Bomonga
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- "You learn, you survive. You don't...?"
- — Bomonga, Challenge of the Hordika
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| Bomonga | |
| Hagah | |
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| Toa Title | Toa Hagah of Earth |
| Mask | Mask of Growth |
| Tools | Seismic Spear, Rhotuka Launching Shield |
| Status | Alive; underneath the Coliseum |
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| Rahaga | |
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| Tools | Rahaga Staff, Rhotuka |
| Pronunciation | Bow-MAHN-gah |
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Bomonga was formerly one of the six Rahaga and now, he is the Toa Hagah of Earth once again.
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Biography
Toa
Very little is known of Bomonga's life before his recruitment into the Toa Hagah. What has been confirmed, however, was that he was active as a Toa for quite some time beforehand, operating as a member of another Toa team. When the Brotherhood of Makuta decided that Makuta Teridax needed Toa bodyguards, Bomonga was selected to represent the Toa of Earth. He was endowed with metallic armor to indicate his status as an elite Toa and his former teammates presented him with his current Mask of Growth as a badge of honor.
Toa Hagah
Bomonga's new Toa team performed this task well and took care of threats to Teridax, such as Rahi intrusions. Later, the Toa Hagah discovered that the Brotherhood was actually enslaving and oppressing Matoran. The Toa Hagah then raided the Brotherhood of Makuta fortress and stole the Mask of Light. In the process, all except for Norik and Iruini were captured. Bomonga and the other three captured Toa were then mutated by Roodaka into the Rahaga. They were eventually set free by Norik and Iruini, but the two were also mutated.
Rahaga
Considering them no longer a threat, Roodaka spared them, and let them get away, not knowing that they had the mask. The Rahaga traveled to Onu-Metru, and after the Great Cataclysm, made a last stand with the Toa Hordika. After meeting the Hordika, and devising a plan to rescue the Matoran with Airships, Bomonga and Whenua went to the Archives to looks for levitation Kanoka to use in the construction of the Airships. There, they met two Kahgarak, one which was teleported to the Field of Shadows, and the other which teleported them to the Field. In there, they followed the Kahgarak until they saw a light. Coming out at the same time as the Kahgarak, Sidorak commanded the Visorak to tie them up and prepare for Zivon's summoning, Whenua and Bomonga being his meal when he gets out. They were rescued by Nuju freezing the webbing and enabling them to get out. After that, Bomonga and Whenua joined in the battle with the rest of the Hordika, Krahka and the Tahtorak. The battle ended with Tahtorak, Krahka and the Zivon going back into the Field of Shadows, and the Toa capturing the tower that Sidorak and the Visorak were building. The Toa charged it with Elemental Power, and they stayed in there for a while.
Later, Whenua and Bomonga returned to the Archives to find something that would help them in their mission to save the Matoran of Metru Nui, they found Toa Hordika Nuju and Rahaga Kualus trying to escape a Kahgarak. Nuju defeats the Kahgarak and the four run to a lower level of the Archives, but are soon cornered by Vohtarak and another Kahgarak. Whenua madly launches Rhotuka spinners at the ceiling, causing it to cave in on the Toa, Rahaga, and Visorak. Bomonga and Whenua escape and with Vakama and Onewa's assistance, help Nuju and Kualus out of the rubble. Later, the Toa Hordika (excluding Vakama) and Rahaga regroup and go to the Great Temple to find clues to help them search for Keetongu, who can restore the Hordika into their former states. While searching, he along with four of the other Rahaga are captured by Vakama, fully given in to his Hordika side, and presented to Sidorak in an attempt to gain his trust. The five Rahaga were hung from the Coliseum in Visorak webs, but were later rescued by Norik during the Battle of Metru Nui. When Roodaka was defeated and the Hordika were cured by Keetongu, he along with the other Rahaga helped the Toa Metru and Keetongu load the Matoran Spheres onto the Airships they built. The Rahaga and Keetongu stayed behind on Metru Nui, occaisionally leaving to help islands conquered by the Visorak. 500 years after the Great Rescue, the Rahaga, Keetongu, and the reawakened Turaga Dume fought off and defeated a seperated group of Visorak. When the Matoran, Turaga, and Toa Nuva returned to Metru Nui, Bomonga and the other Rahaga were there to greet them, but left shortly afterwards.
Shortly afterwards, the Rahaga ventured to Xia to help in the crisis spawned by a battle between a Tahtorak and the Kanohi Dragon. Upon arriving, however, they found Roodaka captured by the Toa Nuva, and the Toa forced her to transform them back into Toa.
Hunt for Teridax
After they were transformed back into Toa Hagah, Bomonga used his Mask of Growth to grow to the Tahtorak's size, then got the beast in a headlock and used his knowledge of pressure points to make the Tahtorak collapse, which was then subdued by Pouks in bonds of Stone. With the rest of the Toa Hagah already having dealt with the Kanohi Dragon, Bomonga returned to his normal size, and then contributed his opinion over Gaaki's vision which she saw through her Mask of Clairvoyance, believing it obvious that it referred to the Dark Hunters. Bomonga was proven correct by Kualus, who had conferred with a Smoke Hawk about what was coming to the island. Iruini thusly used his Kanohi Kualsi to teleport to the fleet's flagship when it came into view.
A short time later, Bomonga and the other Toa Hagah were also teleported to the Dark Hunter's ship by a tall, armored being. There they were confronted by Helryx, leader of the Order of Mata Nui, who informed them that they were to seek out Makuta Teridax, with Zaktan as their guide. The Toa eventually agreed, except for Gaaki, who experienced another vision from her mask, in which she saw that one of their party would not return.
Traveling to Metru Nui so that they might follow Teridax into the underground chambers by destroying the Coliseum, Bomonga and the other Toa Hagah were forced into a battle with the Toa Mahri. Bomonga joined forces with Kualus to deal with Nuparu, but they soon their attentions to a wayward Rahi summoned during the battle and set loose by an errant attack. Bomonga attacked the creature using his increased size and strength, but the creature proved too strong for him to defeat. The beast was eventually defeated with some teamwork, and after some talks between the two teams of Toa, Bomonga joined with Hewkii and Kualus to keep the Coliseum aloft and intact while the other Toa created a tunnel to allow the Hagah to pursue Teridax into the depths. He and the others then sealed the tunnel behind them, allowing a weary Hewkii to lower the Coliseum back into place.
Upon venturing further, the team came across a inscription on the wall in a dialect which none of them could realize, although Bomonga could make out one word - 'Bara Magna'. Pouks suddenly brought on the fact that their mission had been going well, and as if that triggered the traps, the Hagah were magnetically forced to the ceiling, while molten Protodermis rushed down to destroy them.
Suddenly a section of the tunnel was torn out by Makuta Miserix who took the form of a huge lizard. Using his teleportation powers, the Hagah and Zaktan were soon in another chamber, this time accompanied by a sized down version of the form Miserix had taken in their rescue. Upon the Makuta explaining who he was, both Bomonga and Kualus were immediately ready to fight. After a brief chat on how both the Hagah and Miserix were here to kill Teridax, Miserix walked of further into the tunnel. The Hagah followed, and they soon came across a room filled with machinery, and two corpses. Bomonga attempted examining the corpses, but ultimately failed. Curious, Miserix tore off a section of one of the corpse's armor, and with surprise he found out that it was not made of Protodermis. However, they were interrupted by a portal which had erupted out of air, which several beings had begun stepping out of it. The beings turned out to be Toa Helryx, Keetongu, Axonn, and Brutaka. After a short conversation, Teridax interrupted them by blasting an energy bolt at Brutaka's Olmak, shattering it. He then killed Zaktan using a sonic hum, which caused him and his water tank to explode.
After killing Miserix and transporting Brutaka, Axonn, and Keetongu to the Southern Islands, Teridax placed the Hagah in a vision. Bomonga and his team departed the room, believing that they had defeated Teridax, and that peace and happiness reign throughout the universe.
Dark Mirror
In the Toa Empire Alternate Universe, Bomonga was a member of the exploration team, along with Gaaki and Pouks, that went to Voya Nui. They battled with Brutaka when he attempted to stop them, and Bomonga killed him from behind while he was battling Gaaki and Pouks. Bomonga also participated in the Toa Empire's invasion of Odina.
Later, he served as one of the two Toa escorts of Jaller, who retrieved the Vahi from the island of Artakha. Takanuva intercepted the company, during which he lied to the two Toa, convincing them to allow him to join. When the Toa of Light named Brutaka while creating another lie as to who wanted to steal the Vahi, Bomonga claimed to have killed him. Shortly after, Bomonga and Kualus attempted to attack Takanuva, only to be blown away by Toa Lesovikk's wind power.
Abilities and Traits
As a Rahaga, Bomonga hunted in absolute silence and preferred to work alone. His prey were the Rahi "hiders," insect and nocturnal species. Bomonga searched for Rahi under cover of darkness and was known to burrow into the earth to wait for the creatures to come near. From a place of concealment, he would launch silent spinners to incapacitate his targets. Extremely patient and skilled, he would wait for hours to catch one Rahi.
When Teridax tempered with the minds of the six Toa Hagah, Bomonga along with his team now only see happiness and peace where ever they go.
As a Toa of Earth, Bomonga can create, control, and absorb earth. This also gives him the ability to control earth, and create earthquakes. These abilities were lost when he was turned into a Rahaga, but he has since regained his powers.
Tools
As a Toa, Bomonga carries a Seismic Spear and a Rhotuka Launching Shield, and wears the Mask of Growth, which allows him to increase his size to almost that of a Tahtorak.
As a Rahaga, Bomonga could detect Rahi through vibrations in the earth using his staff. His Rhotuka could fly silently through the air, and strike his prey and hold it motionless.
Set Information
Bomonga was released as a 28-piece set in his Rahaga form and he was one of the four Rahaga which were not released as Toa Hagah.
Quotes
- "Now stay down."
- — Bomonga to the Tahtorak, Dwellers In Darkness
- "And just how are we supposed to track him down? Knock on the doors at Destral and ask if he can come out to play?"
- — Bomonga to Helryx, Dwellers In Darkness
Trivia
- As a Rahaga, Bomonga was nicknamed "Quiet-Night" for his hunting methods.
- In Dark Mirror, Bomonga never received metallic armor to differentiate him as an elite Toa Hagah because the concept of Hagah did not exist in the Toa Empire Alternate Universe. As such, he wore black armor and a black Kanohi, customary to Toa of Earth.
Appearances
- BIONICLE Adventures 7: Web of the Visorak
- Comic 22: Monsters in the Dark
- Comic 24: Shadow Play
- Comic 25: Birth of the Rahaga
- Comic 26: Hanging by a Thread
- BIONICLE Adventures 8: Challenge of the Hordika
- BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows
- BIONICLE Adventures 9: Web of Shadows
- The Dweller Report by SPIRIT
- Toa Nuva Blog (As both Rahaga and Toa Hagah)
- Dark Mirror (In an Alternate Universe)
- Dwellers In Darkness
- BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts (As Commentator)
- BIONICLE Encyclopedia (Mentioned Only)
- BIONICLE Encyclopedia: Updated (Mentioned Only)
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