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This is a compilation of all the entries which have won the Featured Articles category over the years.

Tapio
Tapio is a character who has had a long and adventurous past. He first got an enemy, Inwirn. Many years Tapio tried to defeat her but failed. In the end he possibly succeeded. He then moved to Comic Land to start comics. Toatapio Nuva's Comics ended when Zuxan asked Tapio and his friends on the Quest for the Four Great Lands. After that, Tapio and his little sister Aino moved back to Bio-Land and now live a peaceful life there.

Order of the Great Creators
The Order of the Great Creators is a sacred organization, lead originally by Vavakx. But after his attempt to get the Ignika, Veuy has become the leader. Read more about this mysterious organization in the article itself.

Retyk (being)
As a Toa Laksuj, Retyk faced many difficulties. His fiery power often turned into anger that would suddenly thrash out at his fellow Toa. But Toa Teremeary was the only one who understood. Retyk went on many double-missions, but none of them were with Teremeary. The only times they ever saw each other were at meetings and group missions.

Toa Xaraki
The Toa Xaraki were protectors of the alternate realm Xaka Nui. They battled for the Mask of Angels and the Mask of Darkness. Their enemy was Xeminesx, an evil tyrant king who was imprisoned in protodermis by his enemies.

Firehead
Firehead's and Ziggo's relations are unknown, but they are surely related to each other. They have been together for as long as anybody can remember. Firehead is a strict Matoran with lots of rules. He has wanted to be the leader of the Matoran for a long time, because he thought he could do it better than any of the past leaders.

BIONICLE: Heroes of Mata Nui
BIONICLE: Heroes of Mata Nui was the first RPG of any product and the first RPG for. It was developed by Imaginix and was planned to be released through ATOMco. The game follows a game play similar to that of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic in both fighting sequences and interaction between characters. The game allowed the player to collect party members as they journeyed the island of Mata Nui.

Morphy
Morphy is a shapeshifter. He doesn't have his own form, but instead he can shapeshift into absolutely anything. He can also copy the being's powers and masks, but not tools. Morphy has another weakness too, he can't change his red eye color. This can be bad, for somebody can identify him from his eyes.

Krazazar
This Vahki is a part of a specialized two-unit Vahki Search Force. This Vahki was created when the Toa Nuva left in search for the Mask of Life on Voya Nui. It was programmed to find the Mask of Life if the Toa failed on their quest. When the two Vahki were deployed to search for the mask, the team split up in two areas of Karda Nui. Krazazar went to the stalactites in the clouds, the other Vahki went to the Swamp of Secrets. Krazazar is currently in a stalactite at the south of the core of the universe.

Ancient staff
The Ancient staff was a tool used by an unknown Toa long ago. This Toa was killed by Tonga, who needed a new body, at some point. The Ancient Staff, as well as parts from the Toa, were then used by Tonga to create himself a new body.

Centuries later, when Tapio, Henkka and Aino defeated Tonga, his energies went through them, transforming them. Henkka obtained the Ancient Staff that had been a part of Tonga's body. Henkka used it as a Mega Matoran, not knowing it's powers, only channeling his other powers through it. The Staff was wiped out of existence by the Tapio's Mistakes.

Kitras
Kitras was a Matoran of Musterdia. He was Kikka's best friend. He died in his own hut when Grandeg's Elite Robot killed him in a battle.

Tapio, Ura, Zuxan, Vahkoro and Turaga Matthew had arrived on Musterdia in search for the stone of that land in Quest for the Four Great Lands. Kitras was with Kikka at the time. He knew where the stone was, he had found it a couple of days ago. He showed it to the group and then Grandeg's Robots attacked. Kikka's Friend was killed in the battle, by Grandeg's Elite Robot. Kikka, who was really sad, vowed to avenge him.

Kah and Kah
Kah and Kah are twins and robbers. They were never succesful and when Tapio moved to Comic Land and started Toatapio Nuva's Comics, nothing changed. The twin robbers decided to aim for the studio on Kahu Street 3 and made many unsuccesful attempts to rob the studio during the Time in Comic Land.

Vavakx
Since Vavakx won the Best Page of the Year award, it's obvious that he's the Featured Article this week!

Vavakx is a giant bounty hunter with a colored past, best known for being the leader of the Order of the Great Creators. Vavakx was banished to The Pit for betraying his Order, due to Dark Shed corruption. He was later cured and accepted back into his Order.

Mata Nui (being)
Mata Nui is a Great Spirit who acts as the guardian and host for the Matoran Universe. Mata Nui is an omnipotent being, and is far more powerful then his creators, the Great Beings. He has a true brother (unlike the Makuta, who weren't really his brothers) who is one the same power level as he is, Makaatu, along with various other Great Spirits.

He was recently banished from his own body by Teridax and is currently on Bara Magna.

Taram
Taram became a Toa about a thousand years ago. Kodix, his best friend, also became a Toa at the same time. When he and Kodix purchased some weapons from Xia, they were attacked and almost killed by Makuta Xidok. He was about to finish them off when Ihly, Darjal, Rokkan and Ohlor came to help them. Knowing that he could not take on the Toa alone, Xidok retreated. The six Toa later formed a Toa Team, and called themselves the "Toa Backa".

Verahk and Sagus
Okay, there was a tie in the vote, so there are two featured articles this week!

Verahk and Sagus are very different, both story- and page-wise. You see, Verahk is a Makuta, who once belonged to the Brotherhood of Makuta and later founded his own league. His page is currently the longest character page on this wiki and has some great storyline. Sagus, on the other hand, is a Toa of Stone. His article is not so long, but it's clear and the character is interesting.

Tapio
Tapio was born on Feritanaya as a hybrid of a Ko- and Po-Matoran. He was orphaned by a Giant Monster and was taken care of by his aunt, who sent him to school. He was, unfortunately, driven off of the island by his enemy Inwirn, and came to Bio-Land, where he encountered another Matoran Henkka. Inwirn pursued him even there, and attempted to kill him multiple times until her death when she created a parallel reality, which she ruled.

Tapio had many adventures after, including the legendary Quest for the Four Great Lands. When Mata Nui awoke and had his body stolen by Teridax, he attempted to recapture the Mask of Life, with Mata Nui's spirit inside, by following it into space. However, the plan backfired, and he would have drifted in space for eternity had he not been discovered by the Great Beings, who offered to make him a Great Spirit. Sadly saying good-bye to his old friends forever, he underwent the transformation and created Tapio Nui.

Mersion
Mer´sion n. Immersion. [Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.]

Bio-Land
Because I was lazy, I'm not going to bother to read this lengthy article. I'm not even going to glance at its wonderfully structured content, its twelve thousand bytes of information, its complex and detailed location information.

There. I managed to tell you how awesome this page is without even giving any story info away. Now go read it, or else the Borg  will assimilate you, and we all know how much we want that...

Hydros
This is an awesome article, make no mistake. It's one of the 50 longest pages on the site, one of the five biggest character pages, and almost without doubt one of the best ones.

Here we have the Toa of Fire (and Air, and Earth) who had the wish that every BIONICLE character has granted: He was the main character in an immensely popular YouTube series. It's over now, but he still stars in Society of Guardians, and even if, for some reason, stopped making those stop-motion videos, his legacy would live on forever.

So let us give a tribute to Toa Hydros, the Toa the other Toa could never be!

Nightwatcher
"Supply the coordinates or I will find you myself and relieve you of the troublesome burden you call a head. Now get on with it."

- Nightwatcher to Shadrus

Not only is this one of the wiki's longest articles, but this is a seriously cool character. I should know. I made him up.

So, not only is he a treacherous, deceiving, cunning, manipulating, perfectly honest, witty guy, but he's also a Bounty Hunter. And we all know how awesome bounty hunters are. You can just about sum him up in this paragraph from The Darkness Returns:

"If all the bounty hunters failed, then Nightwatcher would be sent out. However, since Nightwatcher's method took a long time and usually involved a large and complicated plan to bring down one or more interplanetary organizations, the Guild leaders found it best to keep Nightwatcher as far away as possible from the rest of the Guild. He was never paired with anyone else, as the last time that had happened, the other bounty hunter had ended up permanently fused to the bounty."

Yeah. He's awesome.

Gairon
So, to those of you who haven't been keeping track of some of the latest canon updates, Greg Farshtey has introduced a couple new kinds of Matoran. One of the new kinds is called the Ba-Matoran, Matoran of Gravity. This little guy is one of them. His name, as you should probably know by know from reading the section heading, is Gairon. But...

Hey, I just realized something. I'm in charge of the Main Page! I have an awesome job, and nobody even cares because they don't read this! I can spam all I want!

* begins to spam*

Ganon
Ah. I suppose you're all tired of all my Borg references by now, so be glad that there's another awesome thing to talk about. Namely, the Toa of Plasma known as Ganon. Once upon a time, he was a little Matoran dude. Then he got selected to fight in this war thing, even though for some reason no one seems to know what it's about, and then joined a bunch of cool people. Later, a bunch of the cool people died, and things got bad when he accidentally got stuck on this weird planet. Then this weird guy got inside him, he suddenly turned into Wolverine. Now he's a Borg, and EET'S AWESUM!

Matoran Vehicular Transport
Now that I know that I can't make limericks, I won't even try. Instead, I found this on another website and merely changed "Mustang" to "MVT:" ''I buried my foot to the floor my MVT took off with a roar the corner was tight my speed out of sight the funeral's tomorrow, at four.''

Mechanical Rahkshi
OK, for once I'm going to write a serious review. No limericks, corny jokes, or anything. Just an actual review. So basically, Mechanical Rahkshi are Rahkshi that don't run on Kraata, which feature in both the Tehktra Nui saga and the Gigas Magna Storyline. Both storylines have pretty detailed and well-written history sections, and there are plenty of links to other pages. Also, this page has a large gallery, covering all the known types of Mechanical Rahkshi * which are many). Plus, there are a ton of cool MOCs here (OK, maybe not a totally serious review), and even the list of appearances is extensive.

So... yeah. It's a cool article.

Proto-Beast
Yet again, Toa Hydros has made another article worthy of this position of this week's Featured Article. This time, we've got the ex-Dark Hunter Proto-Beast. Since his page is so long (which I helped write) I'll put his biography in very simple words. So there's this guy, who joins a group of killers, who send him to Metru Nui, where he gets beaten by another guy who appeared out of nowhere who sends him to a nasty place. He eventually breaks out of the nasty place, and gets beaten again by the other guy again, and is sent to this big cave place where he has to battle this evil guy. After the evil guy is defeated, Proto-Beast becomes a bounty hunter, and starts reeking havoc. So there you go! Another great article worth reading, go check it out!

Shardak
This week on our Featured Article, we have a hybrid of a Toa and an Elemental Prince named Shardak. Yes, this guy wearing a Kanohi that resembles the Mask of Life is a guy who's been through a lot in his bizzarly crazy life. First of, he was created by this evil guy who decided to turn good, who got killed by this this young girl and made Shardak angry. He then joined this band of epically awesome heroes in a series of wars to defeat these evil guys with a this very evil woman who doesn't like having friends. Later on, he was banished to this dimension with his best friend and forced to kill eighty or more people in this big scary and spooky game where players must kill each other to win! Sadly, he doesn't win the game, this other guy did that for him, though he wasn't killed, and he was instead thrown into some void and may still be alive! Yeah, that sounds like an epic character who's done a lot of crazy stuff in his life, and on this wiki we love crazy people! Go check his page out now!

Dredzek
OK, then; this week, we have the fearful Makuta of Versuva, Dredzek, as our Featured Article. Considered one of the most powerful members of the Brotherhood of Makuta, Dredzek is feared not only for his character, but for his vile personality. Most of the early aspects of his biography follow that of a typical Makuta. He was created, he was assigned a region, he sided with Teridax, he got a wierd bunch of Toa as bodyguards who he eventually killed. The turning point in his life, is when he joined with Millennium, leader of the Shadow of Ages, who convinces him to join his armies. Dredzek would barter secret info to Millennium until Teridax took over, and he was then teleported to this lovely little garden spot of an island, and eventually migrated to Spherus Magna.

Serrakaan
Alrighty then, this week as our featured article, we have the one that puts scare in scary, the guy appropriatly called the "Blood Summoner": Makuta Serrakaan! It's only fitting that I do this, since, besides his creator, Serrakaan1407, I know the most about him. So, let's get down to it, shall we? His biography is way too long to describe in detail, so I shall sumarize it in a nutshell:Serrakaan was created with the other Makuta by this epic guy (or so he says) and became a member of the this faction. Serrakaan was assigned to the southernmost island in the MU, after the Matoran Civil War, and joined Teridax when he rebeled. He later captured this Toa dude and made him his prime servant. Many years passed that would take too long for me to describe. When the O.O.M.N attacked Destral, he PWNed the Order forces, and eventualy left, after almost killing this guy, left. He later fought my secondary Self MOC, and after almost killing him, left him.

Well, that's Serrakaan for you, and that's this week's featured article, so look at his page ,or be blood summoned !

BLAST


Yes, was lazy, so instead of actually putting up useful information about the article, I put up a picture of a BLAST. Now hurry up and read the BLAST article or... or something. I've run out of useful threats.

Or this.

Benjarmin
Alright, this time around our featured article is Makuta Benjarmin! I spent a lot of time developing this character, his backstory, his personality, and especially his MOC (even though that's not what this is about). Thanks to my friends/fellow admins and  for fixing his page, it now rocks (or as  would say: ROOKS).

Now, I'll describe his bio in a nutshell (which might still be pretty long XD): He says he ws created by this epic guy (even though he wasn't), and he became a member of this awesome faction, and was assigned to this island, and did a lot of terrible things. When my self-MOC became a Toa, Benjarmin became his greatest enemy, clashing with him on more than one occasion. A lot of his life was described in this canceled story.

When this war happened, Benjarmin fought in this huge battle, then went to this place, and had a few fights with these people, then went to a secret place where he could hide from this guy who had taken over the universe. Oh yeah, he also had an EPIC fight with this awesomely-epic-creepy dude (and lost).

The end.

So, yeah, this is a awesome page, so go check it out, NOAW or you will face eternal shame !

Skorr
OK, so this week's FA is my my good friend's epic MOC, the deadly Bounty Hunter known as Skorr.

His history? Well, he fought a lot of wars for his species'* military, before deciding to strike out on his own and become an epic bounty hunter of epicness. (Well, that's not entirely true. He was exiled 'cuz he tried to kill a big Zeverek leader). He joined a group of bounty hunters, but didn't like them, so he left, and met a Rotaxian, who taught him the combat forms unique to that universe. He also plays a large role in an alternate storyline, and even took up jobs for the Veiled One Empire while he was on one of his dimensional voyages. **

* Yes,I ripped this off the "This guy, this organization" thing.

* * This is my subtle attempt to get you to read the article, so read it now or... something.

Gigas Magna storyline
Instead of doing what the other sysops/Main Page article writers have recently been doing (this guy is a member of this species, and worked for this organization until this happened, and it's this guy's MOC) I'm going to go into another direction entirely. You should be glad.

This time, the Featured Article is one that I created myself: the Gigas Magna storyline. Now, that's all well and good, but there's one problem: it's very, very, very incomplete. And it doesn't help that the stories are not in chronological order at all.

First were The Fairon Chronicles (currently being rewritten), the apparently completely unrelated The Dimension Chronicles (to be rewritten afterward), The Last Apocalypse (to be undeleted and rewritten), which introduced us to several new characters. The stories were first unified about halfway through their writing, which set in motion a whole chain of chaos and confusion.

From there began The Darkness Returns (which is finished, but will not be uploaded yet, as I want to finish the rewrite of TFC first), which showed that there was a whole world beyond the MU. The creators set about expanding this world with The Collection Chronicles (which I think will be rewritten), War with the Kodax (to be rewritten), Revenge of the Rogue (to be rewritten as a short story), Gigas Magna: Underworld (to be restarted), The Hunt for Antidax (to be very, very, heavily rewritten) and The Bounty Hunter Wars, which are absolutely not in chronological order here at all. Further complicating things were the (currently deleted) stories Planet of Shadows, Dark Forces, and Shadowlands, which were begun and then canceled. (Hopefully, these, too, will be rewritten.)

To add to the confusion, the Leviathos saga was inducted into the universe, which very nearly messed up the whole timeline when Nightwatcher made an appearance, but it was all sorted out. The incident in question became a popular story, which was around when the GMS first started to get noticed. Now we have one finished novel (The Darkness Returns), three in-progress ones (The Bounty Hunter Wars, Nightfall, The Fairon Chronicles, and Shadows of the Great Beings), but perhaps more importantly, an article to make sense of this all.

Wow, that was quite a mouthful...

Shadow of Ages
Am I the only admin left alive other than TheSlicer? Jareroden97's been gone for three days now, and Chicken Bond has departed on a long trip. Anyway, I've realized the Main Page hasn't been updated in...three weeks, so I've taken it upon myself to write this.

So what do we have here? The legendary organization, known as the Shadow of Ages, who has apparently been around since the creation of the cult's leader, Millennium. After their plans were delayed for many, many years due to a massive battle between Millennium and Mersery, they began to re-emerge during the war between the Makuta and the Order of Mata Nui. Now, they plot to rule Spherus Magna. And if that's not enough, they also plan to- No, I'm not giving away their true plot, a secret that is known to only two other beings in the multiverse besides me. * cue maniacal laugh*

But enough said on the organization's background. Like all of Chicken Bond's articles, which I consider the paragons of all articles on CBW, this is an awesomely written page. Despite the fanon storyline, it follows the plot of the main BIONICLE storyline faithfully, only adding and not rewriting. This article looks as good as those on BS01. Seriously, it's that well-written.

Unlike all of my own articles, which I must now depart to fix. Good-bye.

Ihu
Ah, Ihu. A Matoran, Toa, and Turaga. The protagonist of the Legacy Chronicles saga. By the time I joined this wiki, Ihu's stories some of the most popular on the site. And even I sometimes feel overrated compared to Ihu (the user, not the MOC). But enough said on writing, etc... There will be enough time to discuss that in the FS. Recently, Ihu's page went through an update by his creator. Now it actually covers his history very, very well. Much better then many pages on this wiki, it mostly, if not completely, meets the MoS requirements. On a wiki like this, where hundreds of users create a single page and then vanish forever, this is a rare accomplishment. (Well, hopefully one day all our pages will meet the MoS requirements). Not to mention that the character is epic. (He actually cheated death. Kinda like Silencer. ).

* Begins to advertise.*

Shadowplayer
Alpha was originally a Ta-Matoran living in Techno-Nui, who was at one point forced to flee to Metric Nui with his friends. Seven of these friends later became the Toa Elementals, of which he was the eighth member.

During the Metric Nui War, Alpha was almost killed in a vehicle crash. He was found and nursed back to health by a pair of beings, but the trauma of abandonment by his team made him go insane and begin a maniacal rampage throughout the island.

The Order of Mata Nui later invited him to join them. However, the death of his mentor Antharix shell-shocked Alpha into losing control again, and he killed a Matoran. In doing so, he drew the attention of the Shadowed One, who recognized his potential as the Order had and brought him to join the Dark Hunters. It was then that he took the name "Shadowplayer."

To earn his trust, Shadowplayer allowed the Shadowed One to infect him with demon blood, causing his inner shadow to mutate him. Over time, the Shadowed One began to trust him as the best of his servants and promoted him to right-hand man, though he secretly continued working for the Order of Mata Nui.

Shadowplayer later traveled on a three-year journey to outer space in search of the lost Kanohi Kranix, only for him to be betrayed and murdered by X1.

Mersery
A Mersion, Mersery was once a scientist on Versuva, one of the greatest in the island's history. However, his species was enslaved by the warlord Alxor, and Mersery was forced to serve him as an engineer. He later escaped to join the Hand of Artakha, and managed to convince them to overthrow the tyrant.

When the Hand was disbanded, Mersery returned to Versuva to serve in the Council of Eight until it, too, was disbanded. Some time later, he was approached by Helryx and offered membership in the Order of Mata Nui, which he accepted. Over time, he made a name for himself as a top scientist and eventually became one of Helryx's advisors, participating in major events such as the Time Slip.

At one point, Mersery became the subject of an experiment to create an operative similar to Voporak who could track down the Kanohi Vahi should it ever be created. He gained time-based powers, though was unable to control them properly. During an investigation of a time-based project on the island of Chrone, he defeated the being known as Millennium, leader of the Shadow of Ages, who vowed revenge on him.

During the Destiny War, Mersery supported the Order's efforts mostly off of the front lines, later surviving Makuta Teridax's takeover of the Matoran universe, helping Versuva fend off Rahkshi attacks until the island eventually fell. After Teridax's eventual defeat, he and the rest of the universe's inhabitants evacuated to Spherus Magna, where he witnessed the founding of a new civilization.

His continuing adventures can be seen in the story serial Journeys of Darkness.

Verex
Native to the world of Spherus Magna, Verex was a nameless Skrall who fought in the Core War as the second-in-command of Stronius' legion. After the Shattering, his kind was stranded on Bara Magna's Black Spike Mountains, where he came into confrontation with the shapeshifting Baterra. Tuma named him after he alerted him to the danger they posed, and when the Baterra overpowered them, they fled south to Roxtus, where Tuma began devising a plan to dominate the local villages.

Verex objected to Tuma's plan, which resulted in him being left for dead in the wastelands, where he was mutated into a bizarre, reptilian form. He was then picked up by Ranzesk and Drex, who together began traveling to Roxtus as part of Verex's quest for vengeance, only to be captured by Inzek and taken to the Endolise Tribe. After learning of the disappearance of several of their villagers, Verex agreed to help find them.

Much later, he joined the Bara Magna social system as a freelance Glatorian, offering his services to whoever could pay him or help him damage the Skrall's plans. Declining an invitation from the Society of Guardians, he and his companions continued their investigations into the abductions until they allowed themselves to be captured and taken to the hideout of Skirvex. He attempted to use Antidermis to force Verex to join his organization, but he was rescued by his friends and a number of Society agents, who cured him of his Antidermis infection at the Sanctuary. After being convinced to aid the Society, Verex was put into a team intent on finding Skirvex.

His adventures across Bara Magna continue in the ongoing stop-motion series Sands of Change and Society of Guardians.

Dark Empire War
The Dark Empire War, also known as the Spherus Magna Civil War, was a massive conflict between the legions of the Shadow of Ages, the Empire of Shadows, and the Shadowy Ones (Which had united to form the Dark Empire), and a band of resistance fighters, which occurred between 1101 AGC - 1107 AGC. The conflict's histories can be traced back to the years immediately following the battle with Teridax, when the Dark Empire seized power over the scattered villages and mega-cities in several major battles. By the time of 1101 AGC, most of the rebellion had been crushed, with many of the remaining champions of light and their allies hidden in Atero, where they believed no one would find them. At first, the resistance's attacks barely affected the Empire at all, and many of the general populace simply believed they were having "heated political discussions" with the rebels. Behind the scenes, however, the Empire's generals, Dredzek, Skorpix, and Sovnoron were actively sending their forces out to terminate the resistance under the guise they carrying out "further law enforcement." For many years, the resistance would oppose the Empire, and many skirmishes occurred during this time, including a battle that resulted in the destruction of Tesara and the occupation of Vulcanus. However, tensions snapped when Jareroden and Benjarmin clashed in the Black Spike Mountains. Soon after, the Empire acquired the Kanohi Ignika, and, breaking all pretense of "law enforcement", sanctioned active raids on Atero and massive battles in the Northern Frost, Great Jungle, and Iron Canyon.

Slowly, the rebellion gained more and more success, and finally met the Imperial army and the dreaded emperors, Millennium, Eostra, and the Dark Lord. In the contemporaneous battles of Bota Magna and Creep Canyon, the resistance captured the Emperors, exiling them into the Confusion Dimension, and forced the Imperial Army to retreat. Soon after, the rebels destroyed the Imperial Army outside Roxtus, and the Empire crumbled in on itself as ambitious warlords and despots seized power over sections of land. The war would drag on for six more years as the resistance, eventually reorganized into the Collectives of Light, combated warlords in Aqua Magna, violent insurrections in the Valley of the Maze, and several larger battles against powerful warlords Xaxis and Kulant. These battles prompted the Collectives to send war hero Toa Jareroden to hunt down and wipe out the remnants of the Empire. While he was initially successful, his most recent challenges against the Dark Empire have led him to believe, as the Emperors themselves did, that something far darker is playing with the destiny of Spherus Magna.

Conqueror
The Zarak known as Conqueror was once a high-ranking general in the Xevthian Empire. After the Empire's collapse, he worked as a guard on the island of Marzak until he was captured and forced to work as a gladiator. However, he eventually managed to escape to his homeland, only to find it in ruins.

Swearing revenge on the League of Six Kingdoms, he joined forces with Toa Akatark to form an army to fight back against the League, while secretly forming the Society of Guardians behind the scenes. Unfortunately, before his efforts could come to fruition, his armies were obliterated by the Brotherhood of Makuta. He survived, later joining the Dark Hunters, only to be killed during an assassination attempt on the Shadowed One.

He was later revived through unknown means, creating the Dark Brotherhood, which later joined the Order of Mata Nui in the Destiny War. He is currently involved in efforts to usurp Makuta Teridax as ruler of the universe, the details of which are chronicled in the stop-motion series Society of Guardians.

Jareroden
Once a Matoran of iron and magnetism living on the island of Tersvranem. When Benjarmin was assigned to monitor the island and eventually took it over, Jareroden led a resistance against him, fighting Benjarmin's numerous robotic creations.

Years later, Jareroden was given a Toa stone by Taro, the ex-leader of Benjarmin's former Toa Hagah team, which transformed him into a Toa of magnetism and iron. He was later recruited into the Order of Mata Nui, and spent several years undergoing grueling training. He eventually became one of its most elite servants, and was placed in charge of an Order Toa team, the Toa Rhama.

During the Destiny War, Jareroden became a field commander, and went on several key missions for the Order. Due to the nature of the war with the Brotherhood, Helryx allowed Jareroden to become a full-time member of the Order. He later participated in the Battle of Destral, where he engaged his nemesis Benjarmin, but the Makuta was able to escape.

Jareroden was able to attach a homing beacon to Makuta Gorak, allowing the Toa Rhama to track them to Karda Nui. After several battles there, Jareroden and his allies escaped to the Southern Continent shortly before the energy storms erupted, where they decided that they needed to continue their hunt for Benjarmin and his remaining allies.

After Makuta Teridax successfully took over the Matoran universe, the Rhama took up residence in an abandoned Dark Hunter fortress. Upon news of Toa Hipory's capture, Jareroden set out to one of the Southern Islands on a mission to rescue him. His ongoing adventures are chronicled in The Jareroden Saga.

Tollubo
An Av-Matoran in the Matoran universe, Tollubo was relocated to the island of Krennato-Nui during the Time Slip, only to be forced to leave due to a Visorak invasion. After a series of adventures, he wound up on Destral, where he was made into Makuta Blazrox's aide.

He later managed to escape the island upon discovering the nature of Teridax's plan to conquer the world, and hid for a number of years until the Order of Mata Nui recruited him. One of his missions as part of the group was to help reawaken Mata Nui, though the issue was rendered moot when Makuta Rotam destroyed the Great Spirit's mind.

Tollubo and his companions were forced to evacuate the Matoran universe for Bara Magna, only to quickly realize that Rotam had set himself up as a conqueror on the desert world. With the aid of Betak's Order of Tollubo, they began a campaign to stop him, which ultimately culminated in all-out war. Tollubo was killed in the final battle, only to be resurrected by mysterious forces.

Along with Rotam, Tollubo and his companions were pulled into the underworld of Tethys, where he helped lead the remaining members of the Order of Tollubo to war against Makuta Karabak's army. In the process, Tollubo was transformed into a Toa of light.

His ongoing adventures are chronicled in the story serial Whispers in the Dark by Matoro1.

Inzek
The daughter of the legendary Water Tribe warrior Ankum on Spherus Magna, Inzek was trained for many years by her father in the ways of combat, becoming one of his greatest pupils. Eventually, Inzek and her father signed up into the army of the Element Lord of Water when the great Core War was ignited over the discovery of Energized Protodermis. Towards the end of the war, she was sent to capture a second Energized Protodermis spring in the Black Spike Mountains with her father, though before they could claim it in a mighty battle with several other tribes, the Shattering occurred, stranding them on the newly formed world of Bara Magna. Not long after, Inzek and Ankum united several other survivors and veterans of the war into forming the Endolise Tribe, and even after enduring a long and harsh winter, the tribe decided to remain banded together in their village of Endolise.

During this time, Inzek was intentionally exposed to a mutagenic substance that transformed her into bizarre, winged form. Despite her new appearance, she was still accepted by her tribe, and they soon moved to a new village they named New Endolise. She later journeyed with a similarly mutated Skrall named Verex and his companions to hunt down a missing villager named Gaqual, sharing many adventures in the wastelands of Bara Magna. Eventually, she began investigating the mysterious Glatorian Abductions with Rojek and Drukzen on behalf of their tribe, eventually joining up with the group behind it all, the Gatherers. More recently, she went to visit Verex and his allies in the Sanctuary, and instead stumbled across the mysterious Society of Guardians, who enlisted her help in their struggles with the Gatherers. They then infiltrated their fortress and rescued Verex and his allies and his captives, and returned to the Sanctuary, where they broke off into two teams to hunt down the Gatherers and its master, Skirvex.

Her adventures can be seen in the ongoing series Sands of Change and ''Society of Guardians...

Combat forms
This week's featured article is not a. Nor is it a being. But it is something all characters will use - combat forms! Yes, all characters will use a variety of combat forms, ranging from the classic forms, Lihte, Napad (the form our friend Nightwatcher here uses), Vauhti, Guokte, Kracht, Sila and Tera, the unorthodox forms, Aquaros, Dag, Ruch, Tanavi, Texiten, Unorthodox Tera, Ushiroken, Zenatari, Iaijutsu, Sileno, and other weapons. The most famous combat form, being that of Makuta and Nightwatcher, is called Napad. It consists of moves to fight against a sword bearer, and is mostly offensive. Another popular character, Skorr, uses the combat form of Dag, which is a combination of sword skills and firearm use.

Now I'll run out of space if I list the details of all glorious these combat forms, so that's it for now.

Dark Empire
It seems CBW's dictators staff, including myself, have been quite lazy in updating the main page, eh? But the incompetence of your overlords admins does not fit into the context of this.

This time, our FA is the Dark Empire, the primary antagonistic faction of Dark Realities (which I helped write! :D). The structure of this page is quite well put together, with a detailed analysis of the Empire's dark history, it's eventual fall, it's members, and it's infrastructor and armies.

As well, it gives an exceptionally well written quote to summarize the Empire's goals.

That is all for now, so get back to editing, you get cookies for it!

Vorox (Echo 1)
Originally, the Vorox were proud Glatorian and Agori of the Sand Tribe. At some point in time, the Great Being known as Terronce began performing experiments on the species. These experiments caused the Vorox to gain a more bestial appearance, including claws and a stinger tail. During the Core War, the Vorox fought with their Sand Glatorian counterparts under the banner of the Element Lord of Sand. Many of the "pure" Glatorian of the Sand Tribe were wiped out, leaving only the Vorox (and their Agori subspecies, the Zesk) to fight for the tribe.

During the Shattering, in which Spherus Magna broke apart, most Vorox were stranded on the Bara Magna fragment, where they soon became isolated from normal Glatorian and Agori society. This led to the Vorox being excommunicated by the usual social system, and having a more bestial appearance, the Vorox eventually evolved into their own culture and race. They developed their own language, and also began a nomadic style of life, as to keep from being raided by the Bone Hunters.

Although most Agori considered the Vorox to have devolved into a bestial form, most Vorox maintained their intelligence. The belief that they were primitive circulated because most Vorox that were encountered were either hunters, who would do anything to get their clan food; or exiles, who just wanted to be left alone.

The Vorox have a complex rank system, divided into clans, known to the other Glatorian as "packs" Although each clan has their own idea of how their area should live, they mostly function similarly. The clans are lead by a single chieftain, who has the power to declare war on other clans and move the clan from its current location if needed. The chieftain is then kept in check by a council, which is formed of the higher-ranking families in the clan. A chieftain can also be vacated if he is defeated by another member of the clan.

The Vorox have multiple rites, such as the Pilgramage Hunt, the Rite of the Soldier, and the Alpha Rite, and have a complex naming system as well. The Vorox have also been known to domesticate a few species of animals that aid them on hunts. The most commonly used are the Vorhounds and Ebon Hawks, which are both excellent hunting animals. The Rock Steed is also known to be used by a few Vorox clans.

Fortress of Ages
The Fortress of Ages is a large stronghold that floats through the Black Void pocket dimension. It was created when, after being flung back in time by the Kanohi Vahi, Toa Akatark and his allies came across the Black Void pocket dimension and decided to create his fortress in it. After constructing it, Akatark began using it as the Society of Guardians' headquarters.

Several members of the Society of Guardians later arrived here for a meeting with their leader, Akatark. Akatark later used the fortress to monitor Toa Hydros and Makuta Verahk' activities in Karda Nui. Once they left Karda Nui, Akatark left Mersery in charge of the fortress while he returned to Karda Nui. Later on, Akatark teleported Hydros' allies into the fortress and sent many of them to the main chamber while Akatark and a few others dealt with Verahk on the isle of Mata Nui.

After Mata Nui awoke, Akatark and the others returned to the fortress and offered Hydros and his allies along with several other inhabitants of Bara Magna membership into the Society of Guardians.

The Fortress of Ages is remarkably well-made. It is created from some of the toughest rock and metals in existence, and is protected at all times by a large energy field that surrounds the fortress and the rock that is its foundation.

The main gate of the fortress is shaped like a giant Kanohi Hau. On either side of the main gate are large catapult-like weapons, as well as energy cannons. Atop the fortress is a large tower equipped with a catapult, an energy cannon, and a larger version of a Cordak Blaster. The Fortress of Ages remains the headquarters of the Society of Guardians today.

Magnon
Magnon was a good-natured Toa of Magnetism from Primordius Magna. He began his life as a Matoran inventor from Metru Minor.

Before the Civil War, Magnon worked as an inventor in his home Metru. Although he enjoyed his work, and had numerous brilliant ideas, many of his inventions were flawed. However, as time went by, Magnon grew in experience, and thus, he was recognized for his talent. Most notable among his early works was the Exo-Suit, a manually piloted robotic frame.

Despite the fact Magnon had numerous employees, whom carried out research and development, under his direction, Magnon received a majority of the legal attribution to his inventions. However, his employees did not take kindly to this, and went on strike. Nearly all Magnon's employees were fired, and Marltax & Krikk Ltd. ended up filing for bankruptcy.

Searching in vain for new employees, Magnon traveled to around several islands, showcasing his inventions. During an exhibition on the island of Odinax, Magnon met a Ta-Matoran named Shanohn, and in the following days, the two of them grew to become best friends. Shanohn was a practiced smelter, as metalwork was a hobby of his, and therefore, was hired by the inventor.

As inseparable as the two friends may have been, when Kronaxx took over, and cilvil war was declared, each chose to fight for their homeland. Whilst Shanohn went off to aid the Fellowship of Kentis Nui in their defense of Odinax, Magnon enlisted in the Metru Minor Army, thus as a whole, became a member of the Confederate Empire of Shadows' army. Although Magnon may have been recognized as a talented inventor back home, in the army, he received no such recognition, and therefore was made a spy for the army.

78 years after the Primordius Magna Civil War, whist he, Shanohn, and Romulus were practicing their swordplay, they were kidnapped by two vortixx, and taken to Camp Arcajax. Once there, he, Shanohn, and Romulus were given a tour by the resident camper Ferrum.

On his first night at the camp, Magnon had a vision, although, at the time, he thought it was a regular nightmare. In this vision, magnon found himself in the Primordius Magna Underworld, walking through a dark cavern. Whilst walking through the cavern, Magnon heard a voice, that cut into his head like a knife. Although he did not know it, the voice was that of Narcisca, Lord of the Dead, demanding to know the location of the Great Toa Stone.When Magnon awoke, his mind was constantly raked with flashbacks from his "dream."

Glon (Fractures Alternate Universe)
In the Fractures Alternate Universe, the Av-Matoran known as Glon initially lived out his life like his alternate counterpart in the prime reality did, having been created by the Great Beings to help in the construction of the Matoran Universe before colonizing Karda Nui. Eventually, he was one of the Av-Matoran who was scattered by the Order of Mata Nui during the Time Slip, and was placed on the Northern Continent, disguised as a Ta-Matoran, where his memories of his previous life were erased.

The timelines between the Glon of the prime reality and the Glon of the Fractures reality differentiated when they volunteered to support the Toa defending Metru Nui during the Toa/Dark Hunter War. Unlike his other self, who survived the war, the Glon of this universe and a Toa of Earth named Varna were killed by a mysterious being whilst delivering a Toa Stone to Po-Metru. Glon died from blunt trauma after being shot by the killer's harpoon.

Despite his death, Glon still played an important role in the web of things. Approximately 2,000 years later, Makuta Karabak discovered Glon's body, and chose to hide the Kanohi Vahi in his pack before reburying him again. Much later, 3,002 years after his death, Glon's body was discovered by a number Matoran archeologists in the Canyon of Unending Whispers, who excavated him and discovered the Vahi in his pack. His body has since been moved to a pathology lab under the supervision of the Po-Matoran Danza.

Zallirix
Zallirix's past is largely unknown, but it is known that he has been a bounty hunter for a long time. He, at one point, was hired by Makuta Burtok to aid in the Avenging Alliance's destruction. He ended up killing Kanahka, but was defeated by Levuku and thought to be dead.

He later was encountered on Altronia, but since no one had known his name when he attacked the first time, no one knew who he was. Later, he was captured in an attempt to break out, but he escaped, and his actions reminded Levuku of Kanahka's murderer, thus revealing that Zallirix was Levuku's sworn enemy. Levuku tried to kill him, but Faxhuun restrained them both, with Zallirix being recaptured, much more permanently this time. After this, Zallirix was reduced to running errands for Altronia operatives and doing menial labor whenever it was needed, or just wanted.

He soon found out that a pair of rocket pack prototypes were being perfected, and decided to steal one. He managed to steal the one with stabilizers and went for a joyride. He surprised Rajal, Nytrix, and other who tried to detain him with his skill, and almost escaped. He tried to make Levuku back down by demoralizing him, but instead Levuku promised Zallirix the fight of his life. This Levuku did, and they eventually wound up fighting on the walkway on top of Altronia Fortress's walls, and, once they locked weapons, Zallirix began pushing Levuku back. Levuku managed to defeat Zallirix using his Mask of Quick Travel, and Zallirix was wrapped up in and burned by Nytrix's tentacles as punishment.

Freztrak
Freztrak was originally a thief on his home island of Zakaz. Freztrak was later part of Makuta Spiriah's failed experiments 75,000 years ago on the Skakdi in an attempt to create an army. As a result of the Makuta's tampering, Freztrak and the other Skakdi were altered into a violent, destructive race. Some time after this, Freztrak was elected leader of a large Skakdi tribe. He then proceeded to establish his territory within the northern regions of Zakaz, and eventually designated a Skakdi warrior named Serhaktem as his right-hand man. Eventually he was brought into contact with the Order of Mata Nui, which he joined, carrying out many missions with them during his time as a member.

Freztrak was later ordered by Helryx to assemble his forces and follow Brutaka and Axonn to an island in one of the southern chains of the universe. Upon arriving, the group discovered large contingents of Rahkshi. While Axonn and Brutaka busied themselves searching for a mysterious location on the island, Freztrak and the other warlords led their forces into battle with the Rahkshi. Though the Rahkshi retaliated fiercely, and managed to cut down a number of the opposing forces, the Skakdi eventually mustered up enough rage to fight back, and quickly smashed through the Rahkshi's ranks.

Later, Makuta Teridax took control of Mata Nui's body, and subsequently the entire Matoran Universe as a result. Fearing he would be targeted due to his association with the Order, Freztrak severed his ties with his former allies and retreated to his hideout on Zakaz. Eventually he was forced to surrender, and he was pressed into Teridax's army, which was then released onto the surface of the planet Bara Magna.

Now unable to turn back, Freztrak was left with no choice but to aid Teridax in his fight against Mata Nui and the inhabitants of Bara Magna. In the subsequent battle, Teridax and his allies were defeated, and Freztrak fled. Eventually, after seeing a mysterious ghost-like figure among the remnants of the Rock Tribe, he he and a Glatorian named Soalaz encountered the Mersery, prompting Flardrek to reveal his tale.

His adventures are chronicled in the ongoing story serial Journeys of Darkness.

Mudro
Like all other Glatorian, Mudro came into being on Spherus Magna, where he spent his early life in the army of the Element Lord of Water.Mudro would later participate in the Core War following the discovery of Energized Protodermis in the Planet's Core. However, the Energized Protodermis substance was highly unstable and led to The Shattering occurring as a result of increased mining activity. Mudro took shelter during this Cataclysm and ended up being kept on Bara Magna - unlike a number of unfortunate other warriors who were trapped on Bota Magna.

Following the Shattering, Mudro returned to Tajun to find it in turmoil. The warrior did what he could to help his village to rebuild itself. Even in the days following the Core War, Mudro was regarded as an outcast due to his lonely, somber nature.

However, Mudro began to feel disengaged and had frequent problems with his own spiritual emptiness. It soon became apparent to him that he did not perceive emotions in the same way as others. Wanting to put this theory to the test, the male Glatorian took his neighbor's pet to one of Tajun's orchards and strangled it, just to see how it felt. It hadn't bothered him at all. When the Sand Fox did not return to its owner that night she became worried, asking Mudro if he had seen it, noticing the scratches on his arms but foolishly accepting his explanation that he had brushed against a wild Spikit. His neighbor had been an intelligent Glatorian but she had not wanted to think the worst of him. Instead she had simply replaced the Sand Fox the very next day and the problem was put behind them, allowing Mudro to walk away from his first murder.

Mudro opposed Glatorian Certavus' Social System as he felt it took away his few rights by forcing him to join the Water Tribe with the majority of his fellow Core War allies. The other members of the tribe despised him at first sight but had known better than to annoy him. However, the village elder developed a deep dislike for the Glatorian.

Shortly after his integration into the tribe, Mudro had been handed a spear and a crudely-made Thornax Launcher then been told to fight for his puny tribe, as if it were a matter of nobility or some moral obligation to pummel a fellow member of his species in front of hundreds of cheering, "blood-thirsty" spectators. At the first chance he got Mudro had tried to rebel, only to end up stabbing one of his Glatorian colleagues outside Tajun's arena. Seeking only the slightest reason to kick him out of the tribe and exile him, the village's leader had exploded in rage and banished Mudro to the wastelands.

Metru Nui (Echo 1)
For once, I'm not going to write a long summary of the article. Or discuss the quality and content of the page, which surpasses most on site. Or talk about the astounding 29,875 bytes of incredible information about the city of Metru Nui in the Echoverse. Or rave about how the creator, Echo 1, is an amazingly good author to have constructed such a page.

Come to think of it, I'm not going to even go into detail about the article itself, which discusses not only the city's long history, but the species inhabiting the city, the society, military, districts, transportation, sports, social interactions, religions, and much, much more. I won't say anything more, except go read the page!. This is a comprehensive, well constructed article, the standards expected by the Manual of Style met and exceeded, a rarity on this wiki these days. The information is well structured and presented, especially the detailed later sections of the page.

There, I managed to tell you everything about the page, without even giving anything everything away.

I feel better now.

Shadowmaster
The dark entity known as Shadowmaster is a mysterious and powerful creature born from darkness. With his nature and character based around the concept of evil, Shadowmaster views himself as the true embodiment of people's inner darkness. Originally a powerful deity who fell from grace and into exile, Shadowmaster chose to reconsolidate his power as he waited in the shadows of the multiverse, waiting for his opportunity to come. As he schemed to return to the core universe and claim dominance, Shadowmaster initiated an experiment which ended with the creation of the five creatures he named the Deities, powerful beings who he originally planned would rule alongside him. Eventually, he was forced to turn on his creations when they rebelled, with all but one leaving his side.

Centuries passed, and Shadowmaster eventually became the supreme ruler of a shadowy force known as the Fallen Empire, a group created to aid him in his pursuit of universal domination. From there, he initiated a number of schemes to bring him closer to his goal, such as establishing the Chaos Arena and breaking down the barriers that divided the parallel universes and timelines that made up the multiverse. Both of these attempts did not succeed as Shadowmaster had hoped. Due to events played out in the war against Shadowmaster, the dark puppeteer was betrayed and fell from power again after his mortal form was destroyed. Since then, Shadowmaster has been drifting in the darkness, though it is believed he even