Benthic

Toa Benthic was a Toa of Stone who was recruited into the Order Of Mata Nui During the Destiny War.

Biography
As a matoran Benthic lived on the Northern continent and worked as a freelance sculptor, creating custom-made busts of his clients in exchange for food and art supplies. When the Toa who protected his village transformed into Turaga, Benthic was one of six matoran selected to replace them. Although he was initially reluctant to become a Toa in lieu of his promising sculpting career, he came to view it as an opportunity for self discovery and soon settled into his role. Benthic served alongside his fellow Toa for many years until the outbreak of the Toa-Dark Hunter war when three of his teammates chose to leave the island and assist in the defense of Metru Nui. Benthic and two of his other comrades, Salu and Merra, chose to stay behind and watch over their village. After months with no correspondence from their absent teammates, Benthic and his comrades began to fear the worst. Their fears were confirmed when boats containing refugees from Metru Nui arrived at the island en masse, carrying grave news with them: Metru Nui had fallen, and their comrades were likely either dead or had their light drained.

Joining the Order
As the forces of the Brotherhood continued their systematic takeover of the Matoran Universe, a battalion of Order Of Mata Nui troops established a Forward Operating Base near the village, angering some of the villagers. Benthic was chosen to be an emissary of the villager's grievances with the order in hopes of them coming to a compromise. In an unexpected turn of events, the Order had also chosen a representative tasked with a similar mission-who just happened to be one of Benthic's missing comrades, a Toa of Ice named Khyber. Khyber convinced Benthic to join up with the Order after informing Benthic of his rescue by the Order and their plan to liberate the Matoran Universe. Benthic agreed to sign up with the Order on the condition that he be stationed in the Forward Operating Base so that he could still uphold his promise to keep his village safe.

Destiny War
As the Brotherhood drew ever closer to the northern continent, the OOMN made the decision to remove their forces from the island and evacuate the civilian populace to safety. While many of the general populace chose to leave the island, a select few stayed behind, including Salu and Merra. Benthic desperately tried to talk them into to accompanying him to Daxia and joining the Order, they vehemently refused, stating that they would rather fulfill their destiny to protect the villagers at all cost than to become a pawn in the Order's game. After realizing that there was nothing he could do to dissuade them, Benthic reluctantly left the continent on the very last transport. This would prove to be the last time he would ever see Salu and Merra alive.