Skull Spiders
"This is a dark time for our island. Many have lost their masks to the Skull Spiders and fallen under the control of the Lord of Skull Spiders."
— Nilkuu, Island of Lost Masks
| Skull Spiders | |
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| Skull Creature | |
| Powers | Mind Control |
| Status | Defeated |
| Location | Okoto Shadow Realm |
| Set number | 70778 - 70789 5002941 Hero Pack (instructions) |
Skull Spiders are arachnid Skull Creatures that dwell on Okoto.
History
Long after the powerful Mask of Creation, Mask of Control, and Mask of Ultimate Power were lost to the wilderness, the Skull Spiders began appearing in force on Okoto. Commanded by the Lord of Skull Spiders, sponsored by the dark spirit of Makuta, they attacked several of the villages and menaced the Okotans, usually mind-controlling them.[1][2][3] Their goal was to uncover Ekimu's Golden Masks of Power for Makuta, the locations of which were only known by the villages' Protectors.
Soon after Toa Tahu crash-landed on Okoto, several Skull Spiders attacked him, but he effortlessly defeated them.
Many Skull Spiders followed the Protectors as they led the Toa through Okoto's wilderness for weeks to find the Golden Masks of Power. The Toa and Protectors fought and defeated many of these Spiders on their journeys.[1] Once the Toa neared claiming their Golden Masks of Power, the Skull Spiders attacked, though they were defeated by the Toa's increased elemental powers. This forced their Lord to challenge the Toa himself, only to be defeated by their combined efforts.
The Skull Spiders later retrieved the body of their injured master and took him to his lair to recover, and began rallying the Skull Spiders on the island to start a full scale assault on Okoto. However, the Protectors discovered the lair trying to to enter the City of the Mask Makers. Eventually, a major battle took place in the Lord of Skull Spiders' lair, which ended with the Protectors bringing the ceiling down on him and the Skull Spiders.[2]
Makuta sent a Skull Spider to free Kulta from his cell and retrieve his mask.[4]
Several joining a group of Skull Warriors in attacking the reclaimed City of the Mask Makers, and later at least one Skull Spider was captured by Shadow Traps.
Several Skull Spiders also appeared among Makuta's minions in the Shadow Realm.
Abilities and Traits
Skull Spiders can attach to the bearer's faces, thereby controlling their minds. They can also attach themselves to animals' faces to take control of them. The Skull Spiders' legs have sharp tips.[1] The Skull Spiders can also spin webs.[2]
The Skull Spiders can be controlled by the Golden Mask of the Skull Spiders and can also be controlled by the Lord of Skull Spiders through a telepathic link.[5]
Skull Spiders also have a limited form of communication, which enables them to follow commands and have basic thoughts and conversation with their fellow spiders.
The Skull Spiders were loyal to the Lord, but they are also loyal to Makuta and Kulta.[4] When the Lord was injured, the Spiders would use their webs to cover him to carry and heal him.[2]
Several breeds of Skull Spiders have unique abilities:
- The blue Skull Spiders are the toughest of the species.[6] At least some of them in the Region of Stone have scorpion stinger tails.
- The silver Skull Spiders are the fastest of the species.[7] These spiders are also amphibious, as they can swim and survive underwater in the Region of Water.[1]
- The green Skull Spiders have developed x-ray vision, which enables them to find prey even in total darkness.[8]
Varieties
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A blue Skull Spider -
A silver Skull Spider -
A green Skull Spider -
A blue Skull Spider with a stinger
Set Information
A Skull Spider was made available in each of the Master and Protector sets of the 2015 winter wave in varying colors: dark blue in 70778 Protector of Jungle, 70779 Protector of Stone, 70784 Lewa – Master of Jungle, 70785 Pohatu – Master of Stone, and 5002941 Hero Pack, silver in 70780 Protector of Water, 70782 Protector of Ice, 70786 Gali – Master of Water, 70788 Kopaka – Master of Ice, and light lime green in 70781 Protector of Earth, 70783 Protector of Fire, 70787 Tahu – Master of Fire, 70789 Onua – Master of Earth. Each Skull Spider uses five pieces - a skull spider masks and four gunmetal gray legs, with the ones in sets 70779 Protector of Stone and 70785 Pohatu – Master of Stone featuring an additional leg piece to make a stinger. Their bodies can connect to faces in the same way regular masks can.
Trivia
- According to the LEGO Club Magazine, Skull Slicer was reanimated through the control of a Skull Spider.[9]
- Some non-canonical media depict Skull Spiders in colors that were not available in sets:
- Several of the Box Comics depict red skull spiders.
- In the activity book BIONICLE: Quest for the Masks of Power, some Skull Spiders have orange, dark green, bright green, or dark red color schemes.
- The Toa and Vizuna theorized that when the Toa defeated the Lord of Skull Spiders, everyone possessed by Skull Spiders is freed from the Lord's control. However, the spiders were still obeying Kulta and Makuta. Vizuna deduced this and told Harvali about it after Nilkuu freed the bio-mechanical snake from a Skull Spider.[3][1][2]
- Kulta used a Skull Spider-enslaved hawk to capture trespassers to the underground city of the Skull Raiders. It took him months to train the Skull Spider to learn to fly the hawk. This hawk was freed by the Toa.[4]
Appearances
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References
See also
| Skull Creatures | |
| Skull Raiders | Axato | Kulta |
| Skull Army | Skull Grinder | Skull Basher | Skull Slicer | Lord of Skull Spiders Skull Scorpios | Skull Spiders | Skull Warriors |
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