8811 Toa Lhikan and Kikanalo 8811 Toa Lhikan and Kikanalo is a BIONICLE set released in 2004 . It comes with Toa Lhikan and the Rahi Kikanalo . Toa Lhikan has two Lava Greatswords in his hands and has a Metallic Sand Yellow coloured Great Hau , the Mask of Shielding , in the shape of a Noble Hau . His shoulders , feet , upper leg armour , and upper chest are also metallic sand yellow . The rest of him is dark red with yellow eyes . In the BIONICLE universe , he was a Toa of Fire . The Kikanalo metallic with red eyes . In the BIONICLE universe , they were herd animals . 7216 is a set often considered to depict Lhikan as a Turaga . Background . Life . 6 , 000 years before the Great Cataclysm , Lhikan was a novice Toa serving on an island fortress besieged by Frostelus . The day before the fortress ' treasure - the Makoki stone - was to be moved to a safer location , two thieves , Hakann and Vezok , successfully stole the stone . The next day , the Frostelus overran the fortress and wiped out the Toa , with Lhikan the only survivor . 3 , 000 years later , Lhikan came to Metru Nui as part of a team of eleven Toa . Their goal was to stop the Kanohi Dragon that the Dark Hunters had unleashed on the city . Once the beast was defeated , Lhikan helped deport the dragon to Xia , Roodaka ' s home island . The Toa then stayed as the city ' s protectors , with Lhikan having a home in Ta - Metru . At one point in the years following , Lhikan investigated the murders of some Matoran . Supposedly , the Dark Hunters had committed the crimes to intimidate his teammate , Toa Tuyet , into giving up a powerful item called a Nui Stone . While the Hunters " were " after the Nui Stone , it was Tuyet herself who committed the murders ; hoping the Hunters would be blamed and driven off . Lhikan and another teammate , Toa Nidhiki , confronted Tuyet and defeated her despite her use of the stone ' s power ; and Lhikan destroyed the stone over Nidhiki ' s objections . Tuyet mysteriously disappeared from custody soon afterward , and was never seen again . By the time of the war with the Dark Hunters a thousand years afterward , Lhikan had become known for his brave leadership and became the chief commander of the Toa in the war . He proved a scourge to the Hunters , defeating " Vengeance " in one - on - one combat and leading the group that overcame " Tyrant " ; both swore vengeance on Lhikan . When Nidhiki betrayed the Toa and helped the Dark Hunters lay a trap , Lhikan discovered his treachery and planned to set up a counter - trap . However , Hakann , who was now with the Dark Hunters , caught him and bargained for the Hunters ' freedom , offering the Makoki Stone in exchange . Remembering how his teammates had given their lives to protect the stone , he agreed - adding the condition that the Hunters take Nidhiki with them . Lhikan ' s actions won the war for the Toa , and Lhikan expelled Nidhiki and all the Dark Hunters from the city . Another two thousand years later , Metru Nui ' s remaining Toa were being sent out on missions from which they never returned until only Lhikan was left . He became suspicious of the city ' s leader , Turaga Dume , and when two Dark Hunters showed up in the city - one of them being Nidhiki ( who was now mutated into an insectoid monster ) - he became worried . He decided to steal six Toa Stones from the Great Temple , charge them with his Toa Energy , and give them to six Matoran . However , just as soon as he finished he was captured by the Dark Hunters and secretly thrown into a hidden prison , only having time to warn Vakama to save " the heart of Metru Nui " . The Matoran brought the Toa Stones to the Great Temple , where they were transformed into the Toa Metru . This transformation drained Lhikan ' s power , turning him from a Toa to a Turaga . Three of the Toa Metru - Onewa , Whenua , and Nuju - were later arrested and thrown in Lhikan ' s jail cell , though he disguised himself so none of the three could recognize him . There , he helped the three discover their mask powers by giving them seemingly pointless tasks to perform and learn from ; Nuju ' s activation of his telekinesis power in particular allowed them to escape . Meeting up with the other Toa , Lhikan revealed his identity and asked if " the heart of Metru Nui " was safe ; Vakama thought he had meant himself , but Lhikan clarified that he meant the Matoran . The group then discovered the true Turaga Dume lying unconscious in a Matoran Sphere , and rushed off to confront the fake . They discovered that Makuta had been the one posing as Turaga Dume , and as the Great Spirit Mata Nui fell asleep , the Toa Metru and Turaga Lhikan raced to escape the crumbling city . Makuta gave Vakama a chance to go face him alone , though Lhikan slipped away and followed . By the time Lhikan got there , both Makuta and Vakama were stuck in slow - motion ( thanks to the Vahi Mask of Time ) and Makuta was launching a deadly attack that Vakama wouldn ' t be able to dodge . Lhikan quickly jumped in the way of the blast , but it overpowered his mask ' s shield . He fell to the ground , heartlight flashing , with Vakama bent over him . Lhikan thanked Vakama , and spoke of his pride in fighting beside him . Lhikan then gave his mask to Vakama , and died moments later . Not too much later , Vakama found evidence that Makuta had tricked Lhikan into choosing the wrong Matoran to be Toa . Determined to find the truth , he broke into Lhikan ' s home and found Lhikan ' s journal , the last entry of which seemed to confirm that Lhikan had been influenced away from choosing the destined Matoran . It was only later discovered that while Makuta " had " influenced Lhikan ' s choices , the Order of Mata Nui had tricked him and made him direct Lhikan to the " correct " Matoran . Legacy . The Toa Metru , particularly Vakama , did not want such a brave hero forgotten , so they made some monuments to Lhikan ' s memory : When traveling to and from the island of Mata Nui , the Toa christened their transports the " Lhikan " and the " Lhikan II " , respectively . Upon waking the Matoran on Mata Nui , they found that the mask of a Ta - Matoran named Jaller had broken . As a replacement , Vakama gave him Lhikan ' s Noble Hau , which changed shape to that of a normal Great Hau ( as opposed to its original Great Hau shape , which was quite different from those usually seen in Metru Nui ) . This proved especially fitting , as Jaller followed Lhikan ' s footsteps somewhat as the courageous Captain of the Ta - Koro Guard . However , this Hau recently was lost in the realm of Karzahni when Jaller was forced to abandon it and replace it with a Calix Mask of Fate , and Jaller ( now a Toa himself ) has vowed to reclaim it when he gets the chance . The Toa Nuva , who are friends of Vakama and Jaller , recovered the mask ( now once again a Noble Hau ) after defeating Icarax . Once awakened , the Matoran had no memory of Metru Nui , or Lhikan . Not wanting to remind them of a home they may never see , but also not wanting Lhikan to be forgotten , Vakama invented tales of a Matoran named " Lhii " that were based on Lhikan ' s adventures . Lhii was said to be the island ' s greatest lava surfer , and was " in the clan of Jaller " ( subtly referencing the fact that Jaller wore Lhikan ' s old mask ) . According to the tales , Lhii had died some time ago in a lava surfing accident . Now that the true tales of the Toa Metru and Metru Nui have been told , the Matoran understand that " Lhii the lava surfer " was actually Toa Lhikan . A thousand years after his death , the Mask of Life brought the Toa Inika ' s ( including Jaller ' s ) knowledge of Lhikan to life as one of the first trials in their quest to claim it . This Lhikan expressed amazement at the Toa Metru ' s successors , and warned them to turn back . When challenged by Toa Jaller , he admitted that he himself would not abandon such a vital quest , " but , then , look what happened to me . " He then disappeared , allowing the Toa to proceed . When Karzahni used his Kanohi Olisi to trap Toa Lesovikk , Toa of Air from the first ever Toa team , in a vision of an alternate timeline , Lesovikk found that had his team survived they would eventually have met Lhikan and saved his original group of Toa from being destroyed by Frostelus . Lesovikk , impressed by the rookie Toa , considered recruiting him to his own team until he realized the falsehood of the illusion and escaped it . Powers . As a Toa of Fire , Lhikan could control heat , create and absorb flame , and manipulate fire in a number of other ways . He wore a Kanohi Hau , the Great Mask of Shielding , which allowed him to defend against any physical attack he was aware of ( but not ambushes ) ; this Hau was an exotic version of the regular mask design , and had a different shape than those usually seen on Metru Nui . His weapons were two Great Fireswords which can combine to make a glider board which he stands on and ' surfs ' ; he could also use this board as a large shield which he has learned to throw with great accuracy . After becoming a Turaga , his power over fire was greatly reduced ( although he still maintained a small amount of this power ) . His Great Hau became a Noble Hau , which worked the same way but provided a weaker shield ; and his Fire Greatswords shrank into a small shield . He also carried a Fire Staff . Rebirth . " After a recent interview with Greg Farshtey , BIONICLE story team leader , it was revealed that after inhabitants of the Matoran universe die , as long as their bodies are intact , they are teleported to the Red Star , where they are to be repaired by the Kestora and sent back to continue working inside the Mata Nui robot . However , the technology inside the Red Star which was supposed to send the revived beings back was broken some time ago by unknown means , leaving them stranded on the space station as a result . As such , it can be assumed that Lhikan is still alive on the space station in his Turaga form , along with a few other characters such as Mavrah , Jovan , Kodan , Botar , Guardian , Ihu , Naho , Nikila , Reysa , Nocturn and Sidorak . However , Mavrah is the only one seen so far ( upon Kopaka , Pohatu and Gaardus ' investigation ) . " References . < div class = " references - small " > General information comes from the " BIONICLE Adventures " book series ; see List of BIONICLE media .