List of Bionicle Characters - Great Spirit Mata Nui

Great Spirit Mata Nui

The Great Spirit Mata Nui is the guardian of the universe, and represents all that is good. He is said to have brought the Matoran out of darkness and given them the three virtues of Unity, Duty, and Destiny. It has been revealed that the Matoran did in fact, unwittingly build Metru Nui while they "laboured in darkness". Unfortunately, an attack from the Makuta of Metru Nui, Makuta Teridax, rendered him unconscious and unable to attend to the universe's well-being. His prolonged coma led his life to hang from a thread. After a long quest, Toa Matoro gave his life to save Mata Nui using the Kanohi Ignika, Mask of Life. Mata Nui was also recently revealed to have a physical body, which is over forty million feet (12,192 kilometers) tall. His body contains the Matoran Universe, which includes locations such as Metru Nui and Karda Nui, as well as his body parts being the 'islands' upon which some events take place. For example, the island of Metru Nui is actually his brain while Karda Nui is his heart. (Which is why Teridax's attack on Metru Nui put Mata Nui in a coma in the first place.)

The Great Spirit Mata Nui is not to be confused with the island of Mata Nui, named in the Great Spirit's honor.

Mata Nui's body has been awakened by the Toa Nuva, however the body is being controlled by Teridax instead. Mata Nui's spirit was trapped inside the Kanohi Ignika, the Mask of Life. He arrived on Bara Magna and put together a team to combat the Skrall. In The Legend Reborn, he is known as Toa Mata Nui. He possessed a Scarab Shield that is a transformed Scarabax Beetle (now known as Click) and a sword that was a transformed Vorox's tail. He also wore the Ignika, The Mask of Life, which has returned to its original gold color (due to it no longer being in the now Teridax-controlled universe). His spirit controlled a Prototype Robot found on Bara Magna attempting to fight Teridax. He then used his last bit of energy to restore Spherus Magna. His spirit then returned into the mask of life (and Mata Nui went into a state of hibernation), and will return again one day, once the Great Beings have been found.