Helryx
"She closed her eyes and drew upon all her power. If she had any doubt or regrets, she pushed them aside. Helryx would do what she had always done: whatever was necessary."
— Narrator, Reign of Shadows
| Helryx | |
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| Toa of Water | |
| Affiliation | Hand of Artakha[1] (formerly) Order of Mata Nui |
| Kanohi | Great Mask of Psychometry |
| Tools | Spiked Mace Shield |
| Status | Alive |
| Location | Bota Magna[2] |
| Pronunciation | HEL-ricks[3] |
Helryx is the first Toa ever created and the leader of the Order of Mata Nui.[4]
Biography
Early life
The Great Beings created Helryx in Artakha; she came into being as a Toa and was never a Matoran.[5][6] After her creation, Helryx helped construct Metru Nui[7][8] and was present when the Toa Mata were made.[4] She was also a member of the Hand of Artakha and later founded the Order of Mata Nui when the former was disbanded.[1][9]
Order of Mata Nui
Helryx founded the Order of Mata Nui in secret so that it could exact Mata Nui's will without concerning itself with propriety. Because Toa were bound by the Toa Code and had their own destinies, Helryx forbade other Toa, Turaga, and Matoran from joining the Order.[10][11] Based on her studies of the Ce-Matoran, Helryx learned how to train herself and her operatives to shield their minds from telepathy.[12]
When the Toa Mata were transported to Daxia and awoke there for the first time, Helryx introduced them to each other, taught them about the duties and purposes of Toa, and assigned Hydraxon to train them. While she tinkered with a vehicle in her chamber, Tahu and Kopaka confronted Helryx and demanded information from her. She revealed the purpose of the Codrex and the dangers that the Toa would face in Karda Nui.[4]
100,000 years later, Helryx spoke again to the Toa Mata--now Toa Nuva--on Daxia after they had completed a list of tasks stored in the Great Temple. As Trinuma placed the Staff of Artakha in a power cradle, Helryx explained to the Toa that it would undo the effects of the Great Cataclysm.[13]
Using information and carvings collected by three Order members, Jerbraz, Johmak, and Tobduk, Helryx later wrote an atlas detailing several key locations. This atlas was kept in the Order's library on Daxia.[14]
Shortly afterwards, Helryx met with Takanuva and showed him the history of the Toa Mata using a creature of the Order's design. The creature showed Takanuva a vision of violent Energy Storms that ravaged Karda Nui once Mata Nui first awakened. Helryx warned Takanuva that these storms would rage again if the Toa Nuva reawakened the Great Spirit, and she tasked the Toa of Light with telling his teammates in Karda Nui. When Takanuva expressed concern over the Toa Mahri's ability to defend Metru Nui in his absence, Helryx told him that they would have help. Takanuva assumed that Brutaka was the help Helryx referred to and objected to such a traitorous being defending his city. Helryx rebuked Takanuva for his idealism, and after Toa Krakua give Takanuva a sundial that he would need, she sent the Toa of Light on his way.[4]
War with the Brotherhood
Helryx began preparing to go to war against the Brotherhood of Makuta, a conflict she referred to as the "Destiny War."[15] In preparation for this, she dispatched probationary member Brutaka on a mission to rescue Makuta Miserix. Though she had told Takanuva that Brutaka would remain in Metru Nui to aid the Toa Mahri, Helryx instead sent the warrior off with a team of criminals: Roodaka, Vezon, Carapar, Takadox, Makuta Spiriah,[16] and the Dark Hunter Lariska.[17]
Following their return with Miserix, Helryx sent Krakua to bring Axonn from Voya Nui to Daxia in preparation for the final conflict. She also sent a message to the Order of Mata Nui agent among the Dark Hunters, Ancient, alerting him that the time had come to convince the Shadowed One of a new purpose for their group.[15] Her plans also led to Axonn and Brutaka being sent to Zakaz to convince the Skakdi to ally with the Order against the Brotherhood, and having Trinuma take Vezon to Destral.[18]
Some time later, she traveled to Xia and stopped the Shadowed One from destroying the island by creating a tidal wave to stop the Dark Hunter armada. She then confronted the Shadowed One and debated over his approach. She eventually ended the conversation by blasting three of his agents into the ocean. She then told the Toa Hagah of their mission to find Teridax, and gave them Zaktan as a guide.[19]
When the war started, Helryx gave orders to Hydraxon to draft the Barraki onto their side against the Makuta.[20] She also sent Johmak to give the Toa Mahri the Heart of the Visorak, telling them to use it on Artidax.[21]
Helryx convinced Keetongu to join her cause by promising that the threat of the Visorak would be dealt with. The pair then made their way to Nynrah, where they saw the forces of the Brotherhood being defeated. She wandered the beach of Nynrah, using her Kanohi to learn the past of the Rahkshi fragments in an attempt to trace their origins. Most were from sources of Energized Protodermis that the Order already knew of, but she eventually discovered a scene with a mysterious entity composed of Energized Protodermis and Chirox at a pool of the substance, and traced the entity to an island north of Keetongu's homeland. There, accompanied by Keetongu, she found the entity, contained in a vast lake of its substance. Helryx confronted it, questioning its origins, purpose, and dangers it had brought. She threatened to destroy it, and in return, the substance surged as a tidal wave towards the two beings.[22] Just before they were hit by the tidal wave, a portal created by Vezon opened behind the two beings, and they jumped through the portal into the Core Processor.[23] Axonn and Brutaka emerged from another portal behind the two. Just as the assembled group began to converse about what to do, Teridax revealed himself and destroyed Brutaka's Kanohi Olmak to prevent any of them from escaping, and destroyed Zaktan's tank, apparently killing the Skakdi.[24]
After trapping Miserix in an illusion, Teridax sent the Toa Hagah away in their own illusion and teleported Brutaka, Axonn and Keetongu to the southern islands of the Matoran Universe. When Helryx questioned Teridax as to her fate, the Makuta informed her that she was to remain in the chamber and keep him company, as a confidante to share his thoughts with. Helryx vowed to find a way to resist Teridax, and stop him.[25]
Teridax's Reign
While imprisoned, Helryx decided that Teridax had to be stopped, even at the cost of every being in their universe. She reasoned that to kill Teridax, the Matoran had to stop working, therefore weakening him and destroying the universe. She concluded that the Matoran would be unwilling to commit to such an act, and decided to unleash a Nova Blast, in the hopes that it would damage the machinery near her and weaken Teridax enough. Before she could enact her plan, Tuyet, Lewa and two Matoran, Hafu and Kapura, broke into her prison. Knowing the threat Tuyet could pose if she were free, she attempted to coordinate an attack with Lewa, who paid her no attention. The Toa of Air freed Miserix from his illusion, and Tuyet explained that he was not the Lewa that she knew. Helryx ordered Hafu and Kapura to leave, and make peace with their friends. The figure of Lewa identified himself as Tren Krom, and attempted to send a message to the spirit of Mata Nui. Axonn and Brutaka arrived, and Brutaka attempted to stop the proceedings. Helryx refused to compromise her belief, and sided with Axonn and Miserix.[26]
In the ensuing fight, Helryx took on Tuyet and began preparing a Nova Blast once more. Tuyet attempted to stop her, but Helryx was teleported by Artakha to behind the Toa of Water, and caught her in a headlock.[27] The fighting stopped when Artakha himself emerged from a portal, and Helryx recognized the ancient being by his voice.[28] She confronted the ancient crafter about interrupting the fight, though Teridax intervened, and transported her outside the Matoran Universe into space along with the others.[29]
Spherus Magna
The group was eventually saved by Vezon, who pulled them all into a chamber through a dimensional window. Helryx noticed the other occupant of the chamber, and attempted to approach him against Vezon's warnings. Her armor came to life and began choking her, and Vezon revealed that the entity was a Great Being, who had been cursed by the Ignika and locked away. The Great Being then revealed that they were all on Bota Magna.[30]
As they were in the fortress on Bota Magna, Mata Nui killed Teridax in a duel, and restored the planet of Spherus Magna,[31] though the insulation of the fortress prevented Helryx and the others from feeling its effects.[32]
Unsure of what to do with the Great Being, the group began debating on whether or not to free him.[30] Velika had learned of their presence in the fortress, and rigged it to explode in order to eliminate Helryx and the others.[33] She along with the others managed to escape the fortress.[2] Unbeknownst to them, the cursed Great Being escaped as well.[34]
Alternate Universes
The Melding Alternate Universe
In this alternate universe, Helryx is a Ga-Matoran who accompanied Toa Macku and met Mazeka and Vultraz when the two arrived there through a dimensional portal.[35]
The Kingdom Alternate Universe
In this alternate universe, Helryx is part of the ruling council of the Kingdom of the Great Spirit. In this universe, Matoro failed to save Mata Nui and all of the survivors are now living on the island of Mata Nui. Helryx received a message from the Takanuva of the main dimension, ten thousand years after the population evacuated to the island. The message spoke of how she had planned to warn the Toa Nuva through him and requesting an audience with the Turaga Takanuva, which she obtained for him.[36]
Abilities and Traits
Despite being a Toa of Water, Helryx is extremely fierce, somewhat impatient, and quick to anger. She always strives to achieve her vision of the greater good, no matter the decisions and choices she has to make to get it.
As a Toa of Water, Helryx can control, create, or absorb water. She is extremely adept at using her abilities, as demonstrated when she summoned a large tidal wave and kept it suspended directly in front of a fleet of Dark Hunter ships. Her mind is also shielded from outside mental presences, as is mandatory with Order training.
Helryx was created before the invention of the Toa Code, which stipulates that Toa cannot kill their opponents, and therefore did not abide by it.[37] Even after the Code was established, she excluded herself from it due to the nature of her role in the Order.[38]
Mask and Tools
Helryx carries a spiked mace and a shield,[19] both made of Protosteel.[39] She wears the Great Kanohi Mask of Psychometry, which allows her to learn the past of an object by touching it.[22] Her mask and armor are pitted and scarred from the countless battles she has experienced,[4] and she appears disturbingly frail as a result.[40]
Quotes
"She was not Makuta, but she was indescribably ancient and disturbingly frail in appearance. Her mask and armor were pitted and scarred from a thousand battles. She looked like a Toa, but her armor and mask design didn't resemble anything Takanuva had ever seen before."
— Narrator, Swamp of Secrets
"Understand something, Takanuva. We are in a war. Maybe we have been since the day the Brotherhood struck down Mata Nui. And in war, you don't always get to choose your allies or test them first to make sure they are pure enough. I would recruit Dark Hunters and Pit prisoners if I thought it would bring the Makuta down."
— Helryx, Swamp of Secrets
"If Tahu expected the ruler of this land to be some massive, heavily-armored warrior who could snap a Toa in two with no effort, he was to be disappointed. The figure that awaited them was a Toa, although one whose armor looked quite different from theirs. Even more surprising, that armor was blue — like Gali, she was a Toa of Water."
— Narrator, Swamp of Secrets
"Haven't you figured it out yet? You have to be insane to be a Toa at all. It's the first requirement for the job."
— Helryx to Takanuva, Swamp of Secrets
Trivia
- Helryx has completed her destiny and could become a Turaga if she relinquished her power.[41]
- The canon appearance of Helryx was the winning entry in TTV's Canon Contest #1: The First. TheUnderscoredDouble's Helryx model won the building part of the contest, which featured a blue Pakari as a placeholder mask.[42] Then Mister-N designed a new mask for the inspirational model and used it on their entry which won the second part of the contest. Greg Farshtey approved this artwork as Helryx's canon appearance.[43]
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| Other Toa | |
| Alive | Helryx | Chiara | Krakua | Zaria | Orde | Varian |
| Transformed | Dume | Spinner | Jovan (revived) | Prototype | Savage |
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| Hand of Artakha | |
| Former Members | Axonn | Helryx | Hydraxon | Shadow Stealer |
| Former Servants | Energy Hounds (Spinax) |
| Order of Mata Nui | ||
| Leader | Helryx | |
| Members | Current | Axonn | Brutaka | Hydraxon's replica | Jerbraz | Johmak | Krakua | Mazeka | Tobduk | Trinuma | Botar's Replacement |
| Former | Ancient (deceased) | Botar (revived) | Hydraxon (revived) | |
| Servants | Energy Hounds (Spinax) | Kratana | Mana Ko | Maxilos Robots | Umbra | |
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