Zamor Sphere

Zamor Spheres are essentially hollow balls: gas, liquid, or energy can be put into them, depending on what effect is desired. The spheres are then fired by Zamor Launchers at the target, where the solid surface temporarily becomes intangible and the substances inside them pass through the target.

The earliest known Zamor Launcher was used by Toa Jovan, roughly 79,000 years ago.

Modern Zamor Launchers were first invented by Matoran on an unknown island some 3,000 years ago, but some prototypes were stolen by Nidhiki and Krekka for the Dark Hunters (at some time before Nidhiki was mutated into his insectoid form). Their mission also included destroying the production machinery, to delay the Matoran from making more launchers quickly.

In the present day, a group of Dark Hunters abandoned the organization. Calling themselves Piraka, they traveled to Voya Nui to search for the Kanohi Ignika - Mask of Life, their weapons builder, Avak, built Zamor Launchers for each of them to use in their schemes and the leader, Zaktan, built a vat to collect a virus called Antidermis that would fill the Zamor Spheres.

But some of Voya Nui's Matoran opposed the Piraka, and they managed to steal one of the Zamor Launchers. After studying it, the group's inventor, Velika, built a set of launchers of his own and gave them to the Matorans' new allies, the Toa Inika. The Inika's launchers are upgraded from the Piraka's, as they can hold up to four spheres instead of just one.

Types of Zamor

 * The Piraka load their Zamor Spheres with Antidermis - a kind of greenish-black virus. Matoran infected with this virus become mindless drones that will follow any command given to them, while Brutaka becomes meaner and stronger when he absorbs the virus.
 * The monster Irnakk can make worst fears come true, and channels this power through his Zamor Spheres.
 * The Zamor Spheres used by Protodax shrink targets to microscopic size permanently.
 * The Toa Inika use Zamor Spheres loaded with Energized Protodermis, which acts as a cure to the Antidermis virus.
 * Toa Jovan used yellow-orange Zamors with the power to nullify a foe's weapons.
 * Hakkan used a sphere to steal Brutaka's power. The comic described it as blue, while the book said it was gold.  The comic version is confirmed canon.
 * Axxon gave Jaller a sphere that put Vezon and Kardas into a stasis state. It's color is unknown.
 * In addition, there are a few color-coded Zamor Spheres:
 * "Gold -- Reverses the effect of the zamor used to steal Brutaka's powers -- so essentially a power siphon".
 * "Silver - Binds a target to the next nearest living being with an energy chain".
 * "Black - 'Marks' a target so that he can be tracked anywhere he goes via an energy pulse"