Sky Custodians

Long ago the world of the BIONICLE was ravaged by demons; creatures that had mysterious and supernatural powers, always malevolent, and ate the spirits of all the inhabitants of the Matoran universe. The Toa had not been created at this time, and even if they had been they most likely would not have been powerful enough to stand up against the demons. Concerned by how quickly the beasts were wiping out the inhabitants of Spherus-Magna, the Great Beings created a bane for the demons: Sky Custodians.

Sky Custodians are strange creatures, for they look like Toa with silver and white armor, yet they have an odd, inner glow to them that makes it hard for them to blend in to a crowd. Custodians are faster, stronger, and more agile than Toa, and they have many more elemental powers than the Toa. Custodians were more than a match for the demons, and soon the monsters were driven into the earth, and the Custodians were seen as great heroes. However, they had a great flawed.

Sky Custodians have an almost tunnel vision view of their purpose in the Matoran universe: they believe that they were created only to fight the demons, and so that is all they protect the universe from. If there is a drought, a Skakdi army invading an innocent country, a plague, etc, the Sky Custodians look the other way because they believe that it is not their place to intervene in such matters. It was because of this flaw that the Great Beings resolved to creating the Toa, and it is also the reason why many don't even know who the Sky Custodians are. They only come out when demons are involved, and nowadays demons only enter the world from their lairs when they are hungry, which happens maybe every couple hundred years.

Not all Sky Custodians have a cold and rigid view of their duties in the world. There have been an unusual number that believe they should protect the Matoran from more than just demons. Some of these individuals are Arab'Sun, Omakli, Sirai'Kon, and Jedai'Han, and many more. These Custodians are looked down on by their comrades, for they believe that these Custodians fool around with petty matters instead of preparing for a potential invasion from the demons. However, these unique Custodians, Arab'Sun head of them all, just shake their heads and say they believe otherwise. Although Arab'Sun usually says so while laughing at the accuser.

While demons are associated with the earth and places underground, Custodians are associated with the sky, and so they command water, ice, light, air, and on some occasions fire and lightning, and all Custodians have the ability to fly. Only two Custodians can easily control fire and lighting, and that would be Arab'Sun and his sister, Sirai'Kon. Custodians can also sense on an acute level the presence of demons, which makes it very difficult for the malicious creatures to sneak up on these aerial warriors. However, demons can also sense Custodians on just the same level of sensitivity, so these warriors also have to work hard to ambush their arch-nemeses.

Custodians are created from what are called Birth Storms. Nobody understand how Birth Storms come into being or how they create Sky Custodians, but everyone who knows Custodians knows how violent and powerful these phenomena are. These storms are basically a bad hurricane combined with a jacked up hailstorm; the rain is so thick one can't see his hand in front of his face, the wind could blow away a weakly rooted mountain, the hail is the size of kohli balls,and the lightning spares nothing. Somehow Custodians are created from the violent energies of these storms, and these storms can produce 3 to 5 of the sky warriors; the most Custodians that were created from one Birth Storm was 7. On top of the relatively small number of warriors created, these Birth Storms only come about once every 30 years; a good thing Custodians are hard to kill.

For primary weapons Custodians use what is called a "Custodian's Torch", which looks like an odd sword hilt, and they can form any kind of weapon they wish from the Torch. Torches can only be used and fought with by a Sky Custodian; anyone else who tries to use them will just be holding the hilt, for nobody has the power to produce the energies to make a blade through the Torch aside from the Custodians. For a firearm, Custodians use light blasters, although a few have fought with odd canon-like devices that are far more devastating.

Custodians live in a city called Peithotov that literally floats on the clouds, and is invisible to everyone unless Custodians wish them to see the city. It has great towers and walls, and its magnificence has taken the breath away from anyone who wasn't raised around them. Only trice has the city nearly been destroyed by either unusual Birth Storms like then one christened Haran'Kai (Apocalypse) or a demon invasion. Aside from that, the city of Peithotov has been completely ignored or overlooked, and serves as the perfect hiding place for the Sky Custodians.