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| Mahri Nui (Afterverse) | |
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Bottom of the Voya Nui Bay
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Intact, Occupied
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| Pronunciation |
MAH-ree NOO-ee
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| Mahri Nui (Afterverse) contains spoilers.
This article contains spoilers for Rock Bottom: Remastered. Continue reading at your own risk. |
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Mahri Nui is a Matoran city that sank into the Voya Nui Bay some time after the Great Cataclysm.
History[]
Mahri Nui was built on the coast of Voya Nui shortly after the Great Cataclysm. Originally a series of wooden huts supported by underwater framework and dried magma formations, it quickly became the "capital" of Voya Nui, the center of trade and commerce for the entire island. Soon buildings constructed of stone and metals were erected, and plans were made to move the entire population of Voya Nui into the safety of the city.
However, several months before the mass immigration directive began, an earthquake shook the city loose and it slid into the bay, leaving nothing more than a few huts on the beach. Those living on Voya Nui believed those in the city when in sunk to be dead, and took it as a sign that the Great Spirit had turned his back on them. Every full moon, they drop parcels of supplies into the bay to honor the Matoran lost in the calamity.
However, the city was not lost. It had simply sunk down to the bottom of the bay, where it stirred up the airweed and created several large Air Domes around itself. While many Matoran died, several hundred survived the plunge. These survivors began to formulate plans to return to the island, but no Matoran was able to survive the swim to the surface. Left with no alternative, they began to rebuild the city on the sea floor.
Life at the Bottom of the Bay[]
A little over a decade later, the population of Mahri Nui had been reduced to just over a hundred. Predators and mutagenic seawater had thinned their numbers over the years, but they had stabilized and set up a society in which they could survive, and the amount of deaths had decreased substantially since the early days.
Then Vampire Squid from the Black Water attacked the sentry Kyrehx and would have killed her if not for the arrival of Lemiddus. In response, the Captain of the Mahri Nui Sentinels, the Po-Matoran Dekar lead an expedition to discover what had driven the squid from their natural habitat. Using an experimental submersible, Dekar, the submersible's inventor Defilak, fellow Sentinel Sarda, and fellow inventor Feton descened into the Black Water. To their surprise, they found a Toa of Ice free floating and just barely alive, mostly untouched by the mutagen in the water. Just after they pulled him into their submersible they were attacked by Kalmah, who killed Sarda before they could escape.
Meanwhile, Lemiddus spotted the Kanohi Ignika floating down from the surface and carried it back to the city, but not before it could touch a microscopic crustacean creature and begin to transform it into a temporary guardian for itself. Unaware that holding the Ingika in his possession cursed him to electrify anyone who touched him, Lemiddus took it to Idris, the second in command of the Sentinels, in hopes it might be able to help heal Kyrehx. But when Lemiddus attempted to hand the Ignika over, it began to seed paranoia in his mind. Idris was concerned by Lemiddus' sudden change in behavior and attempted to stop him from leaving with the help of Kyros, but the Ko-Matoran was killed when he lunged at Lemiddus.
Frightened by the increasingly dissonant thoughts creeping into his mind, Lemiddus ran to Defilak's workshop, hoping to find something to destroy the Ignikia. He was confronted by Kyros, who had not died and instead been granted dangerous energy powers and now desired the Ingika to fuel them. The two exchanged blows before they were interrupted by the return of Dekar's expedition, giving Kyros and opening to kill Lemiddus and flee the workshop, with Dekar and Defilak vowing to find him and stop him. Dekar used his authority to name Defilak the temporary Council Leader in charge of Mahri Nui until they could catch Kyros and stop Kalmah.
By this point, the microscopic creature had grown into a massive beast intent on finding the Ignika. Idris rallied the Sentinels to attempt to defend the city against the creature, armed with Zamor Sphere launchers filled with pure air, which Lemiddus and Kaira had discovered was toxic to the creatures around the city. They fought a losing battle against the creature before retreating to the safety of the Air Domes. Sentinels Paka and Aescela chose to stay outside and cover their escape, and act that cost Aescela a leg and Paka his life. Idris, enraged by the deaths of her fellow Sentinels, returned to the water to fight the beast on her own in what should've been a suicide mission. Before she could get herself killed, the Toa from the Black Water intervened, dueling with the beast while Idris concocted a plan to kill it. But when the time came, she hesitated to pull the trigger, seeing her own determination to survive reflected back at her. The Toa made the decision for her and used a Kanohi Komau to force her to take the shot and destroy the creature's heart, killing it. He carried her oxygen starved body back to the city, where the Kaira treated her wounds as she passed out.
Later, Defilak discovered that while they were occupied with the creature and Kyros, Kalmah had followed the expedition out of the Black Water and killed and eaten Gar. The distraught Le-Matoran swore vengeance on Kalmah, who unbeknownst to Delfilak watched him from the dark depths below.
Landscape[]
City[]
Located at the base of the giant natural pillar of stone known as the Cord, Mahri Nui is a shadow of the city it once was. The huts are simple and ragged, built after the plunge into the Bay. Any buildings more substantial are ones that survived the sinking to various degrees, from almost complete destruction to relatively unaffected, are reserved for official use, with the exception of Defilak's warehouse, which was given to him as a gift after he restored power to the ancient generator that had not been completely destroyed.
The dominant structure in the city is the Fortress, a massive stone structure containing all the vital components of the city: the Council Chamber, and the Armory. The Fortress is the most structurally sound building in Mahri Nui, though Defilak's warehouse comes in a close second. It is also the most defensible structure in the city.
The entire city is covered by Air Domes, giant bubbles that were created when it crashed into the Fields of Airweed. They are replenished every day during the hour-long harvest of the Hydruka. The Domes have no resistance, allowing matter to pass through their membranes with ease.
Fields of Airweed[]
A vast field of an aquatic weed with the special property that it produces oxygen in large amounts. The land is very flat and empty, reminiscent of a plain on land. The only creatures that inhabit this area naturally are microscopic and small fish and their slightly larger predators.
Every day at the same hour, a few Matoran take a herd of Hydruka out into the fields to harvest air to replenish the Air Domes. This incredibly important work is also very dangerous, and many Matoran have vanished without a trace from the field.
The Black Water[]
A mysterious u-shaped crater that surrounds the city, little is known about the Black Water and what lies within it. The name comes from the pitch black color of the water within, the reason for the lack of knowledge. Before Dekar and Defilak's expedition no Matoran had ever returned from there, and for this reason the matoran think of it as crawling with unspeakable monsters, a hellish sort of place.
The only known inhabitants of the Black Water are the Vampire Squid, a species of cephalopods that suck the life energies out of their victims. They generally don't stray far from the crater, but the presence of Kalmah has forced them to move to the upper levels of the Black Water to find food and escape being devoured. It is also believed that Takea Sharks might use the Black Water as a place of rest between hunts.
Inhabitants[]
Appearances[]
- Rock Bottom (First appearance)
Non-Canon[]
- Black Water
- Rock Bottom, Original Version
- Hellbound
| Matoran Residents of Mahri Nui (v|e) | |||
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Idris • Kaira • Kyrehx • Kyros • Leeta • Lemiddus Mati • Navek • Paka • Reysa • Sarda • Velika • Whevn | |||