Kariko

"Now look, Toa of Ash, I'm in no happy-mood to be told what to do. You have your way-path, I have mine."

- Kariko to Tekint

Kariko was a Le-Matoran forester and later a Toa of Air.

History
Kariko lived on the island of Kavaka Nui, and worked as a forester in Le-Kavaka. He lived with the other Le-Matoran in the Temple of the Sky. As a forester, he not only cut down trees, but kept dangerous Rahi like Scissor Snakes, Giant Sneak Caterpillars and Sneak Scorpions away from the Temple.

Soon after th death of Makuta Teridax, he was summoned by Turaga Zetian to the Ko-Kriva Astrolaboratory where he was told he, as well as 5 other Matoran, Tekint, Noli, Pavako, Serebrus and Oreolta were destined to become Toa.

He journeyed with his team to Onu-Kavaka, where their Toa stones were supposedly kept, in the Forgotten Keep of Darkmaze Canyon. In the depths of the mines beneath the canyon, they met a horrific looking being, which they knew from Onu-Matoran stories as the Rahi known as Obitil-Olur. They panicked at first, and threatened him, but the being revealed himself to be a sapient, and called himself Toxmaq, though he could remember little of his history other than living in peace and harmony with the subterranian Rahi in the darkness. When Tekint asked him to help them, he agreed, and guided them to the keep.

Inside the keep, Toxmaq touched Oreolta's Toa stone, and fell unconscious. The six Matoran, including Kariko, used their Toa stones, and became the Toa Kavaka. After Toxmaq woke up, he told them he had had a vision of his past, so he now knew he was a Toa Hordika, and had once been a Toa of Earth. He explained he had to find his surviving team mate and Keetongu to restore him to his former self, then flew out of the keep, leaving the six new Toa.