21) The coin found by Berix is described to be forged from a metal mined to the north. Is this Exsidian from the White Quartz Mountains, or the Iron of the Iron Tribe in Bota Magna? 32) The main chamber Mata Nui descends into is an antechamber of the Great Volcano, yes?
4Also: 53) The Three Virtues symbol doubles a visual representation of the Shattering, yes? Seems like common knowledge by now, but for some reason, everyone to hesistant to state that. 64) Because chambers of the six different main Bara Magna elements exist in the Underground Lab of the GBs, could you canonize this as the site of the Element Lords' creation? Or will that be explained in Legends of Bara Magna? 75) We have never seen Dune Snakes represented visually, to my knowledge. Because Vastus' symbol is a snake, and they featured prominently on his helmet and shoulder armor, could these be considered modeled after the appearance of the Dune Snake?
8Thanks for your time.
9Triggy 10BS01 Staff
111) Would make more sense for it to be the WQ's, since it relates to something in northern Bara Magna 122) Yes 133) It's basically a map that shows the three pieces, yes 144) Legends of Bara Magna? Not sure what that refers to. Yes, it would make sense for that to be where they were created. 155) Yes
161) So to confirm, it's an Exsidian coin? 174) Sorry, I wasn't clear. I was wondering if the Element Lords' creation was going to be covered in the eighth Graphic Novel, the one detailing the Malum vs. Strakk arena match, Skrall fighting baterra and Core War stories. If so, I wouldn't want you to canonize my suggestion, if it has already been detailed in a different way somewhere else.
181) Yup 194) Their creation is never actually shown -- they are, but not how they were created, so it doesn't conflict with anything I don't believe.
20Of note: I linked Greg to specific images for #5, so he was making a more informed decision.
21Greg has already said multiple times that it WAS NOT a dune snake on Vastus's armour. Multiple times in fact. Hence the Talon snake. And now this.
22*sigh......................................................*
11) I wonder, Greg, if it would be possible to distribute the canceled Invasion online? Even if Bink just tacked it on to the end of the Journey chapters with a B.I.O code, that would be really cool as a little easter egg.
2BFN
31) No longer exists. The computer I had that partial manuscript on died some time back.
4There was another question... but... ;D
1What canceled "Invasion" are you referring to?
1What canceled "Invasion" are you referring to?
2A short story included in the second Bionicle Encyclopedia book.
3Umm....no. Invasion was originally going to be BL7, going into more detail on the Inika's adventures in the Cord, but was canceled. There was no story in the second encyclopedia (unless my copy's weird).
1What canceled "Invasion" are you referring to?
2A short story included in the second Bionicle Encyclopedia book.
3Umm....no. Invasion was originally going to be BL7, going into more detail on the Inika's adventures in the Cord, but was canceled. There was no story in the second encyclopedia (unless my copy's weird).
4That's what I found on BS01. We're getting off topic a bit though.
5Hold on. Maybe what I should have put is BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated. I might have confused you.
GregF Skrilax 1Greetz and etc Mister Farshtey.
2A few small interests of mine here.
31) In one of the Visorak saga comics, Roodaka described Xia's living mountain as being there since before civilization had been established there. However in the Mutran Chronicles he tells us that when he, Pridak and Icarax journeyed there left his pet there and it grew to the mountain. Yet, when they went to Xia there was already a very established industrial civilization; could this be just a mistake on one of their parts, or maybe Roodaka simply using artistic license in her tale?
42) The Blade Burrowers were assigned by someone (A Great Being if I recall correctly) to create an underground tunnel network in the shape of the UDD symbol. Now we know that the symbol's really a map of sorts, so was there a specific reason behind it?
53) Did Teridax turn Miserix into a "painting" instead of killing him for an important reason of his or was it just because he could do it?
64) Would biomechanical beings like the several fated heroes in Destiny War be a little less vulnerable to the vacuum of space than organics like humans, meaning they would succumb less fast, or are they just as bad off as us?
75) Is there a storyline reason behind the Great Beings' modifications to the Skopio, or is that just a little tidbit that shows the Great Beings' desire to invent?
86) When you chose the colour scheme for the element of Psionics, were you at all inspired by the Protoss from Starcraft? They make extensive use of Psionics and they wear blue and gold armour.
97) Can you say whether you have any plans to kill off Pridak?
10That last one is just a worry of mine, I'd understand if you couldn't tell me.
111) I think it might depend on how Roodaka defines "civilization." 122) Yes, as a reminder to Mata Nui of his mission. 133) Just because he could. Teridax is a sadist. 144) Good question. As we have seen in the movies, they have organic lung tissue and we know they need to breathe (otherwise, why a mask of water breathing), so no, they are not that much better off. 155) The GBs do stuff like that. They are all about working with the raw material they have. 166) No, while I did play Starcraft quite a bit at one time, it has probably been 10 years since I played the game, so it really didn't enter my thinking. 177) I don't at the moment, no.
1What canceled "Invasion" are you referring to?
2A short story included in the second Bionicle Encyclopedia book.
3Umm....no. Invasion was originally going to be BL7, going into more detail on the Inika's adventures in the Cord, but was canceled. There was no story in the second encyclopedia (unless my copy's weird).
4That's what I found on BS01. We're getting off topic a bit though.
5Hold on. Maybe what I should have put is BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated. I might have confused you.
6Updated was the second, so no, I wasn't confused.
7The second one included information from Invasion, but not the actual story. The story was the cancelled book from 2007, which is what was asked, if Greg could put the story up. Greg had written most of the book, but it was never published, but the information in it was still canon and was summarized in the encyclopedia. The full story itself was never released.
1Hi Mr Farshtey, just a quick question about Bohrok:
2If you had a pile of Bohrok pieces lying around (probably from different Bohrok) and were able to build them into a new, functional Bohrok, then tried to devolve it using the Ignika, what would happen?
3Thanks for your time .
4Wow. My guess is it would not work, for this reason. The natural evolution of an Av-Matoran is into a Bohrok (in some cases). But a Bohrok made of multiple pieces from different Bohrok is not anyone's natural evolution, and the Ignika can only run you up and down your natural scale. So my guess is the mask would sense something was wrong and its power would not work in this case.
2If you had a pile of Bohrok pieces lying around (probably from different Bohrok) and were able to build them into a new, functional Bohrok, then tried to devolve it using the Ignika, what would happen?
3Thanks for your time .
4Wow. My guess is it would not work, for this reason. The natural evolution of an Av-Matoran is into a Bohrok (in some cases). But a Bohrok made of multiple pieces from different Bohrok is not anyone's natural evolution, and the Ignika can only run you up and down your natural scale. So my guess is the mask would sense something was wrong and its power would not work in this case.
5Well that clears up the idea of a Frankenstein-like Av-Matoran.
2If you had a pile of Bohrok pieces lying around (probably from different Bohrok) and were able to build them into a new, functional Bohrok, then tried to devolve it using the Ignika, what would happen?
3Thanks for your time .
4Wow. My guess is it would not work, for this reason. The natural evolution of an Av-Matoran is into a Bohrok (in some cases). But a Bohrok made of multiple pieces from different Bohrok is not anyone's natural evolution, and the Ignika can only run you up and down your natural scale. So my guess is the mask would sense something was wrong and its power would not work in this case.
5Well that clears up the idea of a Frankenstein-like Av-Matoran.
6Is it me, or is that the first time Greg's used the word "Wow" to start an answer?
2If you had a pile of Bohrok pieces lying around (probably from different Bohrok) and were able to build them into a new, functional Bohrok, then tried to devolve it using the Ignika, what would happen?
3Thanks for your time .
4Wow. My guess is it would not work, for this reason. The natural evolution of an Av-Matoran is into a Bohrok (in some cases). But a Bohrok made of multiple pieces from different Bohrok is not anyone's natural evolution, and the Ignika can only run you up and down your natural scale. So my guess is the mask would sense something was wrong and its power would not work in this case.
5Well that clears up the idea of a Frankenstein-like Av-Matoran.
6Is it me, or is that the first time Greg's used the word "Wow" to start an answer?
7I was thinking the same thing. He probably had to think about it a bit... there were a lot of possibilities. (one Matoran, a group of Matoran, a dead Matoran, a Matoran fusion, a brand-new Matoran, a Frankenstein's monster Matoran...) But he probably chose the most sensible option...
21) The coin found by Berix is described to be forged from a metal mined to the north. Is this Exsidian from the White Quartz Mountains, or the Iron of the Iron Tribe in Bota Magna? 32) The main chamber Mata Nui descends into is an antechamber of the Great Volcano, yes?
4Also: 53) The Three Virtues symbol doubles a visual representation of the Shattering, yes? Seems like common knowledge by now, but for some reason, everyone to hesistant to state that. 64) Because chambers of the six different main Bara Magna elements exist in the Underground Lab of the GBs, could you canonize this as the site of the Element Lords' creation? Or will that be explained in Legends of Bara Magna? 75) We have never seen Dune Snakes represented visually, to my knowledge. Because Vastus' symbol is a snake, and they featured prominently on his helmet and shoulder armor, could these be considered modeled after the appearance of the Dune Snake?
8Thanks for your time.
9Triggy 10BS01 Staff
111) Would make more sense for it to be the WQ's, since it relates to something in northern Bara Magna 122) Yes 133) It's basically a map that shows the three pieces, yes 144) Legends of Bara Magna? Not sure what that refers to. Yes, it would make sense for that to be where they were created. 155) Yes
161) So to confirm, it's an Exsidian coin? 174) Sorry, I wasn't clear. I was wondering if the Element Lords' creation was going to be covered in the eighth Graphic Novel, the one detailing the Malum vs. Strakk arena match, Skrall fighting baterra and Core War stories. If so, I wouldn't want you to canonize my suggestion, if it has already been detailed in a different way somewhere else.
181) Yup 194) Their creation is never actually shown -- they are, but not how they were created, so it doesn't conflict with anything I don't believe.
20Of note: I linked Greg to specific images for #5, so he was making a more informed decision.
21Greg has already said multiple times that it WAS NOT a dune snake on Vastus's armour. Multiple times in fact. Hence the Talon snake. And now this.
22*sigh......................................................*
23It could all be in the way the question was asked. I didn't ask if it was an actual dune snake on Vastus' armor, just the visual inspiration for it. Perhaps Dune Snakes are much larger, and Greg didn't want to say that those were actual bodies on the armor
1I sent a follow-up :
2Hi Mr Farshtey, just a quick question about Bohrok:
3If you had a pile of Bohrok pieces lying around (probably from different Bohrok) and were able to build them into a new, functional Bohrok, then tried to devolve it using the Ignika, what would happen?
4Thanks for your time .
5Wow. My guess is it would not work, for this reason. The natural evolution of an Av-Matoran is into a Bohrok (in some cases). But a Bohrok made of multiple pieces from different Bohrok is not anyone's natural evolution, and the Ignika can only run you up and down your natural scale. So my guess is the mask would sense something was wrong and its power would not work in this case.
6Okay... so, what if the Bohrok had just had a few limbs replaced or something... would it work then?
7I don't think so, no.
1I'm a bit concerned as to what kind of state of mind one has to be in to theorize about a Frankentoran...
1Does anyone have anything on the Core War?
1I don't see how any who wrote about Vastus in the Core War is gonna work, because he already said what made him guilty in " Mata Nui's Guide to Bara Magna" and that was the highlight of writing about Vastus.
1I don't see how any who wrote about Vastus in the Core War is gonna work, because he already said what made him guilty in " Mata Nui's Guide to Bara Magna" and that was the highlight of writing about Vastus.
2Actually, there's no need for one single event to be the cause of Vastus' guilt.
3I'd argue it's even better this way; multiple events causing guilt is more realistic than just one.
4-TN05
11. And Angonce did not work on the Ignika either, correct? I assumed that the Great Beings worked on multiple projects. 28. Was Heremus one of six Great Beings to whom the Matoran Mazeka and Vultraz were presented in the alternate dimension that the Alternate Teridax came from? We know Angonce was one of them, but was Heremus present there also? 39. Did all Great Beings [participate] in the creation of the Matoran Universe? 410. Did Heremus at least participate in the creation of the MU, besides participating in the creation the Baterra? 511. Can you describe Angonce's personality? 612. Can you describe Heremus' personality?
71) He may well have, yes. I don't think he was one of the two who brought it to the MU, but he may well have worked on the project. 88) He was indeed. 99) Yes 1010) Oh, yes 1111) I see Angonce as a very moral person. I think he felt a great deal of responsibility for his creations and any harm they might do. He's the type who would feel he had to make up for things like that, and so was sort of the conscience of the GBs. 1212) I really haven't mapped one out for him
21) The coin found by Berix is described to be forged from a metal mined to the north. Is this Exsidian from the White Quartz Mountains, or the Iron of the Iron Tribe in Bota Magna? 32) The main chamber Mata Nui descends into is an antechamber of the Great Volcano, yes?
4Also: 53) The Three Virtues symbol doubles a visual representation of the Shattering, yes? Seems like common knowledge by now, but for some reason, everyone to hesistant to state that. 64) Because chambers of the six different main Bara Magna elements exist in the Underground Lab of the GBs, could you canonize this as the site of the Element Lords' creation? Or will that be explained in Legends of Bara Magna? 75) We have never seen Dune Snakes represented visually, to my knowledge. Because Vastus' symbol is a snake, and they featured prominently on his helmet and shoulder armor, could these be considered modeled after the appearance of the Dune Snake?
8Thanks for your time.
9Triggy 10BS01 Staff
111) Would make more sense for it to be the WQ's, since it relates to something in northern Bara Magna 122) Yes 133) It's basically a map that shows the three pieces, yes 144) Legends of Bara Magna? Not sure what that refers to. Yes, it would make sense for that to be where they were created. 155) Yes
161) So to confirm, it's an Exsidian coin? 174) Sorry, I wasn't clear. I was wondering if the Element Lords' creation was going to be covered in the eighth Graphic Novel, the one detailing the Malum vs. Strakk arena match, Skrall fighting baterra and Core War stories. If so, I wouldn't want you to canonize my suggestion, if it has already been detailed in a different way somewhere else.
181) Yup 194) Their creation is never actually shown -- they are, but not how they were created, so it doesn't conflict with anything I don't believe.
20Of note: I linked Greg to specific images for #5, so he was making a more informed decision.
21Greg has already said multiple times that it WAS NOT a dune snake on Vastus's armour. Multiple times in fact. Hence the Talon snake. And now this.
22*sigh......................................................*
23It could all be in the way the question was asked. I didn't ask if it was an actual dune snake on Vastus' armor, just the visual inspiration for it. Perhaps Dune Snakes are much larger, and Greg didn't want to say that those were actual bodies on the armor
24Yes, I know. But up until this point Greg always said that Vastus's armour was not based off of the Dune Snakes. So, over time, I invented the Talon Snake, a medium sized venomous snake commonly found in Tesera. If has a powerful bite that can paralyze a full grown Glatorian in order to paralyze it's prey for consumption. As a natural self defense weapon the Talon Snake has a large Talon Like growth on the tip of it's tail, which is where it gets it's name from. Vastus extracts his venom from the Talon Snakes, which he uses in his spear. He models his armour after the Talon Snake and uses their venom in honor of one of Tesera's most common and deadly predators.
21) The coin found by Berix is described to be forged from a metal mined to the north. Is this Exsidian from the White Quartz Mountains, or the Iron of the Iron Tribe in Bota Magna? 32) The main chamber Mata Nui descends into is an antechamber of the Great Volcano, yes?
4Also: 53) The Three Virtues symbol doubles a visual representation of the Shattering, yes? Seems like common knowledge by now, but for some reason, everyone to hesistant to state that. 64) Because chambers of the six different main Bara Magna elements exist in the Underground Lab of the GBs, could you canonize this as the site of the Element Lords' creation? Or will that be explained in Legends of Bara Magna? 75) We have never seen Dune Snakes represented visually, to my knowledge. Because Vastus' symbol is a snake, and they featured prominently on his helmet and shoulder armor, could these be considered modeled after the appearance of the Dune Snake?
8Thanks for your time.
9Triggy 10BS01 Staff
111) Would make more sense for it to be the WQ's, since it relates to something in northern Bara Magna 122) Yes 133) It's basically a map that shows the three pieces, yes 144) Legends of Bara Magna? Not sure what that refers to. Yes, it would make sense for that to be where they were created. 155) Yes
161) So to confirm, it's an Exsidian coin? 174) Sorry, I wasn't clear. I was wondering if the Element Lords' creation was going to be covered in the eighth Graphic Novel, the one detailing the Malum vs. Strakk arena match, Skrall fighting baterra and Core War stories. If so, I wouldn't want you to canonize my suggestion, if it has already been detailed in a different way somewhere else.
181) Yup 194) Their creation is never actually shown -- they are, but not how they were created, so it doesn't conflict with anything I don't believe.
20Of note: I linked Greg to specific images for #5, so he was making a more informed decision.
21Greg has already said multiple times that it WAS NOT a dune snake on Vastus's armour. Multiple times in fact. Hence the Talon snake. And now this.
22*sigh......................................................*
23It could all be in the way the question was asked. I didn't ask if it was an actual dune snake on Vastus' armor, just the visual inspiration for it. Perhaps Dune Snakes are much larger, and Greg didn't want to say that those were actual bodies on the armor
24Yes, I know. But up until this point Greg always said that Vastus's armour was not based off of the Dune Snakes. So, over time, I invented the Talon Snake, a medium sized venomous snake commonly found in Tesera. If has a powerful bite that can paralyze a full grown Glatorian in order to paralyze it's prey for consumption. As a natural self defense weapon the Talon Snake has a large Talon Like growth on the tip of it's tail, which is where it gets it's name from. Vastus extracts his venom from the Talon Snakes, which he uses in his spear. He models his armour after the Talon Snake and uses their venom in honor of one of Tesera's most common and deadly predators.
25Is the "Talon Snake"where you're talking about Canon?
111. Can you describe Angonce's personality?
211) I see Angonce as a very moral person. I think he felt a great deal of responsibility for his creations and any harm they might do. He's the type who would feel he had to make up for things like that, and so was sort of the conscience of the GBs.
3Great Angonce info. In addition, did anyone else think the way he answered questions about Heremus implied that he had a large hand in most of the projects? I'm thinking Heremus probably was the main GB who talked in Brothers in Arms.
4Additionally, I've sent Greg three messages over the course of the past few weeks, and I turned the message tracker on for all three. He hasn't read them, though. He's answered my PMs plenty of times before; do you think the server ate them or he blocked me?
1I think it's the amount of PMs that he is getting that keeps him away from answering your PMs.
1Hi, Greg . Just a small question:
21) Since EP was used in the MU to stabilize it; the OMN's efforts to destroy every single source hasn't unballanced the universe yet? 31a)Or there are more sources the Order is not aware of?
41) Nope. And there must be, because see the latest chapter of Reign of Shadows.
21) The coin found by Berix is described to be forged from a metal mined to the north. Is this Exsidian from the White Quartz Mountains, or the Iron of the Iron Tribe in Bota Magna? 32) The main chamber Mata Nui descends into is an antechamber of the Great Volcano, yes?
4Also: 53) The Three Virtues symbol doubles a visual representation of the Shattering, yes? Seems like common knowledge by now, but for some reason, everyone to hesistant to state that. 64) Because chambers of the six different main Bara Magna elements exist in the Underground Lab of the GBs, could you canonize this as the site of the Element Lords' creation? Or will that be explained in Legends of Bara Magna? 75) We have never seen Dune Snakes represented visually, to my knowledge. Because Vastus' symbol is a snake, and they featured prominently on his helmet and shoulder armor, could these be considered modeled after the appearance of the Dune Snake?
8Thanks for your time.
9Triggy 10BS01 Staff
111) Would make more sense for it to be the WQ's, since it relates to something in northern Bara Magna 122) Yes 133) It's basically a map that shows the three pieces, yes 144) Legends of Bara Magna? Not sure what that refers to. Yes, it would make sense for that to be where they were created. 155) Yes
161) So to confirm, it's an Exsidian coin? 174) Sorry, I wasn't clear. I was wondering if the Element Lords' creation was going to be covered in the eighth Graphic Novel, the one detailing the Malum vs. Strakk arena match, Skrall fighting baterra and Core War stories. If so, I wouldn't want you to canonize my suggestion, if it has already been detailed in a different way somewhere else.
181) Yup 194) Their creation is never actually shown -- they are, but not how they were created, so it doesn't conflict with anything I don't believe.
20Of note: I linked Greg to specific images for #5, so he was making a more informed decision.
21Greg has already said multiple times that it WAS NOT a dune snake on Vastus's armour. Multiple times in fact. Hence the Talon snake. And now this.
22*sigh......................................................*
23It could all be in the way the question was asked. I didn't ask if it was an actual dune snake on Vastus' armor, just the visual inspiration for it. Perhaps Dune Snakes are much larger, and Greg didn't want to say that those were actual bodies on the armor
24Yes, I know. But up until this point Greg always said that Vastus's armour was not based off of the Dune Snakes. So, over time, I invented the Talon Snake, a medium sized venomous snake commonly found in Tesera. If has a powerful bite that can paralyze a full grown Glatorian in order to paralyze it's prey for consumption. As a natural self defense weapon the Talon Snake has a large Talon Like growth on the tip of it's tail, which is where it gets it's name from. Vastus extracts his venom from the Talon Snakes, which he uses in his spear. He models his armour after the Talon Snake and uses their venom in honor of one of Tesera's most common and deadly predators.
25Is the "Talon Snake"where you're talking about Canon?
26Greg approved it if that's what you mean.
1Hi Greg.
21. The Jovan combiner model is mostly gunmetal gray, with black armor and white limbs. For confirmation purposes, is gunmetal gray the primary color for Magnetism, and black is the secondary? 32. Since Odina was overrun by Rahkshi, has the Toa that was in stasis escaped? 42a. If so, is there a potential that he/she will be part of the team in the new Toa serial?
5Thank you for your time.
6~Lord Rahl~
71) I never thought of it that way, I thought of it as those were the pieces the designer had to work with. 82) No. Why would Rahkshi free a Toa?
9I figured that they might have broken the stasis tube, that's all...
10~Lord Rahl~
11. The Jovan combiner model is mostly gunmetal gray, with black armor and white limbs. For confirmation purposes, is gunmetal gray the primary color for Magnetism, and black is the secondary? 2~Lord Rahl~
31) I never thought of it that way, I thought of it as those were the pieces the designer had to work with.
4Looks like we might have to do a poll for Magnetism as well.
11. The Jovan combiner model is mostly gunmetal gray, with black armor and white limbs. For confirmation purposes, is gunmetal gray the primary color for Magnetism, and black is the secondary? 2~Lord Rahl~
31) I never thought of it that way, I thought of it as those were the pieces the designer had to work with.
4Looks like we might have to do a poll for Magnetism as well.
5Good. Magnetism deserves a unique color scheme, not just Earth's in reverse.
1The white (and I think a blue part in there somewhere) was a parts issue. It wouldn't change the colors, or require any confirmation / poll on it. That small of an adjustment, for that purpose isn't bad; the Metru had plenty of blue pins on them, but that won't change their colors all to blue ;P
2Magnetism's fine.
3EDIT: Then we need to change Green, Air, Water, Sonics and Shadow if we're going by how similar some are
2Magnetism's fine.
3EDIT: Then we need to change Green, Air, Water, Sonics and Shadow if we're going by how similar some are
1The white (and I think a blue part in there somewhere) was a parts issue. It wouldn't change the colors, or require any confirmation / poll on it. That small of an adjustment, for that purpose isn't bad; the Metru had plenty of blue pins on them, but that won't change their colors all to blue ;P
2Magnetism's fine.
3But Greg never thought of Magnetism as gray and black. So it's not really canon unless he says so.
1Well, we need an answer from GregF regardless because he's not being clear. At the moment, there is no primary or secondary color.
1The point is GregF needs to be asked what the primary and secondary colors are for Magnetism based on Jovan. If he thinks Jovan isn't a good choice to base the colors off of, then we're back to the poll idea.
1But we were already given the colors, and not necessarily based on Jovan. Which is which I understand, but those colors are already known; no sense changing another fact.
1What facts? BS01 has the primary color listed as gunmetal gray and black. There's no secondary color. Something's obviously missing.
1Yes, something is missing, the secondary, which is written in the primary slot. Like I said, only the which is which is unclear now.
2When an element has 2 different listed colors to it, one of them is primary, the other is secondary. Both don't blend on the body leaving an unknown color for limbs.
2When an element has 2 different listed colors to it, one of them is primary, the other is secondary. Both don't blend on the body leaving an unknown color for limbs.