Lake Faradi

Lake Faradi was a small and quite anomalous body of freshwater on Powai Nui. It served as the headquarters for Leskya Nuian colonist operations and later for Keelo's Empire.

History
Currently, the history of Lake Faradi is mostly unexplored. It is unknown when it formed, although the inhabitants of Powai Nui believe it formed around the same time every other natural feature on the island did.

The Feral Plains
When a group of Toa and Matoran survivors arrived from Leskya Nui, they began colonizing parts of the island in order to obtain a sustainable source of food and shelter. They stumbled upon Lake Faradi, and it instantly became one of the most important areas of their colony camp, as the lake served as a nearly uncontaminated source of freshwater. Toa of Gravity Hatar came to be the one who would lead the Matoran in that area, while Toa of Air Vandir led the Matoran in another area filled with rocks and fertile soil.

Many constructions projects went underway around the lake, and it became a hotspot for refreshment, relaxation and fun among the Leskya Nui Matoran. The completion of many of these projects became slower when contentions rose between the colonists and the island's native Toa and Matoran. On one occasion, Hysterix (who at the time was trapped as a disembodied spirit) managed to possess the body of Le-Matoran Nepto, who was doing construction work near the edge of the lake. The sudden overtaking of his body caused him to fall in, and he quickly sank to the bottom and began drowning. In desperation, Hatar dove into the water to save him, only to be attacked by the possessed Matoran as he began to be strangled. Vandir, who was visiting to see his brother, quickly intervened, using his powers to create a pocket of breathable air while attempting to tear Nepto off of Hatar's back. He succeeded, and Hysterix soon left Nepto's body.

Later, a group of native Toa came to try and negotiate with the colonists, who had grown spiteful of the natives. A fight broke out around Lake Faradi, which involved Salvina and Lewok fighting Hatar on a rock ledge in the lake. Turaga Maroona appeared, and commanded Salvina to get herself and Lewok out. Upon doing this, the Turaga used her lightning powers to electrify the lake's water, shocking Hatar.

At this moment, Onu-Matoran Keelo had snuck up to a cliff above the lake to try and fire at the natives from afar. During this time, he became sidetracked and remembered the Mask of Catastrophes, a strange and frightening mask he had found some time earlier. He placed it on, hoping to use it's power, which he did for several seconds before falling off of the cliff when it's power caused the earth to tremble. He landed in the lake, which was now electrified, and the combined electrical energy and the mask's odd properties mutated him into a very power Toa of Lightning, Earth and Fire.

Over the course of a month, Keelo used his newfound power to establish himself as the emperor of the island, taking over much of it's land and waging a war against the island's natives.

Description
Lake Faradi is very strange compared to a lake on earth. Despite being referred to officially as a lake, it spans only an estimated 190 feet across, 145 feet wide and a mere 30 feet at the deepest, very unusual measurements for a lake. There is typically enough clarity in the water to see all of the way down.

Rather than being composed of dirt, sand or any type of sediment for that matter, the entirety of the underwater surface from the lakebed to the beach is composed of sturdy, unweathered stone. Rather than becoming gradually shallow near the edges, the depth of the lake is incredibly consistent and the ends of the lake consist of what seem to be walls instead of beaches, the depth dropping off sharply. Only in two places does the elevation change more than a few feet, one of which is rarely submerged.

Despite the importance of both features, the Desolation River did never feed into the lake. One waterfall is the only source of water flowing into the lake, and there seem to be no ways for water to flow out aside from a tunnel in the bottom of the lake.

Appearances

 * The Feral Plains (First Appearance, first appears in Volume III)

Trivia

 * Lake Faradi's name is a piece of evidence from the earlier stages of Hatar's development. Hatar was originally a Toa of Magnetism, and to fit this the area of the colonist camp he was associated with was named after Michael Faraday, a scientist who performed experiments in the 1800's surrounding magnetic fields. Hatar was later made to be a Toa of Gravity, however the name of the lake stuck and became official.
 * The lake's name could still be scene as a slight reference to Turaga Maroona having electrified it to stop Hatar.