the two sides ally against the Piraka.[51]
- Hakann, Thok, and Avak mutiny and imprison Zaktan, leading to a brawl between them, Brutaka, and Reidak. The Toa Nuva and Matoran enter during the commotion, but are uniformly felled by Brutaka, securing Zaktan's control.[51]
- Vezok notices the Toa Inika traveling inland, and attacks, absorbing Matoro's and Jaller's powers. The Toa overpower him and demand he lead them to the Toa Nuva, but Vezok combines fire and ice in a cloud of steam and escapes.[52]
- Axonn and Brutaka encounter each other, and Brutaka reveals his treachery as he badly wounds Axonn.[53]
- Velika, Garan, Kongu, and Nuparu are attacked by a Nektann, but Nuparu disables it using his Kadin.[52]
- Battle in the Piraka Stronghold
- Battle Against Umbra
- Conflict Between Axonn and Brutaka
- Battle Against Vezon
Struggle at Mahri Nui
The Barraki, the Toa, and the Matoran fight at Mahri Nui in a race to find the Mask of Life.
- Takadox, Mantax, and Kalmah are trapped in the Pit and attacked by Zyglak.[54] Nocturn notices the entrance was sealed and breaks in, and Takadox gets him to attack the Zyglak while the others flee.[55]
- Attack on Mahri Nui
- In the Cord, the Toa Inika are attacked by a Zyglak tribe. The tribe captures Vezon, who had been following the Toa Inika[56][57] before being captured and killed by the mutated Piraka, who also follow the Toa Inika.[58]
- After splitting from Vezon, the Kardas Dragon encounters and fights the Tahtorak. Kardas loses and flees Voya Nui to Mata Nui, where it is defeated by Bohrok.[57][59]
- Battle of Matoro and Pridak
- Karzahni and Lesovikk fight in the Pit, with the Ta-Matoran Sarda watching. Karzahni uses his Olisi on Sarda, forcing Lesovikk to retreat and save the Matoran.[14]
- Conflict Between Karzahni and Teridax
- Lesovikk and Karzahni clash again. While Karzahni hides in a cave, he uses his mask to give Lesovikk a seductive vision in which his team survived and lived for many years, which Lesovikk nearly does not abandon. Karzahni is trapped by Sarda and Idris using an Underwater Trap before being taken away by Botar.[14]
- Conflict Between Brutaka and Teridax
- Conflict Between Hydraxon and Nocturn
- When the Toa Mahri lead the Matoran of Mahri Nui to Voya Nui via the Cord, the mutated Piraka attack and almost kill them. Axonn saves the group by knocking everyone unconscious with a blast of energy.[58]
- Battle for the Kanohi Ignika
- The Toa Nuva split up to perform various tasks to prepare for Mata Nui's reawakening. Following this, they are teleported to Daxia, where they witness the Staff of Artakha being used in a Power Cradle Chamber to repair the damage of the Great Cataclysm except that in Karda Nui.
Struggle in Karda Nui
The Makuta, the Toa, and the Matoran fight in Karda Nui in a race to find the Mask of Life.
- Siege of Karda Nui
- The duplicate Hydraxon defeats and captures the escaped Pit Prisoners in quick succession. While fighting Pridak, the Barraki reveals the true past of the new Hydraxon to him, but Hydraxon dismisses it.[60]
- Conflict in the Sky
- The Tahtorak is dropped in the center of Xia, and the Kanohi Dragon is released to combat it. Half of the city is leveled and chunks of the Mountain are torn out, but the Toa Hagah help end the fight.[61]
- Conflict in the Swamp
- Battle for the Codrex
- Destiny War
- Icarax discovers Botar and Trinuma depositing a weapons stash. Botar is crushed by Icarax's magnetic powers, but Trinuma escapes.[62]
- Axonn and Brutaka attempts to make a treaty with the Skakdi warlord Nektann, but are driven back to a beach by the Skakdi. Much of the army is buried when Brutaka collapses a building on them. After that, the two give themselves up to negotiate with Nektann.[63]
- A misunderstanding between the Toa Hagah and the Toa Mahri escalates into battle, but they stop to subdue a three-headed giant Rahi released during the fight.[61]
- The united Skakdi attack Rahkshi on a Southern Island. The Rahkshi are initially at an advantage, but the Skakdi erupt in a rage and tear through their opponents.[64]
- The Voporak battles a four-armed warrior, and Ta-Koro Guardsmen and secures the Kanohi Vahi.[64]
- Destral is besieged by forces of the Order of Mata Nui. Tridax attempts to unleash on the forces his Shadow Takanuva while threatening Vezon, but Tobduk and Mazeka arrive and confront them.[63] Tobduk kills Tridax while Mazeka lets Vezon escape.[37]
- Siege of Metru Nui
Alternate Universes
Battles
Spherus Magna Alternate Universe
- A battle between the residents of Tesara and Makuta Miserix, Vortixx, Skakdi and Bone Hunters occurs after Vezon travels to the alternate universe. As the Toa and Glatorian run to defend the village, the Cursed Great Being seems to freeze time and space around the battle.[64]
Toa Empire Alternate Universe
- The Toa Empire invades the island of Odina and occupies it, killing many of the Dark Hunters. Naho leads the attack, but secretly helps the Shadowed One to escape. She is later discovered, mutated, and put on display in the Archives.[65]
- In the Toa Empire Alternate Universe, Brutaka tries to stop Toa Bomonga, Gaaki, and Pouks from exploring Voya Nui. While the Order warrior is distracted by Gaaki and Pouks, Bomonga strikes Brutaka in the back and kills him.[65]
- Rebellion Against the Toa Empire
The Kingdom Alternate Universe
- The Makuta attempt to evacuate with the rest of the populace, but are driven back by the Toa and the Order of Mata Nui. The alternate Takanuva then erects several light barriers to ensure that no Makuta would enter the Kingdom.[66]
- Hewkii and Pohatu are killed by Rahkshi whilst trying to seal off the tunnels to the Matoran Universe. Afterwards, Jaller, Tahu, and Kopaka drove them back.[66]
- Battle at the Light Barrier
References
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