Matau (Pirates)

Matau is the Toa Metru of Air and the helmsman of the Lhikan who resides in the Pirates Universe.

Early life
As a Matoran, Matau was a reckless and boisterous Test Pilot for numerous experimental transportation prototypes. While he was successful in testing out the devices' full capabilities, his drives always end with crashes. This reputation led to his colleagues trying to avoid him as much as possible. Subconsciously distraught at the lack of companionship, Matau attempted to ignore this by continuously keeping up a confident exterior, eventually leading to him wanting fame and glory some day. He would often attempt to display this confidence by occasionally trying to tame and ride the Gukko bird, but his failures only managed to cement the Rahi's infamy as impossible to train. During the Matoran Civil War, Matau drove transportation for the Po-Metru side of the war. Many of those he drove regarded his driving as being more tense and scary than being in battle.

Later, Matau test-drove a prototype Moto-Sled, only for it to break and once again crash. He was saved from injury by a suddenly-appearing Toa Lhikan, who handed him a Toa Stone and a map before abuptly leaving. Deducing from the map that he was to go to the Great Temple in Ga-Metru, Matau travelled there and found five other Matoran with similar stones. He joined them in placing the stones within the Temple's Suva, subsequently being transformed into a Toa afterwards.

Toa Metru
Upon transformation, Matau became more concerned with the potential fame and glory to be gained as a hero, rather than the work. In his energetic burst of excitement, Matau made a fool of himself in front of his fellow Toa by accidentally smashing into a pillar, unfortunately cementing himself as a joke to the others. It was also during this that Matau developed feelings for the Toa of Water named Nokama.

The resident Toa of Fire, Vakama, claimed to have experienced a vision where he saw Metru Nui destroyed by a monstrous plant life named the Morbuzahk and the Great Disks they needed to retrieve to defeat it. Initially reluctant to follow Vakama's orders, Matau agreed to search Le-Metru when met with the prospect of gaining fame from doing so.

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The Great Flood
As the Toa Metru approached the Great Barrier, a huge earthquake struck the world. A large crack opened in the barrier and a large tide of water burst through, flooding most of the world. The transport was destroyed and all if not most of the Matoran Spheres were scattered across the Planet.

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Abilities and traits
As a Matoran, Matau presented himself as a confident glory-seeker. His constant desire to appear more brave and self-assured than he actually was resulted in others being annoyed by his boastfulness.

This continued and expanded upon his transformation into a Toa. Overcome by the idea of fame and glory, Matau became more reckless and impulsive than he ever was as a Matoran in an attempt to live up to his idea of a "Toa-hero". This usually manifested in him accidentally making a fool of himself in front of those he attempted to impress or intimidate.

After the Great Flood had effectively altered the way the world functioned, Matau's pride was hurt now that he was unable to be the Toa he wanted.

As a Toa of Air, he can control, create, and absorb Air.

Mask and tools
Matau carried a pair of Aero Slicers that doubled as glider wings, while also allowing him to channel his Elemental powers.

Matau wears a Great Mahiki, a Great Mask of Illusions, which allows him to appear to shapeshift and cast illusionary images wherever he wants.

Appearances

 * Pirates: The Regathering - Mentioned

Trivia

 * The Toa Metru each have a characteristic of stereotypical pirates. In Matau's case, he wears a bandana on the brow of his Kanohi.