Chorrum

Chorrum was a male Ga-Matoran, who resided on the Northern Continent in the Remains Alternate Universe.

Early Life
Similarly to most other Matoran, Chorrum began his life on Spherus Magna, where he aided in the construction of the Matoran Universe. Surprisingly for a Ga-Matoran, however, he was created as a male, an odd occurrence that was caused by the Great Beings' desire to experiment with the genders of one of their strongest Matoran species. As such, Chorrum was one of the few male Ga-Matoran to have been created.

Eventually, he was placed in a village near the Coastal Desert of the Northern Continent, where he opened a village in, inviting Matoran from various different islands to visit the exotic coastal landscape.

Initially, Chorrum's business proposal was met with mixed results amongst his local village community. However, when backed up by a Fa-Matoran named Pofia and a Vo-Matoran named Ninian, Chorrum was able to construct a small village of his own on one of the Northern Continent's many beaches and created a holiday resort.

Although business was never booming, Chorrum's Inn invited a small and manageable influx of Matoran holidaymakers, many of whom were willing to finance some of the local trading stores. As such, the local community began to revolve around Chorrum's business.

Over time, Chorrum became good friends with Pofia, who linked his Burnak riding business with Chorrum's Inn. However, when a group of Dark Hunters damaged their businesses in one of their early plunders of the Northern Continent, both Chorrum and Pofia were forced to rebuild from scratch.

League of Six Kingdoms
During the height of the League of Six Kingdom's conquest of the Matoran Universe, Chorrum was forced to promote Barraki Mantax's ideology in his Inn, purchasing a number of paintings of the warlord to be put in the various different huts in his holiday villas.

When the Barraki were overthrown by the Brotherhood of Makuta, however, he swiftly proceeded to launch a Barraki Burning event, in which all Barraki memorabilia in the village was burnt in a large bonfire. During this event, he destroyed the paintings and replaced them with paintings of various different Matoran on beaches.

Injury
Around 37,000 years ago, Chorrum was assaulted by a female Vortixx, who was dissatisfied with the fact that the Inn only offered Matoran-sized huts. Out of spite, she harassed Chorrum, believing his gender mismatch to be a sign of impurity. The Vortixx then proceeded to set the entire Inn on fire before looting Chorrum's own financial stock and leaving him in the blaze.

Under unclear circumstances, the Ga-Matoran was saved from the fire. As he was unconscious at the time and as there was no law enforcement to file a report of the incident, the identity of Chorrum's savior remains unknown. Local legends state that a passing Toa witnessed the fire and charged in to save Chorrum though the validity of these claims are questionable.

Rebuilding
Fortunately, Pofia, who had become the local physician at this point, was able to restore Chorrum to health. However, due to severe burn marks and the destruction of much of his muscle tissue when a metal table fell on him in the fire, Chorrum's lower right leg was amputated.

Abilities and Traits
Similarly to all other Ga-Matoran, Chorrum had an increased lung capacity and was an extremely capable swimmer.

Mask of Tools
Chorrum wore a Powerless Kanohi Akaku, which was fitted with telescopic lenses.

Additionally, he wielded a pair of Shock Thumpers, which he used primarily for defense against outlaws intent on harming his inn.

Trivia

 * Chorrum was created by BobTheDoctor27 and donated to the storyline of Vorred as a minor character to befriend Aescela, who had suffered a similar injury and became isolated during the events of Patriots. The two creators both send a number of messages to each other while in-character as their respective creations.

He would later be placed within the Matoran Universe on in the Southern Island Chains, along with a small population of other female Po-Matoran.

Aescela spent much of her early years in the main city of the island of Balfe Nui, where she worked as an artist. In particular, she was known to paint landscapes and sketch wildlife. Many of her drawings were used to document the earliest forms of Rahi life on Balfe Nui and a significant portion of them were purchased by the Onu-Metru Archives for display.

When the reign of the city's ruler was reaffirmed, expansion of the whole island began. As a result, Aescela moved to some of the more rural areas of Balfe Nui with some of her Matoran friend. She then settled in the Farside Village.

Under the protection of three new council members, she worked as a prospector to get materials that were important to repair armor or weapons.

Uprising
More recently, two strangers, Toa Theran and Toa Range, arrived at the village, claiming to have been attacked by Undead Warriors outside the protective walls. While this news left Aescela skeptical at first, she still believed her village leaders when they cast out the newcomers saying that they have no proof to justify their unlawful trespassing.

Later, the two Toa returned to the village with the body of their fellow Toa, Chaeus, who had been infected by the Undead Virus, as proof that there were in fact Undead Warriors outside, threatening everybody inside Farside Village.

At nightfall, a legion of the Forgotten Warriors attacked the settlement. Aescela was amongst the many Matoran who attempted to defend the village until it became clear that they would be fighting a losing battle. She, along with the other villagers, was forced to beat a hasty retreat into the wilderness. However, during the attack she sustained an injury in her right leg. She later found refuge at Xafri's Camp, where she regrouped with her fellow villagers.

Unfortunately, the following morning, it was discovered that Aescela's leg had been infected with the Undead Virus and had to be amputated. Hence, she could not join Viretha when she volunteered to accompany Theran's team to find Nuva, who caused all of the attack on their village.

When the council retook Farside Village, Aescela and the others had to leave right after they saw the Protosteel-Worm coming towards them. On their way out, they saw Toa Dorvan and another villager running towards them. Aescela tried to warn them not to enter since Xafri wanted to use the Mask of Changing, but neither Dorvan nor his Le-Matoran accomplice listened to her. Aescela and the others escaped the range of the Mask's effect.

Abilities and Traits
Similarly to all other Po-Matoran, Aescela possessed a minuscule degree of control over the Element of Stone, though she could not access Elemental Powers or utilize a Great Kanohi. Additionally, she was considerably stronger than most other types of Matoran, allowing her to cope with the trauma of losing her leg.

Furthermore, she had a talent in finding various ores and thus took a job as a prospector.

Mask and Tools
Aescela wore a powerless Kanohi Pakari, a Mask of Strength. Her original tool, a pickaxe, was left behind in her home when the Forgotten Warriors attacked.

In more recent times, Aescela has adopted a short walking stick, which doubles up as a sharp blade.