Saturday, June 6, 2009

Cool things: From DotA to Bionicle™

Here're some cool DotA hero stories to share with you people and spark non-DotA-players' interests on the game map of Warcraft III, which is one the mostly played game, or should I say, game map, in the world today.

Yurnero the Juggernaut (Sentinel) -- "Slicing through armor with the greatest of ease. Whirling, dancing like a dervish, swiping foes with a flick of the wrist. Poetry in motion, slashing enemy upon enemy in the blink of an eye. Yurnero seeks perfection. Seeks to become one with his blade. All to fulfill his destiny as the unstoppable Juggernaut."

Leshrac the Malicious, the Tormented Soul (Scourge) -- "
Torment around me.
Torment in me.
Torment be with me.
And let us conquer our foes. They do not understand our pain.

Do you? No. Not a soul can.
And for that, We shall make them feel the torment... The torment that inhabits my soul."
And now passing on to Bionicle™!
Well the slogan for Bionicle which appears in every related book is FIND THE POWER, LIVE THE LEGEND. How cool is that :D Sad thing I haven't watched any Bionicle movie before.
OK now some intro about it. Bionicle™ is a Lego product, for which Lego produces DIY plastic toy models with different cool containers for each set (Yes the models come in sets, generally of 6, but you may choose to purchase the models individually, although occasionally Lego may release giant boxes of larger models based on special characters which appear in the stories), and also books are published in the title "Bionicle". Up to now, the story is in its third series; there have been 3 series of stories so far, namely Bionicle Chronicles, Bionicle Adventures, and Bionicle Legends, in order.
The Bionicle main world (because it has a universe and another planet called Bara Magna is revealed in Bionicle Legends) is made up of islands, or rather, continents which scatter across the world, floating on giant masses of liquid protodermis {which are just like our oceans. A side note: protodermis exists in 3 different forms, solid protodermis which are used to craft tools and objects and liquid protodermis which has no need for explanation (and it isn't poisonous), and lastly the energized protodermis which is capable of devastating (or rarely good) effects, if you fall into a pool of those, you either die or you get mutated, and when you get mutated you might lose your senses and become a monster, so the chance is very mediocre that you get turned into a superhero by jumping into energized protodermis.} The world is inhabited predominantly by biomechanical beings called Matoran. Though most of the time "Matoran" refers to small workers, it can be extended to the warrior Toa or elder Turaga that Matoran can sometimes become. Regardless, all wear Kanohi Masks and have some degree of elemental power. The world and its multiple races was once protected by a Great Spirit named Mata Nui, but he was cast into an unnatural sleep by the evil Brotherhood of Makuta, led by Makuta Teridax, and the universe began to decay.
Main groups of beings which appear in the story are Matoran (Civilians, chosen people of Mata Nui, their 3 virtues are Unity, Duty and Destiny), Toa (Warriors and protectors of the Matorans, transformed from Matoran to Toa using Toa Stones), Turaga (Ex-Toa, village elder), Order of Mata Nui (An organisation that serves Mata Nui, originally known as the Hand of Artakha, leader is Toa Helryx who ordered a Destiny War against the Brotherhood), Brotherhood of Makuta (Massive faction led by Makuta Teridax, it's a sect of evil and sadistic shapeshifters), Dark Hunters (An organization of bounty hunters led by the Shadowed One, generally evil but they work for whoever pays the most and can change side any time depending on the rewards), Piraka {A band of 7 Skakdis (Vezon was spawned from Vezok but acts independently) who formerly worked for the Dark Hunters but turned rogue in quest for the Mask of Life, they suffered bad consequences (the original leader is dead, the other 5 are most likely destroyed, and Vezon turned into a walking dimensional portal [LOL, another masterpiece by energized protodermis]}, Barraki (Ancient warlords who once led the League of the Six Kingdoms who were then banished to the Pit and mutated, they also eyed the Mask of Life, 1 of them died, another is currently missing), Rahi (Biomechanical Wild Beasts), Great Beings (those who are even more powerful than Mata Nui, they were the ones who actually sent the Great Spirit Mata Nui to protect the universe while they created universes), Great Spirit Mata Nui (Guardian of the universe, he represents all that is good, rendered unconscious by Makuta Teridax, his body is currently being controlled by Makuta while his spirit is trapped inside the Kanohi Ignika, Mask of Life), Significant creations (Bohrok, Bohrok Va, Bahrag, Bohrok-Kal, Umbra, Karzahni, Tren Krom, Artakha), and the Agori (villagers of Bara Magna, they are workers just like the matorans) and Glatorian (The warriors that the different tribes hire to settle disputes over territory and resources so that war will not result) who inhabit the planet Bara Magna (It's a desert planet, the native being have no mask or elemental powers, and they are organic with some mechanical implants while Matorans are mechanical with some organic parts).

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