Ruru

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"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[1]


The Kanohi Ruru is the Mask of Night Vision. 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[1] not as powerful as that of the Akaku.[2] It can be used as a weapon, blinding enemies with its glow.[3][4][5] The Noble version does not glow, but allows its user to see clearly in any level of darkness.[1] The mask gives the user greater night vision than that of a Toa of Earth.[6]

Kanohi Ruru are made from Enlarge and Teleport Kanoka on Metru Nui.[7]

Example Usages

A Great Kanohi Ruru in action

Bearers

Great

  • Toa Metru Whenua - Formerly; briefly mutated when he became a Toa Hordika; became Noble when he transformed into a Turaga
  • Savage[8] - 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

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ruru." Encyclopedia Updated, p. 124.
  2. "Official Greg Discussion", post 2959. BZPower Forums. (archived on greg.thegreatarchives.com)
  3. "Chapter 8." Maze of Shadows. BIONICLE Adventures 6, p. 109.
  4. "Chapter 2." Web of the Visorak. BIONICLE Adventures 7, p. 34.
  5. BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui.
  6. "Chapter 2: Whenua's Tale: Those Who Forget the Past...." Tales of the Masks. BIONICLE Chronicles 4.
  7. "Kanoka Disk - Mask of Power Chart." Encyclopedia Updated, p. 53.
  8. "Chat with Greg Farshtey", post 10612449. LEGO Message Boards. (archived on greg.thegreatarchives.com)

See Also