Name: Jarnat
Kanohi: Tahnoi, Great Mask of Heat
Assigned region: None
Status: Dead
Backstory:
Jarnat had a difficult time fitting into the Brotherhood of Makuta - too impatient for serious scientific pursuits, too independent to follow orders he disagreed with or thought beneath him, too destructive to be left in one place for too long.
Jarnat claimed he loved the challenges of combat, but what he really loved was demolition - regardless if foes, infrastructure, or anything else that was in his way.
In short: his brethren considered him nothing but a mindless brute.
The reality was a little more complicated: Jarnat simply was unable to fully identify with the scientific pursuits of the Brotherhood nor its dreams of conquest pursued under Teridax. What good was either? What need was there for either?
He did side with Teridax at the Convocation - he was not dumb and saw which way the wind was blowing, and at least this venue promised some interesting confrontations.
What Jarnat really hungered for was adventure - adventure that mostly eluded him due to the fact that he was a member of one of the most powerful, knowledgable species in the universe. Where Matoran could visit a foreign island and explore its dangers, Jarnat knew not only what said dangers were - because he was present when they were created - but he would also immediately become the apex predator anywhere he set foot.
Only the unknown southern islands provided him with some challenges for several millennia - not one for writing things down, he never shared his experiences, however. Aside from this, he now and then allowed himself to be sent on punitive expeditions for the Brotherhood - an extreme measure that was only rarely used, with Teridax knowing full well that compared to Jarnat, unleashed Rahkshi looked like Bog Snakes against a Doom Viper.
Eventually, on one of his travels around the universe, Jarnat finally did run into something new - the dome of Artakha. At the time, he filed the information away in his mind, knowing that Kojol would not appreciate his presence - and knowledge of the location. While he left before his fellow Makuta could notice him, the same could not be said about the true master of this domain, however. And thus when years later the order was issued to eliminate everyone who knew of Artakha’s location, Jarnat, too, went missing. Lured into an adventure that finally bested him.
Equipment:
Jarnat wore the Kanohi Tahnoi, Great Mask of Heat, with which he could increase the internal temperature of a target up to the point of immediately melting it.
His preferred weapon (aside from his claws) was the Spear of Absorption which could absorb energy hurled at him, store it, and then release it at will in destructive blasts.
Finally, after 2 years of on and off work on him, Jarnat is done. The original version of this guy was the first MOC I built after getting back into Bionicle in 2014 after an Antroz revamp took a different path. When I started the Brotherhood Project, I was already at version 4 of this guy. And now, 10 years later - version 5. I have to say, there’s something especially nice about seeing your own progress old vs. new rather than just revamping someone else’s MOC.
And let me tell you, the front of the torso here is a construction. I would like to point you especially at the side-view and how well (I think) I managed to fit that Nuva shoulder in. I’m a bit sad that I had to get rid of the spikes/claws on the chest, but I was not gonna remove that Nuva shoulder, so I added two more for texturing. The feet+ lower legs are also quite nice stompers, I think. Very fitting. Unfortunately, the hip joints are pretty weak, however. The poses you see above were about the maximum I could get out of them. I really need to look into (if necessary, non-purist) ways to give joints more friction…
Anyways, that’s Makuta number 27 done.
C&C as usual appreciated, hope you enjoy!
