Bionicle 2009 Images and Discussion

[Nightmare]

Destiny War-Chapter 5 (Credit to Zed Zedd and Zeddy on BZP):

The Shadowed One -master of the Dark Hunters, mortal enemy of the Makuta, thief, assassin and conqueror - was bored. Since he and his people had been dispatched to occupy the island of Xia by the Order of Mata Nui, there had been precious little to do. The island has been pacified in a matter of hours. Except for the occasional two or three Dark Hunters tapped by the order for a mission, the bulk of their forces had yet to act. The Shadowed One did not like feeling penned in on this island, or ignored. That was why this day found him prowling the factories of Xia seeking amusement. Despite his pressure to get all manufacturing centers working again, many of the buildings were still badly damaged by the battle between the Tahtorak and the Kanohi Dragon. It was while walking through one such building that he came upon a Vortixx frantically clearing away rubble.

"What are you doing here?" asked The Shadowed One.

The Vortixx gasped, surprised. When he saw who was addressing him, he dropped to one knee and bowed his head. The Vortixx it seemed, had a long history of knowing when and to whom to submit.

"Nothing, Great Lord," said the Vortixx, "just... cleaning up so all factories can be working again as you ordered."

The Shadowed One said nothing. He knew what a lie sounded like- he had told enough of them himself. After several moments, he said:

"Then I will help you."

"No!" the Vortixx cried out, "That's... that's unnecessary. This is work for a laborer, not a ruler like yourself."

Power flashed out from The Shadowed One's staff. A band of crystal and Protodermis appeared around the Vortixx's mouth, gagging him.

"I said I will help you," repeated The Shadowed One.

Striding over to the heap of rubble, The Shadowed One began to dig, never taking his eye off the Vortixx. The deeper he got, the more visibly upset the Xian seemed to be.

'What,' he wondered, 'was waiting at the bottom of this hole?'

He soon found out. Several feet down, he came across a Protosteel box. Burned into the lid was the symbol of the Brotherhood of Makuta. The box was locked, but the lock was no match for the now very curious Dark Hunter. He opened it carefully- after all, this might be some clever trap. But when he saw what the box contained, his eyes widened.

"Oh, my, my," said The Shadowed One, as he gazed at something that soon might make him master of the world.

---

Vezon, it could truly be said, had a unique perspective on life. Perhaps it had been the fact that he had only been truly alive for a matter of weeks. Perhaps it was his time spent wearing the Mask of Life. Or perhaps it was just the fact that he was hopelessly insane. But the perspective he had today, he had to admit, was a new one: upside-down. The Makuta he had encountered in the fortress of Destral, who identified himself with a laugh as Tridax, had not entirely believe Vezon's story about cross and double-cross. In fact, he decided some follow-up questions were in order, the kind delivered when your guest is hanging by the ceiling by his ankles.

"I have checked our teleportation technology," Tridax said, "there was no sign of sabotage. You are a liar."

"Well, no one ever said Makuta were observant," said Vezon, "How could you be so sure? Suppose I sabotaged it myself using my incredible powers of the mind."

"You have no powers," said the Makuta, picking up a wickedly sharp blade, "You have no mind. You are about to have no head."

"You're right, you're right!" babbled Vezon, "There is no army, there is no delay, I simply wanted the pleasure of your company. Well, pleasure might be too strong a word. Did I tell you I once wore the Mask of Life? One stray thought back then, and you wouldn't have even left ashes. I do miss those days. Anyway, take pride in being correct. There is no threat to Destral at all."

The walls of the fortress suddenly shook violently from an incredible impact.

"Except that one." Vezon added helpfully.

Rock-dust fell from the ceiling, masses of weapons clattered to the floor and even the anchors of Vezon's chains came loose. A second blast tore a hole in the wall and sent mangled Rahkshi flying into the chamber. This time, the anchors came loose all the way and Vezon fell to the stone floor. Makuta Tridax was paying no attention. His orders were clear: maintain Destral in its current location unless attacked. In the even of a serious threat from Toa or Dark Hunters, teleport the island off the shores of Metru-Nui and seize that city. He stalked off to carry out those commands. Vezon followed behind, unnoticed.

'That's right,' thought the deranged ex-prisoner, 'lead me to your secrets. Ah, this plan is so cunning it might almost be one of mine. And perhaps it will be before I'm done.

---

Far to the west, Pridak watched the fortress burn, and smiled at the sight. He had been fortunate since his release from the Pit. His captors had provided him with ships and the resources with which to raise an army. From the worst holes in the Universe, he had found ex-Dark Hunters, exiled Vortixx, even a Skakdi or two for his cruise. Before Kalmah had even devised a battle-plan, Pridak had sounded off without him on a voyage of conquest. It felt good- good to sack and burn and destroy again; good to feel the warm glow of the Lightstones on his body, even though his water-filled home had kept him from smelling the wonderful smoke and stench of battle. He was back, and back to stay. His men had rounded the forces of the Makuta who occupied this place, but had found no actual Brotherhood member.

Now, as he surveyed his conquest, a few things captured his notice: the structure was not original, it had been rebuilt on the site of an earlier strong point. The lower levels were still incomplete, and it was while exploring them that he found a strange room. Deep below the basement was a room of rubble. The walls had been smashed, leaving only packed earth behind, and the remnants of those walls were littered around the floor. Intrigued, he picked one of the pieces up, only to find there was an inscription on it. The symbols made no sense to him and he was about to throw it away, when he noticed that another piece also had such an inscription. In fact, all the pieces did. There was some sort of message here, or there had been, he realized. Someone had tried to destroy it by shattering the walls, but the message was still here for someone who had the discipline to decipher it. And if someone had thought whatever information it contained worthy of destruction, it must be quite interesting indeed. With the infinite patience of a born hunter, Pridak began to assemble the stones.

To be continued...

Edited October 27, 2008 by Nightmare

[Pencoin]

Oh it was Pridak, I thought he was still talking about that Tridax guy which got me confused.

Edited October 27, 2008 by Pencoin

[Skipper 24]

Are these new?

[Pencoin]

Thanks again Skip.

Oh my goodness they haven't changed Gresh. Gresh and Zesk and Fero & Skirmix are my favs from each catergory.

We can be certain who is good and bad now.

Wheres Skrall?

Found him: http://www.mangiobricks.it/deu/index.php

So Berix and Tarix are the only Goodies? Maybe Raanu as well?

Glow in the dark makes my heart spark.

Edited October 27, 2008 by Pencoin

[JINZONINGEN73]

Gresh looks more different every time I see him.

[Pencoin]

What you mean Jinzo, they don't seem to have changed him.

[Shine]

http://www.mangiobricks.it/deu/index.php

http://www.mangiobricks.it/cms2/graphics/a...78-1-00-N_1.jpg

[Pencoin]

http://www.mangiobricks.it/cms2/graphics/a...78-1-00-N_1.jpg

<Face Palm>

Go go Tarix, Thornax launcher attached to the wrist.

[Ikki o' Moopyville]

*escessive drooling*

OKay, so no Mata green. But Vorox actually has brown! And these pics are so inconceivably crisp and beautiful!

They officially blow anything since 2002 away.

-Ikk

[JINZONINGEN73]

LOOKEE! His weapon glows!

See the thing in the corner of the package?

[Pencoin]

Jinz I already said that... .

[The Dor]

Awesome. Awesome. AWESOME.

Now I know how Zesk's tail attaches. And thanks to that one guy who discovered that Skrall has Vorox armor, I finally have figured out his build almost completely, due to the fact that I believe Vorox armor has a plus rod attachment as well. Therefor neck joint attachment. Therefor woot. *gleeee*

Way to cool, although Gresh is skinnier now... because he has Rahkshi legs instead of Piraka legs. :( But still awesome, because that means more posability. I think that the armor/torso clash of Malum can be forgiven, due to the fact that he is megablocking awesome!

Yayayayayay. New pics woot!

[hewkii9]

Wow, Raanu's arm looks really long on the box.

Vorox...brown? My, the prodigal son has returned!

[JINZONINGEN73]

All their balls look uniform now like Tuma's did in the earlier pics, gold spikes with a black stripe in the center instead of swirly.

Pencoin

post Today, 04:27 PM

Jinz I already said that... default_tong.gif.

Sorry, I was too busy cleaning up after wetting myself to notice.

[Pencoin]

Tarix: You have gone to far Gresh, you have eaten to many of my Thornaxs.

Gresh: What you gonna do? Fire another at me?

Tarix: Nope, I'm gonna throw Berix at you

Gresh:

Tarix picks Berix up and throws him at Gresh

Gresh brings up his shield and deflects Berix

Berix: I told you this wouldn't work!

Tarix: Whoops!

Gresh turns his shield into his two blades and charges at Tarix

Tarix: Hey wait, theres a mask-thingy falling from the sky

Gresh: Riiight

Tarix: Hey its turning into a dude now!

Gresh: ...

Gresh swipes an arm blade into Tarix but he deflects with his axe-thing but get digs the other where the sun don't shine.

Tarix: Ouch!

[~Wrack'n'Ruin~]

Wow, Atakus suddenly looks evil.

But Malum's claws are awesome.

And Vorox became a nice buy for me =3

[Pencoin]

Whats up with you dudes? These guys suck. Ok there better then most, but there ain't no 2001-2003 beaters.

[VBBN]

I said they glow like 10 pages ago

[Ikki o' Moopyville]

Whats up with you dudes? These guys suck. Ok there better then most, but there ain't no 2001-2003 beaters.

The Toa Nuva are absolutely fail compared to these. They blow anything away since the Rahkshi, and maybe the Toa Metru.

-Ikk

[Antrozek]

It's me or in the right there's a scorpion over the stairs?

PS: 777 stairs XD

[Pencoin]

I dunno these guys are missing something, I dunno what it is, but just something, y'know?

Compare the Nuva to these guys and you'll see what I mean.

It's me or in the right there's a scorpion over the stairs?

PS: 777 stairs XD

Oh yes, it is. Maybe this is one of the big sets for the summer of 2009.

[VBBN]

Background creatures will not be sets

 

but big scorpion is on the right...track....hint

[iLego94]

Oh boy! I'm floating. In my own pee, that is. I love these guys! Well, Gresh looks different, Malum looks cool again, and I can't tell who is good or bad. I wonder is this is what GregF meant that we would have to "learn who's who all over again." Anyways, what happened to the spinner thing that looked like a gear?? Do you think it was ditched?? Never mind, just saw it :P BTW, I want to see BZP with this one XD

~iLego

Edited October 27, 2008 by iLego94

[Ikki o' Moopyville]

The Toa Mata beat these by far, yep, but the Nuva were always very mediocre what with their bubbling masks and cartoony armor style. One point where these win over even the Mata is posability -- plus, their colors in some places are even more elementally intertwined.

Mata > Glatorian > (long list) > Nuva

-Ikk

[Pencoin]

Yeah, I saw that as well. I didn't realise it was his life counter though til you said. Shall we try and find em all?