Ahem allow me to share with you the tale told around the campfires on the island of Mata Nui since the dawn of time. In the time before time, the great spirit Mata Nui was a peaceful being who watched over the Matoran universe and cared for all its inhabitants. However, Mata Nui had a brother named Makuta, who was jealous of the praise Mata Nui had received from the Matoran. So Makuta cast a spell upon Mata Nui, which put him in a deep slumber. Makuta then sent his minions to wreak havoc on the Matoran Universe. But one day, six mighty heroes were sent to stop Makuta. They were known as the Toa, multi-colored warriors whose goal was to harness their elemental powers to defeat Makuta. There was Tahu, the brave Toa of Fire, and leader of the team. Gali, the noble Toa of Water, the sole female of the team, and one of the most wise and calm. Lewa, the agile Toa of Air, who seemed like the team’s kids brother, although they were all the same age. Kopaka, the powerful Toa of Ice, the lone wolf of the team. Onua, the wise Toa of Earth. And Pohatu, the mighty Toa of Stone. These six were the ones created for the purpose of awakening the Great Spirit Mata Nui. They were put in canisters by the original Order of Toa, to sleep until they needed to be awakened. It had been long since the Toa had been put to sleep when the call for their awakening had gone out. The island of Mata Nui was a paradise, home to exotic rahi beasts and breathtaking scenery. Mata Nui was also the home of tribal villages, six to be exact. They resided in the different districts of the land, which most catered to their elemental specialties. The The Matoran of Fire, Ta-Matoran, lived in Ta-Koro, the castle upon a lake of lava, surrounded by scorched earth. The Ga-Matoran of Water had created homes made of seaweed, and lived upon the waters of Ga-Koro. The Matoran of Air, Le-Matoran lived up in their treehouses of Le-Koro. The Po-Matoran of Stone lived in huts of sand and rock in the desert of Po-Koro. The Ko-Matoran were of Ice, and lived in the snowy mountains of Ko-Koro. Finally, the Onu-Matoran of the Earth preferred the darkness of the underground of Po-Koro much rather than living in the light. However, this paradise had not lasted long. The Makuta sent out Rahi with infected masks, which made them at his command. He terrorized the villages, causing destruction all over the island. Hope seemed lost, until a signal was sent, calling for help. The call was sent by a peculiar Matoran named Takua, a Ta-Matoran who had a knack for adventure, much to the other villagers’ dismay. For this, he became a pariah of sorts, never fitting in to a certain group, but was a very useful chronicler of events. He had collected the Toa stones, which were the key to summoning the Toa from their place of rest. They came from the sky, landing in the sea off the coasts of the island of Mata Nui. The canisters finally came ashore the beaches scattered across the island, and resting on the golden sand. The canisters burst open, littering the area with the dismantled parts of the Toa. Being in the canisters for so long had caused their bodies to decay, and their memories to be lost. However, they did not lose all function, as they were able to put themselves back together using their organic muscles they had created themselves. The Toa had searched around the areas around them, and had eventually found their way to their respective elemental villages. Some Toa such as Kopaka, who preferred to work alone, found it harder to integrate into their group, while others such as Pohatu, who was a friendly and kind Toa, easily fit in. Each Toa had met the Turaga of their village, the wise elder, who had foreseen the arrival of the Toa, and their mission. The Toa each had to find five masks of power to wield against the fight against the Rahi all over the island, and more importantly, Makuta. The mission was clear. Find the masks of power and to defeat Makuta. Much easier said than done though. The Toa were to go on a scavenger hunt across the whole island, from the highest peaks to the deepest caves, looking for the masks. These were hidden in places that only Toa would be able to find, and to get to. The incredible landscape and Makuta’s Rahi proved challenges for the Toa, confronting them at almost every turn. One of the biggest challenges was to go against one of their own, Toa Lewa. A Nui-Rama, one of Makuta’s infected slaves had attacked Lewa and stolen his Kanohi Miru, mask of levitation, which gave him is power. It was replaced with an infected mask, which made Lewa susceptible to Makuta’s brainwashing as well. Onua, the Toa of Earth was the one who stopped him, ultimately knocking the mask off and returning the Miru to its owner. The Toa had succeeded in their task of collecting all the elemental masks of power, and once they had come to the Kini Nui, the temple located at the center of the island, their masks were upgraded to Gold version, which would let them access any mask power they had collected. However, this was not the end. They had to face Makuta himself, underground. The Toa disappeared under while a group of brave Matoran that Takua had gathered protected the Kini Nui from any Rahi that were coming to attack it. Underground, the Toa proceeded into a cavern with two doors, one to the left, which Gali, Kopaka, and Lewa headed into, and the other to the right, which Tahu, Onua, and Pohatu went into. There were niches where the Toa were to slip their feet into, resulting in blinding light filling the dark room. The process that came next was unlike any they would have imagined. The Toa were disassembled, split into pieces, and fused into two beings. The three which went into the left door came out as Wairuha, the Toa Katia of Wisdom, who contained the powers of water, air, and ice. The three who went in the right door emerged as Akamai, the Toa Kaita of Valor, who wielded the powers of fire, earth, and stone. The two entered the next room, which was littered with Manas Crabs, more servings of the Makuta. These beasts came at the Toa Kaita in waves, seemingly endless. The Toa Kaita worked their way through the hordes of Rahi, and finally came to the next room, where they were forced to split apart into the original six Toa. This was Makuta’s lair. The Makuta came at the Toa, attacking them from every side with his elemental power of “nothing”. Black streaks of darkness stretched towards the Toa, and a long fight ensued. The Toa’s energy was being exhausted by the attacks, and soon came to the realization that they could not defeat Makuta by themselves. They needed to combine their elemental powers and strike at the Makuta together. So they gathered all their strength and power, and fired at the Makuta. The blast seemingly destroyed Makuta, who uttered his last words: “You cannot destroy me, for I am nothing.” The Toa had won, and were beamed back up to Kini-Nui. Takua has somehow found his way down to the Makuta’s lair as well, and had watched the fight the whole time. He was stuck in the lair. He wandered around the cave, trying to find a way out when he happened upon a wall of strange markings. No, these weren’t markings, rather, they seemed to be cocoons, and something was inside of it, alive. The whole wall was covered in cocoons. Takua examined one, not realizing what it was, and once he touched it, the creature emerged. Actually, it shot out, like a cannon, and transformed from its ball-like state to a shape resembling a giant bug. The creature took after Takua, while more of them shot out of their cocoons. He ran for his life, coming up to a ball-shaped object with a square hole. Takua searched in his bag for a relic he found on one of his journeys across the island, inserted it into the hole, and a bubble was instantly formed around him. The bubble shot up, and out of the cave, onto the Ga-Wahi beach. He was greeted warmly by Turaga Vakama, the elder of the Ta-Matoran, who had feared he had died. The two conversed, and returned to their home Ta-Koro. The battle was over, for now.