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Any lore?

Where is everyone? It’s Bionicle...

I don’t know anything about this set but it kind of resembles Hero Factory villains

Lore's gonna be extra late tonight my dudes, but I'll be back!

It's so weird seeing basically small Rahkshi when in the story they're actually good guys.

For some light lore: Gaaki was the Toa of Water in the Toa Hagah, and then they wound up mutated like the Toa Metru only I guess seemingly far worse. The Rahaga acted a bit like the Turaga and helped guide the Toa Metru after they were transformed into the Hordika. Just go watch Web of Shadows, you can literally watch it along with the other Bionicle movies on YouTube (That's how little anyone cares about copyright on them), that's basically all I got from it. Someone else will fill you in on more with stuff from books and comics.

Wow that is for sure the most unique city helicopter I have ever seen.

@MeisterDad said:
"Wow that is for sure the most unique city helicopter I have ever seen."

Nope, just a bonk.

I never had much interested in these hockey sets.

@MeisterDad said:
"Wow that is for sure the most unique city helicopter I have ever seen."

Given the amount of city helicopters, it wouldnt surprise me if something like this existed in the city lineup somewhere.

The Makuta were a powerful breed. 100 demi-god like titans who ruled from the shadows. The Makuta were originally created by Mata Nui to maintain Rahi populations in the larger universe, but as time went on they delved into other positions of power. Eventually each island or continent portion had a Makuta assigned to oversee it, preventing civil wars and labor strikes from the populace to keep Mata Nui healthy.

But with power comes risk. Godlike as they were, Makuta were actually quite frail. All someone had to do was get a lucky shot to pierce their armor, then burn the sentient gas inside, and the titan would be slain. In addition their experiments caused them to amass many powerful weapons and artifacts, such spears that could forcibly fuse people together, rocks that could destroy and digest anything that touched them, and chemicals that could create explosions to level entire cities. Makuta liars were quite out of the way, often buried behind the sea-walls surrounding the MU, but risk to themselves or others in the advent of an intruder was far too great a risk. And so, the Toa Hagah were born.

Hagah (meaning “Guardian” in Matoran) were the elite of the elite. Toa chosen from across the Matoran Universe who had proven themselves with great feats of excellence. The Brotherhood of Makuta collected these elites, and then narrowed them down to those who were secretive and loyal enough for the rulers to trust. Once selected these Toa were awarded armor forged of precious metals, shields capable of firing Rhotuka Spinners, and masks forged in the visage of past heroes important to the recruits. The size of these Hagah teams is unknown, but based on typical Toa team sizes it’s possible around 600 could’ve existed at their peak.

For eons these Hagah guarded the Makuta, including Gaaki here, who was the Toa of Water in charge of guarding Makuta Teridax, the Makuta of Metru Nui.

But peace was not to last. As the Makuta became more involved in the affairs of the Matoran they discovered the people gave Mata Nui great praise and worship, yet shunned their Makuta guards. Jealousy and rage brewed among their ranks. Eventually Teridax had had enough. He staged a grand coup within the brotherhood to overthrow it’s leader Miserix, and began plotting with his siblings to stage a grander coup. They would overthrow the Great Spirit himself.

The Maktua kept these plans from their Hagah. The Matoran were Mata Nui’s chosen people, and the Toa shared their reverence for the deity. As loyal as Hagah were, they would not approve killing a god.

But the Makuta’s preparations were not without fault. As beings of Shadow, Maktua had great fear for Light elementals, and a Toa of Light could be a death sentence. Unfortunately for the Makuta, such a contingency had been planned for. The Kanohi Avohkii, the Mask of Light, a mask that could transform any Av-Matoran into a powerful Toa of Light! Such a mask could not be allowed to exist.

The Kanohi Avhokii was held safe on Artakha, a grand paradise ruled by a deity of the same name. Artakha was immensely powerful, second to only Mata Nui and Tren Krom, and so a direct assault on his forge was unwise. Kojol, the Makuta who helped protect Artakha (the island) was chosen to sneak into his fellow’s forge and steal the mask. Kojol was successful, and the Avohkii was shuttled away to the Makuta’s fortress on Destral. But his theft did not go unnoticed. The Order of Mata Nui (basically the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. of BIONICLE) caught wind of the theft, and feared other attacks on Artakha’s forge. The OoMN hunted down and murdered anyone who knew of Artakha’s location, including Kojol himself, and destroyed all maps to the island, causing the paradise to fade into legend.

But this theft opened a new investigation. Teridax’s six Toa Hagah (including Gaaki) had learned of the theft of the Avohkii, and began digging into the Brotherhood’s activities. They soon discovered the Brotherhood had been enslaving Matoran in far off lands and had been responsible for the creation of the deadly Visorak, among ot

But this theft opened a new investigation. Teridax’s six Toa Hagah (including Gaaki) had learned of the theft of the Avohkii, and began digging into the Brotherhood’s activities. They soon discovered the Brotherhood had been enslaving Matoran in far off lands and had been responsible for the creation of the deadly Visorak, among other horrors. They had to do something!

And so the six (who I’ll just call the Hagah here-on-in) staged a raid on the Brotherhood of Makuta’s main fortress, the teleporting island of Destral! The six successfully raided Destrals vault, and alongside the Avohkii stole the mysterious Makoki Stone. On their way out however, they were ambushed! Roodaka, a mercenary for hire who had been chosen as Viceroy of the Visorak Horde, struck from the shadows and captured the Hagah one by one. Once in her possession she used her Rhotuka Spinners’ unique power to mutate the Hagah into smaller twisted forms, vaguely resembling Rahkshi, which she dubbed the Rahaga. Once mutated and removed from Destral, Roodaka let the Rahaga go, assuming their weakened forms served no threat to the Brotherhood. She was unaware of the artifacts they had stolen, and their knowledge of Makuta's lair.

In light of the Rahaga’s betrayal, the Makuta began systematically eliminating their own Hagah teams, though a handful were instead brainwashed and corrupted into more mindless and loyal minions.

The Rahaga stashed away the Avohkii on the island of Metru Nui, and hid the Makoki Stone (a key to the Avohkii’s new chamber, broken into six pieces) across the island. They then set out on a grand quest across the Matoran Universe, attempting to save Rahi from the scourge of the Visorak. Along the way they searched for the legendary Rahi Keetongu, a creature rumored to be able to cure any ailment, hoping to become Toa once more.

Eventually the Rahaga returned to the City of Metru Nui and hid within it’s bowles, waiting for a day they’d be needed as guardians again.

And the need would grow. In a series of events I’ve covered before, Makuta Teridax disguised himself as Turaga Dume to take over the island of Metru Nui, enslaved it’s Matoran people in mind-wiping pods, and cast a spell that forced Mata Nui into an endless coma. But this takeover of Metru Nui didn’t go exactly to plan. Six new Toa were created shortly before this Great Cataclysm, the Toa Metru, and in a climactic fight with Teridax he was trapped within a Protodermis seal.

Sidorak and Roodaka, leaders of the Visorak Horde, knew not of Teridax’s capture. They had brought their army to Metru Nui to help Teridax fortify it only to find their leader gone. The Matoran Pods Makuta’s new labor force was stored in still laid beneath the grand Colosseum at the city’s center, and so the royals set up operations in the structure.

Teridax soon telepathically informed his minions of his fate. In order to free the dark lord from his Protodermis seal, they’d need the elemental powers of the six Toa who created it, and so Roodaka broke off a small piece and took it back to the city as a necklace.

The Toa Metru themselves soon returned to the city as well, in an effort to recover the Matoran Pods. They were soon ambushed by the Visorak Horde, who captured the Toa and injected them with Hordika venom, which would mutate them into more beastly forms. Roodaka planned on letting these Toa Hordika hatch, let them fall to their death on the Colosseum floor, and then extract their elemental energy from their corpses.

But her plans were soon foiled by none other than the Rahaga! The six took flight and caught the Hordika mid air, shuttling them in the dark of night off to the safety of the Great Temple.

The Rahaga had many tasks for their new Hordika companions. Most importantly was to discover Keetongu, who could heal the Hordika of their ailments. In addition they would recover the Makoki Stone and the Avohkii for the Toa to take to the safe haven they’d found for the Matoran.

The Rahaga proved viable guides to the Toa Hordika. The Rahaga had grown accustomed to their beastal forms

The Rahaga proved valuable guides to the Toa Hordika. The Rahaga had grown accustomed to their beastal forms and weakened elemental powers over the years, and so could teach the Horidka to better control their impulsive rage and anger. As a former Toa of Water, Gaaki was drawn to Nokama, and helped her better control tides and waves from her water spinner to prevent mass flooding. Gaaki was also a master translator, and so was a valuable asset in reading the prophecies in the Great Temple.

Eventually the Rahaga had assembled six Airships loaded with Kanohi Masks (for the future Toa Mata/Nuva) including the Avohkii and Makoki Stone. Only one task remained, finding Keetongu. Gaaki translated a map to the beast's location, and shared it with the other Rahaga.

It was then that betrayal struck. Vakama, who had succumbed to his beastal rage, captured five of the six Rahaga as a right of passage to become a General of the Visorak Horde (I covered this more on one of Vakama’s own RSotD.) Only Norik (Rahaga of Fire) was left behind.

Norik quickly gathered the remaining five Hordika and set out to Keetongu’s temple. The ancient beast agreed to heal the Toa of their Hordika venom, but he could not help the Rahaga, for only Roodaka’s own spinners could undo her terrible work. Before he could cure any of them though, their teams would have to be reunited, and the Visorak driven from the land. And so the 9 foot tall cyclops grabbed his great whirling shield/hammer and the team set off for the Colosseum.

A climactic fight then took place at the Colosseum against our heroes and the horde. Norik freed his Rahaga siblings, Matau convinced Vakama to rejoin the heroes, and Roodaka left Sidorak for dead at Keetongu’s hands. In his final act as General of the Visorak, Vakama ordered the Horde to disband and flee the island, leaving Roodaka without an army.

The Toa then planned to attack Roodaka, using their elemental spinners to seal her in Protodermis like Teridax. Norik noticed Roodaka’s plan too late to warn his friends. When the spinners struck Roodaka, her necklace absorbed the elemental powers and shattered, breaking the seal around Teridax. The dark lord raced to the Colosseum, rescued his dying Viceroy, and fled into the shadows to nurse her to health.

Keetongu kept his promise and turned the Toa Hordika back into Toa Metru. The Metru and Rahaga loaded the Matoran Pods on the airships, and the real Turaga Dume was awakened from his Pod and returned to his throne. Dume, Keetongu and the Rahaga chose to stay in the ruined city to try and repair it, and keep Makuta from getting a new foothold. (Though from what I’ve heard the Rahaga would often leave the city to help other islands attacked by the Visorak.)

1,000 years later and the Rahaga would get a happy ending. Roodaka was captured by the Toa Nuva and the heroes forced her to undo her mutations on the Rahaga, turning them back into Hagah. These Hagah then went on a quest from the Order of Mata Nui to find the missing Makuta Teridax.

The Hagah eventually tracked down Teridax to a mysterious lair deep beneath Metru Nui. The Core Processor. The Brain of Mata Nui, and control console for the Matoran Universe. It’s here that Teridax’s true plan came to light (to us as an audience, not the Toa Hagah.) The 1,000 year coma of Mata Nui was just a ploy to let the Great Spirit die without damaging his body or brain. The second he was dead Teridax would slip his own soul into the Core Processor as the Toa Mahri used the Mask of Life to bring Mata Nui back to life (2007 finale) and then wait for the Toa Nuva to reawaken Mata Nui’s body, with Teridax’s mind (2008 finale.)

And so Teridax was granted the powers of a god. He used his control over the Matoran Universe to cast a spell over the Toa Hagah, tricking them into thinking they had successfully killed Teridax and everything around them was fine. They were eventually freed from this illusion, but their actions during Teridax’s Reign are unknown.

During the unfinished epilogue to BIONICLE, the Toa Hagah went on a quest to find the

During the unfinished epilogue to BIONICLE, the Toa Hagah went on a quest to find the missing Toa Mahri. How or if they rescued them is unknown as the story was never finished.

As a Toa of Water Gaaki had control over waves, currents, rain, and the like. These powers were greatly reduced by her transformation into a Rahaga, which limited them to a water-based Rhotuka Spinner. She wore the Great Mask of Clairvoyance, which would randomly give her vague visions of the future. These visions would cause Gaaki stress, but she kept the mask in case it warned her team of great danger.

The TTV Message Boards are currently holding a contest with series author Greg Farsthey to decide the canon appearance of the Toa Hagah in their actual Toa forms. Here is the set version of Gaaki that won the first part of the contest, created by Galva_Nize https://biosector01.com/w/images/bs01/f/fa/Gaaki_Build_By_Doni.jpeg . The second part of the contest, featuring the properly canon artwork of her, is not yet finished.

On a more set-wise note, never was a fan of the Rahaga. All of 2005 suffered from really gappy and clunky designs compared to other years, and these little Rahkshi headed things were the worst of the bunch. People give the Voya-toran flack for just being a jumble of parts, but at least they've got some unique silhouettes and consistent color schemes. The Rahaga are probably my least favorite toys to come out of the line, yes even worse than the Av-Matoran/Agori/Stars build, I do not care for them.

Like, what is that orange bar around the spinner! That's on all of them and doesn't look good in the slightest. The Marimax films at least redesigned them to have more prominent hips and changed the Rhotuka into this helicopter propeller that could fold up like bug wings, that was way cooler!

@GSR_MataNui said:
"On a more set-wise note, never was a fan of the Rahaga. All of 2005 suffered from really gappy and clunky designs compared to other years, and these little Rahkshi headed things were the worst of the bunch. People give the Voya-toran flack for just being a jumble of parts, but at least they've got some unique silhouettes and consistent color schemes. The Rahaga are probably my least favorite toys to come out of the line, yes even worse than the Av-Matoran/Agori/Stars build, I do not care for them.

Like, what is that orange bar around the spinner! That's on all of them and doesn't look good in the slightest. The Marimax films at least redesigned them to have more prominent hips and changed the Rhotuka into this helicopter propeller that could fold up like bug wings, that was way cooler!"

Hey no offense, but could you maybe shorten those Lore Drops a bit? Most of us don't have time (even us Bionicle fans) don't have time to read so much content, and I'd image non-Bionicle fans would be even less interested.
Maybe keep those lord drops more briefs, with just one comment at most, not like five-maxed out comments. If it takes you that much just to explain what a Rahaga is, then you clearly have a bit of a problem.
What you do is essentially just like trying to get people to read the Lord of The Rings by copy-pasting a large section from the Silmarillion just to explain what a Hobbit is. This won't make anyone curious to learn more about the lore... It would just turn them away even further.

This set is an absolute low point in the Clikits theme.

Oh wait...

@LegoDavid said:
" @GSR_MataNui said:
"On a more set-wise note, never was a fan of the Rahaga. All of 2005 suffered from really gappy and clunky designs compared to other years, and these little Rahkshi headed things were the worst of the bunch. People give the Voya-toran flack for just being a jumble of parts, but at least they've got some unique silhouettes and consistent color schemes. The Rahaga are probably my least favorite toys to come out of the line, yes even worse than the Av-Matoran/Agori/Stars build, I do not care for them.

Like, what is that orange bar around the spinner! That's on all of them and doesn't look good in the slightest. The Marimax films at least redesigned them to have more prominent hips and changed the Rhotuka into this helicopter propeller that could fold up like bug wings, that was way cooler!"

Hey no offense, but could you maybe shorten those Lore Drops a bit? Most of us don't have time (even us Bionicle fans) don't have time to read so much content, and I'd image non-Bionicle fans would be even less interested.
Maybe keep those lord drops more briefs, with just one comment at most, not like five-maxed out comments. If it takes you that much just to explain what a Rahaga is, then you clearly have a bit of a problem.
What you do is essentially just like trying to get people to read the Lord of The Rings by copy-pasting a large section from the Silmarillion just to explain what a Hobbit is. This won't make anyone curious to learn more about the lore... It would just turn them away even further."

Dude don't be an ass about it. Just don't read it. Let people like what they like and scroll on.

@LegoDavid I agree with @Huw and @MisterBrickster, I very much like reading through the extensive biography of these characters, even though I’m skipping some bits on purpose because I’m only just at the beginning of the ‘05 books ‘:) Actually, these very in-depth lore explanations make me want to get into a franchise much more than a single paragraph synopsis, because this way you really get an idea of how well a story is developed. ‘Don’t be an ass’ is a bit rude, but at its core I do think it’s true: you should just stop bothering about it and let others enjoy it if they want to, even if you don’t understand (and to be fair, your message wasn’t completely respectful either: ‘If it takes you that much just to explain what a Rahaga is, then you seriously have a problem’…)

@LegoDavid: Much rather five maxed-out comments of Bionicle lore than dozens or hundreds of comments of people arguing with one another over something for which there will never be any consensus or resolution (cf. Queer Eye).