~Skip

Hi! A little while ago, a bunch of fans of a twice-defunct toy line came together to make some music. That project was called Mata Nui: The Music Chronicle, and it turned out not half-bad. Now we’d like to do it again, but a little bigger this time, and hopefully, with your help. Mata Nui: Tales of the Amaja is a continuation of the previous album, that focuses on the Bionicle story from 2001 to 2003. As the first album centred on the original MNOG, this project focuses on the storyline and soundtracks of the Bohrok hordes and MNOG 2. We hope to capture the original mystery of Bionicle’s early storyline, culminating in the movie and Quest for the Mask of Light. To make this happen, musicians and artists alike are wanted to help out with this. If you feel like you’d want to be a part, regardless of skill level, please get in contact with me here on Bzpower, by filling out This Form, or by messaging me at Skip#3749 on Discord. We’d love to have you be a part of this and hope you can join us to make something great in this community. Cheers!

Hey guys, I'm Skip, and I make Bionicle music. A couple months ago I talked with a few other music producers about what the original elements of Bionicle would sound like. Eventually, this conversation turned into a project, and that project turned into this. Mata Nui: The Music Chronicle is. ‘a tribute to the original 2001-2003 era of Bionicle Gen 1, that introduced so many fans into the world of Bionicle.’ With 10 tracks in total, ranging from across the island and world of Mata Nui, this album seeks to capture that nostalgic MNOG feeling in all of us. Give it a listen if you’re interested, and please share it with others, cheers!

Sadly, you can't stick gen1 masks on gen2 heads, you can, however, stick gen2 masks on gen1 heads(2004-2008-9)! Sadly, it looks incredibly stupid and is not recommended. Thanks man, I tried to find a balance between the paladin-esque bulk of the new Kopaka and the more slim design of the old.

Kopaka: Anthology Edition (Or Various Bits of Kopaka on One Kopaka) Didn't even know about the throwback contest until I logged on to post this, but yea, I just got the new Kopaka set and wanted to make a sort of callback to the past iterations, while still working with the new style, was definitely fun. Hands unashamedly stolen from This Cool MOC that I saw, no regrets. Gallery

IC: Xitec Stuck in crystal, narrowly avoiding death, and completely confused, Xitec just stood there. Well, he had to, he couldn't move. Echelon was speaking, something about a prophecy? Apparently his goons weren't going to kill the matoran, lucky sods. Whatever the prophecy was, he had almost a front row seat to it, so he sucked in as much air as he could before the crystal completely enveloped his chest, and decided to watch what was going to happen.

(Leave for one day and you get swamped by pages, I am not used to this ) IC: Xitec Unaware of the impeding knife, Xitec was still stuck, trying to unhook his claw. no matter how he shifted, the thing wouldn't move. Underneath him the stairs grew closer, but his claw was still hooked onto the wall tightly. Suddenly, an idea hit him, using the reverse of the motion he used to throw the shot, he pulled back, planting his feet on the wall for stability. He pulled, and the claw let go, causing him to fall off backwards onto the stairs just in time, with the knife just clipping his foot nastily. He slowly slid to the bottom of the staircase, and then painfully got up, standing to face his opponent again.

IC: Xitec Woomph. Xitec zoomed towards the wall, being reeled in quicker and quicker by the hookshot. This was going to hurt, a lot. Using his right arm, his threw up his shield and braced for impact, pulling it up just in time to greet the wall. The shield managed to absorb most of the blow, but the wind was knocked out of him, and now he was dangling from the wall like some sort of hanging ornament, though at least he couldn't be attacked from up here. probably. He tried to figure out how to unclamp the claw, but nothing seemed to work so far.

IC: Xitec Ok, so the delaying strategy wasn't working so well. For one, his arm was being battered constantly, and he didn't know how long his shield was going to hold. If he was going to do something, he needed to do it now. Waiting till the toa swung her sword again, instead of stepping back and pulling up his shield as usual, he pushed forward, aiming to put the shield in the middle of her sword's sweep. Then, with his left hand, he swung his arm up and over at her right side, hoping for some sort of energy sword or whip to come out. Instead, the claw at the end of his arm spun rapidly, and then shot out, followed by a trail of crackling, held plasma. A clank rang out through the cavern as the claw connected with the middle third of the sanctum wall, Pulling the plasma beam taunt. "Uh-oh." He wimpered as the attachment on his arm slowly began to spin in reverse. OOC: Xitec used his plasma hookshot (which I doublechecked this time!) , and is now probably going to hurtle into a wall posthaste.

OOC: Woops, sorry man, wrote that late at night and didn't check the specifics, my bad. IC: Xitec. Well, Whatever that was, it had given him a moment's reprieve. He scrambled to his feet and started backpedaling away from her. The shield was still up, for now, so he kept that in between the two of them, trying to block the next swing. She didn't seem to have any other weaponry, so maybe if he could keep her at arms length he could survive this. He glanced down at his left arm, and maybe whatever gadget he had on there would help too.

IC: Xitec. Xitec felt the wall behind him change, he looked behind him and saw that it had slowly begun to crystalize, turning around again, he tried to move forward, but the toa was already on top of him. This was it, he raised his arms in a cross up in front of him, trying to shield himself in a last ditch effort. and then, just as the toa's sword began to lunge at his chest, his right arm began to glow with an eerie yellowness, blossoming out from his arm to meet the incoming weapon... OOC: Xitec (accidentally) activated his kinetic shield, which is a pointable elliptic shield attached to his arm which returns all energy directed at it in equal measure.

IC: Xitec Prove himself? How was he going to do that while he was trying to escape death? He saw the Toa's downward swing just in time and jerk his legs in, scrabbling back even further. Pleading wasn't going to work, obviously, and as far as he knew he had no offensive weapons, running, however, only seemed to prolong the inevitable. *Clunk* The back of his head hit the sanctum wall, he was trapped against it, with the Toa advancing towards him. This wasn't exactly helping with the worth-proving strategy. He stood up, facing his attacker, and pleading one last time, "Hey, seriously, we don't have to do this!"

OOC: Fair enough man IC: Xitec "I mean, cmon, I could be a servant too, I could be twice as loyal!" He said to Echelon, unaware of the toa unstealthing behind him. Remembering his guffaw last time, he quickly bowed, "I mean, loyal, my lord." Hearing the swoosh above him as the sword passed over his head, he turned around to spy his adversary, "AUGHK!" He fell over backwards. Still on the ground, he started backpedaling away from her on his hands and feet, pleading, "Please, please don't do this! I just got here! Please!"

IC: Xitec "Kill him." Xitec froze midstep. What? Why kill him? did he forget an evil villain codeword or something? He glanced at She-who-was-formerly-known-as-Arkarth, wondering, hoping that she'd point out the ludicrousness of this demand. "As you wish." And she disappeared. So that wasn't going to happen, obviously. Well. As first impressions went, this was going rather poorly. It was probably the wave, he realized, nobody likes to be waved at. Honestly, he just brang this upon himself. If he was a ominous powerful city invading wackjob and someone came into his lair and started waving around the place, he'd start getting a bit homicidal too. Xitec's eyes darted the hall, aside from the entrance behind him, there were a few doorways leading deeper into the halls. The roof was tall, small ornate embellishments adorning the pillars around him. If he craned his head, he could barely make out the roof above him. As exit strategies went, not great. Strangely, the architect of his execution hadn't made a move yet, nor the other toa in the room. In fact, the only sound he could hear in the hall was the hum from his arm attachment, which he still hadn't figured out. He moved forward, speaking to Echelon, "Uh, do I get a say in this whole killing thing? Because I feel like, there could be better ways to test this whole loyalty thing, y'know?" OOC: Anything of note in the sanctum I should know of?

IC: Xitec As the traveled through the halls, Xitec slowly began to feel less at ease, the bodies strewn across the floors didn't help much either. But Arkarth kept walking resolutely, and so did he. Eventually they reached what seemed to be main hall, this time with living people in it. The leader of which apparently was some sort of master to Arkarth, as she knelt before the figure, he put up a half-wave half-salute, hoping this wouldnt be too unceremonial. It seemed that she was trying to enter the service of the figure, named Echelon, Who himself was servant of Makuta, and orchestrated this attack. It answered some questions, but gave quite a few more. Suddenly, before his eyes, Arkarth's armour transformed, her golden blue colours changed to jet black, and her voice became flat and monotone. This was not a good sign. Luckily, Echelon hadn't seemed to notice him yet, too focused on Arkarth and another toa who also entered. Xitec took a sloooow step back.

IC: Xitec Xitec hesitated, "Dangerous?" He thought. But then, the alternative was to stay out here and either get lost, or killed by someone else who showed up and wasn't as friendly. Xitec didn't want to die. And he didn't want to get lost again either. "Uh...sure." he said. He quickened his pace and caught up to her. "Happy to help out."

IC: Xitec Suddenly, Xitec found a hand on his shoulder, thankfully it was just the toa. Introducing herself as Arketh, she asked him for his name. He panicked, just like everything else, he couldn't remember."I..." Looking down at his arm, he looked at the markings etched into the attachment. Xi...Tec...Something. Good enough. "I am called Xitec." He replied weakly, but she had already patted him on the shoulder and had headed to the matoran. They seemed to be in some discussion, but the matoran left even more dejected than before. Running to catch up to her, he called out, "Hey wait! Where are you going?"

IC: Xitec Well, as far as he could tell, she bought his affiliation, which meant that at least he was now on the winning side of whatever was going on here. Looking towards who she was shouting at, he saw the procession at the main gate had grown, now with two matoran and an approaching skakdi. Seeing as that was where his newfound allyuntilfoundotherwise was shouting at. He decided to head towards them. OOC: @daniel Fair enough man, I didn't know about the disguise, but to Xitec most people are terrifying anyway so thats not saying much .

IC: Xitec. (Main gate) Suddenly, a brawl had broken loose, whatever fight had been going on, it had brought back into the city. He focused on the creature hailing him, hoping to avoid the attention of the two fighters in the street. "Uh....No ones?" "Judging by the dark demeanour and rather terrifying visage before him, he quickly changed his tune, "Imeanyours! All hail to the invaders!" He cried, hoping that was the correct side to choose, and raising his left arm in the air in a sort of salute, which instead only made the strange attachment on his arm hum louder. Trying to ignore that, and the sobbing matoran behind him, he shouted back at the person, "How's the um, invasion going?"

IC: Xitec He Jumped back upon hearing the crash coming from inside the village, almost as if in response to what he said. As invitations went, it wasn't the most appealing, but it looked like it was all he was going to get. Slowly creeping past the gates, he entered the Koro, zeroing in on the sound.

IC: Xitec (Ko-Koro) He began to slow down as he approached the entrance of what appeared to be a village or city of some sort, the sounds of battle coming from within. The front gates of which appeared to be blown right off. He moved cautiously as he came closer, "Helloooo?" "Anybody around...And not dead?" OOC: Open for interactions.

IC: Xitec Progress was slow, but steady. He reckoned he had been walking for around half an hour now, at least. And while it felt like he was getting nowhere fast, progress was being made, probably. Soon, he began to notice some distant sounds over the din of the storm. This was an improvement. He quickened his trudge, pushing over the latest crest. The view here wasn't much different than any other, vague shapes which could optimistically be called structures appeared to be in the distance, but the noise was definitely closer. It sounded like a battle, or a slaughter, depending on who was making the loudest cacophony. he began to slide down the the hill, quickening his pace. Whatever was going on, it was better than walking in the middle of a snowstorm forever. OOC: Most of the fighting is taking place in the hospital yea?

IC: Xitec (Ko-Wahi coastal cliffs) He woke up. He fell asleep again promptly. He woke up again, and stayed up this time. He wished he hadn't. He looked around blearily, his mind completely washed, below him were frigid waters, before him was an icy waste, above him was the sky. He decided that out of the three the sky was the best thing to look at and stared at the swirling snow and clouds for a good 15 minutes. Then, he got up. He tried to recall where he was: Nothing. He tried to recall what he was doing here: Nothing. He tried to recall his own name: Still nothing. His mind was a giant soup with memories as an entrée he didn't receive from the waiter. This wasn't going to work. He looked around again. The snowstorm was blustering and cold, screeching in his ears, but in the distance it seemed to be dying out, or less brutal, at least. He started moving in that direction. It was a start at least. There was one thing he did recall, and it was that, so far, he hated the cold. OOC: headin to Ko-Koro

Name: Xitec (assumed name, read it off the attachment on his arm) Species: Vortixx A detailed description or image: Xi is a lanky, slim built vortixx, gray/dark gray coloured with small silver armour pieces haphazardly covering his frame. His armour appears to have once been part of a larger set, most of which appears to be missing, but it is clearly tailor-made for his body. Upon close inspection, markings that appear to be numbers can be seen on the remains of the armour. His left arm is longer than his right and ends with what appears to be a mechanical tube connected to a claw, with purplish coloured crackling seen within the gaps. He has squinty, pointing eyes and is constantly shifting his weight from one foot to the other. He walks with an unconscious hunch and a slight lean to his left side, probably due to the uneven nature of his arms. Gender: Male Powers and/or weapons: n/a Technological items: 1. Plasma Hookshot. Basically a normal hookshot, but with a much larger load capacity + distance, it's clamped onto the arm, and ends with a six clawed multi-jointed claw, the individual hooks of the claw can realign to make a psuedo-hand. When launched the end is shot out, connected to the claw by a beam of plasma, and hooks onto the first thing it touches. Attached to Xitec's left arm. 2. Kinetic Shield. A small detachable armband that, when activated, deploys a directional shield that absorbs all kinetic energy directed at it, Require charging between uses, and shuts down when overloaded. (Both Approved by Nuju Metru, thanks man) Weakness(es): Xitec is a runner, a coward, and a a bargainer, but would rather not be a fighter, and as such is less sure-footed or skilled with weapons than most warriors. The arm attachment can also cause him to be over balanced at times, which also detracts from his agility. Finally, his armour is both haphazardly placed, and in disrepair, not affording him much protection. Alignment: Neutral History: Xytec is a very recent arrival to mata nui, a washed up(literally) amnesiac vortixx with a hazy memory on just about everything, His main goal is to just live long enough to figure out just what's going on in this crazy island. Personality and traits: Xytec is pragmatically pathetic, and will happily go along with anything if it involves not being dead for another day, he has few grounding loyalties or convictions, but, for all his less than honourable ways, he isn't completely heartless, probably. Amongst others his attitude is dry and sarcastic, but will switch into groveling if the situation at all requires it. His main drives are curiousity and a will to live.

Comes on BZPower once a year, enters random contest Hope you guys enjoy, peace.

Awesome work dude, that's some brilliant stuff right there. The sound on Across the Treetops captures the jungle feel of Le-Wahi in MNOG while still keeping a technological vibe, and almost reminds me of the Le-Koro band. The Great Mine is incredibly slow and deep, but distinctly different from the original MNOG piece. I'm not sure what Submerge is for, but it kinda reminds me of the VNOG music in 2006 with that lone guitar. Keep it up man!