Manas

The Manas were a breed of powerful crustacean Rahi.

History
The Manas species were originally created by Makuta Tridax using viruses and Liquid Protodermis to be one of the species to inhabit the Matoran Universe. The fundamental genetic code of the species was notably derived from the Keras genus and, as such, the Manas came to be perceived as a genetic offshoot of the more populous species, despite their increased stature.

Distributed across the Matoran Universe, the Manas revealed themselves to be a predatory and ill-tempered breed of Rahi, successfully adapting to subterranean ecosystems around the Great Spirit Robot. While the species generally came to reside in solitary mountainous regions, several hundred individual specimens were known to have settled on the island of Karzahni, displaying tremendous loyalty to the realm's ruler.

Barraki Carapar was known to have had a particular interest in the Manas and attempted to commission the Brotherhood to create him an army of Manas at one point. At first impartial to the League of Six Kingdoms, Makuta Tridax refused several times before Makuta Miserix publicly disavowed the League and cut all support from the Brotherhood.

In the years after the Great Cataclysm, the Metru Nui Manas population emerged from hiding, damaging a number of Molten Protodermis containment vats and causing a series of spillages. With the arrival of the Visorak Horde upon the island, however, the overwhelming majority of Manas specimens migrated to the island of Mata Nui through the Great Barrier, pursuing a less hostile habitat in the darker regions of the island, principally inhabiting the tunnels beneath Kini Nui in the center of the island.

Following the arrival of Makua Teridax on the island, the Manas of Mata Nui were refitted with Infected Kanohi and stationed as the guardians of the Mangaia Lair. Rarely venturing to the surface, Onu-Matoran would occasionally come into conflict with individual Manas, earning the species a reputation as the island's apex predator.

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Following the Battle of Bara Magna and subsequent Reformation of Spherus Magna, the majority of the Matoran Universe's Manas population was evacuated onto the surface of a new world, eventually coming to flourish in the caverns and subterranean chasms of Spherus Magna.

Abilities and Traits
Manas are generally covered with a thick exoskeleton and armed with a pair of powerful claws. Unlike other breads of crustaceans in the Matoran Universe, Manas notably have biomechanical rotary treats in place of legs, enabling them to grip to slippery surfaces with ease.

Manas typically have poor eyesight but possess highly developed senses of taste and smell. They feed primarily on smaller Rahi but will consume algae and other plant life, scavenging nutrients and then recycling nutrients and helping to determine the spread and composition of native flora.

Choosing to inhabit warm but dark coastal regions, Manas are strengthened by heat and possess a natural resistance to Mutagen.

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