"[As a Turaga, narrating the opening scene - throughout this film, Turaga Vakama narrates the story] Gathered friends, listen again to our legend of the Bionicle. In the time before time, in the glorious city of Metru Nui, we believed our noble Toa would protect us. But they fell, one by one, as an unrelenting shadow sought to enforce endless sleep, so that he could create a time of dark order...then awaken the world...as their conqueror."