The role of Rahi in the GSR world then and now
During the release of the first generation of Bionicle (2001-2010), Rahi were extremely interesting and rich invariety on the one hand and a very debatable topic qua their role in the general canon on the other. At this present moment we are left with an unsolved issue – in the modern canon, the existence of Rahi isn't justified by any means. They are just inhabitants of a fictional world that Makuta created from Viruses and Protodermis to inhabit the Matoran Universe and for personal reasons, e.g. to serve as guards. How the Matoran Universe's wellbeing was improved by this high population of creatures was never explained. It seems sometimes that the creation of Rahi was an end in and of itself for the insane Makuta, but explaining it bysaying that the Great Beings work in mysterious ways is too simple – which is why this question remains so prevalent in the general fan community.
The role of Rahi in the GSR world then and now
During the release of the first generation of Bionicle (2001-2010), Rahi were extremely interesting and rich invariety on the one hand and a very debatable topic qua their role in the general canon on the other. At this present moment we are left with an unsolved issue – in the modern canon, the existence of Rahi isn't justified by any means. They are just inhabitants of a fictional world that Makuta created from Viruses and Protodermis to inhabit the Matoran Universe and for personal reasons, e.g. to serve as guards. How the Matoran Universe's wellbeing was improved by this high population of creatures was never explained. It seems sometimes that the creation of Rahi was an end in and of itself for the insane Makuta, but explaining it bysaying that the Great Beings work in mysterious ways is too simple – which is why this question remains so prevalent in the general fan community.
