lasqur Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Just asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavu Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Well if you want to be technical, the Ignika is the mask of death. Life just sounds better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Smoke Monster Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 A Mask of Death was never mentioned to exist in the MU, though that doesn't mean one couldn't have existed. But I think Levvisokk is right. The Ignika could be considered a 'Mask of Death.' Quote Everyone is one choice away from being the bad guy in another person's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 (edited) Although the Ignika often has properties better suiting a Mask of Death instead of Life, I think you're asking if there's a separate Kanohi altogether. No, there isn't. Life, Time, and Creation are the three Legendary Kanohi because those things are the three fundamental principles of the MU. But, as death is not one of those principles, there is no Legendary mask (or any mask) of death.Certain masks have powers pertaining to death, though, such as the Tryna or the Mask of Scavenging. Edited December 4, 2012 by Chro Quote save not only their lives but their spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishers64 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 The Ignika can kill things by draining life energy. There doesn't seem to be any "death energy" in the MU that such a Mask could use, since you either have life energy or you don't, and a mask that drains life energy would be somewhat redundant with the Mask of Life since it can do that anyway. Quote Hero Factory RPG | Bionicle Mafia XXIX: Storyline & Theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallenCor Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I'm inclined too agree with Levvisokk. Although the Ignika was known as the "Mask of Life", it did possess the power to manipulate life however it wished. There are a number of examples of it using the power of "death", such as when Toa Ignika attempted to kill Pohatu, Lewa, Tanma and Photok by accelerating their aging in Shadows in the Sky, cursing Nocturn with killing every being he touched, absorbing life energy to unleash a sort of "Nova Blast", the list goes on. There's also the fact that the Great Beings built a fail-safe into the mask that, were the Matoran Universe thrown utterly and hopelessly out of balance, was to destroy every living thing in the Great Spirit robot. It counts as both the Mask of Life and the "Mask of Death", in my opinion, so I doubt that there ever was, or ever will be, a Mask of Death. Quote Hero Factory RPG 2.0 PCs: | Erik Jet | Daren Wolfe | Henry Flint | Helen Corona | Ethan Rez | Dr. Xaal | Wasteland RPG PCs: | Mina | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meta-Mind Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 To be honest, the Ignika is a Mask of Death, because Death is a subset of Life. :PBesides that, there is no individual mask for Death, because the Great Beings had no reason to make one. The Mask of Life could perform any of the few functions that a dedicated Mask of Death would be necessary for (such as destroying all life if things went out of balance), and served other purposes (such as providing a way to heal Mata Nui if necessary) as well. Quote BZPRPG TIME, where you could have one post talk about dinner, and the next about lunch. Time is beyond relative here.There's no reason not to put lasers in the palms of planet-sized robots. In fact, if I had my own planet-sized robot, palm lasers would be one of my first upgrades.BZPRPG Profiles [outdated] May or may not be back from a multi-year hiatus. We'll see how this works out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballom Nom Nom Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Yes, but what would that really do? I assume a Mask of Death would function as a suicide device if the wearer were stupid enough to activate it.~B~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toa kopaka4372 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Like others have said, the Ignika functions good enough as a Mask of Death as well. Quote Credit goes to Linus Van Pelt (Formerly known as Cherixon) and Spectral Avohkii EnterprisesMy Memoirs of the Dead entry, Reflectons:http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=7351 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallifreyanOrigin Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) Well, now that we know what we know about the Red Star, a "Mask of Death" would have been kinda silly in the grand scheme of things. Edited December 5, 2012 by XyzTheDay! Quote | Sig Credit: - Everclear - | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 The Ignika pretty much had total dominion over life, so it could serve as a Mask of Death as well. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Matata Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Technically the Mask of Life could be used as a mask of death. Quote Three on Three - Memoirs of the Dead - Winner!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toa kopaka4372 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) Well, now that we know what we know about the Red Star, a "Mask of Death" would have been kinda silly in the grand scheme of things. Not if it functioned was disintegrating its targets Edited December 5, 2012 by toa kopaka4372 Quote Credit goes to Linus Van Pelt (Formerly known as Cherixon) and Spectral Avohkii EnterprisesMy Memoirs of the Dead entry, Reflectons:http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=7351 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavu Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Well, now that we know what we know about the Red Star, a "Mask of Death" would have been kinda silly in the grand scheme of things. Not if it functioned was disintegrating its targets In that case it would be considered a Mask of Disintegration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistergryphon Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Well, due to Bionicle being a /child's toy/, I don't think they'd have an actual "mask of death". They may have something that implies it, but they'd never have an actual mask of death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toa kopaka4372 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) Well, due to Bionicle being a /child's toy/, I don't think they'd have an actual "mask of death". They may have something that implies it, but they'd never have an actual mask of death. I don't think that's a limitation, especially since the Mask of Life caused direct death in the story before. Bsides, the story team has already put far worse in the story. Edited December 6, 2012 by toa kopaka4372 Quote Credit goes to Linus Van Pelt (Formerly known as Cherixon) and Spectral Avohkii EnterprisesMy Memoirs of the Dead entry, Reflectons:http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=7351 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Well, due to Bionicle being a /child's toy/, I don't think they'd have an actual "mask of death". They may have something that implies it, but they'd never have an actual mask of death. Well we did rip a guy apart by at molecular levels. Protection of the children from references of death doesn't really work when that happens near the end of 2008. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActivePalpitation Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I think that just how the Ignika has the ability to give life, It has the ability to deminish it. Just a theroy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Yes, that's exactly what it does. It can drain Life energy to kill something, kind of like how a Toa of Fire can remove heat to freeze something. Quote save not only their lives but their spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeCee Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I think Ignika could control Death(absence of life) Quote Signature Guidelines: Avatar and signature total file size may not exceed 250 KB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dralcax Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Death is the absence of life. The Ignika could manipulate death the same way Vakama absorbed the flames in order to get the Great Disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Well, the question has been taken care of, and right now we're just getting a bunch of the same answer phrased differently from multiple people.With nothing more left to do, think it's about time this thread closed? Quote save not only their lives but their spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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