northmarch Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 So I've been thinking of this for a wile now. As we all know, on sperus magna there are six elemental tribes,( formerly seven), and the great beings based the elements of the matoran universe and the matoran tribes on these elements. Only they made up another dozen elements and dropped sand. Why? Where did all these new elements come from?Well, thats where this little theory comes in.Basically, over past generations on spheres magna, and were talking billions of years, the natives developed a belief in many different elements, primordial forces, on which they based their civilization.Over time, through varying means; natural causes, political issues, annona, etc. Many of the tribes died out or disbanded until only six remained active. So, when the great beings created the matoran, they looked back to these ancient tribes to do what the six elements could not in order to maintain mata nui.Side theories:The reason Gresh got air powers from mata nui rather then jungle was because he was defended from an air tribe.The great beings didn't use sand for the matoran because it would just ich in awkward places, ( not very useful.Sorry, I can't just let this one lie, acid was one of the original eighteen elements, SM tribe didn't survive and the great beings didn't want to revive it for the matoran, ( bohrok are ok though). Umm...That's about it for now, thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta_of_Oz Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 The theory looks really good IMO. The only gripe is about the combination of "ancient" and "Gresh". Gresh is the youngest Glatorian we know, so young that I don't think he participated in the Core War. Quote If you use correct grammar in your posts (or try hard to), place this in your signature. Join Myst's campaign for correct grammar usage on BZPower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iron Toa Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 I like this theory. I never liked how of all of Spherus Magna, there are only seven elemental tribes. However, some elements like plasma aren't as natural-sounding as the Agori tribes we have. Maybe in a more advanced, civilization, however...Mata Nui gave Gresh elemental Air power because he associates fully green armor with that element. (So that if Gresh had some blue on him, he might have gotten plant control powers.) Simple as that. Quote My BlogLatest Update: RPG: Character Creation and StatsMy Story CollectionStory Currently in Progress:End of Yrenta (Review Topic) (Currently at 55 Chapters)I realize I haven't updated my stories or posted much for quite a while. I will get back it it sometime, and I am still checking the site daily for any interesting topics.Brickshelf Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northmarch Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 The theory looks really good IMO. The only gripe is about the combination of "ancient" and "Gresh". Gresh is the youngest Glatorian we know, so young that I don't think he participated in the Core War.Well thanks, but what I keen with Gresh is that some of his ancestors were air tribe, so he has 'the blood of an air warrior ' These guys live for well over 100,000 years so 1 or 2 generations could be the rise and fall of a tribe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mare Tranquillitatis Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 It works very well, in my opinion. Of course there are some Elements that should be "exclusive" to the Great Beings' civilization, somehow like The Iron Toa said, such as Plasma or Magnetism, though we could suppose they've come from the technology of the Great Beings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voxumo Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 wow i have to admit that this is really good theory and i like how it kinda of is able to support it self. definitely something i would support if there was a poll suggesting it be added to the actual story Quote Banner made by Onaku BZPRPG CHARACTERS Syvra-Tivanu If you interact with one of my characters and I don't respond or acknowledge the interaction within a day, send me a PM. Odds are I missed or did not see the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishers64 Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 It makes sense, although the Great Beings might have built specialized nanotech to go with things they needed Matoran to do in the universe. It might also be true that the Agori had a much more advanced civilization at one point in which these hypothetical tribes could have operated in. Quote Hero Factory RPG | Bionicle Mafia XXIX: Storyline & Theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northmarch Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 It might also be true that the Agori had a much more advanced civilization at one point in which these hypothetical tribes could have operated in.And I suppose not all of these elements/tribes would have been Agori / glatorian. After all we have skrall for rock but no glatorian.This is just helping to fill any holes in my theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Skrall actually are rock Glatorian. They're just, well, a separate tribe. I like this theory. (And one thing I like about it is that it's simple enough to understand easily, unlike a lot of the parallel universe, Red Star, etc. discussions that make you think a lot. ) Quote save not only their lives but their spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeCee Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Hmmm. I like this theory a lot. Its actually a little dark Quote Signature Guidelines: Avatar and signature total file size may not exceed 250 KB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constructelf Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Skrall actually are rock Glatorian. They're just, well, a separate tribe. I like this theory. (And one thing I like about it is that it's simple enough to understand easily, unlike a lot of the parallel universe, Red Star, etc. discussions that make you think a lot. )No, they're a seperate subspecies, like Neanderthals to Cro-Magnons.Well, aside from air, light, shadow, and lightning, the other tribes seem too advanced.And aren't all Agori the same species? Don't they just have different loyalties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northmarch Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 Well, aside from air, light, shadow, and lightning, the other tribes seem too advanced.And aren't all Agori the same species? Don't they just have different loyalties?What I'm saying is that there may have been other species apart from Agori, glatorian, skrall. That might have organized themselves in the same way. E.g. Skrall of the lightning tribe, just an example.As for being too advance, what do we actualy know of SM tech and scientific understanding before the core war? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meta-Mind Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 (edited) I think this theory works, and I'll actually headcanon this for the time being. I haven't found a better theory as to this, and the current understanding (that the GBs randomly added many other elements, such as Plasma, because they'd be "useful") is inherently more flawed than this theory.As for being too advance, what do we actualy know of SM tech and scientific understanding before the core war?They had enough tech to manufacture advanced motor vehicles and Force Blasters at the very least - and given that enough of it was left over post-Shattering for such insane vehicles as the Skopio XV-1, I would say that those were the most common advanced tech. Edited November 26, 2012 by Meta-Mind Quote BZPRPG TIME, where you could have one post talk about dinner, and the next about lunch. Time is beyond relative here.There's no reason not to put lasers in the palms of planet-sized robots. In fact, if I had my own planet-sized robot, palm lasers would be one of my first upgrades.BZPRPG Profiles [outdated] May or may not be back from a multi-year hiatus. We'll see how this works out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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