#toa mafa

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Some more Bionicle fan art-- this time, my takes on the Toa Mangai! I liked the idea that the Turaga would later go on to name the locations around Mata Nui after the icons of old, so I saw fit to incorporate that aspect here. Most of the masks are canonical, but Tuyet’s mask of intangibility was made using G2 Gali’s mask design as a very loose basis (I blame @bioniclechicken) and for the Mask of Healing I used one of @lesbianchemicalplant‘s AI generated Kanohi-- give them a look, if you haven’t already!

(Also, continuing on with the idea that the weird gender restrictions from canon are lifted here-- Hura and Mafa are sisters! Helps to diversify the team a little more.)

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Chapter 2 is finally up! A massive thanks to @crystaltoa for beta-reading and giving me suggestions that broke my writer's block. Hopefully future chapters will be out more frequently. Enjoy!

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Bionicle - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Lhikan (Bionicle), Tuyet (Bionicle), Nidhiki (Bionicle) Summary:

Before the Toa Metru, there were the Toa Mangai. A team of eleven heroes coming from different corners of the Matoran Universe, united under the leadership of Toa Lhikan to defend the City of Legends from danger. The only tales that have been well-known so far are the betrayals of Tuyet and Nidhiki. Here, the memoirs of Toa Marn, Toa Mangai of Earth, and of Kodan, the Chronicler of the Toa Mangai, shall fill out the record. Learn the dynamics of the four Toa of Ice that made up a third of the team; discover the struggles of Naho and Kanae, the Toa of Water and Plantlife, in the face of their sister’s betrayal; find out about Motara, the Toa Mangai of Stone, and his history with the Nynrah Ghosts; and witness the decline of Metru Nui from its golden age, as constant existential threats from the Dark Hunters drove Turaga Dume to greater paranoia and control. Here, you will read about heroes and villains, traitors and paragons, freedom and despotism. Read a new legend of the BIONICLE.

[doctorwhi63]

Toa Tuyet, first to fall,

Brought low by dreams of darkness,

Lost Nidhiki, son of air:

Hero, Traitor, Hunter, Prey.

Mafa, spirit of the truth,

Slain by the masked tyrant,

Toa Naho, sister lost,

Stolen beneath the seas.

Kumi, guardian of the spires:

Foe of fate, fated to fall,

Swift Motara, far-seer,

Struck down by blinding treason.

Fusa, wild and silent mage,

Could call no storm to save him,

Hura, final child of Ice,

Who fell beneath the waves.

Toa Marn, the runaway:

But no one outruns doom,

Kanae, fearsome warrior,

Who only wished to heal.

Lhikan, final guardian

Who sparked the flame anew

Project Mangai: 2018

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Year 1 Setting: Outer Okoto

Okoto is the only known island on the endless ocean. The legends of the Matoran as told by the Turaga tell of Okoto as a paradise, though by the time we see it in story it has passed its glory days. The landscape is treacherous, stalked by vicious beasts. Matoran cluster in fortified villages. The landscape is divided into seven regions, the six regions roughly aligned with the elements, and the mountainous highlands. During the First Year story, the Toa only briefly enter the highlands and focused their efforts in the lowlands.

The regions explored were:

Kanae Rainforest: Most of the rivers pass through this region, and the sparse ash flowing in from the Tren Krom Break keeps the region fertile, allowing for a massive rainforest to sprout up. Once this was a region of beauty where the bulk of the island’s food could be harvested from the trees. Now, it is waterlogged swamp with no crossable path beyond climbing through the branches. Beasts lurk in the waters and even more stalk the skies. The Le-Matoran have to keep safe in the understory in the branches. Their village is Tesara, initially a series of spherical huts beneath the canopy, now carved into the trees themselves, above the Hura-Mafa River so that in case of evacuation the Le-Matoran can follow the river in boats and make their way to Mahri.

Ihu Drifts: A mountainous region technically part of the same geological structure as the highlands, though excluded from it due to its clear association with elemental ice. Once, the Drifts were a wondrous place, with beautiful taiga and calm snowfall that only lightly caked the surface. Now, the ground is too cold for trees to grow beyond a few twisted deformities, the snow comes down in constant blizzards creating a layer of snow a metre thick. The Ko-Matoran initially lived in igloos across the surface. Now it’s too cold even for them, and they are forced to fortify themselves in Tajun, located in a cave beneath layers of ice, where the temperature is brought to livable levels by a geothermal vent.

Leva Bay: A region near the rainforest, a shallow sea with coral reefs and beaches and cliffs. Once a beautiful tropic place where the sea provided bountiful resources for the Matoran and a destination for holidays. Now the region is battered with storms, the beaches have corroded, and the coral has been bleached. It is home to the Ga-Matoran village of Mahri, which floats on the water some distance from the shore. It is anchored to the seabed and each building is pressurised, allowing the entire village to sink beneath the water for safety during storms at the expense of putting them at risk of aquatic attack.

Tren Krom Break: Technically refers to a lava river, but in recent history is used to refer to the region surrounding the Valmai volcano. Once this was a fertile land fed by the volcanic ash, being a forest as lush as Kanae. In recent years, Valmai had been erupting more and more, with great intensity in each eurptions, choking the environment in layers of ash. The whole regions remains barren, layered in ash, and bombarded with tephra. The Ta-Matoran make their home in the fortress of Stelt, built on an island on the lava river underground. It is set high to avoid the wrath of lava floods, and its dangerous location otherwise keeps renegade Rahi totally at bay.

Nihu Tunnels: A great series of underground tunnels ringing around outer Okoto, but not beneath the highlands. These started out as mine dug by the early Matoran city. After the Matoran spread out to the fortified villages, the Onu-Matoran hid underground for safety in the subterranean village of Nynrah. The Nihu Tunnels can be as dangerous as any other region, but there is a perceived safety due to a lack of ambush points. Due to this, the Onu-Matoran set up a series of underground highways between the villages. These have kept the villages able to cooperate despite their state of siege.

Tiro Desert: A desert to the north-east of the island. This has always been there, though it was much smaller and supported an ecosystem of xeric lifeforms. As the centuries have gone on the desert has expanded and has grown more and more inhospitable. Though this means its difficult for them to live as well, the Po-Matoran have seen the Tiro Desert as an opportunity to establish a village safe from Rahi. Their village, Motara, is carved into the sides of a canyon. Sandstorms tend to batter the desert, and the Po-Matoran spend a great deal of effort trying to clean the canyon of sand. The expansion of Tiro continues to be a concern for the other regions.

Spoilers beneath the cut:

After the GSR crashed in the ocean, its face was left above water where its occupants were able to evacuate. The first to leave were the terraforming tools, which created an island as per their programming. After the Matoran evacuated, they made their homes in the elemental regions. The growing hostility of the island, though blamed on the Makuta, is in fact the result of its unstable foundations of the island atop the GSR’s face interfering with the tiny microclimates of the island.

[doctorwhi63]

Hura, final child of Ice

Who fell beneath the waves

When Hura first arrived in Ko-Metru, he felt right at home. After all, he was one of four Toa of Ice, and the Mangai were the closest thing he’d ever had to friends. Ko-Metru accepted him as its own, and he settled into the role of hero quite comfortably. Then Tuyet and Nidhiki betrayed the city. Then Mafa, Kumi, and Fusa all disappeared one by one. When Lhikan finally assigned him to watch over Ga-Metru, Hura knew for sure: the dream was over.

He never fit in, no matter how hard he tried. He exchanged his Kanohi Iden for a Kaukau and tried to follow Naho’s example, spending as long as he could bear underwater. Eventually, his armor began to change color from prolonged exposure to liquid protodermis, turning blue and white. However, all this did was bring back bad memories of Tuyet, further ostracizing the Ice Toa. Eventually, he began to search for Naho, hoping that maybe she was still alive and could resume her patrol. Instead, he found Eliminator, ready and waiting with the same deadly trap. All that was ever found was one of his Ice Axes, broken clean in half.

Project Mangai: Part 8/11

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This is exactly what happened oh my god

Also op I love your art style

[doctorwhi63]

Mafa, spirit of the truth,

Slain by the masked tyrant

Of all the Toa Mangai, Mafa was the most well-loved, second only, perhaps, to Lhikan. More than any other Toa, he was a champion of the Matoran first and foremost, protecting them from anyone who might threaten their freedom—including (and especially) the other members of his team. He made no secret of his distrust for his brothers and sisters; after all, the three Toa of his home island went mad when he was only a Matoran and tried to take over. He led the resistance which eventually defeated them, but he shuddered to think what eleven might do if left unchecked.

Wielding twin snow hammers and wearing a Kanohi Rode, Mafa was one of the four Toa of Ice who guarded Metru Nui. He didn’t limit his patrol to Ko-Metru, however, seeing himself as a Toa of the people. “The Hammer of Mafa” became a common euphemism for justice throughout the city, and more than a few citizens owed Mafa for saving them from overzealous Vahki. Despite his close friendship with the Matoran, none of the other Toa really considered him a friend. That was intentional: Mafa knew he had to keep his distance from the team in case he needed to fight them one day. In the end, that distance killed him—the false Dume couldn’t have him seeing through his disguise, and Eliminator had little trouble with one isolated Toa of Ice.

Project Mangai: Part 3/11