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  1. Planetperson
    Friday, October 23, 2009
    BIONICLE STARS
    • The Bionicle Stars will be a part of the storyline, although their smaller size is non-canon, as Toa Mata Nui's larger scale was.
    • Teridax will be coming to Bara Magna, which is how the Bionicle Stars characters will factor in to the story.
    • On the Bionicle Stars: "Well, two are Toa, one is a Rahkshi, one is a Skakdi, one is a Glatorian, and one is a Skrall."
    • The Bionicle Stars are named such because they represent some of the most popular characters from the series.
    • The blue Skakdi is labeled as a Piraka because of its familiarity as a brand name.
    • The yellow Rahkshi possesses the heat vision power.
    • Takanuva will not be treated in story as if he is still in twilight form.
    • While Tahu appears in Toa Mata for as part of the Stars line, the other Toa will appear in story as well, though they will not be featured in the same way and will not be reverted back into Toa Mata form.
    • Tahu's gold-armored form will be canon. He is not wearing one of the gold Kanohi from 2001 story. His mask only has the power of shielding, but it is part of a larger power tied to the full set of armor. He no longer has his abilities as a Toa Nuva.
    • The green Skrall in the Stars lineup is of the warrior class.

    THE LEGEND REBORN
    • A combination of gravity wells and impacts redirected the Ignika back toward Bara Magna on its escape path from Aqua Magna.
    • The elemental powers bestowed on the Glatorian were not already dormant inside of them; rather, they were generated by the Mask of Life. Their abilities are roughly equivalent to those of Toa, although they do not possess the same level of control.
    • The fight between Tarix and Vastus in the Legend Reborn was for rights over the Hot Springs as a water source in light of the attacks on Tajun's caravans.
    • The prototype robot was never controlled by an artificial intelligence like Mata Nui.
    • The prototype robot is about two-thirds the size of the Mata Nui robot.
    • All captured Agori and Vorox were freed when Roxtus was abandoned.
    • The Glatorian now serve as a defense force for the united village. Ackar has become the leader of the united village's defense force, and Raanu acts as leader of the mega-city.
    • Strakk has been banished.
    • "Strakk does not get banished until after the events of the movie. Think about what happened after the fight with Ackar -- the attack on Tajun, and Tesara, the whole world is at war, Iconox did not have time to worry about disciplining Glatorian when the village was in danger of being overrun. Strakk got banished after the defeat of the Skrall."
    • Mata Nui has no involvement in the mega-city now; he is busy with a quest of his own and is not hanging around.
    • By the end of the Legend Reborn, Mata Nui is able to control the Ignika consciously.

    SKRALL
    • The Element Lord of Rock is a leader class Skrall.
    • All leader class Skrall automatically rank a name.

    BARA MAGNA
    • The Shattering was caused by the Element Lords' attempts to use the EP Spring, which lead to the explosion of the planet's core.
    • "Dormus" is the Agori word for "peaceful."
    • The Element Lords have better control over their elements than the Toa Nuva do.

    MATORAN UNIVERSE
    • Mata Nui's mission was to traverse the universe, observing societies so that a massive war such as the Core War would not break out again, and then to pull Spherus Magna back together.
    • Teridax's destiny may or may not have been to take over Mata Nui's body; Greg states that the real question is whether or not one robot alone would be able to pull three planets together.
    • Legends of the Toa Mata had existed on Metru Nui prior to the Matoran's migration to Mata Nui, though there had not been particular reason to talk about it much.
    • On the original process to reawaken Mata Nui: "Basically, it's a long process that involves each Toa giving a small part of their energy in sequence to do slowly what the Ignika did all at once. Could easily take 12 hours or more to finish."
  2. Planetperson
    Friday, October 16, 2009
    GENERAL
    • "[Raanu] doesn't really want [Glatorian] around when it's not necessary. It's kinda like having a house filled with pit bulls. You feel safe, but you know that you can get hurt really bad if you tick 'em off."
    • The Bionicle Stars characters are canon, and the blue Skakdi is not Vezok.
    • The maze map seen at the end of The Legend Reborn plays a part in the transition story between 2009 and 2010. Teridax appears in the November comic.
    • The Mata Nui prototype self-destructed.
  3. Planetperson
    Friday, October 9, 2009
    Tch, what happened this week?

    GENERAL
    • Element Lords will be illustrated in Legends of Bara Magna.
    • Kiina regards Gresh like a little brother.
    • Tuma and Metus used each other. Tuma was getting information and a go-between with the bone hunters, and Metus was getting a chance to survive the coming war.
    • The Agori of the united villages dragged the robotic head from Roxtus because the Rock Agori had fled the village at that point.
  4. Planetperson
    Friday, October 2, 2009
    BARA MAGNA
    • The Element Lord of Water has the ability to project his consciousness into any body of water.
    • On the Element Lords: "I don't see them as insane, as that would mean they could not tell the difference between right and wrong. And I don't really see them as evil ... for all we know, the one who won the war might have made life wonderful for all the Agori. I think they are ambitious, power-hungry, often callous and reckless, but those don't add up to evil. I know a lot of people like that, they're not villains, just not people you would want to rely on."
    • The majority of the Glatorian population on Bara Magna are in service to the villages.
    • The Agori and Matoran languages have some similar terms, the same way that programming language in our world has some similar words with spoken language.

    THE LEGEND REBORN
    • The general personality traits of each of the Matoran tribes are part of their initial programming.
    • "Mata Nui let the Glatorian think he was just charging up their weapons to what they once were. In truth, he was giving the Glatorian themselves elemental powers and the weapons were just the focus."
    • Tuma was not killed by Mata Nui.
    • The Skrall believed the giant formed by Scarabax to be a baterra invasion, which especially unnerved them.
    • The act of forming a pseudo-giant is a natural defense mechanism of the Scarabax.
    • Tuma is likely wandering away with the rest of the Skrall, who have mostly scattered into the mountains.
    • Mata Nui's facility to grant elemental powers is both a particular trait of his spirit and of his mastery over the Ignika.
    • "Well, Tuma might as well be dead, since no one is going to follow him now. And the tribe has fragmented, with some operating on their own, some following Stronius, and no doubt some following other elite Skrall."
    • A Kiina-Mata Nui romantic interest will be implied in the 2010 novel. Kiina, however, barely appears in 2010.
  5. Planetperson
    Friday, September 25, 2009
    GENERAL
    • Exactly what Mata Nui's original mission is gets revealed next year.
    • The Kanohi Dragon was created by a Makuta. Miserix did not create it.
    • On the Matoran universe: "You have to keep in mind that the beings who consider it a universe are the ones who live in it. Basically, Mata Nui is giant robot with millions of nanotech beings inside of him and various mechanical "organs." So in that sense, you could even argue he is more like a synthezoid, a living being whose parts are all mechanical. So he has a universe inside him the same way you have one inside of you. You have living bacteria in your body, a waterway (your bloodstream) that travels the length of your body, and various places for the bacteria to live. Something in your liver that wants to travel to your brain would sail on your bloodstream, the same way someone who wanted to get to Metru Nui would sail on liquid protodermis to do it."
    • Greg: "The bone hunters and the Skrall were already in an alliance at the time of ROV. But Tuma wanted to a) make sure the bone hunters were strong enough to be worthy of being allies and b)see them bloodied enough by the Glatorian so they wouldn't be TOO strong a threat to turn on the Skrall."
    • The Element Lords are considered mutant versions of their original Glatorian species.
    • The Element Lord of Sand does not have a stinger tail, since the Vorox had not yet been modified by the Great Beings by the time of his selection.
  6. Planetperson
    Tuesday, September 22, 2009
    Hey guys, just filling you in on my life on this random Tuesday. Yeah, college has begun to get really busy... It's been a month since I've been home. I haven't had time to do things like watching BONICLE: The Legend Reborn. It's sad, I know, but otherwise I'm really enjoying myself. I tell you, freshman year of college is a heck of a lot better than freshman year of highschool, socially, and maybe even academically. And the work I do pays off; I'm getting some good grades in some formidable classes. Aaand that's pretty much the story of my life for the past four-five weeks. My roommates are, of course, total BUMS who play video games while I try to finish the same homework they have to deal with later in the week. Lol, I still gotta love em.
  7. Planetperson
    Friday, September 18, 2009
    BARA MAGNA
    • The Sand Tribe's regression took place over the span of generations.
    • The Bone Hunters are all a part of one single tribe; there are no other contingents elsewhere in the desert.
    • On Click's condition: "It's not a curse, no, because Click controls when he transforms. If it was a curse, he would have no control over it. The mask transformed him the same way it transformed Dekar into Hydraxon, to assist in the defense of itself. Without a shield, Mata Nui would have died in battle, and the mask would likely have been destroyed."
    • The Glatorian species always spoke Agori and never had their own separate language.
    • "Aqua" means "water."
    • Stronius had his name before he defeated one of the baterra.
    • There may still be some Skrall on Bota Magna, although odds are they have mostly been killed by baterra.
    • Fero is part of the Bone Hunter army which serves the Skrall in the movie plot.
    • The Great Beings did not create the Iron Wolves from scratch; they modified existing creatures.
    • On the Great Beings' construction of the Mata Nui prototype: "There was no overall intent. It was an experiment they were doing for the sake of seeing if it could be done."
    • Prior to the Shattering, there were few signs of the impending disaster other than some quakes; the actual event happened quite abruptly.
    • The story bible states that Mata Nui ends up empowering the Glatorian with Toa-like elemental powers, not merely charging their weapons with elemental power.

    MATORAN UNIVERSE
    • Greg believes Keetongu's judgment vision is based off of the proportion of light to shadow in a being.
    • Although the Visorak hordes were exterminated at Artidax, Teridax has since recreated the species.
    • Miserix, like all Makuta, once created Rahi of his own, specializing in reptilian Rahi, as referenced by his affinity for shapeshifting into reptilian forms. He created the Tahtorak.
    • Kojol created the Proto Drake.
    • Chirox created the Catapult Scorpion.
    • On Tren Krom's motivations: "He is not out to run the universe, he knows he's not capable of that. But he doesn't want what he once looked after to be ruined by Makuta."
  8. Planetperson
    Monday, October 16, 2006

    Here is a far, far more thorough list of my Bionicle collection than the one in my content block, for all eyes to see. Feel free to comment or drool in awe. Or laugh at its pathetic-ness, depending on which way you look at it.

    2001 Toa: Tahu, Pohatu, Onua, Lewa, Kopaka, Gali
    2001 Turaga: Vakama, Onewa, Whenua, Matau, Nuju, Nokama
    2001 Matoran: Jala, Huki, Onepu, Kongu, Matoro, Maku
    2001 Rahi: Nui-Rama, Nui-Jaga, Tarakava, Muaka & Kane-Ra, Manas
    2001 Kanohi:
    Hau - red, brown, white, infected;
    Kakama - red, brown, white;
    Pakari - black, blue;
    Miru - green, white;
    Akaku - red, white;
    Kaukau - transparent orange, transparent colorless, transparent blue;
    Huna - orange, light blue;
    Komau - tan, light green;
    Ruru - orange, tan, dark grey;
    Mahiki - orange, light green;
    Matatu - dark grey, light grey;
    Rau - dark grey, light green, light blue2001 Exclusives: Vahi, Copper Mask of Victory

    2002 Bohrok: Tahnok, Pahrak, Nuhvok, Lehvak, Kohrak, Gahlok
    2002 Bohrok Va: Tahnok Va, Pahrak Va, Nuhvok Va, Lehvak Va, Kohrak Va, Gahlok Va
    2002 Large Sets: Boxor, Master Builder Set, Exo-Toa, Cahdok & Gahdok
    2002 Krana & Kanohi:

    Krana Xa - blue, light green, light blue, yellow, tan, black, white;
    Krana Su - blue, green, red, orange, yellow, dark grey, white, purple, misprint purple;
    Krana Yo - blue, green, light green, red, light blue, yellow, tan, black, white, purple;
    Krana Ca - blue, light green, light blue, tan, black, dark grey, white, purple, misprint purple;
    Krana Ja - blue, light green, red, orange, yellow, black, dark grey, white, misprint purple;
    Krana Vu - blue, green, light green, red, light blue, orange, tan, white;
    Krana Bo - green, light blue, orange, yellow, tan, dark grey, white, purple, misprint purple;
    Krana Za - green, light green, light blue, yellow, dark grey, white, purple, misprint purple;
    Hau - gold, silver;
    Kakama - gold, silver;
    Pakari - gold, silver;
    Miru - gold, silver;
    Akaku - gold, silver;
    Kaukau - gold2002 Toa Nuva: Tahu Nuva, Pohatu Nuva, Onua Nuva, Lewa Nuva, Kopaka Nuva, Gali Nuva
    2002 Kanohi Nuva:

    Hau Nuva - red, brown, black, blue;
    Kakama Nuva - red, brown, black, blue;
    Pakari Nuva - red, brown, black, green, white, blue;
    Miru Nuva - red, brown, green, white, blue;
    Akaku Nuva - red, white, blue;
    Kaukau Nuva - red, white, blue
    2003 Bohrok-Kal: Tahnok-Kal, Pahrak-Kal, Nuhvok-Kal, Lehvak-Kal, Kohrak-Kal, Gahlok-Kal
    2003 Krana-Kal:

    Krana Xa-Kal - dark metal grey, dark metal green;
    Krana Su-Kal - soft gold;
    Krana Yo-Kal - dark metal grey, soft gold;
    Krana Ca-Kal - dark metal grey, pearl;
    Krana Ja-Kal - dark gold, dark metal grey
    Krana Vu-Kal - none;
    Krana Bo-Kal - dark metal grey;
    Krana Za-Kal - soft gold, metallic pale blue
    Silver Kanohi Nuva - Miru Nuva 2003 Matoran: Hewkii, Hafu, Matoro, Kopeke, Macku, Hahli
    2003 Rahkshi: Turahk, Lerahk, Kurahk, Vorahk, Panrahk, Guurahk
    2003 Kraata:


    Stage 1 - Kraata-Za, Kraata-Ye, Kraata-Vo, Kraata-Ul, Kraata-Cu, soft gold & black, metallic light blue & pearl, dark metal green & metallic pale blue;
    Stage 2 - Kraata-Cu;
    Stage 3 - Kraata-Cu, Kraata-Ul, metallic pale blue & dark metal grey, dark metal grey & lime green, light green & dark metal grey, soft gold & black;
    Stage 4 - Kraata-Vo, Kraata-Xi, black & dark gold, yellow & black, yellow & soft gold, yellow & dark gold;
    Stage 5 - Kraata-Ye, dark gold & yellow, dark metal green & metallic pale blue;
    Stage 6 - Kraata-Cu, dark gold & soft gold2003 Large Sets: Jaller & Gukko, Takua & Pewku, Takanuva, Makuta
    2003 Exclusives: Poisoned Hau Nuva; Shadow Kraata - stage 1, stage 4, stage 5

    2004 Matoran: Nuhrii, Ahkmou, Orkahm, Vhisola, Tehutti, Ehrye
    2004 Toa Metru: Vakama, Onewa, Matau, Nokama, Whenua, Nuju
    2004 Kanoka:

    Power Level 1 - Ta-Metru, Po-Metru, Le-Metru, Onu-Metru;
    Power Level 2 - Ta-Metru, Ga-Metru, Ko-Metru;
    Power Level 3 - Ga-Metru, Onu-Metru, Ko-Metru;
    Power Level 4 - Po-Metru, Ga-Metru;
    Power Level 5 - Le-Metru, Ga-Metru;
    Power Level 6 - Le-Metru, Onu-Metru;
    Power Level 7 - Ta-Metru, Po-Metru, Ga-Metru, Onu-Metru;
    Power Level 8 - none;
    Great Disk - Ga-Metru, Onu-Metru2004 Vahki: Nuurakh, Rorzakh, Vorzakh, Zadakh, Bordakh, Keerakh
    2004 Large Sets: Turaga Dume & Nivawk, Nidhiki, Krekka, Lhikan & Kikanalo
    2004 Exclusives: Disk of Time, Gold Vahi, Ultimate Dume Special Edition

    2005 Rahaga: Norik, Bomonga, Iruini, Pouks, Gaaki, Kualus
    2005 Toa Hordika: Vakama, Whenua, Matau, Onewa, Nokama, Nuju
    2005 Rhotuka: All colors
    2005 Visorak: Vohtarak, Oohnorak, Keelerak, Roporak, Boggarak, Suukorak
    2005 Titans: Roodaka, Sidorak, Keetongu
    2005 Toa Hagah: Norik, Iruini
    2005 Play Themes: Visorak Battle Ram, Visorak's Gate, Tower of Toa, Battle of Metru Nui
    2005 Exclusives: Ultimate Creatures Accessory Set

    2006 Matoran: Balta, Velika, Piruk, Dalu, Garan, Kazi
    2006 Piraka: Hakann, Avak, Zaktan, Reidak, Vezok, Thok
    2006 Zamor
    2006 Toa Inika: Jaller, Kongu, Matoro, Nuparu, Hewkii, Hahli
    2006 Titans: Axonn, Brutaka, Vezon & Fenrakk, Umbra
    2006 Play Themes: Piraka Outpost, Lava Chamber Gate, Race for the Mask of Life, Piraka Stronghold
    2006 Exclusives: Irnakk, Ultimate Creatures Accessory Set

    2007 Matoran & Hydruka: Thulox, Dekar, Defilak, Morak
    2007 Barraki: Kalmah, Carapar, Mantax, Ehlek, Pridak, Takadox
    2007 Squid Ammo
    2007 Toa Mahri: Jaller, Hewkii, Nuparu, Kongu, Matoro, Hahli
    2007 Warriors: Nocturn, Hydraxon, Maxilos & Spinax, Lesovikk, Karzahni
    2007 Play Themes: Barraki Deepsea Patrol, Toa Undersea Attack, Toa Terrain Crawler

    2008 Matoran: Radiak, Photok, Kirop, Tanma, Solek, Gavla
    2008 Phantoka: Antroz, Chirox, Vamprah, Pohatu Nuva, Lewa Nuva, Kopaka Nuva
    2008 Warriors: Toa Ignika, Mutran & Vican, Icarax, Takanuva, Vultraz, Mazeka
    2008 Mistika: Tahu Nuva, Onua Nuva, Gali Nuva, Krika, Bitil, Gorast
    2008 Battle Vehicles: Rockoh T3, Jetrax T6, Axalara T9
    2008 Exclusives: Klakk, Jetrax T6 Limited Edition

    2009 Agori: Raanu, Zesk, Atakus, Tarduk, Metus, Berix
    2009 Glatorian: Malum, Vorox, Skrall, Gresh, Strakk, Tarix
    2009 Warriors: Tuma, Fero & Skirmix, Toa Mata Nui
    2009 Glatorian Legends: Ackar, Mata Nui, Stronius, Vastus, Gelu, Kiina
    2009 Vehicles: Cendox V1, Thornatus V7
    2009 Exclusives: Click

    2010 BIONICLE Stars: Tahu, Rahkshi, Skrall, Gresh, Takanuva, Piraka
  9. Planetperson
    Saturday, September 12, 2009
    Farshtey Feed 1-year Anniversary!
    It was one year ago today, on September 12, 2008, when I posted the very first entry of the Farshtey Feed. What a great response I've gotten over the past year! Here's a great big thanks to you guys for making the Farshtey Feed a pleasure to run.
  10. Planetperson
    Friday, September 11, 2009
    Remember
    CORE WAR
    • There is likely some structure which belonged to the Element Lord of Water that still exists beneath the sea on Aqua Magna, possibly having been discovered by escaped Pit inmates by now.
    • Greg would say an Element Lord is a good two times as powerful as a Toa.
    • Skopio were not employed in the Core War, since they cannot be tamed.

    SPHERUS MAGNA
    • Sahmad's tribe lived in the forested region of Bota Magna.
    • The Skrall's original homeland from which they were cut off was the forested mountains located in Bota Magna.
    • Greg thinks that the Sand Tribe consented to the Great Beings' mutations, not knowing what they were getting themselves into.
    • The villages of Atero, Roxtus, Tesara, Vulcanus, and Tajun all existed prior to the Shattering.
    • Greg: "There is reproduction on Bara Magna, but it's not something we bother to go into since we have no 'Bara Magna child' sets or any reason to include that in story."
    • The Skopio's treads were also bestowed by the Great Beings.
    • The snakes from which Vastus collects venom are common.

    MATORAN UNIVERSE
    • On the Bohrok's repurposing after the invasion on Mata Nui: "The Bohrok were reprogrammed, remember, so part of that reprogramming could have made them receptive to verbal commands."
    • Greg is sure that there are some other living Toa Hagah still out there.
    • Lewa Nuva still has his elemental power over Air, but it is unknown if Tren Krom's body supports the use of the power.
    • Like Makuta in other bodies, Tren Krom has access to powers while in Lewa Nuva's body that are mental in nature.

    -Kanohi
    • The Mask of Untranslation is now called the Mask of Incomprehension.
    • The Phantoka Makuta, preferring that their Shadow Matoran wear evil masks, forced Radiak, Kirop, and Gavla to replace their original masks with the noble Jutlin, Shelek, and Avsa they wear in the sets.
    • The eyes of the Matoran seen wearing the Mask of Undeath in Bionicle World are unlit because a black visor piece is placed beneath the mask.
    • The recently identified "Mask of Absorption" is the same kind of mask worn by Toa Pouks.
    • On the Mask of Incomprehension: "Make it that the mask power does not need focus to work over a span of time. So you use it on A, it will work for say 10 minutes or something, then you do it to B, C, and D in quick succession. So it can't be used on more than one target at once, but it CAN keep working on a target after the user has targeted someone else."
    • The Order of Mata Nui would have no qualms about using evil Kanohi.
    • None of the Toa Mahri's masks are really in their normal forms, since they have tubes sticking out of them.
  11. Planetperson
    Friday, September 4, 2009
    BARA MAGNA
    • Skrall may be assigned to hard labor jobs that the Rock Agori are unable to fulfill.
    • Telluris is now mad because he saw his entire village basically wiped out and no one came to help.
    • Sahmad was always in possession of the Baranus V7 and Spikit.
    • Greg would not say that Ackar and Malum were close friends, just colleagues.
    • On the likelihood of Strakk's banishment: "It would make sense that he would be. The alternative is no one will accept Iconox's challenges and they would have no way to win the resources they needed."
    • The fight between Mata Nui and Tuma is not the final battle in the movie.
    • The Great Beings' fortress which we encounter this year is situated north of the Black Spikes.
    • The Great Beings tampered with the Skopio creatures, making them bio-mechanical, as one of their experiments, hence the Skopio having a Thornax.
    • The "Gatherers' Hideout" included on the Bara Magna map on bionicle.com references the Bone Hunters' originally proposed name for 2009, which the story team ultimately revised to "Bone Hunters."

    CORE WAR
    • Vastus was more like a battalion leader than a general during the Core War.
    • During the War, Tesara was merely a tiny outpost of the Jungle Tribe; Jungle held almost a quarter of Spherus Magna.
    • Element Lords themselves did not partake in battle, instead employing battalion leaders, squad leaders, etc.
    • A squad commander would be higher in rank than a squad leader.
    • The tribes of Spherus Magna referred to EP mostly as "the substance" or "the spring."
    • During the Core War, Malum was a soldier or, at best, a squad leader.

    SPHERUS MAGNA
    • Food was always hard to come by in the Northern Frost.
    • Mata Nui was launched from Spherus Magna quite discreetly; only a few Agori ever saw the robot.
    • The Vorox were called Vorox even before their regression.
    • The Great Beings probably would have called the baterra something like "Armed Combatant Pacification Drones." Being scientists, it would make since that the Great Beings gave technical names to their creations. The Great Beings still referred to Mata Nui by that name because they hoped he would carry the spirit of Spherus Magna with him as he traveled.
    • Baterra most likely communicate through subsonics. They do not have names for each other.
    • Aqua Magna was Spherus Magna's only major sea.
    • It's confirmed -- Aqua Magna and Bota Magna are the moons orbiting Bara Magna.
    • Greg would say that the site of Mata Nui's construction on Spherus Magna was not far from the Great Volcano but not on Bara Magna, essentially just across the border into Bota Magna.
    • Sahmad and Telluris's tribe mostly resided in Bota Magna.

    MATORAN UNIVERSE
    • All of the Makuta's Toa Hagah were picked from pre-existing groups. Not all teams necessarily had six members or members of the six cardinal elements.
    • Teridax knows full well where the Ignika has ended up, since he can track its power.
    • The Toa Hagah's illusion is about to be dispelled in the next chapter of "Reign of Shadows."
  12. Planetperson

    Member Spotlight

    By Planetperson,

    Saurday, August 29, 2009
    This happened on August 14, 2009, while the forums were still down. I always thought the odds were so great that I would never see this! Maybe some of you noticed, too.

  13. Planetperson
    Friday, August 28, 2009
    "Forgive the delay, Turaga." Hey look, I'm here. The internet at my school was knocked out all day, which was a pain.

    THE LEGEND REBORN
    • On Strakk's banishment: "Right after Strakk's match are the rest of the events of the movie, during which time the Agori are a little too busy worrying about Skrall invasion to deal with administrative matters. They will have time to worry about Strakk's punishment if they survive the war."
    • The aftermath of the attack on Tajun is seen in the movie.

    SPHERUS MAGNA
    • The Sisters of the Skrall did not fight in the War.
    • The Sea of Liquid Sand does not represent where Aqua Magna originally existed. Its waters were never a part of the Bara Magna geography.
    • The Valley of the Maze will become important to current/future story.
    • Force blasters were invented before the Core War.
    • In order to supply Mata Nui with his considerable reserves of energized protodermis, the Great Beings sent Agori out to get them a sample of it during the Core War and then were able to put the EP into an environment where its volume would increase.
    • Before and just after the maze existed in the Valley of the Maze, it was one of the places where the Great Beings lived.
    • Like the other Great Beings, Angonce participated in the leadership of Spherus Magna and the construction of Mata Nui. He is not the Great Being who was cursed by the Ignika.
    • The third chunk of Spherus Magna is called Bota Magna. It was mostly covered by forest and was the realm of the Element Lord of Jungle.
    • The Element Lord of Rock was once a Skrall, likely one of the leader class.
    • Baterra armor in default mode is silver.
    • The current storyline is very unlikely to be taking place on Bota Magna anytime soon.
    • Bota Magna means "Great Jungle" or "Great Forest."
    • The Element Lord of Sand does not have a tail like the other Vorox.
    • Aqua Magna was southwest of Bara Magna.

    BARA MAGNA
    • Rock dragons, sun-rock dragons, and sand dragons are all related species.
    • Skopio, large as they are, are rarely seen living anywhere close to each other.
    • Sandray Canyon is named after a creature called a sandray.
    • Skopio and rock steeds are carnivorous, Spikit and Scarabax are omnivorous, and sand stalkers are herbivorous.

    GLATORIAN
    • Greg: "Telluris is a nutcase."
    • Perditus participated in the Core War. He was also present for the Fall of Atero.
    • It is possible that members of the same tribe could be set to fight to each other for the winning title at the Great Tournament.
    • A vehicle match is won by disabling the vehicle of one's opponent.
    • Greg believes Malum took his sword with him when he was exiled into the wastes.

    MATORAN UNIVERSE
    • Reef Raiders are native to the Matoran universe.
    • Particularly who the two Glatorian left near Mata Nui's consciousness are is not so important as the fact that they are there.

    KANOHI
    Greg, in cooperation with bonesiii and Swert, has approved the matching of the following Kanohi mask powers with these forms:

    • Mask of Rebound; makes projectiles bounce back to you, assuming they don't shatter or explode.


    • Mask of Absorption; temporarily absorb powers of those nearby.


    • Mask of Sensory Aptitude; improves all five senses, but not as much as an Akaku for example would improve vision.


    • Mask of Conjuring; uses the fact that Matoran language is programming language -- you can verbally command it what power to have by describing the power you want in detail. Temporary, and you must specify downsides or it ignores you. Greg: "Basically, if you get the slighest thing wrong in your description, you'll wind up with something terrible happening to you (the same way that if you screw up programming, you can crash a program/computer). For that reason, it's not a mask that most want to wear in a potential combat situation, because it's too easy to make mistakes when pressed and they don't want to fry their brains."


    • Mask of Fusion; basically staff of Fusion power, or Kaita-ization, but you can merge with an enemy for a time. Example use, force an enemy to merge with you as a Kaita, walk to a place where you have the upper hand due to surroundings, and split apart again.


    • Mask of Biomechanics; have limited control over mechanical robotics, if simple and near you. Examples include strengthening your own mechanical parts, or slowing down opponents' mechanical parts. Cannot control clockwork brains but does give a mechanical version of telepathy with robots.


    • Mask of Undeath; a taboo/evil power also considered unlucky to wear. Does nothing while you're alive, except siphon off a fraction of your energy (similar to the Nui Stone). If you're wearing it when you die, it animates your body for as long as it has energy charged up for, and makes your body carry out whatever you would have wanted to do if still alive. When undead your eyes and heartlight are black.


    • (Vultraz's mask) Mask of Vulture; another evil power, inspired by the Inheritance trilogy. When a being dies in your vicinity, you absorb all their escaping energy.

    • Mask of Age; evil power, basically Voporak's aging power, but not as powerful.


    • Mask of Untranslation; opposite of a Rau, it scrambles the target's speech or writing. Evil power; example use is to scramble the speech of a Toa Team's leader, so the others can't understand their orders.


    • Mask of Adaptation; basically the Rahkshi power that adapts your body to your surroundings, or like adaptive armor.


    • (Radiak's mask) Noble Jutlin.
    • (Kirop's mask) Noble Shelek.
    • (Gavla's mask) Noble Avsa.
    • (Photok's mask) Noble Kakama.
    • (Tanma's mask) Noble Miru.
    • (Solek's mask) Noble Akaku.
  14. Planetperson
    Friday, July 17, 2009
    It's a big one, complete with an entire "Core War" section.

    GLATORIAN
    • On Kiina's personality: "Brash. Energetic. Impatient. Loyal. Caring. Stubborn."
    • Gelu was aware that he had the potential to make First Glatorian but had no interest in the job. There is more money to be made as an escort than as a First Glatorian.
    • Iconox gets Gelu's preference if he has more than one client for his services. Most of the work he does is for them anyway, because they are shipping exsidian all over.
    • Ackar personally sees a lot of potential in Gresh.
    • Except for trainees, villages tend never to waste resources sheltering extra Glatorian species members who do not serve them.

    » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «• On Strakk's banishment: "The official story is that Iconox had to postpone the decision due to the events of the movie. My assumption is they will revisit the matter later."
    BARA MAGNA
    • The Skrall targeted Tajun "because Tajun has the bulk of the water supply the other villages rely on. Choke that off and the other villages fall like dominoes."
    • Tesara consists of two villages with an arena between them and a lot of jungle growth.
    • Greg would assume that, like all of the other villages, Tajun is one large structure and a bunch of smaller shelters, all built around in this case an oasis.
    • Tesara, like Iconox, also did not exist prior to the Shattering.
    • Roxtus did exist beforehand, but who lived there before the Skrall remains a mystery.
    • On Telluris's dealings with the Skrall: "Yes, but nowhere near as often as Sahmad. Once in a blue moon, Telluris learns something out in the desert and trades the information, but that is very rare."
    • Dozens of Glatorian now populate Bara Magna, along with hundreds of Agori per tribe.
    • Zesk have not always had tails and once stood upright, although they always looked similar to one another.
    • Empire of the Skrall Chapter 6 takes place before Raid on Vulcanus.
    • The September comic will deal with the beginning of the movie, and the November comic will detail events after the movie plot.
    • In Comic 3, it is Fero who tries to attack Vastus from behind.

    SKRALL
    • "The female Skrall are, if anything, nastier than the males, but also more manipulating, where the males prefer to just go bash heads."
    • On Skrall procreation: "Well, we have not discussed at all how new life comes into being on this planet, but ... let's assume you are right for the moment. There are TONS of examples in nature of species where the males and females get together only to mate, and are actively hostile to each other the rest of the time (with the males actually becoming threats to their own children after they are born). The idea of romantic love -- or even like -- being necessary for procreation is a human conceit."
    • Skrall females naturally possess mental powers.
    • Rock Agori all wear identical helmets.

    MATORAN UNIVERSE
    • Teridax currently is still on Aqua Magna, and Greg does not intend for him to leave during this story year.
    • The Mata Nui robot is constructed out of metallic protodermis (not protosteel).
    • On the Mata Nui robot's ability to pull together fusing the pieces of Spherus Magna together again: "I would say not on its own, no."
    • Tren Krom was never able to swap bodies before because a being has to consent to it. Lewa was the first to be open to "anything."
    • A Makuta needed to be in physical contact with a being on whom it is using its teleportation power.

    CORE WAR
    • The following six items of background information on the Core War were provided by Greg Farshtey for BS01's contest:
    1. The original discovery of the EP was in the ice EL's area, so they were defending it for much of the war. It was Ice Agori who made the discovery firsthand, and it was in the Northern Frost.
    2. The final battle of the war saw the fire armies seize control of the EP spring.
    3. The GBs released the baterra toward the end of the war.
    4. Alliances between armies were basically made of sand ... everyone wanted the spring, no one wanted anyone else to have it, so no one worked together for very long. These alliances were made during the war, not prior to it. You had six groups, all after one thing -- Ice has it, everyone else wants it. So Fire and Jungle might make an alliance, one attacks from the south, one the north .. but if it looks like fire might get to the spring first, jungle suddenly turns on fire because they don't want fire getting it either.
    5. The ice tribe lost control of the spring a few times during the war, but never for very long. And the fire tribe knew when they seized it they wouldn't be able to hold it for very long, so they rushed to tap its power despite warnings of what would happen.
    6. Mostly deaths, and some transformations of animal life occurred as a result of contact with EP. The only really concerted effort to tap its power -- to basically drain and collect the EP -- was done by the fire tribe and precipitated the Shattering.
    • On the duration of the Core War: "I had originally said six months to a year for the war, but it may have been longer than that … Years, probably."
    • Only the Great Beings used the term "energized protodermis"; the regular people of the world would have referred to it with another name.
    • No one living on Spherus Magna ever discovered that the EP was a sapient entity during the Core War.
    • Spherus Magna did once have larger cities, though we don't know if they were as sophisticated as Metru Nui, since Metru Nui is basically a mechanical brain.
    • There was no movement for peace during the Core War among the combatants.
    • The Great Beings, however, were involved in pursuing a diplomatic solution.
    • The Great Beings never fielded an army in the Core War other than the baterra.
    • Probably hundreds of soldiers served for each tribe.
    • Future Glatorian of the same tribe would have been well-acquianted.
    • Ackar would most likely have led a squad during the war.
    • Surel would have been chosen by his battalion commander, not the Great Beings, to train and to lead the Iron Wolves into battle. Surel and his Iron Wolves, of course, fought as allies to the Ice Tribe. The Iron Wolves had been about prior to the war and had been wild creatures up to that point.
    • Certavus participated in the Core War and was loyal to his Ice Tribe.
    • Vastus regrets "Hurting the people he hurt."
    • Glatorian in the war had weapons with elemental powers, the charges of which have long ago run out.
    • Force blasters were occasionally used during the Core War, but they were used as vehicle-mounted weapons and never as handheld devices.
    • When the Fire Tribe wrested control of the spring, they likely held onto it for mere hours. The time elapsed between the final battle of the Core War and the Shattering itself was a matter of hours.
    • Many were injured or killed as a direct result of the Shattering.

    -Factions
    • On the Element Lords: "I would say you had six equally powered beings who didn't get along that great but worked together because they had to and overall did it well. When something came along that threatened to make one of them way more powerful than all the rest, it created problems."
    • Element Lords never personally confronted each other during the Core War. Prior to the war, on the other hand, they did meet a lot.
    • The Element Lord of Sand would have held Bara Magna as part of his domain. Bara Magna was the Sand Tribe's main area, because that was the major desert on the planet. There wasn't a lot of sand in other areas.
    • The Element Lord of Fire would have ruled the region around the Great Volcano. The Element Lord of Fire would have also held sway over the southern volcano near the Iron Canyon, hence the settlement of Vulcanus there.
    • The Element Lord of Jungle ruled the great jungles and forests of Spherus Magna. During the Core War, the jungle where Tesara now resides was not their central territory; they would have been anywhere there was jungle or forest, and there was a vast area of green some distance away from the desert on Bara Magna. While Tesara's jungle would technically have been under the Element Lord of Jungle's control, the locus of his power would been that vast forest that was located on a different part of the planet.
    • The Northern Frost and the realms of the Element Lord of Jungle now exist on the third chunk of Spherus Magna. This giant forest to the north of Bara Magna developed into part of the third planet and was the same forest that Mazeka and Vultraz visited in an alternate reality.
    • The Element Lord of Rock held the White Quartz and Black Spike Mountains. Although the Skrall held the White Quartz Mountains before the Shattering, most of the Skrall legions were in battle in the Black Spikes when the war ended, and remnants of the Ice Tribe had migrated south to the White Quartz during the war due to the battles centered in the Northern Frost.
    • The Water Tribe would have owned fleets of waterborne transport ships.
    • Greg believes Aqua Magna would have originally been south of Bara Magna.
    • The Element Lord of Water also ruled the River Dormus.
    • There were no aircraft involved in the war.
    • The terrain of the Northern Frost was mountainous.
    • Spherus Magna had polar ice caps.
    • The Element Lords were created by the Great Beings "Thousands of years before the Shattering."
    • Sahmad's tribe was wiped out before the Element Lords were created, which is why it is highly unlikely that an Element Lord was created for that tribe.
    • Therefore, the Element Lords were created sometime less than 103,000 years ago, but not by more than a thousand or so.
    • The Element Lords at this moment are not fighting over Energized Protodermis, but over something else.
  15. Planetperson

    Hallelujah

    By Planetperson,

    Wednesday, August 19, 2009
    Seeing this blog again is a beautiful thing.

    Being off this website for a month was both an inconvenience and a delight. What resulted in the loss of forums, PMs, and blogging allowed room for a certain leisure time from my usual activities here. And although I haven't really spent the last month thinking of what to say at this time, I do have some important things to talk about - about my venturing into a new phase of my life, as well as the state of this blog and its Farshtey Feed in the near future.

    I won't start with that stuff right away. Actually, I'd like to take this opportunity to spread some good word about this Christian Zanier guy who illustrated the recent "Hydraxon's Tale" comic included in the Papercutz Graphic Novel #6 and will illustrate the upcoming Legends of Bara Magna this February. If you bought the Bionicle Graphic Novel #6: The Underwater City - which awesomely includes a print version of Ignition #6 - you already know that Zanier sets a whole new precedent for artistry in Bionicle comics. I was taken aback by his mastery over lighting, composition, and dynamism when I first read through the comic, and it warms my heart that the Bionicle series finally has an artist with an acute appreciation for the detail and accuracy that a Lego product warrants. I mean, he colors in those darn little red pins and makes them look good. I recommend that you pick this book up, and keep your heads up for Zanier's February release. I look through the pages of Sayger's work that is printed in the book beforehand, and I laugh. I mean, the guy was encouraged to pursue an abstract style, but Bionicle models are by nature anything but abstract. I was overjoyed when we got Leigh Gallagher and Ulises Arreola in 2008, and the style continued into this year with Pop Mhan. But I never thought we could get better than that. Kudos to Papercutz for making a truly excellent selection.

    Hey, you probably noticed that I changed my blog title again. So what once was "This Isn't Awkward At All/But expect to be" is now "I Am the Writer/You are the Reader." For the sake of clearing up any confusion.

    I've been in the midst of a few projects as well.

    For starters, I reached a point in July where I said, "What the heck, I'll make an entry for that Kyry contest." So I built this awesome little man, which you can see in my Brickshelf link at the bottom of this entry. I don't know what's really up with the German IDBM's contest with regard to the BZP hiatus, but I do want to give him a shot.

    The Core War short story contest has been on my mind as well. I have started a story, thought out a skeleton plot, and not been diligent in completing it. But what I've written so far has been a lot of fun. I'm going to make it good. With a deadline until the end of September, I think even I have a chance of finishing.

    There has been a third Bionicle-related thing I've been involved with during the hiatus. Just keep your ears open for that one, I guess. It'll reveal itself in time. No need to ask about it.

    And, well, that's the sparknotes version of the Bionicle part of my life for the last 30 days - eager to get back to the OGD (I realized how much I enjoy having it around) and to the routine of the Farshtey Feed. I bought a few sets, not the least of which would be Toa Mata Nui of the long-awaited gold Ignika.

    And now I get to talk about another part of my life.

    College. It was inevitable - I'm entering my first wonderful year of college. On Friday.

    There are two things I am certain about my coming years in college: A, that I will have enormously good times, and B, that I will have an enormously crowded schedule. Yup, you asked it. Will I have time for BZP, or won't I? I don't have an answer. How much leisure time I spend on my Bionicle hobby during college is really up to me. How much leisure time I will have is an issue that hinges upon my classes and professors, and I can't tell the future. But if I did have some sort of crystal ball, it would be the knowledge that I'm taking:

    Intro to Chem
    Intro to Engineering
    Calculus III
    Some good ol Latin I
    Phys Ed, for some reason
    And some seminar course that doesn't really matter

    Just ... give me a slap on the back and wish me the best, ladies and gentlemen. I am, in a way, leaving. But I am not vanishing. I will still be here - on the internet. I am going to be around BZP, for the sake of whoever cares that I am. Will I have time for Farshtey Feed updates? I certainly hope so. How much of an overlogged lifestyle can stop me from taking an hour or so of my week to publish the next entry? FF is simple - it doesn't take much time, nor is it very difficult. It's something I do. Maybe I'll simply get rid of the images to ease the process, if I must. In the worst-case scenario, I will ask if someone else would please take up the torch. But that shoudn't have to happen.

    I have every confidence I will be able to keep tabs on Bionicle news, thanks to BZP. I'll be around. But school will be tough. That's all of any update I have for now. I say goodbye to some friends and look forward to making new ones, and continue to mature into an adult human being.

    Thanks for reading! FF may not get an entry this Friday - so much is happening that day, all day. Goodbye!

    Links
    Kyry Gallery
  16. Planetperson
    Friday, July 10, 2009
    BARA MAGNA
    • The Great Beings would have genetically modified the Vorox and Zesk simply for the sake of research.
    • There is a vehicle division in the Great Tournament. Pilots in vehicles fight other pilots with vehicles; they don't fight Glatorian or Agori without vehicles.
    • Greg's reason that Strakk has never won a tournament: "People who habitually cheat tend not to work as hard at building up their skills as people who do not."
    • On Gelu's heartless persona: "I think that's the impression he gives and how he would probably like to be, but if he was really that way all the way through, he would have abandoned Vulcanus to his fate. He obviously does care what other Glatorian think of him."
    • The Great Tournament consists of two divisions and produces two champions: one from Glatorian combat and one from the vehicle section. Agori are eligible to win the vehicle division.
    • Crotesius has won the Great Tournament vehicle division before.
    • Gelu usually gets paid half up from and half afterward when escorting a caravan.
    • The vehicle drivers would have participated in the Great Tournament, but the Skrall attack preempted the vehicle division matches.
    • Ackar fights Strakk in the arena in the movie.
    • The following have speaking roles in the movie: Mata Nui, Raanu, Berix, Metus, Kiina, Ackar, Strakk, Vastus, Tarix, Tuma, Gresh, and various unnamed Agori who are not sets.

    SPHERUS MAGNA
    • After the Shattering, the EP inside Spherus Magna most likely floated out into space and froze.
    • "Aqua Magna" means "Great Sea."
    • Greg tends to doubt that Sahmad's tribe had an Element Lord.
    • Greg does not consider Element Lords to have bodies entirely made up of their element.

    MATORAN UNIVERSE
    • Mata Nui's was instructed by the Great Beings was to go on a 100,000-year round-trip across the universe. Aqua Magna would have been near to Spherus Magna's original position when Mata Nui was forced to crash-land on it, meaning Mata Nui had been close to completing that circuit.
    • Mata Nui was not intended as a failsafe for the Great Beings to use in the case of a catastrophe like the Shattering.
    • Mata Nui was not supposed to bring something physical back from his journey, but rather some sort of knowledge. He had successfully acquired this knowledge and was returning to the remains of Spherus Magna with it. The knowledge which Mata Nui was sent to retrieve was not the information he collected by observing the various planets he visited.
  17. Planetperson
    Friday, July 3, 2009
    The Feed is back. Also, read the new comic here.

    GLATORIAN
    • There are occasionally vehicle matches between a Glatorian and an Agori, since skill in the vehicle is all that matters.
    • Greg: "Glatorian generally do not escort caravans on a regular basis. They do it if the caravan happens to be going the same place they are. If Vastus has a match in Tajun and the caravan is going from Tesara to Iconox, he goes to the match, not with the caravan, because fighting in the arena is his main job."
    • Greg, on the most skilled secondary Glatorian: "Probably Kiina or Gresh. Gelu is no longer a Glatorian and was okay when he was one, and Malum relied mainly on brute strength. Kiina has fought longer, but Gresh has more natural talent, so it evens out."
    • Greg: "Gelu probably could have been Prime Glatorian if he had applied himself, but he never much liked being a Glatorian so he didn't develop his skills the way he might have."
    • If Mata Nui's current body is damaged, he feels it. If he has a severe injury, the Ignika could regenerate it. If the body is damaged sufficiently, Mata Nui could be killed.
    • Greg thinks that Click would not feel blows when he acts as Mata Nui's shield, believing that he has no nervous system in that form.
    • All of the Glatorian we know of were associated with the same tribes during the Core War as they are now.
    • Greg: "Ackar is a veteran warrior who has seen a LOT of combat. He has fought long and hard for his village, but has reached a point where he's a little older and a little slower. But he keeps going because he feels he owes it to his village, even if they don't always appreciate him anymore."

    SPHERUS MAGNA
    • The Element Lord's power hungry ways were realized more after the EP surfaced. Prior to that, while the ELs did not always get along, they co-existed and they took care of their people. But the war they unleashed over the EP was incredibly destructive even before the planet shattered.
    • As referenced in the alternate reality visited in Brothers in Arms, there existed a southern mountain chain on Spherus Magna.
    • The Agori always organized themselves into element-based tribes.
    • The civilization on Spherus Magna was "very old."
    • All of the residents of Iconox originally lived up north before the Shattering.
    • Bara Magna, the endless ocean planet, and a third, unknown planet are the remnants of Spherus Magna.
    • The endless ocean planet is, in fact, named Aqua Magna, and it once existed as the Great Sea on Spherus Magna.
    • Greg, on the origin of Aqua Magna's organic birds: "Well, on our world, the albatross could fly for three years without landing ... and the SM birds are not birds from Earth. It's entirely possible they could breed in the air or in the water, incubate live young or lay aquatic eggs, and live on fish, therefore not having any reason to land. You don't get birds evolving without any land, but they came from a place where there was land, so that's not a problem."
    • The only living things on Aqua Magna are birds, fish and other sea creatures, and the inhabitants or natives of the Mata Nui robot.
    • The prototype Mata Nui robot was not designed with the same body cavities that support nanotech like the Matoran.

    SAHMAD AND TELLURIS
    • Sahmad's plague was a natural phenomenon afflicting that particular region; Sahmad and Telluris are simply surviors who did not catch the plague and die.
    • Sahmad captures Agori traders or anyone else traveling out in the desert.
    • Sahmad and Telluris do not know each other's whereabouts.
    • Sahmad does arena battles only with villages he has stolen Agori from, to give them a chance to "win them back." He also does not steal Rock Agori.
    • Greg: "Telluris is a little arrogent, sure of himself, and who wouldn't be with Skopio at your command? ... Telluris doesn't like anyone, including Sahmad."

    SKRALL
    • The Skrall have a good water supply, being close to the headwaters of the Skrall River, and hunt and forage for food.
    • Greg, on the Sisters of the Skrall: "They are, if anything, nastier than the males are, but they go about things in different ways and their goals are different. Tuma and the Skrall are pretty much "in your face" ... the women are subtle and more likely to manipulate into destroying yourself than attack your city by force of arms."
    • Branar is being illustrated for Papercutz Graphic Novel #8 and may be given a different secondary color to distinguish him in story from the warriors he rides with.
    • Greg is sure that Branar participated in the fall of Atero.

    MATORAN UNIVERSE
    • Toa were based on the look of Glatorian.
    • When Mata Nui was infected with the Makuta virus 1,300 years ago, he was aware of the attack but had lost the control to land somewhere safely due to the virus's effects. The Order of Mata Nui became aware of the Makuta's betrayal about the same time Mata Nui did, although they had never trusted them before, on the principle that power corrupts.
    • The inhabitants of the Red Star had no control over and were not responsible for the lightning which struck the Toa Inika. It is possible that some were aware when it happened.
    • The inhabitants of the Red Star are presumably made out of protodermis.
    • Greg, on Mata Nui's attitude toward Teridax: "No, I don't think he fears him. He fears for his people who are at Teridax's mercy, but he does not fear Teridax."
  19. Planetperson
    Tuesday, June 30, 2009
    I'm back home now. I guess I'll explain it again: I went the last nine days without an internet connection or television. Basically I was cut off from the media. And now I've come back to a world where celebs are dropping like flies.

    As if Bernie Mac wasn't shocking enough.
  20. Planetperson
    Friday, June 19, 2009
    SPHERUS MAGNA
    • The Great Beings ruled the planet of Spherus Magna as a whole as a group; they did not have an overall leader among themselves nor did they break up responsibilities by region.
    • The following occurred in this chronological order: the creation of the Element Lords, Sahmad's plague 103,000 years ago, the creation of the Mata Nui prototype.
    BARA MAGNA
    • Everyone except the Vorox can and does use vehicles.
    • The Glatorian probably received their mechanical implants during the war. As for the others' implants, since the war, a number of equipment caches left behind by the GBs have been looted.
    • Agori in vehicles can participate in the Great Tournament.
    • Fero most likely received his Skrall-style sword as payment for captives.
    • Greg, on the traitor's motivations: "My feeling is that he/she figures the Skrall will win in the end and wants to be on the winning side."
    • There are Agori who live in the wastelands.
    • Explosive Thornax are used only once in a while in arena matches, and most often in vehicle combat.
    • Only some of the villages were in Bara Magna before the Shattering. Others, like Iconox, were not.
    • There are female Vorox, who are essential to tribe life.

    GLATORIAN
    • Both Ackar and Gresh are friends with Kiina and would trust her with their lives.
    • Greg, on Vulcanus-Malum relations: "I don't think they hate him, but they are angry at him for not being able to control himself and so costing them a Glatorian, and I think they fear him as well."
    • Raanu's two best trainees get killed in Raid on Vulcanus, which is why there is no replacement for Malum.
    • Ackar feels his fighting skills have eroded.
    • Gelu plays a large role in Raid on Vulcanus.
    • Perditus is a Vulcanus Glatorian, who has chosen to specialize in vehicle combat rather than vie to be a Prime or Second Glatorian.

    SKRALL
    • Female Skrall have pretty much always been shunned. They do not live anywhere near the desert and are not involved in the Bara Magna social system; they live in the northern regions of the Black Spikes.
    • Skrall who are found guilty of wrongdoing are generally executed to make an example.
    • There have never been female leader-class Skrall.
    • Tuma's green Skrall shield is an invention of the movie animators.

    MYSTERY TRIBE
    • Sahmad sometimes stays in Roxtus, he is not from Roxtus. He does not belong to any of the six known tribes.
    • Exclusive BS01 info from Greg: "Sahmad was a member of one of the tribes of Spherus Magna prior to the Shattering. Around 103,000 years ago, his tribe was decimated by a mysterious plague, and the few survivors were shunned by all other Agori for fear of carrying the disease. Following the Shattering, Sahmad was left stranded on Bara Magna, where he took up residence in the wilderness, all the while developing an increasing hatred for other Agori."
    • Sahmad is not the only survivor of his tribe, although very few remain.
    • Sahmad is a slaver, selling captured Agori to the Rock Tribe.
    • Telluris is an Agori of the same tribe as Sahmad.
    • Since the plague destroyed Sahmad's tribe, its Element Lords was most likely killed since he or she had no army.
    • Telluris's Skopio XV-1 was created before the Shattering.

    MATORAN UNIVERSE
    • Skakdi are carnivorous, though they don't need to be. They do it more to frighten others, who find actually eating with your mouth repulsive.
    • The extra 2007-themed comic will feature Hydraxon vs. Pridak.
    • Greg would guess the inhabitants of the Matoran universe are all aware that they are living inside Mata Nui's body, since they all heard Teridax's speech.
    • The amount of EP Mata Nui was sent out with in order to power himself was insignificant in comparison with the amount on Spherus Magna.

    GENERAL

    • Greg says he knows the US release date for The Legend Reborn to be September 15.
    • Tarix and Vastus briefly show up in the movie. The Skopio XV-1 vehicle does not show up, but the creature that inspired it does. Sahmad does not appear.
  21. Planetperson

    Just A Notice

    By Planetperson,

    Tuesday, June 16, 2009
    Not that it really matters, but in case it does, tomorrow I will be heading for the hills, so to speak, and will not be back until the end of June. I will have no TV, no XBOX, shoddy cell reception, and no internet access during this time. So the Farshtey Feed is off for two weeks. I will continue it as soon as I get back (that's gonna be a huge entry, am I right?). So that's all there really is to say. Me, gone, June 17-28...ish.

    Thanks. Bye.
  22. Planetperson
    Friday, June 12, 2009
    ATTENTION: There will be NO Farshtey Feed entry next Friday. The Feed should resume the next Friday.

    SPHERUS MAGNA
    • Greg: "Spherus Magna broke up into three pieces. Since the desert known as Bara Magna makes up the largest portion of this chunk, the residents of that chunk call the entire place Bara Magna. Outside of the mountains to the north, there really isn't a lot there besides the desert."
    • The GBs knew what was going to happen to the planet as a result of the war before they started building Mata Nui. Mata Nui was a revisit of an old project of theirs that had been built using materials other than protodermis and EP. The giant machine parts on Bara Magna are the result of this.

    GLATORIAN
    • Greg: "Kiina is aggressive ... in our world, aggressive men are rewarded, aggressive women are often called names. Not much different on Bara Magna." "[Aggression is frowned on n]ot in the arena, but out of it, yes. Plus, Kiina's whole thing is that she wants off the planet, and after a while, people get tired of her going on about it."
    • Greg: "The Glatorian did, pre-Shattering, have some elemental weapons, but the "charges" on those weapons ran out long ago."
    • The soldiers trapped in the Forest of Blades are of the Glatorian species.

    SKRALL
    • It is possible that more leader Skrall could come into being.
    • Skrall have always been allied with the Rock Agori.
    • Female Skrall do not aid Skrall warriors, are not part of any chain of command, and are not even allowed in Roxtus.
    • Female Rock Agori are not forbidden from residing in the city as female Skrall are.
    • The absence of female Skrall in Roxtus is not an issue of sexism. The females don't want to be around the males anymore than the males want them around, and it's always been this way. Not really that much different from many species in our world, where the males and females do not spend any more time together than they absolutely have to.
    • Before the baterra attack, each leader Skrall commanded a legion.
    • During the Core War, the Element Lord of Rock commanded the tribe with leader Skrall acting as generals.
    • Greg, when asked if the female Skrall have adopted pacifism: "<--- rolling on the floor laughing ... oh, no."

    VEHICLES
    • The force blasters on the vehicles hit a target with explosive force.
    • The Kaxium V3 can function as two separate vehicles.

    ELEMENT LORDS
    • An Element Lord's elemental power is stronger than that of a Toa. Element Lords don't really have the need to do a nova blast, because they can achieve the same effects without draining all their energy. Greg: "As for time[-delay] blasts, I tend to doubt it, they are not that subtle."
    • Greg, on the Element Lords' physical strength: "Too soon to speculate on that. I don't, however, see the ELs as having much in the way of machine parts."
    • The Element Lords coexisted peacefully for ages before EP was discovered.

    MATORAN UNIVERSE
    • Greg: "I am not aware of krana changing color when they are on someone's face, only when they go from a Bohrok Va to a Bohrok."
    • Mata Nui did not invent the three virtues. They were part of the programming given to him by the GBs, most likely intended for his use.
    • Mata Nui had the ability to terraform planets.
    • Greg, on the use of EP in Mata Nui: "[The Great Beings] needed a power source more stable than the one they had tried using before. EP is not, by nature, unstable -- it's not explosive -- its effects are actually quite predictable in a way, transform or destroy, no middle ground."
    • Greg: "[A]fter 100,000 years of operation, perhaps the MN body is no longer so dependent on EP, or is capable of synthesizing its own. We know that research was being done on artificial EP in the Matoran universe."
    • Mata Nui's original body apparently has some sort of ejection system which Teridax used to fling the Ignika into space.
    • Greg, on the mention of Teridax using other Makuta to mass-produce Kraata in the guidebook: "t means that at the time the book was set -- just as Makuta took control and in the immediate aftermath -- there were still Makuta alive in the universe. There aren't now, other than Miserix, who can't be used for anything without him realizing he isn't really wall art."

    GENERAL

    • Spherus Magna is whole in the dimension Vezon is visiting.
    • The labyrinthine fortress Mazeka visited in an alternate dimension was not the same landmark known as the Valley of the Maze, nor was it in Bara Magna or the Black Spikes region.
    • Papercutz Graphic Novel #8 will contain three 25-page stories -- one on the Core War and Shattering, one on Malum's exile, and one on the Skrall's battles with the baterra.
  23. Planetperson
    Monday, June 8, 2009


    It's here! It's finally here! My project MNOLG: The Unofficial Soundtrack is completed and available for download. If you liked the music from the first MNOLG, this should definitely be worth your while. For the first time, all the disjointed audio clips from the MNOLG flash files and various CD material have been assembled into a 21-track compilation for your listening enjoyment.

    Visit the topic here.
  25. Planetperson
    Friday, June 5, 2009
    BARA MAGNA
    • Malum had a reason to try to kill Strakk in the arena.
    • Greg, on Vastus's paralyzing venom spear: "It's only an unfair advantage if he is allowed to use it in the arena, when his opponent has nothing to counter it. What weapons are allowed in a match is determined beforehand. So, for example, Vastus might be allowed to use the spear in a given match but not to trigger the venom."
    • In order to tame a Rock Steed a Bone Hunter must subdue it in single combat.
    • Greg, on the baterra's targets: "In general, Agori were not out fighting battles, and the baterra were focusing on armies on the move during the war. After the Shattering, some Agori did get victimized as the baterra were more likely to hit cities and settlements then."
    • The Great Beings were, essentially, scientist-kings, but they didn't want to be bothered with the day-to-day business of ruling. That is why they created the Element Lords, so they would be free to create and the ELs would handle the grunt work.
    • The point on Spherus Magna where EP was first seen was not in Bara Magna.
    • There is no EP on Bara Magna now.
    • Tarduk left Atero for Riddle of the Great Beings prior to seeing Gresh practice, because we know he was back to see Gresh practice before the tournament began.

    MATORAN UNIVERSE
    • The dimension to which Tuyet was taken for examination was a pocket dimension and not an alternate one.
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