Karzahni (Being)

"Look at this universe - damaged, broken, disorderly. It needs someone to take care of it...to take care of everything and everyone, from now until forever."

- Karzahni

Karzahni and his brother Artakha were two of the first creations of the Great Beings, and each was given a domain to rule over. Originally, Matoran were sent to Karzahni in order to be repaired - but Karzahni never really did a good job. He tried to make up for it by supplying the Matoran with weapons to defend themselves and sent them to a place far from his sight. Eventually Matoran stopped being sent to him. Over time, his and Artakha's realms passed into legend, with the myths saying that bad or lazy Matoran were sent to him not for repair, but for punishment.

Until the 2006 storyline, he did not even know of the Makuta or Mata Nui. At first, he didn't believe the tales, but then through his own mask power he saw that the universe would cease to be if Mata Nui died. Now that he knew what existed outside his kingdom, he aimed to take control before Mata Nui woke up.

According to the Order of Mata Nui, after Jaller and his team departed from the realm, Karzahni began organizing his Matoran into an army and training them. His reason for doing this is currently unclear, but it is hinted that he intends to fight Makuta with his army of twisted Matoran. He then left his realm for the first time to track down the six Matoran who dared to deafy him.

Shortly after, Karzahni tracked Jaller and company to the island of Voya Nui, quietly observed them transform into Toa Inika, clash with Brutaka and the Piraka, and tailed them as they decended into the stone cord that connected Voya Nui with Mahri Nui.

Karzahni in The Pit
"So this is Karzahni. Karzahni, the jailer of Matoran... Karzahni, the would-be avatar of evil... Karzahni, the fool... and soon to be a dead fool."

- Makuta Teridax

After losing sight of the Toa after they escaped the cord, Karzahni was mutated by the Pit Mutagen into his underwater form.

He wandered the Pit until he came across Toa Lesovikk and the Ta-Matoran Sarda. Needing to hone his battle skills, he attacked Lesovikk with his burning chains. Luckily, Lesovikk managed to snap the chains (something that stunned Karzahni) after Sarda called him a hero, something he hadn't been called in centuries.. Then, with new-found confidence, Lesovikk rose and charged to continue his battle with Karzahni.

Lesovikk escaped, but the hero has vowed to destroy Karzahni rather than let him threaten any Matoran again, be they those of the undersea city of Mahri Nui or the ones living in his own realm.

Soon afterward, Karzahni overheard some of a group - including  two Toa and a robot  (Matoro, Tuyet, and Maxilos) - discussing the Staff of Artakha. Hating anything to do with his brother, he immediately attacked and defeated the Toa. However, the robot was being possessed by the evil Makuta Teridax, and the two titans began to fight. Although Makuta won at first and turned Karzahni's army of Manas against each other, Karzahni made Makuta scream in terror by giving him a vision of Mata Nui awakening and delivering his wrath.

After using his mask power, Karzahni soon found himself overpowered by Makuta/Maxilos, who had quickly recovered from his vision. After striking him hard, Makuta used his telepathic abilities to tear through Karzahni's already twisted mind, destroying any vestige of sanity left in the overlord. He then sent his downed opponent hurtling out of sight.

Karzahni, wounded from his encounter with Makuta, took refuge inside a cave. Toa Lesovikk, Sarda, and Idris followed him, but before they could destroy him altogether he made a last attempt on Lesovikk. Although he was mentally shattered, he used his mask to show Lesovikk a life where he had succesfully saved his friends from death. Lesovikk, overjoyed to "see" his friends again, was unable to break the trance, but a small inaccuracy in it's structure made him recognize the ploy and shake off the vision. Karzahni ran after the Matoran, getting captured by Lesovikk in the makeshift trap the Matoran had rigged. The Toa decided to spare his life and leave him with his shattered mind, and right afterwards, Botar appeared and took him away. He is currently being heavily guarded on Daxia, where the Order of Mata Nui hopes to extract information from him that could be used to undo the effects of the Brotherhood of Makuta's mutation experiments. Karzahni is scheduled to go to the Pit after his interrogation.

Dark Mirror:
In the Toa Empire, Karzahni is said to be running the Re-Education Center with Toa Mata Gali.

Appearance
Karzahni had an ancient appearance, with ebon and gold colored bladed armor and a mask that was seemingly made of 3 or 4 older masks patched together. He spoke in whispers and had deep hollow black eyes.

After being exposed to the Pit's Mutagen, he adopted a bulkier form with greenish armor, and claws. His Kanohi also fused to his head.

Mask and Tools
Karzahni's Kanohi Mask (which looked like four old masks patched together) could make himself and others experience alternate or possible futures, usually bad ones (for instance, Jaller saw the devastation which would have come to pass if Takua had never become Toa Takanuva). When Matoran entered his domain they couldn't escape and he had them abandon their old masks as a way of making them abandon their old identities, and he used his alternate-future power to make them lose hope.

As part of his mutation, Karzahni's mask fused to his head, but is still opperational.

He also carried Burning Chains and his gauntlets crackled with energy. After entering the Pit Karzahni stumbled upon a Squid Launcher.

Trivia

 * Karzahni is decribed as having ebon and gold armor, but in BIONICLE World it shows him wearing green/blue armor. Greg Farshtey has stated that the picture was an example of Karzahni "rebuilding himself".


 * The Matoran of Karzahni were happy that their master left, but didn't attempt to leave, fearing it to be a trap.