Timeline
The history of the Matoran Universe spans a hundred thousand years, from the launch of the Great Spirit Robot until the Battle of Bara Magna.
Timeline sheet (REMOVE BEFORE PRESENTING TO PUBLIC): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19ekRiS9l7z58r6qd60DjcGFuWiAPt8-D7q64_IyzwFQ/edit#gid=1927085135
Dates on this page are given in Years after Awakening (aA), a reckoning used by Matoran to count the years since they first became self-aware. The main story of BIONICLE took place during the year 100,000 aA.
Eras
- Old Spherus Magna (before 200 bA)
- Core War & the Labors in Darkness (200 bA - 0 aA)
- The Coming of the Great Spirit (0 aA)
- The Dawn Ages (0 aA - 5,000 aA)
- The League Era (5,000 aA - 20,000 aA)
- The Prosecution (20,000 aA - 21,000 aA), including the Matoran Civil War
- The Golden Age (21,000 aA - 85,000 aA)
- The Silver Age (85,000 aA - 99,000 aA), Dume-era
- The Great Cataclysm (99,000 aA), including the time of the Toa Metru
- The Dark Time (99,000 aA - 100,000 aA), including the time of the Toa Nuva and Toa Mahri
- Reign of Shadows and the Battle of Bara Magna (100,001 aA)
- The Reformation and New Spherus Magna (100,001 aA and beyond)