Mata Nui (being)

Mata Nui, or Great Spirit, is a robot 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.

Prehistory
Long before the Matoran Universe (Mata Nui's body) was made, Mata Nui's spirit excisted. As a spirit, he was waiting for the construction of his body, which the Great Beings had promised him.

Mata Nui wanted to practice creating things beforehand, so he started off with a planet. It became the First BIONICLE Planet, since it was Mata Nui's first creation. Mata Nui also created a group of Matoran, the First Matoran ever to excist. Mata Nui then created the island of Dromii on the planet so he could put his Matoran there. Dromii rested in the Ocean of Prosperity.

However, since Dromii was Mata Nui's first island, it's understandable that he made a few mistakes creating it. It wasn't strong enough, and started to sink. Day after day the island sank more into the ocean and Matoran were in trouble. Mata Nui sent a vision to a Matoran named Hangi to climb the Mountain of Life. Hangi did that and was confronted by Mata Nui at the top. Mata Nui told Hangi to rescue the Matoran to a land called Manuin, which Mata Nui would create. It would make his spirit collapse, however, and therefore the Matoran needed omeone to take them to their new home. Mata Nui then transformed Hangi into the First Toa ever and disappeared, starting to prepare for the creation of a new land.

Mata Nui later created the Manuin, which caused a huge storm on the Ocean of Prosperity. At this time, Dromii had totally sunk and Hangi was leading the Matoran to Manuin with boats on the ocean. They survived the storm. When it became calm again, they saw a falling star in the sky. This star was Mata Nuis spirit collpasing into a coma from creating Manuin. Few days later, the Matoran and Hangi found Manuin.

Mata Nui remained in a coma for about a millenium, but after that, he awoke from it again. He was back in full power and mind and started preapring for another big move: Rising of Dromii. He went to the First Matoran, ho were living at the Hangi Canyon by now, and gave them 11 assignments. One of them was bringing Hangi back to life, who had died earlier.

At the end of the assignments, the Matoran sailed back to the place where Dromii had rested. Mata Nui then started to rise the island and it rose slowly, causing massive earthquakes on Manuin. Finally, when it was done, Mata Nui made it a livable pace agsin with his powers. The Matoran returned to their home. Mata Nui believed that the Matoran would be safe now, on their old home with the wise Turaga leaders and a few Toa, so he left, promising to come back on the Day of Mata Nui.

Mata Nui then went to the Great Beings, who told him that the body still wasn't ready. Mata Nui got upset by this and went to create another planet, or actually a moon, Moonan. He wanted to try something different so he made the planet hollow inside, it's surface only rock and dust. Inside though, he created lots and lots of domes filled with water.

Mata Nui then created the Na-Matoran, which could not transform into Toa. He placed them into one of the domes, in the Matoran Cave, to live. The Matoran Cave was lighted by a huge Lightstone. Seeing that everything was fine with the Matoran, he left again, only to decide that he would create another planet, the one which we call the BIONICLE Planet. He decided to make it the largest planet ever, but in the midway, got bored. He created the planet and water on it, but no landmasses. However, he placed some Organic Rahi there, trying his skills on creating some of them. Then Mata Nui got an idea.

He created yet another planet, far from his previous one, which he made almost as big as that. He created huge landmasses there and continents. He then created lots of Matoran and other species, along with Rahi to live on the planet. He soon found out that it had been his biggst creation yet, and became pleased. And he became even more so, because he soon got news that his body, the Matoran Universe, was ready. Mata Nui placed his spirit into the body and started to care for the Matoran and creatures inside it. He was very pleased.

Matoran Universe
Mata Nui was revered by the Matoran in his body, and they erected numerous temples and shrines in his honor. He and the Great Beings also made preparations for his possible absence by ensuring that the world wouldn't collapse while he was gone, and providing resources to bring him back if needed. Thusly, the Toa Mata were created as a failsafe if the Great Spirit should ever fall asleep.

Before being awoken, Tren Krom had substituted for Mata Nui in the meantime, operating out of Karda Nui, Mata Nui's "heart." Following Mata Nui's awakening, Energy Storms erupted in Karda Nui. These storms are ever-present while Mata Nui is awake, making it unsafe for any being to be in Karda Nui.}}

Mata Nui created the Makuta species to make Rahi to fill the world, and this race served the Great Spirit as the Brotherhood of Makuta. He also later created the six Barraki species and chose one from each to maintain order, but when the Barraki plotted to usurp Mata Nui, the Brotherhood took action and defeated them.

Within the thousand years afterward, the four hundred year-long Matoran Civil War in the city of Metru Nui began affecting the rest of the world, leading to the Great Disruption and causing Mata Nui to fall ill. A team of Toa led by Jovan traveled to Mount Valmai, claiming the Mask of Life and using it to heal Mata Nui. The Brotherhood of Makuta, meanwhile, forcibly put a stop to the war and ended the Disruption.

Mata Nui became worried by all the things that had been happening to him recently, adn thus, he created a servant, Henkka, and placed him to land on the planet surface, Comic Land, as a Matoran. He was to keep an eye for the universe and do the Henkka's Tasks.

Soon after this, the Makuta rebelled as well. Teridax, supported by the rest of the Brotherhood, used a specialized virus to poison Mata Nui. The poison slowly weakened Mata Nui, and 300 years later he eventually slipped into unconsciousness, and plummeted from space as he was observing the BIONICLE Planet, crashing into the Endless Ocean which covered the planet. His crash landing caused a large-scale catastrophe named the Great Cataclysm. Even so, the Matoran continued to keep their faith in Mata Nui. The result of his crash also caused a malfunction in his camouflage system, which lead to the creation of the island of Mata Nui which covered his face.

During the Cataclysm, the Toa Mata were launched out of their Toa Canisters from the Codrex in Karda Nui to begin their task of restoring Mata Nui; but due to a malfunction in the canisters, they drifted aimlessly for a thousand years, until a beacon was inadvertently created that summoned the Toa to their intended destination.

Unfortunately, the long time had caused Mata Nui's condition to worsen, and he was on the brink of death. The Toa - now transformed by Energized Protodermis and going by the name Toa Nuva - went after the Mask of Life to heal him. However, their destiny was to awaken him, not save his life; a group of Matoran that followed them were transformed into the Toa Inika, and it was they who claimed the mask, and the duty of healing him. As they attempted to keep it from enemies and bring it to Karda Nui, Mata Nui's health finally collapsed and he died. However, fast action by Toa Mahri Matoro was able to revive him before he could be lost completely, at the cost of the Toa's life.

Mata Nui continued to sleep, though his near-death experience plagued him with nightmares of darkness; events that not even he could stop. The Toa Nuva returned to Karda Nui, where they sought the Keystones that detailed how to awaken Mata Nui once more.

At last, the Toa Nuva succeeded in awakening the body of Mata Nui with the Toa Ignika's help, who rose from the endless ocean, his face penetrating and thus destroying the island he had created in his malfunction. However, before his spirit could return to his body, Makuta Teridax took over his body instead, and banished Mata Nui's spirit into the Kanohi Ignika. The Makuta then banished the mask and Mata Nui into outer space to prevent the Great Spirit from finding a way to shut down the body.

As he and the mask flew through space, Mata Nui vowed that he shall return.

Abilities and Traits
Mata Nui is roughly forty million feet (12,000 km.) tall, and is incredibly strong.

Mata Nui is equipped with a camouflage system that instantly engages whenever he lands to observe a place. This produces localized plant flora so as to disguise him. When he crash landed, the system was damaged, and the Energized Protodermis used to create the flora leaked out, triggering the system and disguising him. The Bohrok were designed to clean Mata Nui of all that was produced so he would be able to move freely when he chose to leave.

Mata Nui controls every aspect of the universe within his body, from maintaining gravity, to ensuring heat is present. Though his purpose was to make sure that the elements are stable, he could manipulate them to suit his own desires. Teridax used this to kill the remaining Makuta after he had fully possessed the body.