Pyra (Being)

Pyra is a female "clone" of Toa Hydros, originally created by Makuta Verahk.

Creation
At some point before the Karda Nui saga, Makuta Verahk learned of the existance of Toa Hydros, a Toa with abilities not shared with others of his kind. Wishing to create more Toa like Hydros to serve as his soldiers, Verahk anonymously made a false report to the Order of Mata Nui, claiming a rogue Brotherhood of Makuta member was conducting experiments on the natives of Nocterra, effectively luring Toa Hydrs to the isle, where Verahk in the form of a Shadow Panther managed to fight and extract a sample of Hydros' organic tissue.

This gave the Makuta the needed material to create his own Toa from scratch by analyzing the properties of Hydros' unique anatomy. After a number of months of combining a synthesized version of the compound that altered Hydros, combined with Makuta viruses, and the numerous substances that Makuta Orriki had used to create Ohtvek, Verahk finally completed his creation's body.

The next several months were used to try and train the Toa in combat and the use of her powers. However, Pyra's abilities proved to be too unstable for her to control, let alone contain, resulting in Verahk placing her within a stasis tube until he could extract more living tissue from Hydros, resulting in the "Pyra Project" being put on hold.

Karda Nui
Knowing the Order of Mata Nui would send Hydros to stop him, Verahk broght along Pyra in her tube to Karda Nui in case he were to gain another sample of Hydros' tissue. Eventually, the Makuta succeeded, managing to extract mor organic material from Hydros while the Toa was being drained of his inner light. After infusing Pyra with this material, Verahk left her within her tube behind a hidden door, waiting for her inner energies to stablize. The Makuta would later send the Shadow Matoran Xakon back to his base to check on the Toa clone.

Later, during a confrontation with Hydros' allies, Verahk accidentally caused Makuta Vorakx and Zogorak to fall into the door hiding the Toa, damaging her stasis tank. Believing his experiment was dead or damaged, Verahk decided to leave her. A short while later, the Toa duplicate was found by Toa Shaza and Krataka, who were shocked at her resemblance to Hydros.

Pyra was later taken back to Hydros' base where she stayed until the team evacuated Karda Nui and reappeared in Toa Akatark's Fortress. After arriving, she was placed in the fortress' infirmary, where she remained comatose.

Society of Guardians
Several weeks later, Shaza, Ignika Nui, and Moliki decided to check up on her. They discovered her state was still the same and decided to leave. Just as Moliki was leaving, however, Pyra briefly gained consciousness and asked for help before returning to her coma.

Shortly afterward, Mersery and his assistant Hukzuke came to Pyra in an attempt to study her and devise a way to wake her up. After the Mersion sent Hukzuke to gather equipment, Pyra awoke and quickly became panicked, believing Mersery to be one of Verahk's servants. Unwilling to hear Mersery out, the Toa attacked him, rendering him unconscious and bringing Hukzuke back into the room. Pyra proceeded to attack the Agori as well, telling him she would not serve Verahk.

A few moments later, Toa Moliki, Toa Oksaki, Neka, and Fang Tooth came into the infirmary. Frightened by Moliki's companions, Pyra began backing away and warned them to stay back. She watched as Moliki quickly quelled his companions and gently tried to gain Pyra's trust, hoping to calm her down. Pyra was about to reply when an ill-timed comment from Kevtho, who had just entered the room, caused her to become panicked all over again. She backed away beore her Kanohi Faxon activated by accident, teleporting her to another part of the fortress.

She later confronted Moliki and Fang Tooth near the main chamber. Pyra, still frightened, sent several bolts of fire at them, unintentionally damaging a circuit belonging to the fortress' Olmak Generator. Using her Faxon, Pyra teleported into the fortress' main chamber and encountered several other members of the Society. Despite their best attempts to calm her down, Pyra believed that the gathered heroes meant her harm. In an effort to escape, Pyra leaped into a portal created by the damaged Olmak Generator.

She was subsequently teleported to the island of Zakaz, where she began contemplating why all the previous events had had to have happened to her, unaware she was beng watched by Osbek and Ventra. The pair subsequently attacked, though Pyra fought them off with unexpected ferocity. When Ventra attempted to capture by using Pyra by using her mental powers, Pyra's Kanohi Faxon activated again, and she was teleported to safety.

Abilities & Traits
Pyra is a "clone", for lack of a better word, of Toa Hydros. She was made to possess all of his powers and abilities. Because of this, she possesses control over the elements of Fire, Air, and Earth. She also wields great strength, durability, sensitive hearing, as well as the ability to breathe underwater.

During the last stage of her creation, she was given a "telepathic education program" by Verahk. This basically allowed Verahk to "plant" basic knowledge Pyra would need within her mind; everything from the different races and places of the universe to the ability to speak and walk.

Verahk planned to eventually uses his telepathic powers to mold Pyra's mind and thoughts to his own ends, effectively making her his slave, though the Makuta never got a chance to due so, leaving whatever personality traits she might possess untouched and a mystery to anyone but him.

Mask & Tools
Upon her completion, Pyra was given a Kanohi Faxon, the Great Mask of Kindred, due to the wide array of abilities in could offer her on the battlefield.

Appearances

 * The Hydros Chronicles (First Appearance)
 * Society of Guardians
 * Nightmare (Appears in a dream)