Bara Magna

Bara Magna was the only discernable piece of writing from an inscription on a wall in a tunnel deep under Metru Nui. Bomonga couldn't verify whether it was a person or a place, but if it was a place, it was not in the Matoran Universe. The Toa Hagah and Zaktan found it written on a wall under the Coliseum while they searched for Teridax.

Bara Magna was a desert planet populated by beings known as Agori. Other species living on Bara Magna include the Bone Hunters, the Skrall, the Vorox, the Zesk, and a currently unnamed species hired as Glatorian. It was created before the Matoran Universe was, and the Great Beings used its inhabitants as inspiration when designing Toa and Matoran.

Bara Magna was hit by some sort of disaster over 100,000 years ago, reducing the Sand Agori to beast-like Zesk, and similarly reverting the Vorox to bestial barbarians. The Agori in general became less advanced, and by the time Mata Nui had been awakened on a nearby planet, they could only fix things, not make new things. Agori like Tarduk and Berix searched for old treasures and technology buried in the sand from the ancient Agori, to fix it and put it to use.

The social system of the Agori was devised after the disaster, in order to conserve resources and keep from wasting lives through war. Whenever a resource was found and two tribes each wanted it, they would have a match in an arena between two of their Glatorian. Glatorian were beings of various species that were hired by Agori to fight for them. Matches could be one-on-one, one-on-one with Agori partners, team battles, or battles on vehicles. As soon as a Glatorian surrendered or took too much damage to keep fighting, he lost. The winning tribe would gain the resource and the Glatorian who had fought for them would be paid in goods or services.

Bara Magna had a river after the disaster (and more than one before it), but never had any oceans. There were small regions on the planet that were not desert, but the vast majority of the planet's surface was a large desert peppered with oases. There were six cities on Bara Magna, all inhabited by a tribe of Agori except for one which was free for Agori of any tribe to inhabit. The cities are as follows:
 * Vulcanus, city of the Fire Tribe, led by Raanu.
 * Roxtus, city of the Rock Tribe in the north, led by Tuma.
 * Iconus, a city of an unknown Agori Tribe; the leader is unknown.
 * Tajun, a city of an unknown Agori Tribe; the leader is unknown.
 * Tesara, a city of an unknown Agori Tribe; the leader is unknown.
 * Atero, the free city that Agori of all tribes except for the Rock Tribe could inhabit.

Bara Magna had a variety of flora and fauna, including some organic creatures. Notable beasts include the Sand Stalkers, ridden by Glatorian, and the Rock Steeds, ridden by Bone Hunters. Notable plants were the Thornax that grew in the deserts, spiky fruit that could explode. Glatorian used these with Thornax Launchers in battle; Tuma and Fero also carried Thornax Launchers.

Greg Farshtey has said that Teridax would not bother conquering Bara Magna, since it has relatively little worth conquering.

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Appearances

 * Dwellers in Darkness (Mentioned Only)