| rdfs:comment | - Although not fully made obvious in storyline so far, there are two levels to the BIONICLE world: the surface, and the underground. Matoran were never supposed to live on the surface; almost all known lifeforms live in large domed caverns and the few exceptions are those who wandered to Mata Nui, those stranded on Voya Nui, and those who escaped the Pit.Pridak's Face at BZPower forums, post #1 Because of this, the surface world is largely unexplored; and few know that there even is a surface above them, referring to that area as "beyond the sky".BIONICLE Legends #4: Legacy of Evil, p. 118-119
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| abstract | - Although not fully made obvious in storyline so far, there are two levels to the BIONICLE world: the surface, and the underground. Matoran were never supposed to live on the surface; almost all known lifeforms live in large domed caverns and the few exceptions are those who wandered to Mata Nui, those stranded on Voya Nui, and those who escaped the Pit.Pridak's Face at BZPower forums, post #1 Because of this, the surface world is largely unexplored; and few know that there even is a surface above them, referring to that area as "beyond the sky".BIONICLE Legends #4: Legacy of Evil, p. 118-119 The following are known differences between the surface and the underground worlds:
* Lifeforms: All known underground beings are biomechanical, but the surface world is known to have completely organic creatures. Upon seeing the island of Mata Nui for the first time, Toa Whenua noticed strange birds - strange to him, because they were completely organic and unlike the biomechanical birds he was familiar with.BIONICLE Adventures #5: Voyage of Fear, p. 116
* Composition of objects: Everything below the surface, from inanimate objects to the bodies of living beings, is made of some form of protodermis; but there are some non-protodermic things above the surface. This is suggested when Toa Nokama commented on the surface water, which is unlike the liquid protodermis "water" surrounding Metru Nui.BIONICLE Adventures #5: Voyage of Fear, p. 114
* Sky: The surface sky is similar to the skies of Earth, with a sun, moon, and stars; but Metru Nui, at least, has its own false sky obscuring the fact that there is a ceiling above, and its two "suns" are holes with transparent coverings that light shines through. Metru Nui's sky also has stars of some sort, but it is unclear just what they are made of. Both the Toa Metru and the Piraka were amazed at the brightness and heat of the surface sun as compared to the underground ones they were used to; the Toa Metru also noted how far the sky reached, with no stone barrier (cavern wall) to hold in the sea.BIONICLE Adventures #5: Voyage of Fear, p. 113; BIONICLE Legends #4: Legacy of Evil, p. 117-118
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