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The overall timespan of the story is far shorter, particularly the 100,000 years since the Shattering. 10,000 seems a little less ridiculously vast.
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That, or no one on Bara Magna was alive during the Core War. MU beings should be the nigh-immortal ones, not the beings explicitly described as primarily organic.
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Who are these ‘prime species’ that Mata-Nui pulled the Barraki from, and why have we never seen any other examples of any of them? I opt to consolidate at least one of them into an existing species—Kalmah is a Skakdi, from before Spiriah tampered with them. This comes primarily from him sharing a torso piece and having a very humanoid face compared to the other Barraki, with a lower jaw as well as prominent white teeth, and head tentacles that could be read as the remnants of a spine.
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…and I liked the idea that, because the Skakdi were known to be peaceful, of course Mata-Nui would choose one of them to govern his internal universe, ignorant to how brutal this one would end up becoming. Also Spiriah’s tampering and what this ‘prime species’ eventually became plays nicely into how the Makuta are a corrupting, cancerous influence overall.
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No elemental gender distinction.
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Or, as has occasionally come up as a headcanon, elements are the Matoran equivalent to genders.
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The various powered weapons, such as those used by the Voya Nui Matoran and many Toa, are made from purified protodermis in much the same fashion as kanoka and kanohi.
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There are no ‘evil’ races, save for the aforementioned corrupted Skakdi and the Makuta-created Rahi who were explicitly made to be that way. Especially not among the Spherus Magna races; Skrall are just Glatorian, and their superior strength and combat ability is down to formalized, regimented military training and access to marginally better/more reliable nutrition until they were driven further south.
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The Matoran of Metru Nui’s work doesn’t seem to directly correlate with any essential function of Mata Nui’s robot body, and so it doesn’t make much sense that them halting would somehow make him fall ill… at least until you choose to interpret it as a form of prayer/tribute, which Mata Nui as a deity-like being feeds off of.
The further you get from the center of the MU, the more organic the inhabitants become
I just thought:
Based on sizes and descriptions, the smaller Rahi are, the more their composition would be either mechanical or organic. For instance, the crabs having a more organic design than a Tarakava, for instance.
A threefer about Karzahni:
- Karzahni not only made his mask, in the sense of patched it together, but invented the concept – a “Mask of Demoralization” that shows targets how their plans can fail sound like exactly the kind of insane idea he would come up with. This likely also means that the Olisi cannot be created by conventional Kanohi-making means.
- Karzahni could clearly create things that few other beings in the MU could – his failures were not because of being stupid or a poor craftsman. Rather, he was hindered by his twisted and perverse ideas about how to make Matoran better. Also, I definitely read him as the type who blames others and stores up resentment rather than ever addressing his own failings, explaining why his domain went downhill so fast.
- He might have had an easier time if Artakha had shared the Mask of Creation with him, as the Great Beings probably intended. Additionally, it would have been a lot easier to repair Matoran without the unexpected wrinkle of them being sentient and self-aware and possessing the capacity to fear and hate him – thereby turning a fixit operation into an adhoc rehabilitation program. Maybe Karzahni was screwed over from the start.
Bonus theory: We know marriage exists in the MU, where it’s a form of political alliance that allows two parties to jointly share power. Sidorak was interested in this form of alliance with Roodaka. The concept didn’t appear otherwise, which in-universe is probably because it wouldn’t be applicable to the goals of most other characters. However, if any other characters did pursue political marriages to consolidate power, the most likely candidates would be the Barraki, back in their League of Six Kingdoms days. So possibly some of the Barraki were married. Probably not to each other, but make of this what you will.
I’m sure no one would want to marry the guy who has hypnotism powers. He’s already pretty scary in that his army was made up of hypnotized Matoran… the thought of him marrying anyone does not bode well for the other person.
Perhaps that’s the only reason they would marry him
Oh no… a horrifying plot has opened, and my mind cannot close the doors against the forces of Barraki Dating Show…
I’ve had this theory that there was only supposed to be one of them, but there was some miscommunication amongst the Great Beings that led to different groups working on the same project.
I’ll admit this is a pretty goofy theory, but I think it fits the slapdash vibe of the whole Matoran Universe project.
On that same topic, it’s always been said that Artakha and Karzahni fought for the Mask of Creation, and it’s implied that it was a physical fight, but that’s never quite made sense to me. Why would there be a physical fight over creative powers? What if, instead, it was some kind of mental battle, and Artakha won so completely that it damaged Karzahni’s creative powers, affecting his ability to repair the Matoran.
It may help to know that “prime species” is a fan-created term. There’s nothing “prime” about them.
This is canon, elemental gender distinction is not enforced.
This is really neat, I like it
I had a somewhat similar idea, though maybe more of a rewrite idea than a theory. Artakha and Karzahni originally did share the mask and together created many wonders. However, Karzahni grew reckless, and the incredible power and perception of the limitless possibilities of creation overwhelmed him and began to destroy his mind. Artakha was forced to fight his maddened and creation-empowered brother in a legendary conflict, but in the end, he won and claimed the mask. Karzahni, too far gone to recognize what he was saved from, resented his brother and turned to a life of cruel insanity. Meanwhile, Artakha, tragically unable to help his brother and all too cognizant of the risks of abusing the mask, was on the path to becoming the secretive recluse we know today.
I got a couple that I like, but the one that I’ll share for now is that the Dark Hunter “Seeker” was formerly a servant of Makuta Kojol; he was uninvolved in the raid on Artakha (hence why he is still alive) but was personally ordered to protect the Avohkii by Kojol. After losing it, part of the reason he’s so hellbent on getting it back is to avenge his master.
Well, Pridak pre-mutation was described as a perfect physical specimen, so at least he was prime long ago.
Not enforced at all, or just not enforced outside matoran, toa, and turaga?
Not enforced at all outside of traditional. Male Ga-Matoran, female Le-MATORAN, can be made, but the Turaga just don’t.
I definitely agree with this. I think 1000 years would work well; that would put the lifespan of a Glatorian at around 2,500 years. Still pretty long, but within the realm of fictional reasonability.
This is already more-or-less true; while the Skrall are technically a different race from the Glatorian, they’re pretty similar, and I’ve never heard any canon information about the Skrall having “superpowers”; they just have a more violent “take what we want” mentality with the militarism to back it up.
“Prime” in this case doesn’t just mean “really good”; it’s referring to the apparently-non-canon concept that the six species of the Barraki were specially created by Mata Nui specifically to rule the Matoran Universe.
I have always thought this myself, but I’m having a heck of a time actually finding any canon sources for it; I could have sworn there was something, somewhere, that used the terms “prime species” and/or “created to rule”, but I’m coming up blank for now.
The Barraki were ordained to rule, their species were not.
No no, don’t back down. The six Barraki are in a polyamorous political marriage. No wonder Takadox was so devastated by Carapar’s death.
Yep. And we know there is at least one male Ga-Matoran…
Which one?
One of Nokama’s students in the second movie, the one with Komau and orange eyes. When Lhikan hands the toa stone to Nokama, there are amazed gasps from all the Matoran and in that scene you can clearly hear a male voice comming from that particular Ga-Matoran when he speaks.
Good catch; very interesting. For those wondering:
