Ontar was collected only one hundred and fifty years ago, however, bypassing the permission of the Great Ones, because by that time the bionicle population had been restored. If it weren't for the status of the creator of the future Toa of Stone, the counterfeit matoran collector Protofetu would have been dismantled without investigation.
Due to the two-hundred-year War between the elemental Stratu, there are not so many bionicles left from the former number. The Matoran suffered especially in the bowels of Mata Nui, because they were not so strong and agile compared to the increased numbers of Toa, ferocious Tamaiti and monstrous Lords. Therefore, in the early years of peace on the island's surface, the Great Ones indicated that a new Matoran would stand behind every living soul to make up for the former greatness of their civilization.
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One of the primary reforms that the Great Ones introduced since the beginning of their rule half a millennium ago is a new design of matorans, not limited by the past lack of resources~
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