Salvina

Salvina was a Ga-Matoran who became a Toa of Water. She lived on Powai Nui and defended the island, and was also the navigator on her Toa team.

Early History
Salvina was created as a Ga-Matoran and assisted with the creation of the Matoran Universe like many of her species. She was then placed onto Powai Nui and lived there for a while, integrating into it's culture and becoming involved in competitive sports. After some time, she and five other Matoran became Toa to defend the island.

At some point an "air raid" directed by the Brotherhood of Makuta was sent over Powai Nui. To prevent detection by them and minimize risk being attacked due to the presence of Toa, she and the other five Toa hid in a pocket dimension created by the Shrine of Salvation. They successfully avoided detection, however the fear brought upon the island caused the population to scatter, and the Shrine was lost, leaving her and the rest of her team to enter stasis in the Shrine of Salvation.

The Feral Plains
When aggressive "colonist" Matoran and Toa led by Vandir arrived on Powai Nui from Leskya Nui, Turaga Maroona found the Shrine again. She was able to summon Toa in order to defend the island after a series of events sparked a fast-growing tension between the "colonists" and the island's natives. Salvina was the fourth native Toa to be summoned, after Navahko, Corduk and Wreshi. When her team was ambushed by the Dark Hunter "Alchemist", she was the only Toa on her team left conscious. She succeeded in defeating "Alchemist", directing his own knock-out potion at him. "Alchemist" later woke up and escaped. Salvina then joined her Toa brethren Lewok, Corduk, Navahko and Wreshi in one final negotiation attempt with the colonists at Lake Faradi, which backfired and instead caused the colonists to attack. Seeing retreat as too dangerous, the native Toa decided to hold their ground until they were able to escape their land, starting a small-scale battle. At the same time, Vandir had tricked Maroona into resurrecting the body of Hysterix, a disembodied Makuta spirit, who joined this battle as well after capturing Maroona. During this battle, Salvina fought alongside Lewok against "Alchemist" and Hatar. She defeated Hatar by allowing Maroona to electrify the water, which Hatar was in. At this time, the Onu-Matoran Keelo placed the Mask of Catastrophes on, and was only able to control it's power for a short time before being shaken into the lake. Here, the combined power of the electrified water and the anomalous effects of the Unnatural Kanohi transformed him into a Toa of Lightning, Earth and Fire. Using his powers, he quickly established a dominion (called "Keelo's Empire") over the local part of the island and scattered the native Toa.

After one month, Salvina had escaped and hid in the Aqueduct Base along with Corduk, Maroona, Arvos, and Lewok. She found Detras' damaged shield, and fixed it out of boredom as she hid. At this time, being the team's second-in-command, Corduk was appointed to preside over everyone in the base, under Maroona's authority. During a reconnaissance mission, Lewok was spotted and captured, and was held captive by Keelo. Lewok used his Kanohi Vehere to lead his brother Detras, who had escaped with Ga-Matoran Shensii, to the Aqueduct, where he rejoined the team. Salvina gave him back his shield, and it was decided that Detras would lead the team again. During an attack by the Keelo's Empire, Salvina fought newly-transformed colonist Toa of Stone Merdana one-on-one while both Detras and Corduk battled Vandir. While Salvina had the upper hand for most of her battle, Merdana was eventually able to outsmart her and knock her away. Seizing the opportunity, Merdana aimed a shot at Detras, but Salvina told him to duck. Detras did so, causing Merdana to shoot Vandir instead, wounding him. After a small confrontation, Merdana retreated with Vandir.

Using his Vehere, Lewok led Navahko, Wreshi and Omakah to Aqueduct, and the team was further united. Navahko revealed to Salvina he was going to resort to using ice crystals in any combat, as his Frost Spear had been lost during Keelo's takeover.

After finding the Mask Maker's Tool with Hysterix's help, Keelo used the device with Lewok's Vehere to create a powerful blast of psychic energy in order to kill "Alchemist". This blast was detected across Vo-Powai, which frightened the native Toa at Aqueduct. Salvina then pushed Detras out of his depressive and traumatized state induced by Keelo's behavior, and he once again took the responsibility of being the team's leader more seriously.

After capturing Jeko, who was spying on them, the Powai Nuians found out about one of Keelo's plans, involving a "duel" with Detras to decide the fate of the island. This duel which would be trapped and would result in Detras' death. The Toa created a counter-plan to trap Keelo in the Shrine of Salvation, and using her Kanohi Canera Salvina showed them several locations she had found where the duel would most likely take place.

Everything went as planned for the natives until Hysterix appeared, trapped Detras in the Shrine and destroyed it. He revealed to a shocked audience that he had manipulated both sides into a proxy war, with the intent to destroy both sides, and at the moment it seemed that he had succeeded. He then used the Mask Maker's Tool to weaken the Kanohi and Elemental powers of everyone else around him before a battle began between him and everybody else. During this battle, Vandir was stricken by Hysterix's Berserker Scythe, which brainwashed him into attacking Salvina. The Toa of Water was able to throw Vandir off of her and use what little power she had to trap him in mud. She charged at Hysterix but was knocked her backwards with Wreshi's near-unconscious body. Omakah and Shensii took possession of the Mask Maker's Tool and fled from the battlefield, and Hysterix chased after them, leaving everyone to slowly recover from what the rogue Makuta done to them.

After Omakah used the Mask Maker's Tool to sacrifice himself, to injuring Hysterix and stealing his powers, Maroona sent Salvina and Navahko to free Lewok from captivity. They did this, but were confronted by Vandir, Merdana, Hatar, Jeko, Tura and Yedrin, who demanded that they leave Lewok's fate in their hands. When met with disagreement, Hatar betrayed his corrupted brother to join the Powai Nuians, and he later became an official member of the Toa Powai.

Appearance
Salvina is tall and heroic-looking, and has somewhat of a feminine figure. Her arms and legs are scarcely armored compared to the rest of her team, for the purpose of allowing her greater mobility, balance and agility. Her shoulders each sports three flashy spines, and the armor on both her forearms and her shins all have a spine-like armor piece for the purpose of lessening impact damage and absorbing shock. Her torso is well covered in the front and back, with only a slim gap in the abdomen to allow more mobility. Her mask is more showy than most on her home island, and she possesses metallic hair, which is bound with several black braces and ends in two spines at waist level.

Powers and Equipment
As a Toa of Water, Salvina was able to control the element of Water. She wore a Great Kanohi Canera, Mask of Tracking, which allowed her to instantly know the location of any object or being she has previously "connected" with. She was also very light on her feet for a Toa of Water, and her agility, which was comparable to that of a Toa of Air, was easily her most well-recognized trait in combat.

Salvina wielded the Torrent Staff, a bladed weapon which could split apart to disarm opponents or quickly launch a blast of water. She often used a balanced mix of melee attacks and long-ranged water blasts in combat.

Personality and Traits
Unlike most Toa of Water, Salvina is very outgoing, extroverted and confident. She usually tries to make herself the center of attention, but knows not to try and hog it all of the time and let others have it. Although she never has foul intentions by default, she can come off as rude or disrespectful to anyone new to her, and her friends often describe her as "cool, after you get used to her". Salvina also carries an aura of flamboyance with her, always wanting to attract others' attention if she doesn't see a good reason for them to be occupied with something else. She is also somewhat protective of her image; while she will not stress about her armor being dirty, she is known to dislike it remaining dirty or damaged for extended periods of time.

Never wanting to waste a second of her life, she dislikes boredom and can always be found engaging in some sort of activity, which she will often get her friends involved with. Because of this, some see her as being hyperactive and someone who easily looses focus.

Appearances

 * The Feral Plains/Volume III
 * The Feral Plains/Volume IV
 * The Feral Plains/Volume V
 * The Feral Plains/Volume VII

Character

 * As a Ga-Matoran, Salvina was an athlete, and was very big into competitive sports. This would explain her ambitious action-loving personality and expert-level agility.
 * Coincidentally, "Salvina" is a very uncommon girl's name of Latin origin, which means "healthy".
 * Salvina went some severe personality changes during her origination. She originally wore a Mask of Healing, and was a kind and nurturing character. CaptainLandr0ver decided to make her more action-oriented. As of now, her personality has been partially based off of Yang Xiao Long from the Web Series RWBY.
 * Salvina still enjoys sports, and often convinces the other Toa to play some when they are not occupied with something else.
 * Salvina is likely close to being CaptainLandr0ver's favorite character.

MOC

 * Salvina is the only of the Toa Powai to wield a weapon that, in MOC form, can actually utilize it's dual functionality.