Were the Rahkshi just the antitheses of the Toa Nuva?

[slifer3000]

I had a thought today. The six Rahkshi that were sent to stop the Toa Nuva from finding the seventh Toa had powers that kind of correlate to the Toa's. 

 

Turahk = Fear, and Fire is associated with courage.

Vorahk = Hunger, and Earth is associated with strength.

Panrahk = Fragmentation, and stone is associated with stability. Stone resists better than other building materials the tendency to fall apart. 

Kurahk = Anger, and ice is associated with calm, or the absence of emotion. Anger is perhaps the strongest of all emotions, and those with the elemental power of Ice tend to avoid showing any emotion.

Guurahk = Disintegration. This one is kind of reaching, I know, but disintegration is the ultimate death of something and water tends to rejuvenate things.

Lerahk = Poison. I don't know how this has to do with Air. All right, my whole theory starts to fall apart here, but I think the first four are strong enough correlations to make one think that the powers were selected to negate those of the Toa.

 

Any thoughts?

[The 1st Shadow]

You're close. The powers of those six Rahkshi were more the antithesis of the Principles that the Matoran lived by. These Principles were elaborated on in MNOG2, and were derived from aspects of the Three Virtues. They were:

 

Ga-Koro: Purity, which is derived from Unity
Le-Koro: Faith, which is derived from a combination of Unity and Duty

Ta-Koro: Courage, which is derived from Duty

Onu-Koro: Prosperity, which is derived from a combination of Duty and Destiny

Ko-Koro: Peace, which is derived from Destiny

Po-Koro: Creation, which is derived from a combination of Unity and Destiny

 

However, because of the nature of the Principles, not all of them match up. For example, Purity's (Ga-Koro) enemy is Poison, which is Lerahk. Faith's (Le-Koro) enemy is Fragmentation, which is Panrahk's power. So, the Rahkshi powers are the reverse of the Matoran Principles, but the color's of each don't always match up. 

 

It's an interesting coincidence that the three that don't match up are also the first three Rahkshi Teridax unleashed upon the island, while the second batch are perfect matches for the respective villages.

[Cheesy Mac n Cheese]

Guurahk = Disintegration. This one is kind of reaching, I know, but disintegration is the ultimate death of something and water tends to rejuvenate things.

 

If you’re going by color, disintegration would have nothing to do with Gali’s element. Instead, it would be her personality: Gali is often the one that holds the team together, which would be the opposite of disintegration.

 

But as previously stated, it’s the Principles, not the elements or the Toa. This also only applies to the six Rahkshi released as sets in 2003. Gravity and Sonics are both Toa elements, and I doubt Chain Lightning and Heat Vision are the antithesis of anything.

Edited June 13, 2018 by Cheesy Mac n Cheese

[MrSciFiGuy]

Huh never thought about it that way. That's why I still visit these forums!

[Podu]

Would be funny if they just used the antitheses of the elements. They already have Heat/Cold Resistance and Vacuum for Fire/Ice/Air, they would only need Desiccation, Weathering, and Erosion for Water/Stone/Earth

Edited June 17, 2018 by Podu

[Toatapio Nuva]

Would be funny if they just used the antitheses of the elements. They already have Heat/Cold Resistance and Vacuum for Fire/Ice/Air, they would only need Desiccation, Weathering, and Erosion for Water/Stone/Earth

 

Well, weathering and erosion are kinda accounted for by disintegration. Kamen even refers to disintegration as the weathering of their statues in MNOG 2.

[Podu]

 

Would be funny if they just used the antitheses of the elements. They already have Heat/Cold Resistance and Vacuum for Fire/Ice/Air, they would only need Desiccation, Weathering, and Erosion for Water/Stone/Earth

 

 

Well, weathering and erosion are kinda accounted for by disintegration. Kamen even refers to disintegration as the weathering of their statues in MNOG 2.

Yeah I was just trying to make them slightly more pertinent to the respective element

Nice catch though.

[CyclonatorZ]

I literally have never gotten why the Rahkshi had those particular powers until this thread. It always seemed like a really strange mix to me - but then, I haven't watched Mask of Light since I was a kid. I guess that movie wasn't a total wash after all.

[Master Inika]

Yeah, Mata Nui Online Game II outlines the whole Principles/Skills thing. This is a full chart of them all, taken from BS01:

 

Principles:

Courage (Ta-Koro)

Purity (Ga-Koro)

Creation (Po-Koro)

Peace (Ko-Koro)

Faith (Le-Koro)

Prosperity (Onu-Koro)

 

Skills:

Strength (Ta-Koro)

Speed (Ga-Koro)

Strategy (Po-Koro)

Willpower (Ko-Koro)

Accuracy (Le-Koro)

Stamina (Onu-Koro)

 

Enemies:

Fear (Turahk)

Poison (Lerahk)

Disintegration (Guurahk)

Anger (Kurahk)

Fragmentation (Panrahk)

Hunger (Vorahk)

 

Or:

 

Courage - Strength - Fear

Purity - Speed - Poison

Creation - Strategy - Disintegration

Peace - Willpower - Anger

Faith - Accuracy - Fragmentation

Prosperity - Stamina - Hunger

 

As said before, the powers of Turahk, Kurahk, and Vorahk match up to their respective village by color, but the powers of Lerahk, Guurahk, and Panrahk do not.

[Sir Kohran]

 

Guurahk = Disintegration. This one is kind of reaching, I know, but disintegration is the ultimate death of something and water tends to rejuvenate things.

If you’re going by color, disintegration would have nothing to do with Gali’s element. Instead, it would be her personality: Gali is often the one that holds the team together, which would be the opposite of disintegration.

 

But as previously stated, it’s the Principles, not the elements or the Toa. This also only applies to the six Rahkshi released as sets in 2003. Gravity and Sonics are both Toa elements, and I doubt Chain Lightning and Heat Vision are the antithesis of anything.

 

Those powers were probably created quite a bit after 2003.

[Master Inika]

 

 

Guurahk = Disintegration. This one is kind of reaching, I know, but disintegration is the ultimate death of something and water tends to rejuvenate things.

If you’re going by color, disintegration would have nothing to do with Gali’s element. Instead, it would be her personality: Gali is often the one that holds the team together, which would be the opposite of disintegration.

 

But as previously stated, it’s the Principles, not the elements or the Toa. This also only applies to the six Rahkshi released as sets in 2003. Gravity and Sonics are both Toa elements, and I doubt Chain Lightning and Heat Vision are the antithesis of anything.

 

Those powers were probably created quite a bit after 2003.

 

 

Does anyone know for sure? We had the kraata packs in 2003, but I don't know if the official chart listing all the colors existed before 2004.

 

Here is BZPower's official Wild Kraata Color Chart. According to the page: "Rahkshi in these colors are not coming out as sets, although some will make appearances in the storyline next year." I think the "next year" was 2004, since quite a few secondary Rahkshi appeared in the Adventures books, so this would imply the 42 kraata powers did exist in '03.

[Toatapio Nuva]

Yes, the Kraata powers existed in 2003, though if I recall correctly it took a while for it to be finalized and revealed.