The Iron Toa

Yeah, Greg confirmed it. A Matoran turning into a Toa will take the form of what he thinks a Toa looks like, but they always have the same basic shape, even if that Matoran has no idea what Toa look like or thinks they look like jellyfish.

Hmm... Mazeka would make a good Toa, but he doesn't really need to become one, he does just fine as a Matoran. I guess I'd have to say one of the Voya Nui or Mahri Nui Matoran. Sarda, maybe? Six new characters of the lesser-known elements. Lesovikk. Perhaps he should reunite and do what he can to restore his people that were sent to Karzanhi, however.

Ah, I remember that conversation now. How did we forget so quickly?

Huh, I thought Greg said that the levitating platform technique wouldn't work.

I thought that was debunked.

I think so. And why Nova Blasts were almost never used, because they're so destructive.

Well, assuming standard Nova Blasts are all the same size, a Gravity Nova Blast wouldn't create an actual black hole like the kind that stars can become. More like what Nuhvok Kal did, but big enough to destroy all of Metru Nui.

I think every Toa's Nova Blast has about the same radius of destruction. So a Toa of Gravity's would probably create a tiny pseudo-black hole that obliterates everything in the normal radius, then disperses. I'm pretty sure such an attack would be suicidal for the Toa, too.

----- Well, protodermic seawater is silver. I made the river more blue to mark it as freshwater. ----- Yeah, when I made this region up years ago, I really wasn't thinking in realistic geologic terms! At the beginning, I wasn't even sure if the river was going to flow into or out of the ocean (then I realized it would probably be a seawater river if it flowed out of the ocean, which would be weird). There isn't really an excuse as to why the jungle doesn't grow on both sides, other than the fact that that's the way I made it on my story. Poor soil on the western side, maybe? As for the river, it's supposed to start in the bottom of a canyon next to the desert, not in the desert, and it's fed by underground springs (that maybe could somehow be linked to meltwater from the mountains). Later in the story, I mention that a major spring dries up, causing the river to start further down the canyon. So yeah, basically the story came first, so it follows the story, no matter how little that makes sense geologically. ----- Right, the Matoran of Yrenta mainly live along the mountain range and along the river. The De-Matoran live many kio away from everyone else, in the plains, where it's quiet. They feature more in Fate of Yrenta, though. ----- That's a typo. I guess I wasn't paying attention when I was moving the letters to form vertical text. I'll fix that. ----- I'm glad you like the skull and crossbones. As for the compass, of course, the inhabitants don't know they're in a robot, but I thought it might be appropriate anyway seeing as that Great Spirit symbol shows up in other places. If it's too blatant about the true nature of their universe, I'll change it.

Yeah, Stone and Iron Nova Blasts would probably be great cascades of rock and metal respectively in all directions. I imagine an Earth Nova Blast would cause an extremely intense earthquake that would knock down everything in its area and throw a lot of earth into the air.

Some Great Masks I'd call lowercase-l legendary masks. They're special, unique masks, for example, the Mask of Shadow and the Mask of Alternate Futures. The Masks of Time, Life, and Creation are capital-L Legendary masks, a class of their own, tied to the reality of the Matoran Universe.

Actually, Makuta have certain control over the physical world (I think just the MU environment though) because of secret knowledge they possess. The Great Beings would have something like that but far greater, so I like your idea, Chro. It probably wouldn't apply so much to the natural universe, though, just their protodermis-based creations.

I laughed out loud at how darkly - and yet accurately - you described the society of Metru Nui. And there were things such as smuggling rings, so I guess there was a dark side to Metru Nui. What about Takua?

The boundary is the melting/freezing point. Toa of Ice could certainly freeze water and control it, as long as it's still frozen. As for slush, I guess a Toa of Ice could control the bits of ice and a Toa of Water could control the liquid part.

Oh, now that you mention it I remember he didn't want them to follow the Toa Nuva. But I didn't know that meant they weren't to leave Metru Nui at all.

He banned anyone from leaving Metru Nui when they returned to it? I remember the Turaga wanted to keep Mata Nui's imminent death secret, but not that part.

I guess it would work out if the bodies lingered for a while.

Well, I'm not sure how the society had developed by the end. But it would make sense if the original plans for Metru Nui were to have it be run by a dictatorship. After all, the inhabitants weren't meant to be free-willed beings.

Yeah, the only problem I have with this Red Star thing is the lack of evidence of it in the story.

I finally made a map of the main region I made up for my fan fiction. Well, I made a crude sketch on paper years ago, when I first had the idea, but that work is long lost. For this, I used Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9. I used a downloaded Matoran font for the labels. The texture effect is supposed to make it look like painted stone. Some of my stories were written long ago, and I skimmed over them to make sure the map was accurate, so hopefully it fits. This is the way Yrenta looks for most of its history (some things change later). I hope the meanings of the different colors and symbols are easy enough to figure out. So here it is, on my Brickshelf: Full-sized map (5000 x 3750) Since that's quite big, I also uploaded a smaller version: Small map (1250 x 938) If you read my stories and see any inconsistencies, or just have any comments or suggestions on how to make the map better, let me know. Edit: I made the desert and the jungle a little bigger and added hills south of the jungle to fit with the story, and slightly improved the wasteland symbols. Also, this time the smaller version of the map is a quarter the size of the original instead of a tenth. Edit 2: Fixed that 'Yrenttta River' mistake. Thanks for catching it, Maganar.

I don't think so. Mask powers are either active or inactive. Some masks have effects that are always on, but I think the wearer has to be capable of using Kanohi in the first place to get those effects.

No, the rate of time is the same. If the Great Beings' creations could create a Mask of Time, I guess the GBs could have made time flow faster or slower in the MU, but I can't think of any reason they'd want that.

Toa of Plasma can heat things faster than Toa of Fire, but don't have the control over heat that Toa of Fire too. They can't absorb heat and flame. In my fan fiction, Toa of Plasma are also good at providing illumination if they're skilled enough to maintain a brightly glowing mass that's not too hot. Of course, you'd be better off with a Toa of Light in such a situation.

It has something to do with everything in the Matoran Universe being artificial in some way. Well, originally time in the Matoran Universe was as it was in the 'real world', but when the Vahi was forged time in the MU became linked to it.