The Feral Plains/Bonus

Because The Feral Plains took a while to complete due to outside influences, it had much time to develop, and as such there was a lot of history behind it and an abundance of cut content.

Origins
The six native Toa who appeared were a part of an old Toa Team Cap had created, which went through various changes regarding the setting of the island they defended. Most of the time, the setting was organic and rustic and the plot would occur alongside the main BIONICLE story with little interference between the two. Most storylines were created simply for CaptainLandr0ver's enjoyment. Here is an estimated timeline of the story's evolution:
 * (2014: "Corduk's Wrath") In the very early stages, the basic plot was the five Toa, minus Corduk, who was a Makuta and served as the primary antagonist. Corduk would later switch sides and be transformed into a Toa. This may have also been the point where Keelo's character was created, as a possible antagonist was a half-angel, half-demon character, similar to how Keelo's mixture of elements makes him half blue-and-white and half red-and-black. It is unknown if this "Proto-Keelo" was created before or after this storyline was imagined.


 * (Early 2015: "Saving the Past") In the next stage, the story took a different turn. This saw all of the Toa CCBS-Bionicle building system hybrids, and this time the theme took a futuristic turn. It also likely would have taken place in an alternate universe. Lewok, the leader of a Toa team was sent back in time from a futuristic island to stop Makuta Teridax from collecting powerful items that could only be excavated back then. This was the most short-lived revision.


 * (2015 - Late-2016: "Lost Legends") The story then took a different turn, with three parts. The first part involved protecting an Island against a single Makuta, the next part against several Makuta, and the third part against a rogue Makuta and his army of robotic warriors. This was a considerably darker storyline, involving many sudden character deaths and more mature and "edgier" characters. This revision saw the conception of several characters, albeit quite different from their modern-day counterparts. Makuta Tetradon had a beastly appearance which inspired the look of Hysterix, Arvos was a Toa of Ice who died soon after his transformation, Maroona was a Vo-Matoran who was thought to be dead and returned as a Toa of Lightning, and Omakah was an Av-Matoran disguised as a Po-Matoran who rode a vehicle and was eventually transformed into a Toa of Light. Mortarak, the antagonist of the third and final part, wore and frequently used a Mask of Possession, which inspired Hytserix's mask.


 * (Mid-2016 - Current: The Feral Plains) The finalized idea was spawned from pure boredom in early summer. Cap thought that he needed something to do or accomplish over the summer, and he decided to write a story. Reusing the six old Toa characters, and recycling many others, he created a premise inspired by the colonization of the Americas and simply began writing. The story evolved as he went along, and began generating ideas for prequels and sequels.

Cut Content
During it's writing, other characters and ideas were planned to appear, but were eventually scrapped. The first was a Toa of Plasma named Logos who would serve as the third Toa survivor from Leskya Nui, who was cut out to simplify the plot and for being an unnecessary additional character. There were also plans for him to form a Toa Kaita with his brother Vandir and Hatar, which was obviously cut as well. The second was another blue-and-green Dark Hunter, named "Razor", who served as "Alchemist"'s assistant. He was cut due to having little relevance to the story and being an unnecessary attempt to add another villain, and due to a shortage of pieces his MOC appeared like his character: lackluster and shoved in. Additionally, a plot element was planned where a Leskya Nuian colonist Ta-Matoran named Cerbai created an army of automatons which could be given life and commanded using Lewok's Kanohi Vehere. This army and it's corresponding episode was scrapped, and Cerbai did and likely will not appear.

The final major plot idea to be cut was an aerial vehicle which was planned to be piloted by Shensii and Arvos during the final battle against the colonists. Even though a foot-long model of the vehicle was created, the idea was scrapped, as the idea of an aerial vehicle didn't fit the series' rustic and natural theme. Additionally, it was terribly uncharacteristic of Shensii to pilot a war vehicle.

Additionally, several episodes were cut for various reasons. One episode, cancelled after pictures were taken, involved the Natives traveling down the Desolation River to have the "final battle" with the island's invaders. If this episode was left in, The series would've ended at Volume VI, and Cap wanted to make sure that things seemed "ready to end" before the story ended.

Monarch
Another episode, titled "Monarch", saw Hatar combat training Keelo following Vandir's suggestion, and would have come after Chapter 3 of Volume VI. This episode was cut when the moderators on the Lego.com Gallery considered it "too violent" (likely because Hatar hops onto a knocked down Keelo with two swords to his neck), and CaptainLandr0ver decided that the episode was less necessary and did not revise it. Even though it was cut, everything in it was still considered fanon. The chapter revealed Keelo's deeper motives and also explored Hatar's personality a bit more. Unedited, the chapter would have gone as follows:

Keelo's sword clashed with Hatar's, sending sparks flying in various directions. They held their blades their, pushing against each other, before their swords slipped and they backed away from each other to regain their breath.

"Your strength," said Hatar as he shook his arms, "is considerably developed. You're very strong for a Toa."

"I've heard that before," said Keelo as he prepared to strike again.

He lunged, and Hatar leaped to the side. Keelo, not anticipating this, tripped and tumbled onto the dry lakebed.

Throughout Keelo's seizing of the land, various cracks had appeared in the odd stony lakebed, allowing water to seep into the soil. Now it was dry, serving as an excellent training ground. Of course, a true arena was under construction.

Keelo stood and turned around, only to see Hatar rushing at him. He attempted to do what he did, and leaped to the left. Hatar ran past him, stopped and turned around with an odd look.

"No, no," said the Toa of Gravity, "I don't really think dodging is your thing. With all of that power, you need to start blocking more often."

"What's wrong with dodging?" Keelo argued.

"You have immense power," said Hatar. "Fire, Earth, Lightning... and whatever that mask of yours can do... you have a lot at your disposal, and you have to learn to use it all. Use everything you have."

"Well," said Keelo, "You were the one who said that we're practicing without powers today."

Hatar suddenly rushed at Keelo, disarming him and knocking him to the ground, with two blades held to his opponent's neck.

"Like I said," he replied, "You have immense power. But you need to use more skill than power." He then jumped off of Keelo.

"And what will that accomplish?" said Keelo as he staggered up.

"A fair fight."

"Fair?" Keelo used a disappointed tone of voice.

"Yes, a fair fight," Hatar elaborated.

"I don't look for a fair fight," said Keelo, "I look for one I can win,"

"I've noticed that," Hatar replied. "But part of being a Toa is being a fair fighter."

Keelo was angered now. "Fair fighting was what got us here, you know!"

"What do you mean?"

"On Leskya Nui! We went easy on Antharahk, and look where that got us! One of the first major lessons I learned in life is that if you want something, you have to get it yourself!"

Hatar knew he shouldn't argue, but the temptation suddenly seemed too strong. "Then why aim to destroy the natives when we can live with them?"

"Because," Keelo said, "of one reason! And it's that this island, from what I've seen, is cursed! If we even tried to make a deal with them, they would just stab us in the back!"

Hatar had sudden flashbacks of Wreshi in the forest. He pushed them out of his mind and decided to move onto something else. Something irked him to argue further, but honestly after a while Keelo would've begun to punish him for not staying on task and training him.

"Well, then," the Toa of Gravity said, "let's see what all of that power can do. Hit me."

Keelo mustered up all of the strength he could. In his left hand, he summoned a ball of earth and fire, and began to increase it's power, up to the point where it began to shake and glow.

He smashed it into Hatar's chest, and the sphere exploded. Hatar was launched to the other side of the lakebed, and laid there breathing as ashes rained all around Keelo.