| Onu-Wahi | |
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| Location Information | |
| Primary Residents | None |
| Former Residents | Rahi, Onu-Matoran |
| Location | Northern Mata Nui |
| Size | Unknown |
| Makuta | Teridax (formerly) |
| Pronunciation | O-noo WAH-he |
Onu-Wahi was the underground region of Earth on Mata Nui. It largely consisted of a network of tunnels, caves and mines beneath the earth, and was the location of Onu-Koro, the village of Earth and home to the Onu-Matoran, Turaga Whenua and Onua.
Origin
Onu-Wahi was created on Aqua Magna during the Great Cataclysm, when Mata Nui was rendered comatose by Makuta. After he collapsed face-up, into the seas of Aqua Magna, his camouflage system malfunctioned, creating an island over his submerged face.
When the Toa Metru first scouted the island to pick the locations for the Matoran's villages, this underground region would come to be known as Onu-Wahi after Whenua discovered the system of caves. When the Matoran of Metru Nui were later brought to Mata Nui, the now-Turaga Whenua and the Onu-Matoran chose a particularly enormous cavern as the main site to built their new village of Onu-Koro. Over time, the Onu-Matoran built numerous mines around Onu-Wahi, as a means of harvesting the precious minerals abundant in Onu-Wahi.
Description
On the the surface, it was mostly just a barren, rocky region. However,
After 1,000 years of living on Mata Nui, a wandering Matoran accidentally summoned the Toa Mata's canisters to the island. In one such cave, Tahu's Kanohi Mask of X-Ray Vision was hidden.
However, it featured an extensive underground tunnel system created by the Onu-Matoran that led directly to multiple other regions of Mata Nui; by the time the Toa first arrived, the Onu-Koro highways reached Ta-Wahi, Po-Wahi and Le-Wahi. During their quest for the Seventh Toa, Jaller and Takua even happened upon another highway that led to the remote region of Ko-Wahi.
The entrance to one of Onu-Wahi's many mines
Many Rahi inhabited Onu-Wahi both on the surface and beneath it, for example Kofo-Jaga, Ussal Crabs, and the mysterious Vatuka beast.
When the Toa Metru arrived on Mata Nui with the Matoran, Turaga Whenua led the Onu-Matoran to this region. Eventually, the underground caverns and Onu-Koro were created.
During the Bohrok invasion, a squad of Gahlok arrived and flooded the caves. It was during this time that Nuparu discovered the Bohrok were mechanical, Krana-controlled shells and created the Boxor out of Krana-less Gahlok.
Onu-Wahi was abandoned after the Matoran returned to Metru Nui, and the region was destroyed when Mata Nui awakened.
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