Pyra (being)

Pyra is a female "clone" of Toa Hydros, originally created by Makuta Verahk.

Creation
At some point before the Karda Nui saga, Makuta Verahk learned of the existance of Toa [[Hydros, a Toa with abilities not shared with others of his kind. Wishing to create more Toa like Hydros to serve as his soldiers, Verahk anonimously made a false report to the Order of Mata Nui, claiming a rogue Brotherhood of Makuta member was conducting experiments on the natives of Nocterra, effectivly lurring Toa Hydrs to the isle, where Verahk in the form of a Shadow Panther managed to fight and extract a sample of Hydros' organic tissue.

This gave the Makuta the needed material to create his own Toa from scratch by analyzing the properties of Hydros' unique anatomy. After a number of months of combining a synthisized version of the compound that altered Hydros with Makuta viruses, Verahk finally completed his creation's body.

The next several months were used to try and train the Toa in combat and the use of her powers. However, Pyra's abilities proved to be too unstable for her to control, let alone contain, resulting in Verahk placing her within a stasis tube until he could extract more living tissue from Hydros, resulting in the "Pyra Project" being put on hold.

Karda Nui
Knowing the Order of Mata Nui would send Hydros to stop him, Verahk broght along Pyra in her tube in case he were to gain another sample of Hydros' tissue. Eventually, the Makuta succeeded, managig to extract mor organic material from Hydros while the Toa was being drained of his inner light. After infusing Pyra with this material, Verahk left her within her tube behind a hidden door, waiting for her inner energies to stablize. The Makuta would later send the Shadow Matoran Xakon back to his base to check on the Toa clone.

Later, during a contrintaion with Hydros' allies, Verahk accidentally caused Makuta Vorakx and Zogorak to fall into the door protecting hiding the Toa, damaging her stasis tank. Believing his experiment was dead or damaged, Verahk decided to leave her. A short while later, the Toa duplicate was found by Toa Shaza and Krataka, who were shocked at her resemblance to Hydros.

Pyra was later taken back to Hydros' base where she stayed until the team evacuated Karda Nui and reappeared in Toa Akatark's Fortress. After arriving, she was placed in the fortress' infirmery, where she is still comatose.

Abilities & Traits
Pyra is a "clone", for lack of a better word, of Toa Hydros. She was made to possess all of his powers and abilities. Because of this, she possesses control over the elements of Fire, Air, and Earth. She also wields great strength, durability, sensetive hearing, as well as the ability to breathe underwater.

During the last stage of her creation, she was given a "telepathic education program" by Verahk. This basically allowed Verahk to "plant" basic knowledge Pyra would need within her mind; everything from the different races and places of the universe to the ability to speak and walk.

Verahk planned to eventually uses his telepathic powers to mold Pyra's mind and thoughs to his own ends, effectivly making her his slave, though the Makuta never got a chance to due so, leaving whatever personality traits she might possess untouched and a mystery to anyone but him.

Mask & Tools
Upon her completion, Pyra was given a Kanohi Faxon, the Great Mask of Kindred, due to the wide array of abilities in could offer her on the battle field.

Appearances

 * The Hydros Chronicles (First Appearance)