Battle of the Mask Makers Battle of the Mask Makers is the second BIONICLE graphic novel for the 2015 - 2016 storyline , preceded by Gathering of the Toa . Synopsis . Following their defeat of the Lord of Skull Spiders , the Toa make their way into the City of Mask Makers and find giant statues of its namesakes , Ekimu and Makuta , and the ancestors of their allies the Protectors . The scene then changes to events that occurred centuries ago , when the city was a thriving metropolis and home to the Festival of Masks Celebration . Ekimu and Makuta welcomed the Protectors of that time - Agarak , Uganu , Etoku , Kerato , Owaki , and Mamuk - to the city , before inviting them to their Forge . The Protectors - including Agarak , despite his desire to spend time with his wife and son - agree , and are presented with new masks forged by Ekimu and infused with energy from Elemental Crystals gathered from the shrines of the Elemental Creatures . Ekimu reveals that Makuta has also created new masks , which prompts Agarak to remark that he can ' t imagine finer masks than Ekimu ' s , unaware that Makuta is in earshot . After a brief moment of tension , Makuta takes the Protectors and Ekimu outside to demonstrate his new masks , which can be used by any Okotan rather than just the Protectors or Mask Makers . He allows his and Ekimu ' s groundskeeper to try a pair on that are designed to grow trees faster and then use fire to sever limbs , only for a fire to start . The Protectors deal with the tree and save a nest of birds , while Ekimu rebukes Makuta for breaking their sacred law and using more than one element in one mask . Makuta retorts that Ekimu ' s masks have always been preferred and he departs , while Ekimu and the Protectors then witness the appearance of the Elemental Creatures . Fearing it as an omen , the seven of them board Ekimu ' s airship and travel to the Temple of Time , where Ekimu dons the Mask of Time and sees a vision of future evil and the arrival of heroes , the Toa , to combat it . Uxar , the Creature of Jungle , then arrives at the Temple and provides Ekimu with a special crystal for use in the creation of one of the Golden Masks that will eventually be worn by the Toa . Returning to the city , Ekimu dispatches the Protectors to gather five more crystals while Agarak is urged to spend time with his family . Ekimu briefly speaks with Makuta , whose assistant informs him of Ekimu ' s return as he is finishing the creation of a new mask , and Makuta feigns regret for his actions . He then announces his intention to visit the Capital City for an exhibition of ancient masks and invites Ekimu to join him , but Ekimu declines without revealing his reasons . As Makuta departs , the other Protectors individually meet with Ikir , Melum , Akida , Ketar , and Terak and receive the other crystals . Ekimu completes the Golden Masks , and then gathers them and the Protectors to travel to Capital City aboard his airship , having determined that Makuta has stolen the Elemental Crystals he used for the Protectors ' masks and combined them with his prototype masks to create an even more powerful one . At Capital City , Makuta unveils his new Mask of Ultimate Power , only to be consumed by it ' s energies , which begin to affect the surrounding area . Ekimu and the Protectors arrive as this is occurring , and Ekimu tries to reason with his brother but is forced to knock the Mask of Ultimate Power from Makuta ' s face . The resulting release of energies destroys both Mask Makers ' airships , levels Capital City , and scatters the Golden Masks across the island . Having survived , the Protectors come across Ekimu ' s comatose form and hear him whispering the Prophecy of Heroes ; they then carry him back to the City of the Mask Makers . Finding the city intact , the Protectors are resolved that they or their descendants will find and secure the Golden Masks of the Toa . Ekimu is then laid to rest in a tomb , where he is found and awakened by the Toa centuries later , only to inform them that they are late . Protectors Guide to Okoto . A set of informational pages about the series .