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Friday, June 4, 2010 BIONICLE 2010 • On whether the stages of growth of the Kraata whose powers Tahu assimilated matter: "I really haven't thought about the level question, but it is probably something worth us discussing." [source] SPHERUS MAGNA • The Skrall homeland is located in the forest of Bota Magna. [source] • On whether clothing is common in Spherus Magna: "Yes. You wear fabric under the armor. You don't wear armor against bare skin in a desert, you would fry your skin right off." [source] BARA MAGNA • Malum tried to kill Strakk in the arena because Strakk had driven him into a rage by wounding him. [source] • While in exile Malum probably had a hundred or so Vorox at his command. [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE HISTORY • The construction of the Matoran universe robot took a matter of months. [source] • The Great Beings assigned certain members to work on programming Mata Nui's AI. [source] MISCELLANEOUS • The living Mountain of Xia will not survive if it cannot somehow be relocated. [source] • The Kanohi Aki and Rua can only exist by being formed by the Toa Kaita. [source] • Greg doubts that an elemental Kanohi would give a user all the abilities of a Toa of that element. [source] ELEMENTAL POWERS • On whether Toa on Spherus Magna will have to adjust to dealing with non-protodermis elements: "Yes, they will. But when you think about it, there is a not vast difference in the properties of water and liquid proto, or stone and rock proto, and fire and air are the same. So it is not a major task to master this." [source] • Toa produce the protodermis version of an element when they use their power to create it. On the other hand, Glatorian with elemental powers create the regular, non-protodermis version. The Element Lords cannot control the protodermis forms of their elements, although Greg would not rule out the possibility that they could learn to do so, though they are unlikely ever to encounter protodermis. [source] • The energy for the Glatorian's elemental powers comes from their bodies. [source] • On the difference between elemental energy in Toa and in Glatorian: "I can't see it being the same type of energy, as these [Glatorian] are organic beings and not primarily mechanical ones." [source] LIGHT AND SHADOW • On the presence of light and shadow energy in non-biomechanical beings on Spherus Magna: "It was not stated originally in reference to Spherus Magna, but it does apply -- all intelligent beings have good and evil in them. The difference is that Matoran Universe characters can, in some cases, access this to use as a power. Spherus Magnans cannot." In Rahi: "Some do, most do not. Animals, as a whole, are not good or evil." [source] • Were for example Tahu drained of all shadow energy, he would most likely become a Toa of Light but would lose his ability to control fire. [source] • On the reason why Miserix also expelled all the light out of his system like the other Makuta: "Miserix banished his light because his enemies had done so, and in his mind, that gave them an edge if they met again. They would not be held back by any shred of morality or conscience. So he saw it as in his interest to do the same thing." [source] BARRAKI • The Barraki have now most likely replaced their weapons since their mutation was reversed. Mantax no longer has his pincers, Pridak's teeth are no longer strong enough to pierce protosteel, and Kalmah no longer has his tentacle. [source] [source] [source] • Greg doubts that the other Barraki still accept Pridak's leadership, since he failed to deliver triumph and glory as he promised. [source] • The Barraki are probably thrilled that their mutations were undone. [source] • None of the Barraki's species have a particularly low population; they are just as common as any other species of the Matoran universe. [source]

Friday, May 28, 2010 BIONICLE 2010 • Mata Nui gave the ability to understand Agori to all the Matoran universe inhabitants on Bara Magna as well as on Aqua Magna and Bota Magna. However, Lewa Nuva and the others with him in the Great Beings' fortress were shielded from the transmission by the building itself and never received the ability. [source] • On the plausibility of the reuniting of Spherus Magna: "Think of it this way -- you tear off a chunk of Earth, say with America on it, all the way down to the molten core. The top of the chunk is the surface of the Earth. So the sides of the chunk are what would have been the underground on Earth. Who's living there? Nobody. So if you put the chunk back in place, no one gets hurt. Another analogy. You have a little flag stick in a patch of your lawn. You dig up that patch. Now you have the flag sticking out of the grass, and on every side, the dirt that was underneath that grass. If you then put the divot back in the lawn, the flag is not harmed. As for Aqua Magna, what prevented it [the flooding of Bara Magna] was me and the fact that Earth science only applies in BIONICLE when I want it to." [source] POST-2010 • On the new style of government on Spherus Magna: "Unknown at this point. I personally don't think a global government would be a good idea, they had one before and that was part of the problem." [source] • The inhabitants of the Red Star would be aware of the destruction of the Matoran universe robot. They are not, however, aware of the rejoining of Spherus Magna, nor do they care. The Red Star itself will stay in orbit indefinitely now that the Matoran universe is destroyed. [source] • On re-creating Metru Nui on Spherus Magna: "Cities may well be built on Spherus Magna, but no real reason to make one that looks just like Metru Nui. Metru Nui had a function -- it was the robot's brain -- and that's not needed anymore, so they can make the city look however they like." [source] • On transplanting the islands of the Matoran universe to the surface of Aqua Magna: "Probably not a good idea ... those islands are designed to exist in a controlled internal environment, not an external environment. For example, none of the cities or villages would have any power, since they got their power from Karda Nui before. They have no self-contained power grid." [source] • On the continuation of the Matoran race on Spherus Magna without Mata Nui to create new members: "You're assuming Mata Nui had to be directly involved in creating new ones. He didn't. The Turaga, for example, once they were back in Metru Nui could have created more Matoran, even though Mata Nui was still asleep. All he did was create the initial members of species, he didn't have to create every single one. Remember, he was paying virtually no attention to what was going on inside of him for most of the last 100,000 years -- his focus was on the planets he was visiting." [source] CHARACTERS • Karzahni can breathe air and is still alive, but he will most likely be kept in captivity since he is mentally unstable. It is not impossible that he may regain his faculties, though he was never very stable to begin with. [source] • It is very doubtful that Malum will re-enter society on the new Spherus Magna. [source] • When the Bahrag are evacuated from the Matoran universe, they will probably go off on their own, since they have nothing in common with Agori or Matoran. [source] • Were a surviving Bohrok-Kal to turn up on Spherus Magna, it would simply go back to hibernation, since the Bahrag do not need saving. [source] • Any of the powers that the Barraki gained from their mutation in the Pit have now been lost since their mutation was reverted. [source] BARA MAGNA • When he died, Certavus was buried near Iconox. [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE MISCELLANEOUS • Greg would assume that Ice Bats are white or translucent white. [source] • The Bahrag are susceptible to mind control abilities which might change what they perceive to be their mission. [source] STORY • Artakha, when he won over Karzahni for the right to possess the Mask of Creation, was not actually personally handed the mask by the Great Beings. [source] • It is unknown whether Order of Mata Nui members used code names, though the organization was so secretive that the use of code names might have drawn attention to themselves. [source] • Since being exposed to the antidermis pool, Brutaka understands how to create Rahi. [source] • There are still some living shadow Takanuva left. [source] MISCELLANEOUS • In the alternate universe of the Melding, Rahkshi exist as servants of the Makuta as guards and scouts, etc. The Element Lords are no longer in power, and the Makuta themselves oversee the tribes of Spherus Magna. [source] STORY PLANS • Some of the mysteries concerning the Red Star may be answered in The Yesterday Quest. [source]

Friday, May 21, 2010 SPHERUS MAGNA • It would be highly unusual and unlikely were one of the enemy Skakdi or Skrall to make his way into the new society on Spherus Magna. [source] • Greg envisions the Sisters of the Skrall as having a black color scheme, with robes of dark brown or faded purple. [source] • Agori are subject to heart disease and obesity. [source] • Now in possession of all the powers of the Kraata he destroyed, Tahu has become more powerful than he was as a Toa Nuva. [source] STORY • Greg would guess that the Dreaming Plague wiped out 99.8% of the Iron Tribe. [source] • It would have been possible, though difficult, for a Glatorian or Agori to have a marriage with a member from a tribe different from his or her own. [source] • On the Rock Agori's role in the Skrall tribe: "Personally, I think the rock Agori saw the Skrall as their only way to survive and be safe, so they followed the Skrall's lead on things." [source] • Mata Nui allowed the inhabitants of the Matoran universe to speak and understand Agori, but not vice versa. [source] • The characters taken by Vezon to the prison of the Great Being isolated on Bota Magna did not feel the rejoining of Spherus Magna, since the Great Being fortress is insulated against any seismic shock. [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE • A Toa would be able to store Toa power in an object other than a stone, such as a tool or a weapon. [source] • In general, the heat vision power temporarily weakens the user's vision after use, as is the case with the heat vision Rahkshi, Makuta, Hakann, and now Tahu. Users of heat vision can also control how hot the beams are. [source] source • According to Greg, it would be possible but highly improbable that anyone would be able to create a replacement set of fully-functional Makuta armor since "creating protosteel that can shapeshift would be beyond the capabilities of 99% of crafters." [source] • Greg does not suppose that Toa Kaita can perform nova blasts. [source] • The two Glatorian species members who had lived near the Mata Nui robot's consciousness had originally been put there in stasis, to awaken either when it was time to land on Bara Magna or in the event something went wrong with the ship. They awoke when the virus attacked the ship and were killed in the crash. [source] • Toa Iruini's healing Rhotuka is designed to cure the physical ailments of living beings. Therefore, it can cure disease or plague and insanity when it is caused by physical ailment, but not mutations by the Pit mutagen, Visorak venom, or infected Kanohi. Iruini cannot use his healing Rhotuka to heal himself. The time it takes for the Rhotuka to heal an injury depends on its severity. [source] • In the Matoran universe, Greg would see the difference between a disease and a virus as that a disease would be something that affected organic protodermis, whereas a virus attacked AI. [source] • Antidermis is not a form of protodermis. Therefore, the Makuta were the only inhabitants of the Matoran universe not made entirely of protodermis. [source] STORY • Greg believes that after his meeting with Tren Krom, Mutran understood that the Matoran universe was a giant robot. [source] • After the Makuta evolved into antidermis, they mainly used their quick healing ability to heal their allies, since there was no need to use it on themselves. [source] • Metru Nui's leadership was determined by the fact that Dume was the only Turaga around and hence the compulsory leader of the city; he was not elected or appointed. In general it was thought that ex-Toa made the most worthwhile leaders of Matoran. A Turaga's authority was essentially absolute; he did not need approval from any other body of government, though he might well have consulted Matoran on issues which he did not know himself as closely. [source] • During the Great Cataclysm, some parts of the land inside the Matoran universe may have been temporarily swamped, but none were ever permanently flooded. There were no tsunamis, since the system was designed to prevent that kind of thing. [source] • On the rainstorm that occurred on the Toa Metru's return to Metru Nui just before the Great Rescue: "My guess is that was more of a fire prevention system that kicked on as a result of the crash, rather than actual rain." [source] • When the Toa Nuva ordered the Matoran of Karzahni to migrate to Metru Nui, all that was needed for them to reach Metru Nui across the silver sea was for one Matoran to make it to Metru Nui with a message from the Toa, then Metru Nui would have sent boats out to get them. [source] • When alternate Teridax detected the death of Teridax and of the Matoran universe robot, he was reading Mata Nui's mind to sense what was about to happen. He was able to accomplish this because he has a very powerful mind and because Mata Nui was in relatively close proximity to the Matoran universe. [source] • The Barraki could not reach Metru Nui before the fall of Teridax and are now leading their armies out of the Matoran universe. [source] STORY PLANS • The Shadowed One's whereabouts will be revealed in a future serial. [source] • With Mata Nui dormant, Lewa Nuva will likely have to learn the Agori language on his own. [source] • The character to result from the Who Am I? contest will appear as a character in future serials, and his or her character will be revealed as the story progresses. [source]

No, you're right, Greg keeps contradicting himself and it's kind of driving me nuts.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 It's been like a month, right? BIONICLE 2010 • All characters we know by name survived the death of Teridax. [source] • All named characters survived Teridax's death and will escape alive from the Matoran universe through any one of the many hatches that were needed for Mata Nui's construction or other means of leaving the robot body. [source] • Greg would assume that after Teridax's death, the Rahi in the Archives will be released, since it is the only humane thing to do. [source] • Ehlek's species will probably require the aid of multiple Toa of Water in order to relocate to Spherus Magna from the Matoran universe. [source] • Tahu can no longer form a Toa Kaita with the other Toa Nuva. [source] • Since the death of Teridax, Tren Krom has disappeared from his island, and no one knows where he is. [source] • Nektann does in fact have a third power. [source] • There are currently 57 Toa alive. [source] • There were not necessarily more heat vision Rahkshi present in the Bara Magna invasion than any of the other types, although there tended to be more in view during the first part of the battle since they came out of the Matoran universe before the others. [source] • The Nuva symbols will be relocated from the Matoran universe. [source] • According to Greg, there are "probably a couple hundred" Dark Hunters. [source] • The Vahi will at some point leave the Matoran universe, presumably in the hands of Voporak if he still has it. [source] [source] • The Shadowed One has not received the Vahi from Voporak yet, since he is off doing something else at the moment. [source] • The Rahkshi's upgrades mentioned in Journey's End included better armor. [source] • The baterra are still headed toward the Bara Magna desert. [source] • On the Sisters of the Skrall in comparison to the male Skrall: "I see them as being more serious and thoughtful ... certainly capable of destruction, but it's more directed at a goal rather than "let's just conquer everything." They don't have the same motivation Tuma did, because the baterra are no threat to them. So it's more a, "Let these different groups fight it out and then we will pick up the pieces" mentality." [source] • The satchel that Gresh carries as mentioned in Journey's End is brown and about the size of a bookbag, and Gresh usually has it on his mount when traveling. [source] • The sundial excavated from Onu-Koro which came into Takanuva's possession would have been left behind in the Matoran universe. There is no particular point in retrieving it now. [source] • Umbra will be inclined to guard the Ignika wherever it is to be kept on Spherus Magna. [source] • The Ignika would be able to undo the curse it put on the Great Being who touched it. [source] • Mata Nui used the Ignika to cure everyone afflicted by the Pit mutagen, even those not on Aqua Magna. This includes Lesovikk, Sarda, Idris, the Barraki, Brutaka, and Karzahni. Ehlek is now amphibious as well. The Ignika's power even healed the exposed sea life on Aqua Magna. [source] [source] [source] • Mata Nui restored even the Northern Frost with the Ignika's energy. [source] • Tahu has gained all the powers of the Kraata killed by the Golden Armor, and he does not need the Golden Armor to access any of his new abilities. [source] [source] • There are still Glatorian stuck in the Forest of Blades. [source] SPHERUS MAGNA • The armor which Agori and Glatorian wear to distinguish the tribes did not come from the Great Beings. [source] • The alien technology present in Atakus's swords originated from the planet to be featured in the New World project. [source] • Lein died 265,000 years ago. The Element Lords (ca. 103,000 years ago) therefore were not around by the time Lein was still alive. The Iron Tribe, on the other hand, was still around at the time. The Skrall had not yet become an invasive tribe, though none of the Skrall characters in current story were alive yet. Lein was also dead before the explosion of the prototype robot 150,000 years ago. [source] [source] • Lein predates all of the existing Bara Magna characters (even Ackar) except probably Raanu, who would have been quite young when he was still living. Certavus and Surel were also alive before Lein died, though very young. None of the individuals who became the Element Lords were yet born. [source] • Before the Shattering, in addition to the Jungle and Iron Tribe, Bota Magna would also have been home to Skrall, who were neighbors of the Iron Tribe and to part of the Water Tribe. Ice would have been there or at least nearby. Sand would have had no presence in Bota Magna. [source] • Lein's drift was a river crossing through which many travelers or traders would have needed to pass. [source] • Skrall are born into their caste systems; one could never change classes. [source] • Lein traded whatever he could get his hands on that someone might want, be it tools, food, etc. [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE • Greg would assume that the vehicles we have encountered in the Matoran universe run on some kind of power cell with a very long lifespan. [source] • Seasons did not really change within the Matoran universe. Seasons did however shift on the island of Mata Nui in periods of more or less heat. Spherus Magna and its constituent parts all experienced naturally occurring seasons. [source] • It may have been in the Matoran universe that during the day and night cycles in the domes, the bunches of lightstones which lit the sky at day dimmed during night to look like distant stars. [source] • A Toa of Psionics would be able to induce nightmares in someone who is asleep. [source] • In general, Toa of Psionics do not need a weapon to channel their powers, though some use a tool out of habit or lack of experience. [source] • Greg would doubt that a Toa of Psionics could wipe someone's memories, though she might be able to mask them temporarily. [source] • It requires elemental energy to control an existing form of the element as well as to create it. [source] • The scareRahi used by the Av-Matoran of Karda Nui were made from plants from the swamp. It would take a few hours to craft one. [source] • Since Helryx is not actually physically older than many of the inhabitants of the Matoran universe, Greg would ascribe her frail appearance to the fact that she has been through a lot. [source] • The names of the Rahi Kuma-Nui, Kahu, Kirikori Nui, and Mahi can approximately translate to the type of cretaure each Rahi resembles; Kuma translates to something like "rat" or "rodent," Kahu to "hawk," Kirikori to "grasshopper" or "locust," and Mahi to "goat." [source] • The Brotherhood of Makuta fortress where Zaktan and later Pridak found out about Teridax's Plan is located to the west of Destral as indicated in this image. [source] • On warfare used by the Toa during the Toa-Dark Hunter War: "You definitely want to imprison/incapacitate the enemy, because otherwise, you just have to fight them again. And I think they probably did follow the code less strictly, simply because the code exists in large part to govern how the Matoran see them. I don't think the Matoran would have an issue with them killing in a war, in the same way humans allow our soldiers to kill in war but not in normal everyday life." [source] • The original Matoran Chief Archivist on Metru Nui from before the Great Cataclysm resumed his job after the Matoran's return. He has since moved to Spherus Magna with the rest. [source] • Were the Toa Nuva to become Turaga and merge into Turaga Kaita, they would not form the Akamai and Wairuha characters, nor would their masks be noble versions of the Aki and Rua. [source] • The Great Beings built the Suva. In order for the Toa to use them now, they would need to relocate them outside of the Matoran universe. [source] • It is likely that the Order of Mata Nui employed Maxilos robots on Daxia. [source] • The Order of Mata Nui did not know about Mata Nui's mission. [source] • The island of Nynrah never had Toa protectors. Xia most likely did have Toa. Stelt would not have had Toa, since the law is generally unwelcome there. [source] • Not all of the Matoran living on Nynrah were part of the Nynrah Ghosts. [source] • Krana only affect the biomechanical residents of the Matoran universe, since they are designed to override programming. [source] • Under normal circumstances, anyone taken control by a Krana during a Bohrok's cleansing of Mata Nui's face would have ended up with the Bohrok in the Bohrok nests. [source] • Were Pridak to die, Kalmah would probably step in to lead the Barraki. If Kalmah were also unavailable, the team would simply fall apart. [source] • The monster created by the Skakdi does not have the abilities of the characters fused into it nor carries a weapon. [source] KANOHI • It would take not long at all for the Mask of Creation to conjure something like a sword. [source] • There is a limit to how long an Iden user can be away from one's body. [source] • Greg would assume that the Toa Mata's Kanohi went to Artakha when they received their Golden Kanohi. [source] • The Golden Kanohi were made by Artakha. [source] STORY PLANS • The new Toa serial will take place after Teridax's death. [source] • The stop-motion Bionicle Battle Videos represent canon fight sequences. [source]

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Sunday, March 28, 2010 BIONICLE 2010 • The Ignika was able to create the Golden Armor because the materials used to make it were partly organic. [source] • The lava plain onto which Tahu thought he walking when he exited the Matoran universe was an illusion caused by the Ignika. It was supposed to be a lava plain of the island of Mata Nui, meant to put Tahu in a comfortable setting. The Ignika also never left its place in the prototype robot -- what Tahu saw of the Ingika was also an illusion. [source] • Mata Nui enabled the inhabitants of the Matoran universe to communicate with those of Bara Magna through some special power of his. [source] • Teridax could have survived his blow to the head if he had known it was coming by fleeing the body. He did not, however, know it was coming and was caught possessing a body which then got killed, and he was therefore killed with it. [source] • Greg would assume that some might have been killed when Teridax took the blow to his head. [source] • Matoran universe's impact upon the surface of Bara Magna caused an event like the Great Cataclysm within. [source] • The Matoran universe outside of Metru Nui was able to remain undamaged from Teridax's fall because it took a few seconds for the robot's gravity stabilizers to power down, affording its innards enough protection to survive the fall intact. [source] • On the reason for Mata Nui's withdrawal from society: "Basically, because if you think about what happened on Spherus Magna, everyone was looking to the ELs for leadership. When the ELs said go to war, everyone went, regardless of what a stupid idea it was. Mata Nui does not want the people of SM to be dependent on him for direction. He wants them to be an independent people who can solve their own problems without "big brother" there to do it for them." [source] • Mata Nui is currently restoring his energies and remaining dormant. He is conscious but not active. [source] BIONICLE STARS • If Takanuva were to wear a different Kanohi, its color would turn gold. [source] • On whether Takanuva has changed his coloration back to normal: "For the moment, I am going to have to say no, only because if post-Makuta comics ever get made in the coming year, the artist would be working off the 2008 set or the 2009 set, as he does not have access to the 2003 set." [source] • Greg doubts that Tahu will continue to wear the Golden Armor now that its power has been expended. [source] • Were Tahu to step down, Kopaka would be second in line to lead the Toa Nuva, and probably Gali would be third. [source] POST-BIONICLE 2010 • On what the new society on Spherus Magna will do with villains such as the Barraki and the Dark Hunters: "Well, they would have to capture them first. It's a big planet with a lot of places to hide, so odds are the 'villains' will disappear until they want to be found." [source] • It will be easy for Nektann and his Skakdi to claim some part of Spherus Magna to live in, since it is a big place and no one is looking for them. [source] • On Ahkmou's fate: "Oh, this is an easy one -- if you were Ahkmou, what would you do? I would find myself a bunch of Agori who don't know who I am and hang out with them. And I am sure that is what he is doing. Remember, the new society does not mean everyone lives together in the same city -- it's a big planet, people are going to scatter, and Ahkmou can easily get lost someplace where MU inhabitants won't run into him." [source] • Karzahni is still alive. [source] • The Shadowed One is still alive. [source] • As things stand now, the Matoran would need to salvage equipment from the Matoran universe and find a way to make it operational in order to be able to reproduce on Spherus Magna. [source] • Krukua's message to Vakama in the past is currently part of future storyline. [source] • The Bahrag will be able to escape the Matoran universe; they are otherwise in danger of being unable to survive in its dead-state environment. They are not aware that Mata Nui's mission has been completed or even what his mission is. [source] • The Bohrok will remain inside their nests. Their dormant Krana will be able to survive, as always. [source] • The Bahrag will leave the MU and relocate to Spherus Magna, somewhere. The Bohrok are asleep, so the shutdown of the robot will not affect them since they do not require heat, light or air in this state. [source] [source] • Greg would assume that the Dark Hunters and the Order of Mata Nui will continue to exist in some form. [source] • The prisoners of the Pit will need to be relocated from the Matoran universe if they are to survive. [source] • The inhabitants of Xia will most likely stick together and establish their own enclave somewhere. [source] • With no Makuta to control them, all surviving Rahkshi will become wild. Those Rahkshi who have escaped the Matoran universe have all scattered. [source] [source] • On government on the new Spherus Magna: "Right now, I am inclined to think that a global government won't happen. If you think about it, it was the governing body -- the Element Lords -- who were the problem the last time." [source] • On Mata Nui's eventual return: "I see Mata Nui as going the King Arthur route -- someday, he could return at the hour of his people's greatest need." [source] • Although Umbra would be able to survive in the Matoran universe's sterile state, he will probably emigrate to Spherus Magna and seek out wherever the Ignika is being kept. [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE • On why the Great Beings preserved the concept of gender in the Matoran universe: "There is no biological reproduction inside the MU. However, there are psychological differences between men and women, and you see that in the female vs. male characters in the MU. The GBs wanted that balance. Look at Metru Nui -- the males tend to be the crafters and laborers, while most of the scholars and teachers are in Ga-Metru. Gali was traditionally the peacemaker in her team." [source] • "Kra" is the Matoran prefix for the element of Shadow. [source] • The air of the Matoran universe was always the same as that of the Spherus Magna, as evidenced by the fact that its inhabitants are able to breathe on Spherus Magna. [source] TERIDAX'S REIGN • Teridax did not unleash shadow leeches on the Matoran during his reign over the Matoran universe. [source] • Teridax killed the Makuta he had held captive to mass-produce Kraata once he had acquired enough Kraata from them. [source] • After being teleported to the southern island chains, Keetongu decided to go on a crusade of his own separate from Axonn and Brutaka to do deal with Teridax's takeover. This crusade of his has since become irrelevant. [source] • Takanuva's plan to have Nuparu tinker with the teleportation device on Destral in order to evade Teridax's takeover met with no results. [source] • The Turaga were kept in a single cell when Teridax imprisoned them in the Coliseum. [source] • Ahkmou ordered that statues of Teridax be put all over Metru Nui of his own volition. He had any existing statues of Toa removed. [source] MISCELLANEOUS • On how Gali was ever able to control water that was not liquid protodermis: "That was actually dealt with in story. We showed a Toa -- I don't recall if it was Gali or Nokama -- having to learn to master non-protodermis water, because there were subtle differences." [source] • Artakha would be able to craft a Kanohi Nuva version of any mask power. [source] • Greg would assume that the Piraka received their primary weapons from the Dark Hunters' armory. [source] • The Dark Hunter Vanisher cannot transport people along with him. There are others of Vanisher's species. [source] • The intelligence of organic Kanohi is more primitive than that of Krana. [source] • A Toa's spirit star is made of energy. [source] • On the distinction between the infection of Kanohi by Kraata and infection by antidermis: "Well, the infection from 2001 was caused by kraata infecting masks and thus putting the wearer under Teridax's control. The 2006 infection, however, made the infected susceptible to ANYONE's control, not just Makuta's, so there was a difference in degree." [source] • Nikila, Krakua, Jovan, Dume, Lesovikk, Lhikan, Tuyet, and Nidhiki each had the same masks he or she had worn as Matoran when they were Toa. [source] [source] [source] • The blades which destroyed anything they touched which the Zyglak were seen to be using in the Cord had been stolen from someone else. [source] • Zyglak have their own language. [source] • When the refugees from Karzahni and Karda Nui came to Metru Nui, they scattered throughout the city. [source] • Vican went to Metru Nui with the other refugees from Karda Nui. He has decided not to have his appearance undone, since he wants to remind himself of the mistake he made in choosing to ally with the Makuta. Vican will most likely deal with this guilt by trying to work harder and help others more. [source] • The water drunk on the island of Mata Nui was pumped from underground via wells, meaning it was liquid protodermis. The ocean water was generally not suitable for drinking. [source] • The Avohkah are considered Rahi. They were created as a result of the processes being used to ready Karda Nui for operation. [source] • The Dweller in the Deep was created by a Makuta. [source] SPHERUS MAGNA • The reason Bara Magna was never seen in the sky on Aqua Magna is because Aqua Magna's rotational spin was such that one side always faced away from Bara Magna, like our moon and the Earth. [source] • The large swooshes flanking Spherus Magna are made of gas and dust. [source] • The swooshes around Spherus Magna were probably disrupted by the passage of the moons. [source] • Spherus Magna is probably not a perfect sphere now, since pieces of its moons fragmented off during their descent. [source] • Glatorian probably number in the thousands taking all of Spherus Magna into account, and the Agori in the tens of thousands. [source] • The name of the sun in Spherus Magna's planetary system is Solis Magna. [source] STORY SERIALS • On the arrival of Lewa Nuva and company on Bota Magna: "They are in the main universe. Remember, Vezon got time froze and then heard the voice of the GB -- we never said the GB was in the alternate universe. Certainly beings who could invent something like the Olmak (or invent something that could invent that) and something that could basically stop time would be capable of cross-dimensional communication." This Great Being wanted Vezon to retrieve Helryx, Tuyet, Brutaka, etc. because he hopes that they have the power to free him, since Vezon does not. [source] [source] • Greg will probably give a name to the imprisoned Great Being in Reign of Shadows. [source] • Teridax did not want Lewa Nuva to be teleported into space with the others because he is able to create air and could allow them to survive. [source] • Sahmad's Tale extends past Teridax's defeat, since Teridax is not relevant to Sahmad. [source] • Greg hopes to assign a name to the new villain created by the Skakdi from energized protodermis in Reign of Shadows. [source] • The new Toa Team featured in the upcoming serial exists as a team as a result of the aftermath of the Journey's End story. These Toa come from other Toa teams or from working alone. [source]

Friday, March 12, 2010 BIONICLE 2010 • Months have passed since Teridax took over the Matoran universe by the time he has arrived on Bara Magna. [source] » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «• Tahu and Onua's collaboration in Journey's End Chapter 4 takes place after their mission in Reign of Shadows to destroy the energized protodermis source on Daxia. [source] • The rest of the Toa Nuva safely left the Matoran universe along with Tahu during the battle. [source] • All of the Rahkshi caught outside of the Matoran universe were destroyed by the Golden Armor. Those Rahkshi that remained in the Matoran universe are still alive. [source] [source] • On how Mata Nui was able to drive Teridax back: "A stronger opponent can be felled by a weaker one who is fueled by rage. Mata Nui was fighting FOR something, Makuta basically was not." [source] • On the smallness of the moon that killed Teridax: "It's quite simple, really. When a celestial body moves through space, parts of it fragment off. What hit Teridax was one of those fragments." "t only makes sense that as a celestial body travels through space at the kind of speed it had to move to achieve this, parts would flake off." It seems to have been a chunk from Aqua Magna, based on the blue coloring. [source] [source] [source] • On the manner of Teridax's death: "Actually, wasn't my idea. It came from others on the story team. My idea was that Mata Nui fells him then uses his power to cut the robot body open, freeing all the Matoran, etc. Got rejected as being too violent." [source] • Metru Nui was damaged but not destroyed. The Matoran universe's central processor beneath Metru Nui has been very badly damaged. The rest of the Matoran universe is largely intact. Greg: "Metru Nui does not need to be destroyed for [Teridax] to die. Your brain would not need to be utterly destroyed for you to die, all it would need to do is be damaged in the right places. Makuta was possessing Mata Nui's brain and body, so when brain and body died, so did he." [source] [source] [source] • On why Kiina was not cursed when she held the Ignika: "…he was simply destined to touch it, because what happened to Mata Nui was destined and she cared about him." [source] [source] • Tahu is accurate in saying that Mata Nui is not dead. Greg: "I don't see him as dormant. I see him as very aware of what is going on around him, but choosing not to get involved so that the people of SM can build an independent society that is not dependent on him for every answer." [source] [source] • On what Mata Nui learned on his mission through space: "Mata Nui studied other cultures, and one of the things he learned was that wars were often caused by blind obedience to a being perceived as more powerful (same as what happened with the ELs on Spherus Magna, or in our history, dictators like Hitler). This is why Mata Nui chose to absent himself from the rebuilding of the society -- so that the people of SM won't be dependent on him, or become split between people who follow him and people who don't, etc." [source] • There is still a small desert left in the Bara Magna region. Although it is lush now, the entire region that was once referred to as Bara Magna is still named so. [source] BIONICLE STARS » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «• On whether Tahu will be transformed into a Toa Nuva again soon: "No. The only thing that could do that would be the Ignika, and it is not active right now." [source] • On Tahu's Golden Armor powers: "Actually, as you will see at the end of the online novel, Tahu has a lot of new powers quite apart from the armor." [source] • Nektann more than likely escaped after the battle and is somewhere on Bara Magna. [source] GOLDEN ARMOR » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «• Ultimately the Golden Armor's function was to send out bolts of energy that incinerated the Kraata of the invading Rahkshi force, thus ending the Rahkshi threat and breaking the back of Makuta's army. [source] • The Golden Armor was specifically designed to kill Rahkshi in the event that they ran amok. [source] • The Great Beings, through instructions embedded in Mata Nui's programming for creating the Makuta, pre-determined that the Makuta would develop the ability to produce Kraata, which is why they knew to develop the Golden Armor with the ability to destroy all Kraata. [source] • The Golden Armor affords its wearer only a one-time use of its power. [source] POST-BIONICLE 2010 » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «• When the inhabitants of Spherus Magna resettle into new homes, what may happen is that Agori will drift back to where their tribes originally came from and where others of their kind still live. Greg: "I can't see everyone living in just one city when there is an entire planet to live on." [source] [source] • Any Glatorian who were stranded on Bota Magna will likely join in the new social order on Spherus Magna. [source] • On the fate of the Toa Nuva: "I don't expect the Nuva to stay together as a team. The point of this society is it needs to be integrated, not just everyone staying with everyone they already know. I expect Gali and Lewa to perhaps team up with Kiina and Gelu, etc., as opposed to saying with their fellow Toa." [source] • With its consciousness destroyed, within three days the Matoran universe will become devoid of heat and light and will become largely uninhabitable. Anyone to stay in the Matoran universe would have to be able to survive in those conditions. The robot's artificial gravity stabilizers will also degrade, and the Matoran universe will become inverted as the robot is lying on its front. [source] [source] • Although it is not of anyone's immediate concern, the denizens of the new Spherus Magna will likely strip the robot down for parts and technology. [source] • The Turaga are still alive. [source] • With Tren Krom still trapped in the Matoran universe, his fate is unclear and will be dealt with later. [source] • With Makuta defeated, the Visorak will most likely escape into the Desert or Jungle of Spherus Magna and become wildlife. [source] [source] • The Zyglak will continue to shun the rest of society, since they hate anyone who follows Mata Nui. [source] • On the fate of Lehvak-Kal: "Depends. If Aqua Magna moved slowly, they might have been pulled along with it. If it moved quickly, they would have been ripped out of orbit and are now floating in the void." [source] • The dust clouds surrounding Spherus Magna are still out there. [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE • Takua was the first Matoran ever to be created. [source] • Greg would say a Matoran's gender is based on its AI programming. [source] • Like the inhabitants of the Matoran universe, Mata Nui was an AI which exceeded the aims and visions of its creators. [source] • The coloration for the element of Gravity is purple and black. [source] • On the purpose of the southern islands in the Matoran universe: "I see all the land masses as basically being the same as organs in our bodies are." [source] MISCELLANEOUS • Greg would say that the Spear of Fusion would be able to meld Kanohi together. [source] • Greg would guess that the Bahrag could possibly create new Bohrok-Kal with different powers. [source] • Like Roodaka's mutation power, the Mask of Mutation can alter a being's powers. [source] • On why the Makuta did not simply use Masks of Mutation to create new Rahi: "Well, for one thing, they don't all have Masks of Mutation. And I sort of see it as the difference between making beef stew from scratch or buying it pre-made and putting it in a microwave. The Makuta are artists and they like putting in the time it takes to do it with viruses as opposed to just zipping things into being with the mask." [source] • The organic birds seen on the island of Mata Nui were birds from Spherus Magna which fed on fish and nested on the water and therefore did not need land to survive. [source] • Pridak was never actually able to reform the League of Six Kingdom's before Makuta's defeat. [source] • Brutaka probably had his Olmak even before he joined the Order of Mata Nui. [source] • All the Toa Hagah teams probably had six members, although the teams were not all made up of Toa of the six classic elements. [source] • The Exo-Toa that the Toa Mata found in the Bohrok nests were placed there by the Brotherhood of Makuta as a failsafe in case the Bohrok were ever released prematurely and the Bahrag needed to be suppressed. [source] BIONICLE 2009 • The reason Mata Nui would be able to give elemental powers to a Glatorian but not to an Agori is that Glatorian are physically stronger and more durable as a species than Agori are, and therefore able to handle the increased power where Agori cannot. [source] GREAT BEINGS • On how energized protodermis is related to protodermis: "We don't know that it is, simply that the GBs named the substance energized protodermis. It is possible they detected some similar properties to liquid protodermis." [source] • Energized protodermis is not a necessary element for making protodermis. [source] • The Great Beings named protodermis before they named energized protodermis. [source] • The prototype robot was never designed for Mata Nui's use. [source] • When the Great Beings had no other use for the prototype's power source, they placed it in the protection of the Valley of the Maze to keep the Element Lords from getting their hands on it. [source] • The prototype power source did not feed into the Great Volcano's power plant. [source] • On why the Great Beings did not try to evacuate the people of Spherus Magna before the Shattering: "The Shattering was a very abrupt event, although they knew there was a definite potential for it to happen. But if they could not get the war to stop, how would they convince everyone to board rockets and escape the planet because of a disaster that hadn't happened yet and that they probably would not believe ever would happen? And once it had happened, you more than likely would have had another war as people fought to be the first in the rockets and to keep opposing tribes out. So it wouldn't have ended well." [source] STORY PLANS • On why Denmark has still forbidden Greg to discuss the Great Beings: "If I knew, I would tell you [...] All I can say is I wanted to show a GB (at least the hand of one) in the graphic novels and was told no. Who knows, if someone in Denmark wants to keep BIONICLE in their back pocket in case they need it again, maybe they are thinking a future story would be built around the GBs. I really don't know." [source] • Greg has no plans to bring Toa Ignika back. [source] • Greg plans to write one more chapter of Reign of Shadows; it ends this month. [source] [source] • Sahmad's Tale will run longer than Reign of Shadows, and new serials will start in April once the others end. [source] [source]

Saturday, March 6, 2010 BIONICLE 2010 » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «• Makuta is dead. [source] • On how the inhabitants of the Matoran universe survived the impact on Teridax's head: "Same way they survived the impact of crashing into an ocean from outer space 1000 years ago. Plus, we haven't said they all survived." [source] • The Great Beings programmed the Ignika with the knowledge to create the Golden Armor. [source] • Nektann and his troops were beaten and will either be imprisoned or else have to convince the rest they can be productive members of the new society. [source] • Mata Nui still resides in the Ignika, simply dormant. [source] • The Red Star remains in orbit. [source] • The Glatorian and Agori were not injured when Teridax fell. [source] • Metus is indeed sick. [source] BARA MAGNA • On the possibility of Vorox or Zesk who never regressed: "Not on Bara Magna, no. Possibly on Bota Magna, though there aren't too many there." [source] • Greg believes Stronius might not carry a shield for the reason that he would see it as a sign of weakness. [source] • On the remaining Skrall threat: "There are still a lot of Skrall left, operating in scattered bands. So yes, they are still a threat, but they are not organized and are largely leaderless, which mitigates it somewhat." [source] • On Raanu: "I see Raanu as someone who takes his job very seriously, and who remembers the Core War really well -- he knows he needs Glatorian to fight for his village, but also remembers all the destruction they caused during the war, so he doesn't trust them. He doesn't care how the Glatorian feel about him, the most important thing to him is the health and welfare of his village." [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE • Hydraxon's face piece is a helmet, not based off of any Kanohi mask. [source] • The Kanohi Miru allows the user to gain altitude from standing at rest. [source] • As with Pohatu Nuva, all of the rest of the Toa Nuva are stuck with the colorations they had as Phantoka and Mistika. [source] [source] IGNIKA • On whether the Ignika could transform Agori into something other than snakes: "If they have it somewhere in their evolutionary background, yes. It couldn't turn them into alien monsters that never existed on Spherus Magna, but it could advance them up or down the evolutionary scale." "[This] means that, just like humans, they have switches in their body chemistry that are shut off because they represent abilities they no longer need or never took advantage of. And the Ignika can flip those switches on." [source]

Friday, February 26, 2010 GREAT BEINGS • Great Beings do not wear Kanohi nor are able to use them. [source] • Angonce worked on the Ignika project, whereas Heremus did not. Angonce was not one of the two Great Beings who placed the Ignika in the Matoran universe. [source] • Neither Angonce nor Heremus worked on the Iron Wolves or Skopio projects. These kinds of modifications were like child's play to the Great Beings -- such projects were more labor-intensive than they were thought-intensive to the point that multiple minds would have been needed to work on them. [source] • Heremus helped in the making of the Mask of Creation. [source] • The third robot body would have also had Matoran living inside of it. [source] • The power source that Mata Nui retrieves from the Valley of the Maze for the prototype robot was intended for the prototype robot and not the third robot, since the third robot would have been designed along the same lines as the Mata Nui construct and would not have worked with that kind of power source. [source] • The Great Beings did indeed call Spherus Magna home; they were not space travelers or aliens. [source] • On why the Great Beings built the Matoran to be biomechanical: "Well, they had tried making all organic life, and that didn't work out all that well, so next they tried bio-mechanical. Building robots wasn't any challenge for them, they wanted to create a new form of life." Tren Krom was one such all-organic experiment. [source] • The Vorox and Zesk were not angry with the alterations the Great Beings made on them; they were being given weapons to help them survive in the desert. The Great Beings' alterations are not responsible for the Sand Tribe's devolution. [source] • The Great Beings mutated only a few Vorox and Zesk at first. When the project was a success, they felt compelled to perform the procedures on all the rest of the tribe so the mutants would not end up dominating the tribe or being murdered by the others out of jealousy. [source] • On why the Great Beings isolated and exiled Tren Krom: "I think because they worried about with him what they should have worried about with Makuta -- that he would grow jealous of Mata Nui, the being who had taken his job, and pose some threat. Not an unreasonable thing to think, really." [source] • On the Great Beings' intentions toward giving the inhabitants of the Matoran universe the ability to feel ambition: "They were given artificial intelligence and the ability to learn -- and all sentient means is they can feel sensations, it actually has nothing to do with being able to reason (that's "sapient"). What they did not expect from the bio-mechanical beings was emotion -- but they had made Tren Krom before they made the MU, so they already knew he had emotions, something they thought had something to do with his being organic as opposed to primarily mechanical. It was a problem they thought they had fixed when they made the Matoran." [source] BARA MAGNA • There is probably some hierarchy to the society of the Sisters of the Skrall, since they do have a leader. [source] • The different hierarchies of the female Skrall have no physiological differences as in the male hierarchy. [source] • On why not everyone on Bara Magna regressed like the Sand Tribe after the Shattering: "Basically, for the same reason that if you take 12 people and put them on a desert island with no supplies, some people will rise to the occasion and others will crack up. The Zesk and the Vorox did not have a social or psychological structure that could stand up to a crisis like this. As for Sahmad and Telluris, Sahmad lived part of the time in Roxtus, and Telluris had his hate and his desire for revenge to hang onto (and still went a bit nuts)." [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE MISCELLANEOUS • Lesovikk was friends with Idris and Sarda even before he became a Toa. [source] • The Great Beings based the explosive Madu fruit of the Matoran universe off the Thornax of Bara Magna. [source] [source] • As long as the Matoran universe's artificial gravity stabilizers are working up to capacity, its inhabitants cannot tell when the construct arrives on or departs a planet or otherwise moves around. [source] • A Toa must already be wearing a Kanohi in order to have remote access to a Suva. [source] • The Rahi Nui was created on Destral. [source] • In addition to giving a Makuta energy, a Makuta's mask helps contain his or her antidermis. [source] • Pohatu Nuva will always have an orange coloration now, since the adaptive armor does not change color. [source] • On the purpose of species in the Matoran universe besides Matoran: "They all have their role to play. If you think of Matoran as red blood cells, for example, well, your body can't function with just red blood cells. It needs other things besides that. The Vortixx, for example, make things that other species use. The Skakdi are bestial and warlike, but they also live in an important region, and by being so warlike, they keep outside invaders away from that region." The importance of Zakaz has yet to be revealed. [source] MATA NUI'S MISSION • Q: "Mata Nui's original mission was to find the knowledge to reunite Spherus Magna and then do so with Makuta, correct?" A: "Wrong. He was not seeking knowledge on how to reunite the planet. He knew that already. He was seeking to learn about other cultures so that what happened on Spherus Magna would not happen again after it was restored." [source] • The Great Beings did not have any plans for Mata Nui for the time after he would complete his original mission, nor for the inhabitants of the Matoran universe. [source] • Mata Nui was fully aware of his mission up until the Great Cataclysm. [source] STORY SERIALS • Artakha's experience using the Mask of Cretaion would not give any more mastery over the Vahi or Ignika, since each legendary mask is different. [source] • On whether Teridax now knows the destines of all the inhabitants of the Matoran universe: "I am going to say he does not know their destinies, because my guess is those records got damaged in the crash. Otherwise, wouldn't he already know his own?" [source] • In the alternate Spherus Magna universe Vezon was transported into, the Great Beings built the third robot body, and Mata Nui's conscious was transferred over to it as planned. [source] STORY PLANS • Greg's word is that the scene in Bionicle Adventures #3 which depicts heat vision Rahkshi as being able to use their power without holding their staffs and becoming blind immediately after using their power is retconned in light of the current information on the Stars Rahkshi. [source]

Maybe that should be in spoilers... Heremus is a new character in the online chapters of Journey's End.

Saturday, February 20, 2010 BIONICLE STARS • Takanuva's new weapons are called "twin light staffs." [source] • Upon his devolution, Tahu's Nuva symbol continues to exist, simply becoming inactive. [source] • A heat vision Rahksi's staff needs to remain intact for its power to work. [source] BIONICLE 2010 • The Ignika communicated telepathically with Mata Nui to help him master control of the prototype robot. [source] • Just before Mata Nui took over the prototype robot, Click left to stay with the other Glatorian. [source] BARA MAGNA • No Visorak or Exo-Toa have been deployed on Bara Magna. [source] • Berix's coin is made of exsidian mined from the White Quartz Mountains. [source] • The chamber into which Mata Nui descended in Journey's End Chapter 1 was an antechamber to the Great Volcano. [source] • The underground lab of the Great Beings in Tajun is the site where the Element Lords were given their power. [source] • The snakes molded on Vastus's armor depict the Dune Snakes from which he extracts snake venom. [source] GREAT BEINGS • On why the Great Beings modified the Skopio: "The GBs do stuff like that. They are all about working with the raw material they have." [source] • Angonce may well have worked on the Ignika project. [source] • Heremus was indeed one of the Great Beings to which Mazeka and Vultraz were presented in the Melding universe. [source] • All of the Great Beings worked on the construction of Mata Nui. [source] • On Angonce's personality: "I see Angonce as a very moral person. I think he felt a great deal of responsibility for his creations and any harm they might do. He's the type who would feel he had to make up for things like that, and so was sort of the conscience of the GBs." [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE • On what Toa of Magnetism can do that Toa of Iron cannot: "Quite a bit. For example, a Toa of Magnetism could use his power to allow himself to fly. A Toa of Iron cannot. A Toa of Magnetism can form a magnetic force barrier around himself that can repel physical attack, yet he can see through it and still move. A Toa of Iron could form a metal wall around himself to do the same thing, but he can't see through it, can't move with it up, and it can be melted. Etc., etc. Magnetism affects metal, but it is way different than a power of metal." [source] • Ancient, Jerbraz, Tobduk, Johmak, and Trinuma were none of them Hand of Artakha members. [source] • Greg would say there are easily 100,000 or more Matoran living in the Matoran universe. [source] • Krekka's and Sidorak's species have female members. [source] • The purpose behind the Great Beings' programming the Blade Burrowers to dig tunnels in the shape of the Three Virtues symbol was to remind Mata Nui of his mission. [source] • Makuta have greater willpower than Toa and so their elemental power is probably stronger. [source] STORY SERIALS • Keetongu is currently battling the resurgent Visorak. [source] • Voporak has not yet devlivered the Vahi to the Shadowed One. [source] • The Toa Hagah are currently with the resistance. [source] • Alternate Teridax cannot use a shadow hand ability nor a light hand ability. His Kraata also do not reach their seventh stage. [source]

Sunday, February 14, 2010 Happy Valentine's Day! BARA MAGNA • The shield Berix found in Tesara in The Legend Reborn is the ceremonial shield of Tesara. [source] • There are probably less than a thousand Agori living in the mega-village and 300-400 Rock Agori living outside it. [source] • Teridax released more than 50 Rahkshi on Bara Magna. [source] • There is no more energized protodermis on Bara Magna, Aqua Magna, or Bota Magna. [source] BIONICLE STARS • Nektann's weapon is called a "crescent scythe." [source] • Nektann's crescent scythe can access his water ability. [source] • Given that Nektann is shown fighting with the Toa Mahri in Metru Nui in the artwork for the Mata Nui Saga, it can be assumed Teridax sent him to Metru Nui to harry his enemies but was repulsed and withdrew elsewhere. [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE • Use of Midak and Cordak blasters is not common in the Matoran universe. [source] • One would have to assume that the interior of the Matoran universe is lined with the same impassible layer of rock the Matoran on Mata Nui encountered when they tried to tunnel through. [source] • The gate that once sealed Mangaia from Metru Nui was made of the same material as the Makuta's armor. [source] • Noble masks of elemental powers give users Turaga-level control over an element. [source] • Toa of Psionics are not enormously rare in the Matoran universe, though Toa of Gravity are pretty rare. Gravity is a pretty small tribe of Matoran to begin with, so their percentage of Toa is small. Greg does not see any of the other Matoran tribes as being particularly small. [source] [source] [source] • The Dark Hunter Savage was originally a Toa of Earth. [source] • Hardly any of the Makuta sided with Miserix when Teridax took command of the Brotherhood of Makuta -- exactly five sided with him. [source] [source] • It is a good possibility that someone using a Kanohi Rode could see Jerbraz. [source] • Artakha most likely arranged for the Toa on Jovan's team who received one of the two Kanohi Olmak to get it as opposed to giving it to him personally. [source] • The adaptive armor possesses an onboard artificial intelligence that determines how it changes. [source] • On Av-Matoran's evolution into Bohrok: "I see the transformation as being akin to a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. We have never said the Matoran's spirit leaves the Bohrok, simply that the Bohrok loses its identity as a Matoran because it no longer needs it. It is effectively repressed. So if you devolve the Bohrok, the identity is no longer repressed." [source] JOURNEY'S END » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «• Greg does not see the Great Beings as having any one leader, resembling more of a meeting of minds or council of equals. [source] • Angonce is inside the Great Beings' fortress in the Valley of the Maze in the Prologue of Journey's End. [source] [source] STORY SERIALS • Tobduk always had his rage ability. [source] • Keetongu went his own way separately from Axonn and Brutaka. [source] • The fact that Mazeka noted in Reign of Shadows #9 that the Ba-Matoran village had succumbed to the Visorak fighting implied that there were dead Visorak visible. [source] • During the battle near the Matoran universe's consciousness in Reign of Shadows #9, Hafu and Kapura stayed well out of the way of the fighting. [source] • Tren Krom's attempt to send a message to the Ignika was successful. [source] • All of the characters immersed in energized protodermis at the end of Reign of Shadows #10 are destined to be transformed in it. [source] • The adaptive armor should work in space. [source] • It is possible that the adaptive armor could have a form suited to the environment of outer space. [source] • Artakha's warhammer is really a crafting tool which can also be repurposed as a weapon. [source] MISCELLANEOUS • A Thornax would hurt a Toa as long as it exploded or its spikes managed to get through a seam in the armor. [source] • A Thornax could damage Rahkshi armor but would need to strike near the head in order to threaten the Kraata. [source] • If the Ignika were to enter the Matoran universe again, it would most likely turn black, since Teridax is in control. [source] • The Kahohi Kakama in Bionicle Chronicles #1 that Tahu burned a tree down to retrieve belonged to Tahu himself. [source] • Only artificially created biomechanical beings are able to form fusions like the Toa Kaita. [source] • Mata Nui did not kill Tuma because he follows the Toa code. [source] • Chirox's reference to using Toa on Destral as raw material for Rahi experiments refers to the fate of some the Makuta's Toa Hagah. [source] • Only Makuta have worn the Mask of Mutation. [source] • The two islands located north of Odina are the pieces of Nocturn's broken homeland. [source] • On whether energized protodermis could transform a destined Matoran into a Toa: "I would say no. It seems that what unlocks your inner Toa power is something that is invested with some kind of Toa power, like a Toa stone. I don't think EP could do it." [source] STORY PLANS • Greg has no plans to do a second story serial set in the Matoran universe. [source]

Thank you .

We did, but I think most people have forgotten that, and imply this statement to mean that Takua's original mask wasn't just another blue pakari (although with streaks) but a different mask like Jaller. The statement never states that. No, I don't think we did. But we did see Takua at the end of LoMN already wearing his blue mask.

Sunday, February 7, 2010 BIONICLE 2010 • Since the pieces of the Golden Armor are scattered around Bara Magna, Tahu and company will have to search for them. [source] • It is safe to assume that the Glatorian will suffer casualties at the hands of the Rahkshi, Skakdi, and Skrall attacks. [source] • The Golden Armor does not even get created until Tahu and Takanuva arrive on Bara Magna. [source] BIONICLE STARS • The chest armor on Tahu's BIONICLE Stars form represents the Toa Mata version of his adaptive armor in default form. The default Toa Nuva version looks like his normal Toa Nuva armor. [source] • During the fight between Mata Nui and Teridax, all of the Rahkshi and Skakdi were unleashed at about the same time. [source] • The Skrall are only attacking the Glatorian, not fighting the Rahkshi or Skakdi. [source] • Tahu is transformed back into a Toa Mata when he is on Bara Magna. [source] • As a Toa Mata, Tahu's elemental powers no longer depend on his Nuva symbol. [source] SPHERUS MAGNA • The reason that the Great Beings did not create the third robot is not that they did not have the energized protodermis to do it, since one would have to assume that they could just synthesize their own. [source] • On why a leader Skrall was chosen to be Element Lord of Rock: "Wouldn't it make sense to choose someone who already had experience as a leader for that job? Skrall have a very rigid caste system -- choosing a non-leader for the job would probably have provoked rebellion." [source] • The surviving Iron Agori did not assume the colors of some other known tribe because they knew no one would ever buy it, since the Agori of each of the Tribes tend to know their own members well. Moreover, the Iron Agori would probably not blend in with other tribes' particular customs. [source] BOTA MAGNA • There are still some Skrall and female Skrall on Bota Magna. [source] BARA MAGNA • Greg estimates there are about 1500 Agori on Bara Magna, counting Zesk and Rock Agori. [source] • Baterra do not shapeshift to look like specific individuals. Had baterra been designed to be spies, that would have been a useful power to give them, but they weren't there to get information -- just ambush and destroy. [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE • With Matoran, the effect of removing one's Kanohi is not instantaneous; there is a time delay before the Matoran starts slipping into a coma, otherwise Matoran could never swap masks to replace damaged ones. If a Matoran's mask is so damaged it no longer functions at all, the Matoran would need to change it within a matter of hours. [source] • When the Bohrok cleansed Mata Nui, they most likely retrieved the Krana trapped in the pit near Ga-Koro and returned them to the Bahrag. [source] • The Ignika is made of protodermis. [source] • In the event of the Vahi's destruction in the Matoran universe, the effect of time losing control would not persist for anyone who could escape the Matoran universe, but logistically this would be impossible for anyone already caught inside. [source] • Ancient and The Shadowed One are of the same species. Greg: "Well, you and I are the same species, but probably look very different and may have totally different skills. Every member of a species does not look alike or have exactly the same powers all the time." [source] • Gladiator represents a normal specimen of his species. [source] • In the case of the Toa Metru's transformation, the Toa Suva activated the Toa stones' ability to unleash the power already inside the Matoran. [source] • Prior to the Great Cataclysm, the Toa Mata were known of everywhere, as legends, and especially in Metru Nui, since in the event of a catastrophe, that is where they would show up. [source] • It is possible that there are Skakdi of elements other than the original six, barring light and shadow. [source] • On Metru Nui, Takua would have worn a different mask, since his mask on Mata Nui was a replacement that never fit right. [source] • Greg pictures Lariska's coloration to be blue-green. [source] PSIONICS • A nova blast of Psionics would probably consist of a massive mental shock. [source] • Hakann's mental blasts are an ability of Psionics. [source] • It would be most appropriate for a Toa of Psionics to channel a mental blast through a Toa tool. [source] • A Toa of Psionic's telepathy is of limited range. [source] MAKUTA • Of the original 100 Makuta, exactly 15 were female. The other 14 besides Gorast were more likely killed in service than to have sided against Teridax and been eliminated. [source] [source] • Makuta cannot preserve a portion of their antidermis in a container as a failsafe for whenever the rest of their substance may become dispersed. [source] • The Makuta manufactured their viruses in laboratories. [source] • A Makuta cannot posses more than two bodies at a time. [source] • When a Makuta shapeshifts, its Kanohi remains part of its form, and its power is still accessible. [source] • Miserix's mask is the Mask of Mutation. [source] • The Mask of Mutation would be able to mutate someone affected by Roodaka's mutation power a second time in an effort to undo the mutation, but without knowledge of exactly what Roodaka did, it might not necessarily undo all of it. [source] STORY SERIALS • The Makuta from the Melding universe were created in the same manner as those in the main universe. They all had shadow powers at first but expulsed it and became able to tap into their inner elemental light power. [source] • The Shadow Takanuva that alternate Teridax and Mazeka have encountered are the same that Tobduk saw on Destral. [source] • The Toa Mahri are currently participating in the resistance against Teridax. All Toa are currently participating in this. [source] [source] • Lesovikk and Hydraxon are inside the Matoran universe. [source] • All of the Shadow Takanuva presumably have a black and gray coloration and basically look alike. [source] • Part of the message that Tren Krom transmitted to the Ignika was the need for Tahu to be devolved into a Toa Mata. [source] • Sending the message to the Ignika was the only reason for Tren Krom's freedom. [source] • Teridax is aware of the events taking place near his consciousness. [source] • The green haze which entered the energized protodermis tank in Reign of Shadows #10 was not antidermis. [source] • On the end of Reign of Shadows #10: "Note what it said in the story -- that the only way they could KNOW these beings would not die in the EP would be if Teridax told them, which evidently he did. So no, they did not die." [source] • On Zaktan's survival: "Lots of things are possible. What's probable may be another matter." [source] • The green cloud in Reign of Shadows #10 may in fact be Zaktan... [source] [source] • Lewa Nuva was transported into space along with the others at the end of Reign of Shadows #10 (his name was mistakenly omitted). [source] • The Toa Mahri are not carrying their Cordak launchers on their current mission, since they are too bulky and make too much noise for a spy mission. [source] • Artakha carries a warhammer. [source] MISCELLANEOUS • Not all of the Toa Mata's colorations were based on those of Glatorian like Ackar, given Pohatu is brown and Vorox are not. [source] • The Ignika would not be able to return the Vorox and Zesk back to normal, since their devolution was a psychological one which resulted from environmental stress. [source] • Mata Nui could not give an Agori elemental powers. [source] • Mata Nui would hypothetically be able to give a Vorox elemental power. [source] • The Spear of Fusion is not powerful enough to reunite Spherus Magna. [source] STORY PLANS • On story plans after Winter 2010: "Right now, I plan to focus on post-MN saga as opposed to doing a lot of flashback work." This story will likely bring us to Bota Magna. [source] • It is possible that the story will continue beyond 2011. [source] • Greg plans to create a serial about a new Toa team as long as he can get a list of approved names to do it. [source] • Greg doubts the Toa in the new story serial will all be from the same homeland. [source] • Chapter one of Journey's End will be posted mid-February. [source] • The other Toa Nuva besides Tahu do not really appear in Journey's End. [source] • Journey's End will have something like 12 chapters. [source] • Sahmad's Tale will probably run through the end of March, just as Reign of Shadows. [source] • We will see more of the Toa Mahri in future stories, but there are no plans for Matoro to be replaced. [source] • The revelation of the nature of the Great Beings depends on the word of LEGO HQ in Denmark. [source]

Saturday, January 30, 2010 But check this out. BIONICLE STARS • A heat vision Rahkshi loses its power if it does not have its staff in hand. [source] [source] • Same as the Rahkshi in 2003, the heat vision Rahkshi's tools aid its flight. [source] • Tahu will feel some frustration over his devolution back into a Toa Mata. [source] • Tahu's mask is still adaptive. [source] • The Golden Armor does not make Tahu invincible. What it actually does is to be revealed in March. [source] STORY SERIALS • Greg plans to continue the side-plot of the Shadowed One's alliance with Pridak which was made in Destiny War. [source] • Teridax did not simply kill his alternate version outright because he does not perceive him as a threat. [source] • On the chances of Vezon showing up in the latest scene of Reign of Shadows: "Oh, Vezon always pops up somewhere …" [source] SPHERUS MAGNA • Spherus Magna had possibly other, smaller volcanic regions besides Vulcanus and the Great Volcano which would have been home to other Fire Agori. Vulcanus was merely an outpost and not the main center of population for the Fire Tribe. After the Shattering, just about all the Fire Agori who came to live in Vulcanus came from elsewhere, since none of them were native to the area. [source] • The Iron Tribe mined iron mines in the forested mountains of Bota Magna. In some cases, they shared territory with the Skrall, in others, they did not, since not all mountains have iron veins in them. [source] • Capital cities for tribes existed on Spherus Magna. [source] • If the Great Beings had built the third robot, they would have designed it similarly to the Matoran universe, not the prototype. [source] • The fact that all the energized protodermis in Spherus Magna drifted out into space after the Shattering might have had some bearing on why the Great Beings never created another robot, depending on whether they had some left from the sample they had originally. [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE KANOHI • The Mask of Mutation was worn by a Makuta. Greg intends to assign this mask to Miserix. Toa would not know of this mask in an immoral context since Miserix was not part of the rebellion. [source] [source] • The Mask of Mutation's changes are permanent unless undone. The user does not need to be in contact with the target for the power to work. [source] • Greg would say it is likely that Artakha used the Mask of Creation to create the protosteel adaptive armor and masks. [source] • On the Mask of Creation's offensive uses: "…t is hard to use in combat because you have to pause to conceive the design, during which time someone kills you." [source] • The Mask of Creation could not be used to create precious materials, since those are not things that are designed and built. [source] • The Suva on Mata Nui were not taken to Metru Nui, only the Kanohi Nuva were. There were already other Suva on Metru Nui, since Toa had already lived there before. [source] BIONICLE 2009 • Gelu never received elemental powers from Mata Nui, since the two never met. [source]

Sunday, January 24, 2010 BIONICLE 2010 • On how Mata Nui made it possible for the inhabitants of the Matoran universe and Bara Magna to speak to each other: "Simple. Mata Nui had to be able to understand the languages of the planets he visited, which means he had to have something akin to a universal translator built in. Which also makes it logical that the prototype would have that as well." "[it's t]he equivalent of a universal translator. After all, MN had to be able to understand the languages of the people on the planets he visited." [source] [source] • There were other types of Rahkshi that fought with the Glatorian that were not shown in the comic. [source] • Although the Golden Armor is intended for use by a Toa Mata, other beings could wear it. [source] STORY SERIALS SAHMAD'S TALE • Sahmad has no idea who is responsible for his tribe's plague. He does not have the Great Beings in mind, since if he suspected it was the Great Beings, he probably would not be embarking on his quest, since he has no reason to believe there are any Great Beings on Bara Magna. [source] • The Iron Tribe's original coloration was gray and dark blue. [source] • The leader of the Iron Tribe was affected by the plague, but not until after a while. [source] • Greg plans to wrap up the mini-serial Sahmad's Tale probably by the end of February or early March. [source] • The plague that struck the Iron Tribe is called the dreaming plague. [source] • No Iron Tribe Agori who became symptomatic are known to have survived the dreaming plague. [source] • Only Agori of the Iron Tribe contracted the dreaming plague. Greg would not agree that this is because the pathogen affected only Iron Tribe Agori. It is possible for Glatorian or other species to contract the virus. [source] REIGN OF SHADOWS • The Makuta of alternate Teridax's universe all have a telekinesis power, as illustrated when alternate Gorast used it on Vultraz. [source] • Powers like darkness, fear, anger, etc. are powers that the alternate Makuta would not have. [source] • Alternate Teridax has evolved into antidermis. [source] • Tren Krom can summon Lewa Nuva's other Kanohi from his Suva. [source] • After the Turaga met up with Krahka in the Archives in Reign of Shadows, Teridax's Rahkshi eventually found them and imprisoned them in the Coliseum. [source] • The sundial that Lewa Nuva retrieved from Mata Nui is probably now lying in the rubble of Daxia. [source] • On the possibility of evacuating the Matoran of Metru Nui to shut Teridax's mind down: "And Makuta is just going to stand around while you evacuate 1000 Matoran? He's not going to, like, teleport them all back again and again, or kill anyone trying to get them off the island in some agonizingly painful way? Also, it was the virus that put him to sleep. If all it took was getting rid of the MN Matoran, Makuta would not have needed the virus." [source] SPHERUS MAGNA BOTA MAGNA • Prior to the Shattering Bota Magna was largely agrarian, not very high tech. [source] BARA MAGNA • "Telluris is insane the way someone who has had to wander the desert for years is apt to be. He's not a criminal psychopath or an anarchist so much as he is just touched in the head." [source] • The Sisters of the Skrall were still part of the Rock Tribe by the time of the Iron Tribe plague 103,000 years ago. [source] MATORAN UNIVERSE • When the Great Beings first created Turaga, they created only one since only one was needed initially. They created more later. [source] • Mata Nui's camouflage system always creates what resembles a barren rock island over his face, similar to how the island of Mata Nui looked after the Bohrok scoured it, under normal circumstances. [source] • A user of a Mask of Mutation would have control over the mutations the mask power effected. [source] MISCELLANEOUS • The universe in which the main story takes place is considered a sort of parent universe for all other parallel realities. [source] • A being can have a destiny which involves traveling to an alternate dimension. [source] • Balta, Dalu, Defilak, Kapura, Tanma, and Velika, who were transformed into Toa in the Kingdom of the Great Spirit's universe, do not necessarily have Toa power in the main universe. Greg certainly has no plans to make them Toa. [source] STORY PLANS • The sixth Bionicle movie would have taken place on Bota Magna and then culminated in a return to Bara Magna for the fight with Makuta. [source] • Greg will possibly write more than two sets of serials this year. [source] • Reign of Shadows will end in the Spring, at least until March. It is uncertain how many additional chapters there will be. [source] [source] • On the structure of future story years: "I don't plan to build it around one big event, because if people don't like the big event, they won't want to read any of them. And I don't see it as a stall, because I don't expect BIONICLE back as a set line anytime soon, I see it as something we are doing for the fans." "Moving forward, yes, but not necessarily building toward one big epic climax. It's a different kind of story now." [source] • The 2010 novel will not end until April. [source] • Greg plans to use Graphic Novel #10, if it gets published, to elaborate on the power source Mata Nui retrieved from the Valley of the Maze. [source]

Oof, my mistake. That's a bad sign.

Sorry, I mis-worded that.

Sunday, January 17, 2010 MATORAN UNIVERSE STORY SERIALS • Despite the scroll's explication that the volcanic chain of Artidax be quelled by the Toa Nuva, the Order of Mata Nui caused the volcano on the island to erupt and kill the Visorak hordes because the Order deemed the Visorak a clear and present danger. [source] • Tren Krom can use Lewa Nuva's mask power. [source] • Teridax has no intention of destroying the Great Temple because it poses no threat to him, and may be needed for the efficient operation of Metru Nui, which is after all his brain now. [source] • Helryx would probably have something close to a Toa Mata build in terms of appearance. [source] • Alternate Teridax does not have all the same Rahkshi powers as Makuta in the Matoran universe. Greg says that most likely some of his powers would be similar and some would be different. He still possesses shapeshifting and telepathy. [source] • Any Kraata that alternate Teridax would create would be quite different from the ones in the Matoran universe, since they would not be corrupt. [source] • Alternate Teridax carries a warhammer. [source] ARTAKHA & KARZAHNI • Artakha's purpose in the Matoran universe was to create and invent; Karzahni's was to repair things that were broken. [source] • The contest between Artakha and Karzahni over the Mask of Creation was also over the right to the occupation Artakha took as creator and inventor. [source] • On why the Great Beings made only one Mask of Creation for Artakha and Karzahni to compete for: "Maybe they didn't feel that two were needed. You know, any artist will tell you it is easier to work on your own than to have to collaborate with someone and deal with their creative instincts which might not be the same as your own." [source] • On whether Artakha used the Mask of Creation to create Kanohi masks of power: "I tend to think not. You certainly wouldn't need a schematic to make a mask, and while you possibly could make a powered mask out of thin air with the Mask of Creation, if I were Artakha, I wouldn't do that. I think, especially with powered masks, it's something you want to do with your own hands to make sure it comes out right." [source] • It is unknown what method the Matoran of Artakha use to make Kanohi. [source] • Greg tends to doubt that the Matoran of Karzahni made Kanohi masks. [source] • Greg does not necessarily see the Ta-Matoran of Metru Nui as better mask-makers than the Matoran of Artakha. [source] • The Nuva symbols were most likely created by Artakha. [source] KANOHI • Examples of the elemental power of Creation include creating inorganic objects out of thin air and providing (mentally) detailed schematics of a desired creation. [source] • Greg is sure that the Mask of Creation was made before the Mask of Life, given how late in the process of Mata Nui's construction the Ignika was created. [source] • On whether the Mask of Creation changes shape like the Ignika: "That actually is logical, but I have a different spin on it than what we did with Ignika." [source] • Creation is not a Toa element. [source] • Time, Life, and Creation are properly considered Legendary mask powers rather than elements. [source] • The Great Beings are the only ones with the knowhow to create a Kanohi Olisi. [source] • The Toa Hagah's Kanohi turn gray when removed, like normal Kanohi. [source] • It would be a redundancy for a Makuta to use a Kanohi Iden, since a Makuta is already able to leave its physical shell. [source] • The Kanohi Mahiki's illusions are optical in nature rather than mental like the Makuta's. [source] • If a Toa Kaita's multi-powered Kanohi were removed from its face, it would remain a single mask only as long as the Toa Kaita remained merged. [source] TOA • On Vakama's tendency to receive visions: "Personally, I think it is a glitch in his AI." [source] • It is possible that there are other teams of Turaga still working together like Vakama and his group. [source] • When the Toa Metru discovered the island of Mata Nui, they were aware by the sky and the sunlight that they had journeyed outside of the Matoran universe. [source] • When the Toa Mata combined their elemental powers against Makuta in 2001, they did not create a protodermis cage because they did not do so all at the same exact time. Timing must be precise for the creation of a protodermis cage. [source] • On the state of the Toa Mahri's destiny: "It was to save his life, and although Matoro died doing it, they all contributed. Without them, he never gets the mask. And you only become a Turaga if you both fulfill your destiny AND choose to give up your Toa power. In the current situation, choosing to become Turaga would be foolish of them." [source] • Toa power can only be deposited in inanimate objects like a Toa stone, not living beings. [source] MATA NUI ROBOT • It is possible for Mata Nui's camouflage system to form islands of different shapes. [source] • Mata Nui's camouflage is on his head only, since the rest of his body is submerged when he is landed. [source] OTHER • One would have to assume that the Kraawa on Metru Nui was recaptured at some point in the last thousand years. [source] • The Makuta were meant to evolve into antidermis so that Teridax would be able to assume control of the Matoran universe robot body. [source] • A version of a character in an alternate universe cannot travel into another one where their character is dead or otherwise incapable and take over its destiny in that universe. [source] • A mind remains constant in terms of willpower regardless of which body it is in. [source] • In terms of mental powers, Makuta has strong mental powers, but Mata Nui has stronger willpower, so Makuta would not be able to break his mind easily. Same with Tren Krom; he has very strong willpower, so Makuta would be taking a risk getting into a mental battle with him. [source] • On whether Teridax has properly achieved his destiny by possessing Mata Nui's body: "No. Teridax's destiny was to use the MU while Mata Nui used the third robot the GBs were supposed to build. The prototype was a failed experiment that did not enter into the GB's plan. And the essence of destiny is that it is, as the word implies, a destination -- often, how you get there may vary, but what matters is that you get there." [source] BARA MAGNA • The incapacity to create new things on Bara Magna is not the result of an artificial process like the destruction of the Mask of Creation in the Matoran universe; it is the result of the historical challenges Bara Magna's society has faced. [source] • The sun-rock referenced in the name of the sun-rock dragon simply refers to a rock that gets bleached by the fact that the sun beats down on it all day. [source] • The female Rock Agori are still living with the Rock tribe, since they do not have the powers of female Skrall and present no need for them to be exiled. [source] • Greg supposes that the opinion of the Sisters of the Skrall toward non-Rock Tribe members with contempt same as those within the main tribe do. [source] • Leader class Skrall led warriors in the field during the Core War. [source] BIONICLE 2010 • The Ignika is inside the robot that Mata Nui is inhabiting, so it is not going to be making another body for itself. [source] • The Toa Nuva can access their Suva while on Bara Magna. [source] • Tahu, devolved into a Toa Mata, would no longer be able to form a Toa Kaita with the other Toa Nuva. [source] • The Ignika will be able to evolve Tahu back into a Toa Nuva. [source] • The golden armor has a very specific use, though this use is not specific to any particular situation or purpose. It does not enhance Tahu's fire ability. [source] • Mata Nui enables the inhabitants of Bara Magna and the Matoran universe to communicate with each other. [source] STORY PLANS • Greg will likely describe Artakha's appearance in the next chapter of Reign of Shadows. [source] • There are future chapters planned for Reign of Shadows, at least until the end of March. [source] • Greg believes the first chapter of Journey's End will be released in mid-April. [source] • On the new serial featuring a new Toa team: "What is holding that up is I cannot write a serial about six new Toa without six new names, so until I have an approved name list, I can't work on this." [source] • Story serials are the only medium through which Greg plans to write for this year. [source] • Greg thinks there may be a far-off, bird's eye view of the Great Beings to be shown later this year. [source] • Voporak and the Vahi still have importance in the story. [source] • Greg does not think that Takanuva's destiny will be fulfilled by the time the comics are over. [source] • On whether Greg will be attending Comic-Con 2010: "No one has talked to me one way or the other yet. In prior years, BIONICLE always paid my travel and expenses for the con, which they would obviously have no reason to do in 2010. Club might want me to go, but my attitude is that I have been there six years in a row and someone else should get the chance to go who hasn't been yet. It's not going to "hurt my feelings" if I don't get to go this year, and frankly, since I am so associated with BIONICLE, it might confuse some kids if I am there and BIONICLE is not." [source]

Friday, January 8, 2009 BIONICLE 2010 • The mega-village on Bara Magna consists of dwellings that were being sheltered, not housed, by the construct Mata Nui has now usurped. The Agori vacated the robot before Mata Nui took control. • Although the Golden Armor would function on any Toa Mata, it was always designated for Tahu's use. • Tahu's new firesword is still his adaptive weapon. • Nektann is considered a Piraka insofar as that is what other Skakdi now think of him for siding with Makuta. • Takanuva ditched his power lance and Midak skyblaster for his new equipment. • The prototype robot does not run on the same power level as the Matoran universe. GREAT BEINGS • It is doubtful that the Great Beings would have made the third robot larger than the Matoran universe. • No Great Beings died in the Shattering. • Greg postulates that all of the Great Beings are of the same species. THE LEGEND REBORN • Q: In The Legend Reborn movie, Mata Nui defeats Tuma by striking his back wound multiple times, whereas in the book Mata Nui uses Tuma's bulk against him. Which one is correct? A: Both are. If Mata Nui does not outmaneuver Tuma, he never gets a shot at his back. • The Ignika is no longer cracked. BARA MAGNA • The fact that the Skrall are the more populous on Bara Magna than all of the other Glatorian tribes simply pertains to how many individuals were incidentally caught on Bara Magna at the time of the Shattering. • Kanohi powers are just as effective on the denizens of Bara Magna as in the Matoran universe. • The Sisters of the Skrall split off from the Skrall tribe prior to the Core War. MATORAN UNIVERSE • Artakha's Mask of Creation does in fact exist, and it is a Legendary Kanohi on par with the Masks of Time and Life. Were the Mask of Creation destroyed, the Matoran universe would lose the capability to create anything new. Like the Ignika and Vahi, the Mask of Creation is vastly more difficult to control than typical Kanohi and requires the same level of expertise in its use. "For example, one has to learn to control the mask so that it does not create things you think about subconsciously, or else things you dream of might get made, and you might not want that." After so much history using the Mask of Creation, Greg doubts that Artakha has much trouble at all in using it. • On the Mask of Creation's power: "It can work one of two ways. If you want to create something, but aren't sure how, it can provide what amounts to instructions. If you know how to make what you want, it can make it for you." It can create things out of thin air in this respect. The mask however cannot create living things. • Artakha is probably 9 or 10 feet tall. • Helryx's teleportation in Reign of Shadows #9 was Artakha's doing. • The events of Reign of Shadows #9 take place before Teridax lands on Bara Magna at the end of the January comic. • The mental shielding of the Order of Mata Nui's agents was designed to withstand intrusion by Makuta. • The dead Ba-Matoran village Mazeka encountered was called Ba-Koro. • The Nui Stone does not drain the latent Toa power in Matoran who are destined to become Toa.

Friday, January 1, 2010 Happy New Year! 2010! BIONICLE 2010 • Tahu's adaptive armor is still functional and should innovate some sort of cooling system for use in Bara Magna's desert. • The Ignika devolved Tahu because the Golden Armor was not designed for use by a Toa Nuva. • The three armor pieces on Tahu's Stars model represent what his adaptive armor looks like in neutral form. • Greg's understanding is that Papercutz will be publishing a smaller, hardcover version of Mata Nui's Guide to Bara Magna in 2010. • The control room depicted in Comic 6 is inside the prototype robot, not the one in Mata Nui's original body. • "Click departs when Mata Nui prepares to activate the robot, because MN feels it will be too dangerous for him to stay. The Ignika is not a power source for the robot, but it is inside the robot, since MN was inside when he took it off. The power source is the box MN returns to the city with." MATORAN UNIVERSE • According to Mata Nui's original mission, the Great Beings were to construct a third robot body for Mata Nui to transfer his spirit into upon his return to Bara Magna, leaving Teridax to take the reins of his old body, and the two would cooperatively reunite Spherus Magna. • Energized protodermis stabilizes the power source of the Matoran universe by continuously mutating the energy produced into a more stable form. The source of the Pit mutagen is radiation given off by the engine of the robot. • The two Glatorian-species pilots voluntarily entered the Mata Nui construct. • The inhabitants of the Red Star are aware of Mata Nui and the Matoran universe. • The Red Star is now orbiting Bara Magna. BARA MAGNA • The two brains of the Spikit work in concert with one another so as to have one mind. • On what would happen if one of a Spikit's heads were chopped off: "I think there would be a period of adjustment for it, but eventually it would be close to normal as the functions of Brain B got taken over by Brain A." SPHERUS MAGNA • On the Great Beings' feelings about the Element Lords: "Initially, they felt relieved they had someone to handle the day to day. Then they were upset because the ELs were going to war and refusing calls to stop." • On whether another robotic body was supposed to be built for Teridax to help Mata Nui complete his mission: "Yes. But for unknown reasons, the GBs never built it. The mystery of why not is most likely something that will be dealt with in future story." • Spherus Magna was larger than Earth.

Friday, December 25, 2009 Merry Christmas! BIONICLE 2010 • Greg is sure that some Glatorian died in Teridax's attack on them. • Click is now outside of Mata Nui's current robot body. • In Mata Nui's body Teridax can only use what Makuta powers he was able to use as Maxilos. • The energy source retrieved by Mata Nui was made active in the prototype robot body's head. Its power bound the components of the body together. • Mata Nui now remembers his lost knowledge thanks to something he has seen and recognized. • The golden armor was designed with the leader of the Toa Mata in mind. • Tahu does not devolve into a Toa Mata until he arrives on Bara Magna. MISCELLANEOUS • There exists a Mask of Mutation. • The Great Beings took notice of Ackar's armor during the Core War, which later influenced Artakha's design for Toa Tahu. • The Iron Tribe lived in the mountains of Bota Magna. The energized weapons that might have been wielded by warriors of that tribe would have hurled bolts of metal.

Saturday, December 19, 2009 It's been a busy three weeks. MATORAN UNIVERSE • Mata Nui was constructed standing upright, and there are hatches throughout the body so that workers and the Great Beings and their creations could get in and out. • The Glatorian-species members near Mata Nui's consciousness who died during the Great Cataclysm were intended to be pilots for the system to ensure it functioned properly continuously. "They were there in case something went wrong. If there was damage to Mata Nui's systems, there would need to be a manual takeover. Unfortunately, the damage was so pervasive and so fast that they couldn't stop its progression and they died in the crash." They were kept in suspended animation for most of the trip, which is why they were able to survive off limited supplies. • "MN is a giant robot, and the islands, continents, etc. are his organs. The Matoran and the rest are nanotech there to make him run efficiently. Their AI is such that they developed an emotional life and a programming glitch altered their sense of what they were and where they were, so that they remembered Mata Nui as a Great Spirit to be honored and not a robot they were inside of." • Psionics is an element in the Matoran universe. Matoran, Toa, and Turaga of the element are female. • Element of Psionics: Colors: Blue and gold Gender: Female Prefix: Ce - (pronounced "say") Matoran Ability: Unable to be mind-controlled or read telepathically -- by studying them, Helryx learned how to shield the minds of the OOMN members from telepathy. Powers: A Toa of Psionics has the following powers: * Telepathy * Telekinesis * Ability to do a damage-dealing mind blast (mental damage only, not physical) * Limited mind control (cannot make someone do something that is against their pre-existing moral code) * Creation of illusions -- so lifelike they can be experienced by all five senses, but cannot fool techological systems * Ability to mentally mask her presence from bio-mechanical or organic life, but not from technological systems • There is at least one Toa of Psionics still alive. • The color motif associated with the elemental power of Lightning is blue and white. • None of the Bohrok summoned by Krakua at the end of Destiny War survived Teridax's takeover. • The spirits of Toa Kaita are formed by the joining of the Toa's spirits and so do not exist when the Toa are not joined. • The members of Lesovikk's Toa team did not all originate from the same island. • While Vanisher can travel through inter-dimensional space to transport himself from on place to another within his own universe, he cannot actually travel to another dimension and stay there. • The Av-Matoran who recovered from light drain likely have not had their mutations repaired yet, but they have rid themselves of the masks the Makuta provided them. • The Matoran refugees from Karzahni have been rebuilt and repaired of their injuries or faults. Some have already departed Metru Nui. • The Kanohi Tryna's power only works on beings of the Matoran universe. • A Matoran's occupation on Metru Nui was generally chosen for him or her. • Teridax left Aqua Magna as soon as he felt any internal rebellions were under control. BIONICLE 2010 • The title of the 2010 novel is Journey's End. The first two comics of 2010 coincide with this novel plot-wise. • The first comic of 2010 is entitled "Journey's End, Part 1: All That Glitters…" and the second is entitled "Journey's End, Part 2: Rebirth." • The Skrall do not have shadow powers. • The golden armor was created by the Great Beings. It is not adaptive. • All of the pieces of Tahu's golden armor are on Bara Magna, and the armor's power only works when fully assembled. • The main story of 2010 does not go inside of the Mata Nui robot for the first half of the year. • The prototype robot is 27 million feet tall. BARA MAGNA • Bara Magna has a seasonal climate. • Following the battle at Roxtus, Tuma was imprisoned, but in the confusion afterward, he escaped and is now wandering the desert. • Stronius's band of Skrall is only a few dozen strong. This group includes Rock Agori. • The large tablet bearing the Scarabax symbol seen behind Mata Nui and Ackar in Challenge of Mata Nui was most likely made by Agori. • Previously unemployed Glatorian have probably joined the mega-village. • Kiina acts as Ackar's deputy. GLATORIAN • The body of a Glatorian with elemental powers, being mostly organic as opposed to that of a Toa's, would not survive the stress of creating a nova blast. • Gresh won matches in the Great Tournament, but never won the Tournament itself. • Malum's old sword looked like Ackar's. • Greg would say there are less than 100 Glatorian on Bara Magna. SPHERUS MAGNA • The Mata Nui prototype malfunctioned and blew up on account of its unstable power core, the core which was stabilized in the second Mata Nui construct with energized protodermis. • The plague tribe's element is Iron. Telluris and Sahmad are orange because they are not wearing their original armor. • Mata Nui has not yet reunited Spherus Magna; his current body does not have the sufficient power alone to accomplish it. • The "two that must make them one" refers to Mata Nui and Teridax.