Ruru

"That was when Whenua realized they were brightly lit too. It was his mask! His mask was glowing and lighting the way in front of him."
— Narrator, Legends of Metru Nui

Ruru
Kanohi
Title	Mask of Night Vision
Powers	Night vision Limited x-ray vision
Component disks	Teleport Enlarge
Bearers	Whenua Savage
Pronunciation	ROO-ROO

The Kanohi Ruru is the Mask of Night Vision.

Powers

The Great version allows its user to cast a beam of light that allows them and those nearby to see. It also grants them normal night vision and a small degree of x-ray vision not as powerful as that of the Akaku. It can be used as a weapon, blinding enemies with its glow. The Noble version does not glow, but allows its user to see clearly in any level of darkness. The mask gives the user greater night vision than that of a Toa of Earth.

Kanohi Ruru were made from Enlarge and Teleport Kanoka on Metru Nui.

Example Usages

A Great Kanohi Ruru in action

• Great: Toa Whenua used his Great Kanohi Ruru to light his way after he, Nuju, Onewa, and Turaga Lhikan escaped from the Prison of the Dark Hunters in Legends of Metru Nui. Later, he used the mask's power again to see through the floor of the Coliseum.
• Noble: Turaga Whenua used his Noble Kanohi Ruru to view two Manas in Tales of the Masks.

Bearers

Great

• Toa Metru Whenua - Formerly; briefly mutated when he became a Toa Hordika; became Noble when he transformed into a Turaga
• Savage - Formerly; mutated when he became a Toa Hordika

Powerless

• Whenua - Formerly; became Great when he transformed into a Toa Metru
• Garan
• Idris
• Umbra

Noble

• Turaga Vakama - Former secondary mask; destroyed during the sinking of Ta-Koro
• Turaga Nokama - Secondary mask
• Turaga Matau - Secondary mask
• Turaga Onewa - Secondary mask
• Turaga Whenua - Primary mask
• Turaga Nuju - Secondary mask
• The Toa Mata - Former secondary masks; lost when they became Toa Nuva, now with the Turaga

Powerless

• Aiyetoro
• Ally
• Hafu
• Jaa
• Kailani
• Kapura
• Kongu - Formerly, on Metru Nui
• Nuhrii - Formerly, on Metru Nui
• Tiribomba
• Tuuli
• An infected Po-Matoran - Formerly; since uninfected

Forms

A Great Kanohi Ruru in BIONICLE Heroes

Picture	Description
	A Matoran Kanohi Ruru in Great form, as seen in Legends of Metru Nui
	A Great Kanohi Ruru
	A Great Kanohi Ruru mutated by Hordika Venom
	A Noble Kanohi Ruru
	An Infected Noble Kanohi Ruru

Set Information

The noble Ruru was first released in 2001 as part of 8545 Whenua in dark gray, 8537 Nui-Rama in transparent blue, 8539 Manas in orange, and 8546 PowerPack in black. It was one of the masks possible to be received in 8525 BIONICLE Masks, in orange, lime green, tan, light blue, light gray, and dark gray. Due to production errors, European releases of the mask pack also included the mask in red, blue, green, brown, black, and white. In 2002, it was released in 4168039 BIONICLE Clock in red, and alternatively light gray. It was later released again in black as part of set 8585 Hafu in 2003. In 2004, it was released as part of 8607 Nuhrii in dark red dual-injected with silver. The mask bears the code Z-07 on the inside.

A noble Ruru in yellow was included in the prototype for the cancelled Sand Tarakava set. The prototype mask featured the code written below the right eye.

The Great Kanohi Ruru was released in black in 2004, as part of set 8603 Toa Whenua, and in 2006 in sets 8724 Garan and 8625 Umbra. This mask would later be available in dark blue in 8940 Karzahni in 2007.

A Hordika-version of the mask was released in black as part of 8738 Toa Hordika Whenua in 2005.

Trivia

• Ruru is the māori name for a native species of Owl in Aotearoa New Zealand

See Also

• Gallery:Kanohi § Ruru