Lake of Lava

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Lake of Lava
Location
Status	Dismantled
Position	Mount Valmai

The Lake of Lava was formed by the molten contents of Mount Valmai, located on the area of the Southern Continent called Voya Nui. The Mask of Life was located underneath it.

History

The Lake of Lava being drained in the Voya Nui Online Animations

After the Great Cataclysm, the lake's burning core remained the island's only source of energy, which after a thousand years was already dwindling. The heat of the lava was the only reason life was sustainable on the island because it warmed up the icy hellscape it would otherwise have been. Bubbling lava caused frequent tremors and earthquakes and the temperature of the lake that was rising each day, signified an imminent danger of a catastrophic event--an explosion of unprecedented power--which would have obliterated Voya Nui.

When the Piraka arrived on the island of Voya Nui, they believed that the Kanohi Ignika was underneath the Lake of Lava. Posing as Toa, they put the residing Matoran to work, but gave them no explanation for why they were draining the lava from the lake. After a while, however, the Matoran's trust in the Piraka began to dwindle, and so did their work. Hakann and Avak fooled the workers by engineering a lava monster hoax, which they then "defeated" and thus replenished the Matoran's trust.

Soon after, almost all the Matoran came under the influence of Antidermis and were forced to continue to work on draining the lava, more quickly and taking less breaks than before. The rate of Matoran deaths increased because they either worked too close to the lava or were jarred by the eruptions and fell into the lava. However, the Toa Inika intervened by freeing the slaves with Energized Protodermis, thus stopping their work.

When Teridax was killed in the Battle of Bara Magna, the Lake of Lava was severely damaged, and the Matoran evacuated to Spherus Magna. Later, the Lake of Lava, along with all other locations in the Matoran Universe, was dismantled.

Appearances

Books	Online	Multimedia
Novels BIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom (FA) BIONICLE Legends 2: Dark Destiny	Animations Voya Nui Online Animations (NC)	Online Games Voya Nui Online Game (SC) Video Games BIONICLE Heroes (NC)