1QUOTE 2Hello GregF . I have only one question. Thankyou in advance smile 
3I just read on Bio-sector that Tahu is 'formerly' the leader of his team. Is that accurate? I don't recall hearing that in the story anywhere.
4In the sense that the team does not really need a leader now, yes. I don't see all six Mata/Nuva staying together on Spherus Magna, they would be of more use splitting up and working with other groups so that their experience and skills could be shared. Tahu understands that Mata Nui wants the society to be integrated, not just MU people over here, SM people over there.
5Wow...the sadness of Comic 7 hadn't really hit me until that statement. No more Tahu/Gali/Kopaka/Pohatu/Onua/Lewa team...
1Now that Mata Nui is inactive and the MU bot is destroyed, how are potential new Matoran (providing they salvage the Matoran-making equipment from the MU) going to be destined to be Toa?
2The things you mentioned are largely irrelevant. A Toa can take a rock, create a Toa stone, and then if a Matoran is destined to become a Toa, the stone can trigger the change in him. Mata Nui isn't needed for this.
3It was my understanding that Mata Nui was the one in charge of a Matoran's destiny... is this not correct?
4But the destiny is set when the Matoran is created. So if you are talking about a Matoran who already exists and is destined to become a Toa, Mata Nui's work is already done.
5He still didn't answer the question I was trying to ask, but I didn't want to send too many followups
1What are you asking?
1He was asking how newly created Matoran will be given a destiny when Mata Nui is no longer available to help.
1Well, yes, but he's "dormant" in the sense that while he is aware of everything that is going around him, he doesn't want to influence anyone anymore. He's no longer a part of the society, really. I thought that's what the comic and GregF said.
1Well, yes, but he's "dormant" in the sense that while he is aware of everything that is going around him, he doesn't want to influence anyone anymore. He's no longer a part of the society, really. I thought that's what the comic and GregF said.
2Well, setting people's destiny's is pretty much the only way he interfered in the MU, and no-one will ever notice in SM.
1Hello Greg, I just read the final chapter of Reign of Shadows and I am extremely thankful that you've brought Vezon back from his prolonged disappearance. I absolutely love his character. Same old, insanely crazy. But something has worried me extremely...
21.) Is The Shadowed One dead? Please don't kill him off, it would be a waste of a character especially since Ancients death as well. I mean what other antagonist are you going to put in future serials? So at least have him imprisoned or something. It would deeply sadden me and many others who appreciate our charismatic Dark Hunter Leader is dead and without a decent one either. 31a.) Now that Vezon saved everyone in the beginning of the chapter, has he mastered his new power or is he still learning? 42.) Can you finally explain what that greenish cloud that went into the energized protodermis pool was? Or is it still a secret? 53.) Do Zyglak respect, trust or hate, despise each other? Help one another if they're injured? Or leave them behind? 64.) Can their protodermis destroying touch "Diseased Touch" be turned off? 75.) Can Zyglak differentiate between colors? 86.) Do Zyglak have their own language? 97.) In Prisoners of the Pit, the Zyglak carried spears that destroyed anything they hit. Did the Zyglak create those spears? 108.) What would you say their social interaction is? Do they talk to each other? Hunt? 119.) Do Zyglak usually stay close to each other? Or do they fan out away from each other?
12Greg's Answers
13Wasn't the final chapter, there's one more to go. I couldn't fit everything into this one.
141) No, he is definitely not dead. 151a) Keep in mind he had a Great Being to tell him what to do in that case 162) It will get explained next chapter 173) It varies, just as it does between humans. Do you respect and trust every other human being? 184) No 195) Yes 206) Yes 217) Nope, they stole them 228) Yes 239) As with most outcasts, yes
21.) Is The Shadowed One dead? Please don't kill him off, it would be a waste of a character especially since Ancients death as well. I mean what other antagonist are you going to put in future serials? So at least have him imprisoned or something. It would deeply sadden me and many others who appreciate our charismatic Dark Hunter Leader is dead and without a decent one either. 31a.) Now that Vezon saved everyone in the beginning of the chapter, has he mastered his new power or is he still learning? 42.) Can you finally explain what that greenish cloud that went into the energized protodermis pool was? Or is it still a secret? 53.) Do Zyglak respect, trust or hate, despise each other? Help one another if they're injured? Or leave them behind? 64.) Can their protodermis destroying touch "Diseased Touch" be turned off? 75.) Can Zyglak differentiate between colors? 86.) Do Zyglak have their own language? 97.) In Prisoners of the Pit, the Zyglak carried spears that destroyed anything they hit. Did the Zyglak create those spears? 108.) What would you say their social interaction is? Do they talk to each other? Hunt? 119.) Do Zyglak usually stay close to each other? Or do they fan out away from each other?
12Greg's Answers
13Wasn't the final chapter, there's one more to go. I couldn't fit everything into this one.
141) No, he is definitely not dead. 151a) Keep in mind he had a Great Being to tell him what to do in that case 162) It will get explained next chapter 173) It varies, just as it does between humans. Do you respect and trust every other human being? 184) No 195) Yes 206) Yes 217) Nope, they stole them 228) Yes 239) As with most outcasts, yes
1I am glad that TSO is sticking around. I do wonder what he did and where he is.
21.) Is The Shadowed One dead? Please don't kill him off, it would be a waste of a character especially since Ancients death as well. I mean what other antagonist are you going to put in future serials? So at least have him imprisoned or something. It would deeply sadden me and many others who appreciate our charismatic Dark Hunter Leader is dead and without a decent one either. 31a.) Now that Vezon saved everyone in the beginning of the chapter, has he mastered his new power or is he still learning? 42.) Can you finally explain what that greenish cloud that went into the energized protodermis pool was? Or is it still a secret? 53.) Do Zyglak respect, trust or hate, despise each other? Help one another if they're injured? Or leave them behind? 64.) Can their protodermis destroying touch "Diseased Touch" be turned off? 75.) Can Zyglak differentiate between colors? 86.) Do Zyglak have their own language? 97.) In Prisoners of the Pit, the Zyglak carried spears that destroyed anything they hit. Did the Zyglak create those spears? 108.) What would you say their social interaction is? Do they talk to each other? Hunt? 119.) Do Zyglak usually stay close to each other? Or do they fan out away from each other?
12Greg's Answers
13Wasn't the final chapter, there's one more to go. I couldn't fit everything into this one.
141) No, he is definitely not dead. 151a) Keep in mind he had a Great Being to tell him what to do in that case 162) It will get explained next chapter 173) It varies, just as it does between humans. Do you respect and trust every other human being? 184) No 195) Yes 206) Yes 217) Nope, they stole them 228) Yes 239) As with most outcasts, yes
11) What is Zaktan's third power? We know his elment and eye power, but not his third power.
22) Was Zaktan still made up of protodite when he became a snake?
31) That's because I never came up with one for him, I didn't need it for story 42) Yes
5Nothing much, though I wished we knew what his power was
22) Was Zaktan still made up of protodite when he became a snake?
31) That's because I never came up with one for him, I didn't need it for story 42) Yes
5Nothing much, though I wished we knew what his power was
6I always assumed that being proditic was his, in a sense. Maybe he lost it when he turned into the protodites.
11. in ROS chapter 11 Lewa and the group and up on Bota Magna, now i know you can't tell me this, but id it possible that they can be in the main universe and that olmak can travel from one spot to the other in the same universe?
2They are in the main universe. Remember, Vezon got time froze and then heard the voice of the GB -- we never said the GB was in the alternate universe. Certainly beings who could invent something like the Olmak (or invent something that could invent that) and something that could basically stop time would be capable of cross-dimensional communication.
31. well that was fast and i am pretty sure this is new so someone needs to change the pages of anyone or anything related to this since they all say thay are in an alternate universe
1I've never gotten reply this fast. It took just five minutes.
21) a. Are Lewa and co. in main dimension's Bota Magna moon with main dimension Great Being? 3b. If so, did the Great Being notice Vezon moving between dimensions and stopped his Olmak while Vezon was in one of AUs?
41) Yes
52) Is the fusion Irnakk (greenish cloud was some kind of Irnakk's spirit)?
62) No. And Irnakk has no "spirit" -- Irnakk is a made up character, like the Wolfman or Frankenstein's monster. He's not real, so he can't have a real spirit.
73)a. Have Barraki assembled their old armies again?
8b. If yes, is Ambhibax back with Ehlek?
93) More like new armies.
104) In Barraki part an earth tremor is mentioned. Is this on of those caused by battle with Mata Nui?
114) Yes
21) a. Are Lewa and co. in main dimension's Bota Magna moon with main dimension Great Being? 3b. If so, did the Great Being notice Vezon moving between dimensions and stopped his Olmak while Vezon was in one of AUs?
41) Yes
52) Is the fusion Irnakk (greenish cloud was some kind of Irnakk's spirit)?
62) No. And Irnakk has no "spirit" -- Irnakk is a made up character, like the Wolfman or Frankenstein's monster. He's not real, so he can't have a real spirit.
73)a. Have Barraki assembled their old armies again?
8b. If yes, is Ambhibax back with Ehlek?
93) More like new armies.
104) In Barraki part an earth tremor is mentioned. Is this on of those caused by battle with Mata Nui?
114) Yes
2I've got some questions if you have time for them
32- About the Av-matoran: Are they still in Metru Nui or have they returned to their homeland? 42b- About the ones that turned shadow and got mutated, did they rebuilded themeselves to look less shadow like or do they still have their claws and wings? 52c- Did they also maybe replaced their Makta masks with regular masks (Hau, Pakari etc) or do they still have their Makuta Masks? (Personally I would have rid myself of those masks)
64- Did Vican went with the Av-matoran to Metru Nui or did he leave back to his homeland? 74b- Does he still has his Makuta mask or did he replaced it? 84c- Does he still has got his wings and claws or did he rebuild himself?
9That's all for now and thanks in advance
102) Metru Nui 112b) I don't think they have been cured yet 122c) They have rid themselves of those masks
134) Yes, Vican did go with them, and he has not changed, because he wants to remind himself of the mistake he made. Remember, he chose to ally with the Makuta, the Av-Matoran did not, so he has more to feel guilty about.
14And I definetily believe that the shadow matoran mask replacement and the guilt of Vican is new
15Hi Greg
16The above questions were asked by me some time ago and I've forgotten to reply to them.
172c- So do all of the Shadow Matoran now wear the basic masks of Metru Nui (Hau, Huna, Pakari etc)? 182d- Is Kirop still their leader?
194- Since Vican feels guild about his actions, does that also mean that he tries to avoid the other matoran out of guild? Or is he just acting normal among the others?
20That's all for now and thanks in advance
212c) All of the shadow Matoran were cured, they are Av-Matoran again. And they are wearing whatever masks they were able to scrounge up. 222d) Yes 234) I would think he would deal with his guilt by trying to work harder and help others more
24Note for BS01: 25Why haven't any of you guyes added the above to BS01? The Matoran mask thing is relevant and the Vican has guild thing is worth gold, isn't it?
1Hello Mr Farshtey,
2I'm sending for the third and final time these questions:
31)How did the Ignika create the Golden Armor? It doesn't seem to be related with Life. 41a)If the Ignika knew about the Golden Armor, why didn't it create it in Karda Nui, to help Tahu defeat the Makuta?
52)When Tahu exits the MU, he finds himself in an illusion of "a lava plain on an island he knows no longer exists". Is it the island of Mata Nui? What was the purpose of the illusion? 62a)Did the Ignika get out of the Prototype Robot, or was that an illusion as well?
73)In page 4, Teridax talks about Gali and Pohatu destroying half a legion of Skakdi. Did it happen in the MU or on Bara Magna? If the former, will we see it in RoS? If the latter, will we see in in Journey's End (book)?
84)Did the fight between the two robots prduce some damage on Bara Magna? I mean, they're giant men, so even their simple moving might create something like a minor earthquake.
95)Did Teridax attack BM only with Heat Vision Rahkshi or were those simply the only ones seen?
106)Now that Tahu has used the Golden Armor, could he use it again or was it like those super-weapons which only work once?
117)When Teridax fell from the impact with the rock shard from Aqua Magna (or was it Bota Magna) did something like a second Great Cataclysm happen in the MU? If not, why? 127a)In particular, since the rock tore part of the robot's head away, did something like a giant hole open in Metru Nui?
138)I don't want him to come back, but Teridax shouldn't be dead. I mean, he was just inhabiting in Antidermis form Mata Nui's brain, so he could have escaped.
149)Mata Nui makes the Bara Magna desert bloom again, when it is "bathed with the power of life". But Mata Nui doesn't wear the mask anymore, so how does he access its power? If he could access it, couldn't he simply drain the life out of Teridax?
1510) What happened to Mata Nui?
1611)Will the Agori, the Matoran and pretty much anyone else use the MU as some sort of new Mega-Village, though it is really a whole universe? Or is it too damaged?
1712)It seems to me that an end like this is meant to close the sttoryline once and for all. Doesn't it seem to you too much to go on? Or do you have an even more fantastic end planned in 2011?
18Non- Journey's End:
1913)How will the next serial be called?
2014) When are you doing the next RoS chapter? Does RoS end before the fight between Teridax and Mata Nui or during it?
2115)Does Sahmad's Tale end after Teridax's defeat? If so, will Sahmad go back to Bota Magna?
2216)You're probably not the right person to ask this question to, but I'll do so anyway. Is it you who judges the stories for the Core War contest? if so, have you already made a decision?
2317)In Ch. 4 of Journey's End Tahu is ambushing some Rahkshi with Onua. Is this part of the mission Onua proposed in RoS ch.2 or not?
241) It's not alive, but the materials used to make it are partly organic, so the mask can work with them same as it could work with the Glatorian weapons. 251a) Wouldn't have done any good. If it could defeat a Makuta, then Teridax would have been defeated as soon as Tahu used it, and he wasn't. It's designed to work on solid antidermis -- kraata -- not gaseous or liquid antidermis. 262) Yes, it was Mata Nui, and the purpose was for him to be someplace familiar and someplace that Mata Nui would know about. 272a) That was an illusion as well. 283) Bara Magna, and no, we don't spend time on Gali and Pohatu in JE. I didn't have room. 294) Sure 305) Those are the only ones we showed, because that is the one that's a set this year 316) No real need to use it again, as any Rahkshi that escaped the MU have scattered. 327) Yes 337a) Basically, it was like someone getting hit in the head with a rock -- theirskull would be damaged, and their brain would also be damaged, but not shattered like their skull. 348) Sorry, no. He could have escaped if he knew the blow was coming, but he didn't. If you possess a body, and the body dies, you die with it. 359) The mask is inside him so he has access to its power. And yes, he could have used it as you suggested -- but this way, it is something he does on impulse and you could argue he was hoping just to knock Makuta out. If we do what you suggest, we make Mata Nui a cold-blooded murderer. My original idea was that Mata Nui knocks Makuta out, then uses his powers to slice the armor open so that the inhabitants of the MU could escape, and that got rejected in Denmark as being too violent. 3610) He's restoring his energies and dormant for now. Awake, but not active. 3711) There is no heat, light or fresh air in the MU anymore, so it is not really habitable. 3812) I have a whole new planet to explore with a combination of 2009 characters and 2001-2008 characters. So there is a lot still to be told. We haven't even touched Bota Magna yet. 3913) No idea 4014) Just wrote one yesterday 4115) No, Sahmad's Tale extends past Teridax's defeat, because Teridax is not relevant to Sahmad. 4216) No, those are judged by the people who are running the contest, not by me. 4317) No, it's not
44Thank you for your answers, Mr.Farshtey. I just need to clarify a few things:
451)Who designed the armor? Was it the Great Beings? If so, then how could they know Tahu would need to knock the Kraata out? How could they know the Makuta would rebel? If it wasn't the Great Beings, then how could Tren Krom know about it?
469)I meant to weaken him. Why couldn't he do that? Actually, it seems less violent to me?
4711)But why can't they use it as shelter for their houses (the robot body)? Or take it apart and use the structures inside (the light and heat would be supplied by the Bara Magna sun)?
48I've read the new RoS chapter. I now have some more questions:
491)Why did Teridax mean to leave Lewa behind?
502)The mad Great Being Vezon encounters, is he of the main universe? If so, does it mean he reached out to the Spherus Magna Alternate Universe, where Vezon was? How could he do that? 512a)Why did the Great Being ask Vezon to bring Helryx, Tuyet, Brutaka and all the others to him?
523)Did Teridax destroy TOS?
534)Did the fusion the Skakdi created mind-control the Toa Mahri? Were they "the wondrous gift"? And what did he want to feed of?
541) Yes, the GBs did. It's a failsafe. It's designed to work on solid antidermis. A good scientist should be able to foresee at least some of the possible consequences of his creations. 5511) It can, but it would need to be taken apart to do so. That is an option, if they choose to do it. 561) Because Lewa is capable of creating air, which would mean the others would not suffocate in space. 572) Yes, he is in the main universe. Beings who can come up with an idea for something like the Olmak are certainly capable of trans-dimensional communication 582a) Vezon doesn't have the power to free him. He hopes they do. 593) TSO isn't dead, and Teridax had nothing to do with what did happen to him. 604) I can't discuss this, relates to future story.
1I asked Greg:
2Are the Great Beings definitily going to return? 3And have they been watching the happenings of The Matoran Universe and Bara Magna all along?
4He responded
2Are the Great Beings definitily going to return? 3And have they been watching the happenings of The Matoran Universe and Bara Magna all along?
4He responded
5They had no way to observe what was going on in the Matoran Universe. As for your first question, all I can tell you is that when I wanted to show what they looked like (at least partially) in a graphic novel this year, I was told no. They are still something LEGO wants largely kept under wraps.
1Hi GregF,
2I have a couple of questions today.
31) If a being that was wearing the Kanohi Kualsi was trapped in a Toa Seal, would that being be able to activate the mask's power and escape the seal? I am asking because Toa Seals look transparent.
42) When Mata Nui pulled back Aqua Magna, wouldn't some of the water have evaporated due to the atmosphere?
53) Is the reason why the Agori cannot create new things in anyway related to the Great Beings?
6Thanks in advance.
71) No. The seal would block transport. Otherwise, Makuta could have just teleported out of it in 2004-2005. 82) Which atmosphere? 93) Not directly, no. This is a post-holocaust society -- they had a global disaster -- think the Dark Ages on Earth. When people come through something like that, sometimes knowledge or skills can be lost.
10Thanks for the reply GregF, I have a couple more questions.
111) Did it ever rain on Bara Magna? 12a) Bota Magna? 13Aqua Magna? 14c) Spherus Magna? 15d) Any of the areas in the MU?
162) This is sort of a wierd question, but it has been on my mind lately. Matoran "eat" by absorbing energy from living things such as fish. Could a matoran technically absorb energy from another matoran to satisfy hunger (cannabalism, in a sense)?
173) In the Dark Mirror dimension (which is said that time passes at the same rate as the main universe), Mata Nui never crashed, so he never slept for the 1001 years. Doesn't that mean that he should have completed his mission by then, rendering the MU body useless? So how come there were still inhabitants in the MU robot in that dimension?
184) Was the Golen Armor never really ment to be used on Bara Magna? Ever since the comic was released, I always thought it was ment to be used in the MU incase of the Makuta taking over.
195) Back in 08, when Antroz was still alive, he had a pair of weapons. Could you make it canon that the name of his weapons are called "Fang Blades"? It sounds so much better than "claws".
20Thanks in advance.
211) In the mountains, it would have snowed, not rained. Bara Magna is a desert, it doesn't rain in the desert generally. 221a) Sure 231b) Yes 241c) Yes 251d) Not that I am aware of. 262) No. The energy of a Matoran is now the raw energy that they need to feed on. 273) How do you know he did not take longer than 100,000 years to do his surveying in that universe? Or that he was not just about to get to Bara Magna when that story took place? 284) There was no location attached to it. It was intended to be used WHEN it was not needed. WHERE didn't matter. 295) I hesitate to do things like this, because then six other fans will scream about it and say their name is better and it turns into a big mess. If you feel there's a need for a different name, talk to Erebus about doing a poll.
30A couple of follow ups. Spoilered just incase.
1No rain in the Matoran Universe? Actually, I don't like that, because rain is an important part of the ecosystem. And I think the domes were generally large enough for their own weather.
1Fang Blades sounds cool.
1That was written by a member of BZP, not the Bionicle story team though
1But in the first 06 comic, it shows rain.
1Fang Blades would work for me too.
1Okay the raining on Voya Nui is explainable, but what about in Metru Nui at the beginning of Web of Shadows? There is a big storm that is going on when the Toa Metru are returning to Metru Nui.
1Okay the raining on Voya Nui is explainable, but what about in Metru Nui at the beginning of Web of Shadows? There is a big storm that is going on when the Toa Metru are returning to Metru Nui.
2I'd suppose it was just artistic license. After all, it was needed to create the atmosphere.
3Ah but all Greg said was
41d) Not that I am aware of.
5Meaning there could be, he just didn't realize it had been shown before.
6-Paradox-
1I hope it rains in the MU, for reasons I mentioned earlier.