2007

2007 is the second year in the Bionicle Legends story arc.

Story
Pit water mutagen notes:
 * The Ignika Mask of Life went to Mahri Nui because that's on the way to its destination...
 * New Kanohi for the Toa Inika!
 * The Toa Nuva return to Metru Nui -- initially...
 * Although the Toa Nuva do return to Metru Nui, they do not exchange any words with the Turaga...
 * Note that Mahri Nui is still connected to Voya Nui, through a "stone cord" that the Toa Inika use to get to Mahri Nui...
 * This cord was formed by lava that flowed from Mount Valmai into the ocean and cooled...
 * The Mahri Nui Matoran are all from Voya Nui, but they don't remember that it's above them...
 * Reason: trauma over Mahri Nui's transportation...
 * A little bit more of Brutaka!
 * Brutaka probably doesn't know that Voya Nui is right above his head, either...
 * Too many power(s)? That gets scaled way back in '07!
 * Why aren't Defilak and Dekar (the 2007 Matoran) hunched over like Garan and co.?
 * Answer: The waters surrounding Voya Nui/Mahri Nui have a mutagenic agent in them. This agent is what transformed Defilak and Dekar into what they look like now.
 * The mutagen is also responsible for transforming the Barraki into their current forms.
 * The Toa Inika are not immune to the water-borne mutagen, but they aren't affected to it either -- because they won't be exposed to it...
 * As far as we know, only one species (Nocturn's) is immune to the mutagen's effects.
 * We may find out why the Pit water mutagen is where it is!
 * Note that the mutagen seems to affect pure organics much slower than it does biomechanics, and it doesn't seem to affect machines at all...
 * Not even Makuta armor is immune to the effects of the mutagen...
 * The Toa Inika do not directly fight the Barraki, very much ... initially...
 * What DOES Mantax do in the original Pit, anyway?
 * He's looking for something -- something important...
 * Introduction of some of Makuta's most bitter enemies (not referring to Toa)!
 * These enemies, whom we have never met before, are enemies of not only Makuta, but his entire Brotherhood.
 * Interestingly, the Brotherhood has not fought these enemies for 80,000 years or so...
 * These enemies are -- the Barraki! (And their armies, of course.)
 * See Karzahni (the being) in two different forms!
 * Does the Brotherhood of Makuta currently have access to the Pit? Did they ever?
 * What happens to Axonn?
 * We know that Axonn will not be with the Inika after 2006, although he may show up in a book...
 * Exactly WHY don't Toa kill enemies? And is it a reasonable stance to take when one is fighting for the safety of millions? Is the code of the Toa important, or is it obsolete when one is talking about super-powerful enemies like the Piraka?
 * Vezon slams Matoro headfirst into a wall! (Well ... probably not, since Vezon may not even show up in 2007.)
 * Possibly ... just possibly ... more 2006 Matoran at the end of 2007!
 * Hopefully -- the Toa Inika's Matoran masks (Lhikan's Hau, etc.) get retrieved from Karzahni's realm soon ... but not by the Inika!
 * The Toa Nuva know that the Inika lost their Kanohi on the way to Voya Nui -- and out of respect for Lhikan, Tahu Nuva wishes to retrieve his mask...
 * Tahtorak vs. Kardas!
 * By the end of 2007, the Ignika Mask of Life is damaged but not mutated...
 * What is the Ignika's leaking "life energy" doing?
 * Makuta gets himself a new body...

Legends 7 Notes

 * Brief appearance by the Toa Nuva, Bahrag, and Bohrok!
 * The Bahrag actually get speaking lines in Legends 7!
 * The Toa Inika get a breather long enough to talk about home!
 * Arrival of the Toa Mahri!
 * Before 2007, the Toa Mahri (Jaller and co.) had never been to Mahri Nui...
 * Introduction to Nocturn...
 * Nocturn is a former inmate of the original Pit.
 * He sometimes serves as Ehlek's lieutenant.
 * His delicacy of choice is Razor Whales.
 * He was banished for "breaking something."
 * This "thing" was actually Nocturn's island, and it's still broken -- it can't be fixed. Also, Nocturn broke his island on purpose (he was having a fit of temper), not by accident.
 * Nocturn is described as "not the brightest tool in the shed."
 * Nocturn is currently in the Pit.
 * Nocturn is not a member of any organization.
 * He does not have any powers besides physical strength and regeneration.
 * Surprisingly, Nocturn is physically stronger than -- Makuta himself!
 * The Barraki gave him the Squid launcher that he has.
 * When he's not serving as Ehlek's lieutenant, he hangs out at the Razor Whale's Teeth, a rock formation that marks the exact center of the Barraki's present territory.
 * He is the only known case of immunity to the Pit water mutagen.
 * We know that Nocturn eventually gets his tentacle on the Ignika Mask of Life in this book -- and Ehlek doesn't order him to hand it over because "you can only order someone to do something if you can find them..."
 * Since Nocturn is obviously not supposed to have the Ignika, it is easy to conclude that he will be cursed by it -- but how...?
 * Although Nocturn can breathe air as well as water (and thus is one of the only inhabitants of the Pit who could simply get out and leave), he doesn't leave the Pit because his reputation makes him unwelcome in many parts of the world (including his homeland). In the ocean, he has all the razor whales he can eat and relative peace -- as long as he doesn't annoy Pridak...
 * Pit jailer vs. Nocturn
 * The one known case of immunity to the Pit water mutagen!
 * As mentioned above, this one known case is named Nocturn...
 * Return of the Pit Jailer!
 * The Pit jailer, who is a member of the Order of Mata Nui and a weapons expert, was severely wounded in an earthquake during the Great Cataclysm and later killed by Barraki Takadox. However, there are rumors that he is up and about again...
 * Kanohi: Mask of Stealth, Mask of Kindred, and Kanohi Tryna!
 * Introduction to the 2007 Titans!
 * Say hello to Hydraxon, Gadunka, and Maxilos and Spinax...
 * Gadunka notes:
 * Gadunka is a current Pit resident.
 * He is a Rahi.
 * Although he appears in this book, he mainly shows up in BIONICLE Legends 8
 * Interestingly, he does not exist yet!
 * Maybe ... a little bit of Zyglak!
 * Zyglak is a combiner model, made from the pieces of Barraki Kalmah, Pridak, and Takadox, its back story is very interesting...

Encyclopedia Volume 2 Notes

 * Contains all the BIONICLE Encyclopedia Volume 1 info, plus the new information from '05, '06, and '07 (and minus the "Birth of a Dark Hunter" short story)!
 * Also mentions the first Toa!
 * The maximum number of Toa ever in existence in the universe at one time was 3000. There are now fewer than 50 left (including the Toa Nuva and Toa Inika).
 * The Hand of Artakha (the group that the Dark Hunter codenamed "Shadow Stealer" used to belong to) -- info on them, what happened to them, why they were replaced by the Toa, and where their members are now...
 * It has been nonexistent for over 90,000 years now, and is currently totally inactive.
 * Its members looked more diversified than Toa.
 * It did not last long after the coming of Great Spirit Mata Nui.
 * Although at least one member of the Hand wound up in the Dark Hunters ("Shadow Stealer"), most of them (including two mighty warriors named Axonn and Brutaka) ended up joining -- the Order of Mata Nui! (As a matter of fact, most of the Order's members were originally from the Hand of Artakha!)
 * The Toa Mahri appear in this volume, they do not appear in the Atlas.
 * Secrets of the Bohrok -- and possibly other obscure storyline goodies that were supposed to be in "the original BIONICLE Legends 7"
 * What was the FIRST thing made by the Great Beings?
 * Answer: Matoran!
 * The Dark Hunter codenamed "Amphibax" was formerly part of Barraki Ehlek's army!
 * What "shadow plague" was Kongu referring to in BIONICLE Legends 3?
 * This "shadow plague" dates back to sometime between the Matoran's arrival on the island of Mata Nui and the Toa Mata's arrival one thousand years later. It is NOT referring to the time when Makuta infected Rahi and sent them against the Matoran.
 * Exactly WHO sent Takua to Metru Nui? And how does one change a Matoran's body color scheme (in Takua's case, from white and gold to blue, red, and some yellow)?
 * Even more Dark Hunters than mentioned in last year's Dark Hunters guidebook!

Legends 8 Notes

 * More 2007 titans (Maxilos and Spinax, Gadunka, and Hydraxon)!