7. Coming of the Toa
Bionicle beings as the Toa, might heroes, fall from the sky and land. They must collect the 

Kanohi masks or the evil Makuta will triumph!

Tale of the Toa 

The Toa landed, 

not knowing at first who they were except for their names. They began to journey from their landing point, where they fell 

and scattered, to find out more. Kopaka, the Toa of Ice, found out when he trapped a Matoran named Matoro in the icy depths 

of Ko-Wahi. Tahu of Fire discovered his purpose when the Matoran named Jala and his Guard, or task force, trapped Tahu by 

accident in a Rahi trap. Gali, Master of Water, found out when she arrived at her village just in time to save them from a 

destructive Tarakava. Onua, Digger of the Earth, stumbled upon an Onu-Matoran park and learned from his Turaga. Pohatu of 

Stone learned simply by arriving at his village in the cliffs. And Lewa, Toa of Air, flew with the winds to his village in 

the treetops of Le-Wahi. 

All of the Toa arrived, and the inevitable occurred: they finally met one another. In 

a meeting on the cliffs of Mt. Ihu, they talked and got to know one another, discussing their powers and what they had done. 

However, they soon drifted from the close past to the near future, familiarizing one another with what they had learned about 

Makuta, the Rahi and the villages. The Turaga had told them that they needed to find the Kanohi Masks, objects of great 

power, to defeat the Makuta. Although Tahu and Gali wanted to stay together, they split apart and soon were on their way to 

find the masks. 

The Toa had many adventures and dealings with Rahi as they searched for their masks, which the 

Toa were finding with the help of the Matoran and the Turaga. However, the Rahi and obstacles were immense, and although the 

Toa had found a few masks, they realized it would have been a lot easier had they had each other with them. So Onua called 

for a meeting and they got together, and soon they teamed up. After a long time, they all collected each of their masks, 

finding that working together was a lot easier. 

Once each Toa retrieved all of his or her masks, they 

descended into the Suva, where all of their masks combined into a Gold Kanohi mask1, which had all of the powers of the six 

Great Masks and more. As each Gold Mask formed, they also each received a Makoki Stone, a small piece of a circular stone 

needed to open the pathway to Mangaia, Makuta's lair. Then they all headed to the Kini-Nui for a final gathering before 

going down to defeat the Makuta. In there they discussed how they would return--or if they would return--to the top, because 

Makuta would almost certainly send all of his Rahi to the Kini-Nui. After the unexpected arrival of the Chronicler and his 

company, however, they went down knowing that seven Matoran were protecting the entrance2. 

Upon entering the 

underground, the six Toa became two, the Toa Kaita. Akamai was the combination of Tahu, Pohatu and Onua, while Wairuha was 

the power of Lewa, Gali and Kopaka. Valor and Wisdom were what they represented, and each took a different path and they 

would meet again at the gates of Mangaia. As each took a different path, both of them encountered a new menace: the 

Manas. 

As each fought them, the overwhelmingly powerful creatures attacked them in groups, moving to fast for 

the Toa Kaita to effectively attack or block them. Luckily, both rejoined sooner then the gates and together they were much 

stronger. But the Manas were continuously coming, and the Toa Kaita needed a way to stop them. Soon enough, they found a way. 

Strange towers outlined the landscape, and as each Toa Kaita sliced one, sparks flew and a Manas shut down. Despite the Manas 

attempts to guard the towers that mysteriously gave them life, they Toa continued to mercilessly hack at them. Soon all were 

defeated. The Toa Kaita moved on. 

The Toa entered Makuta's lair. Suddenly, agonizing pain sped through the 

bodies of the Toa Kaita, and they were split. They were in the realm of the ultimate enemy, the force of destruction itself, 

so they were disunited and became the Toa again. But the Makuta could not disunite them in spirit, although they were 

discouraged. They entered the main chamber. 

The first thing they saw was nothingness. Then Makuta's voice 

boomed into the chamber, taunting and ridiculing them. Suddenly, six shadowy forms formed in front of the Toa, each matching 

the Toa's shape. Jumping into combat, the Toa turned on themselves: the Shadow Toa. As the Toa battled, they began to tire. 

It was an extremely even match, and no one would be a sure winner until they began to tire: and the Shadow Toa did not get 

tired. 

So they began to help each other out. While the Shadow Toa sneered and battled merciless, the others 

began to work against other Shadow Toa rather than battling their own. Shadow Gali melted into a steaming puddle from Tahu's 

sword, while Tahu's Shadow was buried under falling rocks. A flood eroded the Shadow Onua, as Onua trapped the Shadow Lewa 

in a floor-to-ceiling column of earth and stone. The Shadow Kopaka was blown into many small ice crystals, and Kopaka froze 

the Shadow Pohatu's surface, causing it to slide into a pile of lava. By working together and helping each other, they had 

finally defeated the Shadow Toa. 

They then looked up into a column in the middle of the room, a swirling 

vortex of objects, and called out to Makuta, saying they were ready. And then the Makuta showed himself. The Toa were 

stunned, simply staring at the small being walking up toward them. A Matoran--completely pitted and rusted--walked out to 

them, blank eyes staring from empty sockets. The Toa made a comment about his from, and he said, "I am that which you have 

sworn to protect." 

Kopaka warned Tahu it was a trick, and then Tahu made another comment. And suddenly, the 

Matoran body disappeared, and in it's place, dark energy swarmed, and the Infected Mask rose high as energy swirled around 

the Toa reaching out to them. The tentacles of energy and darkness swarmed over them, knocking them down. Nothing the Toa 

could do at the moment worked, no matter how hard they tried to evade the attack of the darkness. All of them were knocked to 

the ground. Slowly, the master of Darkness stopped all attack and gazed down at the tired opponents, laughing at his pathetic 

foes. In a last attempt, the Toa summoned all of their remaining power, and blasted the swirling vortex of nothingness with 

all of the elemental energies they could muster. Instantly, pain rippled through the Makuta and the swirling vortex of 

objects dropped down suddenly, and the infected mask disappeared into the darkness3. But not before warning the Toa that they 

could not destroy him. 

Pillars of white energy flowed down from the blackness above, and engulfed the Toa, 

bringing them back to the surface. That in itself was the end of the Makuta's most terrible reign, and the beginning of 

another period of terror for the villagers of Mata Nui: the Bohrok Swarms. 


The 

Chronicler's Journey 

Flung down from the awakening of the Toa Stones to the beach of Ta-Wahi, 

Takua the Chronicler was wiped of all memory, including his name4, when he hit. When he awoke, he saw a canister on the 

beach, which was actually Toa Tahu's. As he got up, Takua also spotted a small, blue Ga-Matoran on the beach line near a 

boat. he walked over, to find that she was Maku (now known as Macku, same pronunciation) of Ga-Koro. She wanted to find Gali, 

because her village was in deep trouble because of a recent Tarakava attack. 

So while Maku searched for Gali 

on foot, Takua rode the boat to Ga-Koro. After getting through the gate, which had been configured so only Matoran who were 

smart enough to figure it out could get through and Rahi could not, Takua stepped into an empty village, one desolate and 

abandoned. Smoldering huts lay scattered, while wrecked flotation pads lay strewn about. After an investigation of the 

wreckage, he found a small tube that stretched to a sealed flotation pad underwater. Nokama, the Turaga of the village and 

some Ga-Matoran were trapped down there, and to get back up to the surface they needed to find the missing gear to the 

pump. 

Takua went and observed the pump, which had a necessary gear missing. Takua searched all over the 

village for a while, eventually going underwater. There, he found a small gear stuck to the bottom of some coral, which he 

grabbed. He then resurfaced and pushed it back into it's proper slot in the machine. Suddenly, the thing sprang to life and 

began pumping water downward. A lily pad was brought up fast, and from it came Nokama and her villagers. 

But 

then came the Tarakava. Bursting from the water, it loomed over the group, angry that it's prey had been freed. It was bout 

to strike... when Gali came. The Toa of Water met her villagers with a fight, dueling the Tarakava and flipping onto it's 

back. In an attempt to grab it, it pulled both it and Gali into the water. The other villagers held their breath, and then... 

she came out. Gali jumped out with an infected mask in her hand5. 

Takua, after receiving many thanks from 

Turaga Nokama and the Ga-Matoran, proceeded South toward the village of fire, called Ta-Koro. There, he met Vakama, the 

Turaga of that village and Vakama told Takua about the coming of the Toa Tahu and how the Guard stumbled upon him. After 

exploring the village a bit more, and receiving a Lavaboard, Takua left through a tunnel within Ta-Koro to trek to the 

underground village of Onu-Koro. 

In the tunnel it split into a small Lightstone mine, which was filled with 

lava from a split lava pipe, and the pipe key was across the lava. The tunnel was blacked off, but Takua, feeling 

particularly courageous, crossed the lava with his Lavaboard and figured out a small, coded puzzle on the pipe machine6 that 

allowed the lava to stop flowing and the remaining lava cooled. After receiving many thanks from the Onu-Matoran workers and 

crew, he continued on. 

He took another split path that led to a cave labeled Le-Wahi. This cave was full of 

many Matoran working hard and laboring to finish the cave to Le-Wahi. Takua actually spoke to a miner that dreamt of going 

around Le-Wahi, longing to see the sights. The miner was named Taipu, and Takua learned a bit more about Onu-Matoran mining 

and the Toa named Onua from him. After a thanks and farewell, they departed and Takua continued on toward Onu-Koro. 


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Onu-Koro was experiencing trouble mining, as they had reached a layer of something extremely hard, so Takua decided 

to go check it out. He soon came to meet the Chief Mining Prospector and found out that the layer of hard rock had a sundial 

upon it. The Mine Prospector asked Takua if he knew an Astrologer, and he replied yes, the one from Ga-Koro. Then the 

Prospector gave Takua a letter for the Astrologer. So Takua ventured to Ga-Koro, and when the Astrologer saw the letter, she 

gave Takua a Gnomon, which was a small object that went into the sundial. The Astrologer told Takua to use the Lightstone to 

imitate 4:00 with the Gnomon. 

Takua ventured back to Onu-Koro, and used the Gnomon and a Lightstone he had 

gotten from the mines to replicate 4:00. Suddenly, the sundial and plate it was upon started moving down slightly as to form 

round stairs that led downward. Takua followed them, and at the bottom of the pit he found a shimmering replica of a Golden 

Kanohi Hau, with the words Rahi emblazoned above it, spinning it. Takua did not know what it meant7 and so left, keeping the 

area in mind in case he ever got a clue to what it meant. 

Takua then descended back down and found several 

Onu-Matoran talking back at the top levels of Onu-Koro to find several Matoran talking about the new mining opportunities and 

the almost finished Le-Koro mine. Takua decided to go see the Le-Koro mine and how soon it would be finished, and so went 

back. As he walked in, he saw Taipu lift his hammer and bring it hard upon the wall, causing glimmers of sunlight to poke 

through, and for several to cover their eyes. They had finished the mine. Takua needed to go to Le-Koro, and asked Taipu if 

he would like to go with him. Excited, Taipu readily agreed and soon the two were trekking through the jungle of 

Le-Wahi. 

But shadows fell upon them. As Taipu was jumping up to see the village of Le-Koro, a Nui-Rama, 

infected by Makuta, came into view and grabbed Taipu and carried him away. Worried, Takua continued on to the treetop village 

of Le-Koro to find it practically deserted. Takua found a small flute and began playing it. As if by magic, Le-Matoran began 

to appear from the bushes and vines like magic, until the village was full of cheerful but curious Le-Matoran. Takua was 

given the flute and taught a song so that he could call upon a Kewa, or Goko-Kahu bird, from anywhere to fly him to other 

villages. He thanked them, and told them of Taipu's fate. Kongu, a Gukko8 Rider in the village, said that he was most likely 

taken to the hive, but alas they could not go there for fear of the Nui-Rama. The Nui-Rama also had some Le-Matoran 

trapped. 

However, soon after Takua arrived a thick, dark cloud began to form in the North--of Nui-Rama! A 

swarm of the Rahi were coming, and the Le-Matoran had to fend them off, and maybe get into the net while most of them were 

out. So Kongu and Takua took flight on a Gukko Bird to save the captures Le-Matoran and Turaga Matau. Using a small disc 

holster, Takua helped by hitting several Nui-Rama on their way. Getting past most the Nui-Rama, the two soon entered the 

nest, only to be trapped with the rest. There, Matau told Takua that their Toa, the Spirit of Air, had been taken by 

Makuta's infection. 

After a while, Takua began to be restless, and then from above approached a dark shadow. 

Toa Lewa and a Nui-Kopen holding his Kanohi Mask were above. And then, a tremor shook the nest--Onua had arrived. The Toa of 

Earth stared up at Lewa, and Lewa flung himself downward and the two engaged in fierce combat. Throwing each other off of the 

walls, Onua managed to knock the infected mask off with his Matatu, thus halting Makuta's control over Toa Lewa. Onua then 

used his Matatu to get Lewa's Kanohi from the Nui-Kopen, and then Lewa used his Komau to control the Nui-Kopen so it could 

help bring some of the Matoran back to Le-Koro. When they arrived, the Matoran held a large celebration, and Lewa received 

his Golden Kanohi. 

Takua then flew a Goko-Kahu all the way back to Ta-Koro, just North of Le-Wahi. There, he 

talked with Jaller, where he received an ensign of the Guard to allow pass to other areas. Takua then talked a bit more about 

the latest news, and he was told he needed to go check on the Ko-Koro outpost. Takua walked up the side of Ta-Wahi, and used 

a Ta-Matoran Cable car to reach Ko-Wahi. When he did, he was at the drifts, a cold and desolate landscape of Ko-Wahi. There, 

he found an empty Ta-Matoran outpost, and grabbed a Heatstone there too. He then proceeded back into the drifts. There, Takua 

found an odd sight: a Ko-Matoran was stuck in ice. Using the Heatstone he had found earlier and thawed it. The Ko-Matoran 

quickly recovered and stared at Takua for a second, and then ran through the drifts. Takua was quick to follow and soon they 

stopped at an ice cave. There, he discovered that the Matoran's name was Kopeke. From there he found a path to Ko-Koro. 


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In Ko-Koro he walked into the Sanctum, or the Wall of Prophecies, and tried to talk with the Turaga of Ko-Koro, 

Nuju. However, all he heard were clicks and whistles. A Ko-Matoran told Takua that he would have to get Matoro, who was the 

only Matoran who could understand and translate Nuju's speech. But he was out in the drifts hunting, so Takua decided to 

leave. Going through a secret passage, he found himself in the drifts once again. From there, he followed red flags to try 

and find Matoro. However, he also found a rock... and it said only three words. "Beware the Swarm." And entranced by it, 

Takua fell unconscious. 

Later, Matoro found Takua on his way back and brought him into a cave. Right after 

Matoro did so, a low growl was heard, and Matoro witnessed a battle between Kopaka and a Muaka. Kopaka and Matoro then 

brought Takua back to Ko-Koro and allowed him to rest. Takua then went to Nuju and, with the help of Matoro, conversed. And 

then Nuju asked him a question. Would you, the Chronicler, bring down one Matoran from each village as a Company to protect 

the Kini-Nui while the Toa went down into the Makuta's lair. Takua agreed. 

Takua then traveled across Mata 

Nui and gathered many Matoran he knew. Kapura of Ta-Koro, Tamaru of Le-Koro, Kopeke of Ko-Koro, Maku (now named Macku) of 

Ga-Koro, Hafu of Po-Koro and Taipu of Onu-Koro. Together they made pact, a trust: they were the Chronicler's Company, and 

were to protect the Toa at all costs. Together, they traveled through the falls of Ko-Koro, an Ice Gate of Ko-Koro, swung 

into Le-Koro and cleared a pile of rubble obstructing the pathway to Kini-Nui. When they arrived, the Toa were in a meeting, 

and were worried that if they were to defeat the Makuta and come back, Rahi of all kinds would be there. When the Company 

arrived, the Toa's worry was answered. The Company promised to protect the Kini-Nui and make sure no Rahi were to attack the 

Toa when they came out. But before they left, Gali stopped Takua and established a sort of mind-link to him so he could 

Chronicle the battle if Makuta if they could not come back to tell the tale. 

As the Toa descended, the Matoran 

waited. But they did to have to wait long. Soon, a horde of Rahi arrived, determined to face the Toa and destroy them. The 

Matoran used their discs to fend off the Rahi. And it worked. But not for long suddenly, a large group of Rahi of all types 

began to approach, and the Matoran thought all was lost. All was not lost, though, as an army of Ta-Matoran appeared in the 

North and flung a mighty sea of discs at the Rahi. Gukko birds swooped down and attacked, and Ussal riding Onu-Matoran began 

to erupt from the earth, ambushing the Rahi. The Kini-Nui was safe, now, and the Rahi swarms were defeated. 



/>Takua then saw the last mind-link from Gali, ushering him to witness the final battle with Makuta because when they entered 

Mangaia the link would be broken. Whenua summoned him, and told Takua that their was another passage to Mangaia through the 

mysterious Sundial area Takua had found earlier. Takua thanked Turaga Whenua and then proceeded downward. He reached the 

area, and to his surprise the Golden Hau that had been floating above it was gone. He touched the pillar that it had been 

resting on, and with a sudden jerk the platform began to descend. It soon reached the bottom of a dark chamber, disabled 

Manas scattered about. He approached a tall, glowing green, open door and went in it. Peeking behind a wall, he saw the 

entire battle with the Makuta, from the appearance of the Infected Matoran to the elemental outbursts of the Toa. As the Toa 

were transported upward, the pieces floating in the void came down upon the ground and him. He got out, and not wanting to 

stick around, sought for a way out. He came to another door, and it opened. He walked in. 

In lied a large 

circular chamber, a semi-sphere of giant proportions with several weird circles that were glowing a sickly green. Takua 

gingerly approached one, and stared into it. A shape was in there, and then suddenly it burst a couple of bio away. Takua 

stared into the darkness, trying to see what had just burst, but could only see the vague shape of red eyes. Takua began to 

run away, and as he did, more of the pods began to burst. He soon approached a small, tan pole with an indent in it. He 

looked back to see more red eyes approaching, and then he started through his backpack. When he came across a Po-Matoran 

chisel that he found, he stared at the shape and then slammed it into the indent. Instantly, a bubble formed around him and 

lifted up and away, through a small tunnel in the ceiling. It ejected him into the sand of the beach he started the whole 

adventure at. 

Vakama stood on the beach, and as Takua approached, Vakama gave a small speech to Takua, coaxing 

the evil thoughts that had come into his mind away. And as they walked back to Ta-Koro, the Red Star glowed all the more 

brightly. 


Footnotes 


1 There are actually three 

different interpretations of how the Toa received the Gold Kanohi, one in the books by C.A. Hapka and two online. However, 

this is usually regarded as the most accurate setting and is thus the one given note. 

2 This was the point 

when Gali established what might be called a "mind link" with the Chronicler Takua, so he could see the battle and record it 

from the outside. However, upon entering the Makuta's main chamber, the mind link broke, so Takua came down to witness the 

final battle with Makuta. 

3 The Makuta was not totally defeated at this point. he was severely weakened and at 

this point unleashed the Bohrok to distract the Toa, and to hopefully awaken the Kal from slumber to defeat the Toa 

too. 

4 Although in the Mata Nui Online Game his name was not revealed to him until the end, we are referring 

5 to him as Takua here so we do not have to keep saying "The Chronicler." 

The Tarakava in question was then 

put in the care of Kotu, the Ga-Matoran Rahi keeper, and then released again into the wild. 

6 The kind of 

machine shown in the game that this guide is based upon was probably there as a puzzle. The Matoran did not actually have a 

technological level high enough to make a machine like that at the time, and the game was made when Bionicle was still in 

it's early planning stages. 

7 No one is really quite sure why the words "Rahi" were above the shimmering Hau. 

Because the Hau eventually turned into a pathway to Makuta's lair, it was thought to mean that Rahi like Manas lay 

underground, but that it just a theory. 

8 At this point, the birds the Le-Matoran flew were called Kahu and 

shaped very differently. However, TLC changed Kahu to Gukko in both physical shape and name-wise so we are referring to them 

as Gukko here.