Good Point. It’s a little confusion how his armor would have the dye leech out of it during his transformation but it’s plausible. However Lhikan also manages to recognize Nidhiki while mutated. Granted Greg even mentions that Lhikan had likely heard Rumors of what happened and would recognize his voice, it also makes sense that he would recognize the unchanged torso from his former brother.
He’s green, but did Greg ever say he’s one shade of green? Metru green and mata green, for example, should be fair game, I think.
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He said Nidhiki was Emerald, a color used for only him and Karzahani. He also says on2 separate times Nidhiki is Mono-Green
And yes Greg also mentions in the above quote that he misremembered Iruini’s colors. However Mata Green is technically possible but even one of the Piraka to be Emerald.
Feel free to ask if anything is missing, I might have the quote or link
Also for anyone wondering what the order of cannon-ness is, this page is what I personally use to double check what details to use:
https://wiki.thegreatarchives.com/index.php/TheGreatArchives:Tiers_of_Canonicity
Also keep in mind stuff can be changed later if a contest forgets a quote like the Toa Hagah not all wielding spears according to Greg.
And the second one lists Lewa as an example. Who has also been described as Emerald, despite having lime green.
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To which later he further explains Nidhiki is not Dual Colored.
And yes he includes Lewa but as with the Iruini thing he means he is Mono colored but misspoke.
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I think you’re adding your own interpretations here.
Nowhere did Greg say Nidhiki was one consistent shade of green.
From context clues it’s pretty blatant what he means is that Nidhiki has no non-green secondary colour.
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So the most strict canonical interpretation of Nidhiki would be this (except with a green mask and black shield chestplate) (and a scythe of course)
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Here you go:
Birth of a Dark Hunter - Emerald Armor
“Toa Nidhiki leaped down and landed beside his comrade. His emerald armor was scarred and pitted from countless battles.”
“Nidhiki glanced from the new gash in his emerald armor to his foe.”
Emerald Mask
“8. was nidhiki’s voltiak silver?
8) Not to my knowledge, no, it would have been green.”
*"3. I just found out that Nidhiki’s Kanohi was emerald in color. Did all members of Lhikan’s Team have Gemstone/rare ore-colored kanohi, or is this just a random coincedence?
- Emerald in this case is another word for green. We weren’t intending it as a rare Kanohi"*
Nidhiki is Mono-Green or “Emerald”. Look I originally wanted another color but as I said before, you can still draw in the lines and make something amazing.
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Here you go:
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and he then said he also considers Lewa mono green, in the other quote you provided.
You can’t just pick and choose the pieces of evidence that support your side.
Mono-green means all green. It does not mean entirely the same shade of green.
EDIT: The quote Willes provided also shows that Emerald can refer to three different shades of green (Mata, Lime, Metru)
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Look he also said he wasn’t dual-colored. If he meant dual colored he would have said “Nidhiki is dual-colored, like Lhikan”
I think Greg just didn’t think of other ways to describe Green tbh. From memory there are discrepancies when he is even describing existing characters, like the Lewa quote above.
It’s his writing style that he does not describe the visual elements in depth, which isn’t a bad thing per say but is hard for us visualising them years later.
I suspect most models will have black on them anyway as a secondary colour as it is more available for technic made areas.
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This what I mean. Greg also dosent have the best track record of remembering things correctly like the whole “Rahi revived on the Red Star thing”
Really, what is the more sensible assumption here?
That Greg didn’t remember the colors of Lewa, one of the main six Toa?
Or that by “not dual-colored” he means “not silver/green”?
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We know greg descirbes Lewa, a model consisting of lime and mata green as emerald armored
we have a quote where Greg describes Lewa as not being Dual colored
It’s pretty obvious in this case that by Dual-colored greg meant he had no non-elemental armor colour. as in no metallic armor like Lhikan who is the only benchmark he provides for what constitutes dual-coloured.
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Uh Lewa has Metallic armor:
Look this is just Occam’s Razor
Jumping in quickly to say, our stance is in agreement that Greg meant colors and not hues. Lewa is monochromatic, not dual colored. That is how Nidhiki would be interpreted. That said, people are welcome to enter Nidhiki’s with or without different hues.
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