I actually didn’t know this until now:
At first, I was about to tell you that you were wrong, and that power leeches out of masks during the mask-making process. But then, when I checked the source for that, it turns out it only applied to disks at Level 1-6, and it was backed up by this later statement:
(The ability to increase the size of parts of the body and shrink others could be a potential ability)
I like to believe that Jaller released his Hahnah crab right before the final confrontation with the Barraki. More or less telling his crab to “Go now and save yourself”.
Looks kinda like a 2001 noble mask, TBH
Mostly due to its simplistic design.
This is a really interesting theory. There’s not a ton of evidence for it, but there’s also nothing against it, and it creates links between more parts of the story.
I recently came across some Greg Quotes asking about the concept of “Toa-Kal”, and, after thinking about it for a bit, I realized that, from a story perspective, it makes more sense for the Toa Nuva to actually be Toa-Kal, rather than Energized-Protodermis-enhanced Toa.
For starters, the Toa Nuva’s transformation is pretty underwhelming when compared to other Energized Protodermis transformations seen in the story. The change from “Toa” to “stronger Toa with silver armour” is instead more similar to the Bohrok-Kal’s changes from “Bohrok” to “stronger Bohrok with silver armour”.
The consistency of the mutagen’s effects is also more in line with the Toa Nuva’s transformations, rather than relying on “destiny” to explain why all six Toa, plus the extra Kanohi that they eventually recovered, all underwent near-identical transformations (as opposed to just being destroyed).
Finally, it also makes more sense that the Bahrag would have tubes of Kal-mutagen laying around, instead of Energized Protodermis.
Just an idea: it says on the Sapient Species page on BioSector1 that the Toa Nuva and Toa Hordika are subspecies of Toa, because of their being mutations formed from exposing Toa to other substances. Shouldn’t that mean, then, that the Rahaga and the Toa Inika and Mahri are also subspecies of Toa, because they were all formed from mutations as well?
I don’t think the Rahaga would be, since they were mutated to the point that they were no longer considered Toa; they were unable to use their Elemental Powers, or create Toa Stones.
The next thing I’ll point out is that the Inika and Mahri weren’t formed by mutations. The Toa Inika were created by a standard emergency procedure in the Red Star, while the Mahri were directly changed by the Kanohi Ignika.
My guess is that neither group is currently considered a subspecies because, although they have unique powers/abilities, those abilities don’t affect their “Toa abilities” in the same way that the Toa Nuva’s or Toa Hordika’s transformations did.
However, I’m not 100% sure about that. It could be worth bringing this up in the Discussion page on BS01 as well.
The Rahaga and Toa Hordika still had their powers limited in similar ways. The Toa Hordika couldn’t use their mask powers and, while it’s never directly stated, it can be assumed the same applies to the Rahaga. The Toa Hordika also had their elemental powers severely limited.
But the Inika got lightning powers, and the Mahri got water breathing…
Umarak the Hunter is an honorary Piraka.
I would have put him as a dark hunter personally (hunter literally is in his name) 
But his face/mask would work just fine for the piraka too, he does have antlers like Zaktan or Reidak.
The Beast on the move
Bully comin’ through
Trigger, Tracer, Drifter, Hunter too
Add The Snake that makes Piraka crew*
Is there someone with a similar name?
I think Ghid referred to Vezon being an honorary Piraka.
but this dude has a similar name to you
Ah the confusion’s understandable XD
Headcanon: Toa Tools are resistant to elemental powers in order for Toa to channel their powers easily and efficiently.
I was just thinking that it would make sense for Marendar to have Crystal-related powers. Crystal is one of the few substances in the Bionicle universe that no Toa can control, so a crystal-based Toa-killer would have quite the advantage. This could manifest in a number of ways.
For starters, being made of crystalline materials would eliminate the instant-kill weakness that the Makuta faced against Toa of Iron and Magnetism. Additionally, Toa Seals (which are made of crystalline protodermis) can stand up to Elemental attacks; if Marendar itself is crystalline, and its armour has properties similar to those of a Toa Seal, that could explain Marendar’s Elemental resistance. (It should be noted, though, that Toa Seals are not just standard crystalline protodermis, and that the special sealing properties are linked to Toa Power. However, it’s also not impossible that the Great Beings could have synthesized crystalline protodermis with the same special properties)
We also know that Marendar potentially has some degree of actual Elemental control. If this control is over the hypothetical Element of Crystal, it would allow Marendar to perform Toa-level attacks that couldn’t be countered or resisted. It could possibly also allow Marendar to manipulate/neutralize the aforementioned Toa Seals, even if it can’t match the Seal’s unique properties. This would be an incredibly useful ability for a Toa-hunter, being able to negate your prey’s species-unique (and typically fight-ending) ability.