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'''The Awakening'''{{GregCitation|CwGF|page=380|post=10675721}} was an event in which [[Velika]], a [[Great Beings|Great Being]] disguised as a [[Matoran]], gave true sapience to the biomechanical inhabitants of the [[Matoran Universe]].{{GregCitation|CwGF|page=342|post=10241925|lines=1,6}}

== History ==
The Matoran workers created by the Great Beings to maintain the Matoran Universe were not designed to be fully sapient. They operated on a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence, clever enough to contend with unexpected complications, but simple enough that they could not really be considered true beings. The Matoran operated under this state of being for some time, including the period in which the [[Toa Mata]] fought the [[Avohkah]] and the [[Av-Matoran]] finished their labors in [[Karda Nui]]. The Toa and some others, however, possessed a greater measure of sapience.{{GregCitation|CwGF|page=829|post=13901174}}

Before the robot's launch, Velika transferred his consciousness into a Matoran body so as to better observe the workings of the Matoran Universe. Some time into the robot's journey, however, he caused a gradual{{GregCitation|CwGF|page=412|post=10809809 elevation of the minds of all current and future Matoran Universe inhabitants to a level of true sapience.{{GregCitation|CwGF|page=342|post=10241925|lines=1,6}}

As a result of this cognitive evolution, the biomechanical beings developed intricate [[Society|cultures]] and [[languages]]. They also gained the capacity to feel and express emotions such as [[Turahk|fear]], happiness and [[anger]], as well as complex variations thereof. However, Velika did not give Matoran Universe inhabitants the instincts required to reproduce, as they were unable to do so.{{GregCitation|CwGF|page=380|post=10675721}}

This event also caused some beings to act outside the expected parameters set by the Great Beings, and would, in time, lead to [[Makuta]] [[Teridax]]'s [[Mata Nui's Reawakening|usurpation]] of the Matoran Universe.{{OnlineCitation|TYQ|1}}

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