Tilira (Kanohi)

The Kanohi Tilira was the Mask of Changing, a powerful one-of-a-kind Kanohi mask that was capable of manipulating the supernatural substance known as life energy.

Creation
The Tilira was forged many centuries ago by the Great Beings on Spherus Magna, 100,000 years ago. However, given both the extremely immoral and powerful nature of the Kanohi, it was eventually decided that the mask should be hidden from the inhabitants of the Matoran Universe. Thus, the Great Being known as Velika smuggled the Tilira into the Matoran Universe and buried it in the wilderness of an unexplored and tropical island, knowing that it would one day prove to be instrumental in a battle between a number of Toa and the forces of Nuva, an ancient Toa capable of raising an army of undead warriors.

Concealment
For many years, the Kanohi Tilira remained untouched and its energies seeped out into the landscape, creating a clearing above its hiding place and surrounding it in fertile soil. However, when a wondering group of warriors stumbled across the area, they chose to prepare a campsite and, later, a settlement in the region. Thus, that Farside Village was constructed on top of the Tilira's burial place.

Appearances

 * Uprising: Chapter 6  - First Appearance
 * Patriots: Chapter 1