Matau

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Matau
Turaga
Occupation	Elder of Le-Koro
Element	Air
Kanohi	Mahiki
Tools	Kau Kau Staff
Status	Alive
Location	Spherus Magna

Matau was a Le-Matoran Pilot from Metru Nui, who became the Toa Metru of Air and later Turaga of Le-Koro.

Biography

Early Life

As a Le-Matoran, Matau began his life on Spherus Magna, where he aided in the construction of the Matoran Universe. He was later placed in Le-Metru with a small community of Matoran.

Matau gravitated towards in the developing transport industry as a Moto Sled driver on the Le-Metru Test Track, preferring to drive dangerously at high speeds and often being accused of reckless driving. Meeting Orkahm during this period, Matau struggled to adapt to the role, finding such slow and cautious driving to be highly restrictive of his talents.

Toa Metru

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Matau as a Toa Metru

With the remaining Toa Mangai disappearing in rapid succession, Toa Lhikan grew wise to the Dark Hunter plot and the intentional spread of the Morbuzakh. Mistrustful of Turaga Dume, the Toa of Fire looked to the stars and saw the names of six Matoran written among them. Reviving the ancient practice of creating Toa Stones, Lhikan imbued his Toa Power within the stones then transported them to the six Matoran: Vakama, Nokama, Whenua, Onewa, Nuju, and Matau, in the hopes that they could succeed where he and his fellow Toa Mangai had failed. Distributing the Toa Stones, however, Lhikan was ultimately captured by Nidhiki and Krekka in Ta-Metru.

Traveling to the Great Temple in Ga-Metru, Matau convened with the five other Matoran destined to become Toa. Placing his Toa Stone into the Great Temple's Suva, Matau was transformed into a Toa of Air. Intent on rescuing Lhikan and stopping the Morbuzakh, the Toa Metru set off in search of the Great Disks hidden in the six districts of Metru Nui by the Toa Mangai.

The Toa Metru embarking on their quest to find the missing Matoran

Seeking the Le-Metru Great Disk, Matau came to the realization that Orkahm had both uncovered the location of the Disk and gone missing over the course of recent weeks. Investigating the disappearance of the chute attendant, the novice Toa of Air found himself at the notorious Moto-Hub Sector Three, a section of the Chute Network renowned for being especially problematic. Retracing the Le-Matoran's route through the Chute network, Matau eventually discovered Orkahm pinned against a wall by the cables. Cutting the cables, Matau was able to free Orkham and press him for information about his circumstance, discerning that he had only had contact with a Po-Matoran named Ahkmou and that he had been lured to Sector Three by Nidhiki and Krekka, who had intended for Toa Lhikan to rescue him.

Reconvening with the Toa Metru and a Matoran similarly accredited with having found a Great Disk, the Toa made clear their plans to use the Great Disks to stop the Morbuzakh from destroying the city. Holding private concerns that one of the Matoran was working for the Dark Hunters, however, the Toa became mistrustful of the Matoran and decided never to leave them alone.

To Be Added: Finding Le- and Ga-Metru Great Disks

When the Toa Metru retrieved all six Disks, they traveled with their respective Matoran to the Great Furnace to confront the Morbuzakh. With the Toa soon finding themselves overpowered, the Matoran were forced to fend for themselves using Kanoka Disks to limited effect. Joining hands, the Matoran were able to form a powerful mental link, merging to form the first Matoran Nui seen in Metru Nui for 100,000 years, staving off the Morbuzakh long enough for the Toa to combine energies of the Great Disks and sever the King Root from its branches, destroying the Morbuzakh spores once and for all and burning it with the Furnace's intense flames.

Attempting to prove their merit as Toa, Matau and his teammates approached Turaga Dume in the Coliseum and presented the Great Disks. Unaware that Makuta Teridax had abducted the Turaga and assumed his form, however, the Toa were faced with an impossible task and humiliated in front of the Matoran. Unwilling to allow the new Toa team a foothold from which to disrupt his Grand Plan, the Makuta branded the Toa as impostors, pinning blame for the disappearance of Toa Lhikan on the Toa Metru and ordering the Vahki to apprehend them. With Whenua, Onewa, and Nuju captured, Matau was barely able to escape the Coliseum alongside Nokama and Vakama, who used a Kanoka Disk to topple an ornate statue of Lhikan and cover their exit.

Branded fugitives of Metru Nui, Matau spent several weeks evading the Vahki with Vakama and Nokama. Sticking to the Chute lines and Airships, the three Toa traveled the island in search of Lhikan for some time. During this time, Nokama was briefly influenced by a Vakhi Bordakh, though she was able to break free after being knocked from a height and rescued by Matau. Pursued by Nidhiki and Krekka, the Toa had a number of confrontations with the Dark Hunters, though they were able to escape each time. Over the course of his journey, Vakama's visions of the future became more frequent and Matau grew increasingly critical of his teammate.

Toa Matau riding a Chute

Following a battle with the Tahtorak, Matau and his teammates would witness Lhikan's Spirit Star splintering in the sky above Po-Metru. Traveling north to the District of Stone, the Toa would again encounter the Dark Hunters in an abandoned crafting village. On this occassion, however, Nokama was able to access her Kanohi Rau and communicate with a herd of stampeding Kikanalo, which drove Nidhiki and Krekka from the village. Befriending the Kikanalo, the Toa would journey to the Canyon of Unending Whispers, where Lhikan was said to have last been sighted. While evading the Dark Hunters, Matau was notably able to unlock his Kanohi Mahiki, using the Mask of Illusion to impersonate both Krekka and Nidhiki and turn them against each other.

Infiltrating the Prison of the Dark Hunters, the Toa eventually reconvened with their teammates and a mysterious Turaga, who had arrived to mount a rescue. At this point, the Turaga revealed himself to be Lhikan, who had become a Turaga after his Toa Power had been transferred to the Toa Metru. After stumbling upon the Matoran Pod that contained the real Turaga Dume, however, Vakama came to understand the scope of the Makuta's plan and insisted that the Toa return to the Coliseum to confront the false Turaga. Hijacking a Vahki Transporter, the Toa escaped a squadron of Vahki and made for the surface, Whenua using his Earthshock Drills to tunnel a large hole wide enough for Matau to pilot the transport through.

Arriving in the center of the island, the Toa resurfaced to find that the entire population of Metru Nui had been summoned to the Coliseum by the Vahki and placed inside Matoran Spheres, where they entered into a comatose state. With the Matoran unable to carry out their tasks of maintaining the districts of Metru Nui, Teridax was able to set in motion a chain of events that debilitated the Great Spirit Robot and transferred the seat of power to himself, also siphoning off energy from the city's power grid to shapeshift himself into a larger form. Beset by Krekka and Nidhiki, the Toa Metru defended Turaga Lhikan in the Vahki Transporter until Onewa was able to use his Komau, compelling Krekka to turn on Nidhiki. Meanwhile, Vakama began crafting the Great Disks into the Kanohi Vahi, believing that the Mask of Time was the key to defeating Makuta.

Matau and Vakama riding a Chute together

With the Vahki Transporter knocked into the waters of the Great Barrier, Matau attempted to steer the vessel while Makuta obstructed the Toa with columns of Liquid Protodermis. As Vakama confronted the Makuta with the Kanohi Vahi, Matau and the other Toa Metru escaped the waves and combined their Elemental Powers to encase Makuta in a prison of solid Protodermis. Learning then that Turaga's Lhikan had sacrificed himself to save Vakama, Matau and his teammates sought to transport the Matoran beyond the Great Barrier, to allow them to live beyond the Makuta's reach.

Traveling through the Great Barrier in the Vahki Transport, the Toa Metru came into conflict with several ancient Rahi specimens that Whenua had once encountered in the Underwater Rahi Study. Eventually captured, the Toa were brought before Mavrah, an Onu-Matoran exile and former colleague of Whenua who wrongly assumed the Toa were agents of Turaga Dume intent on capturing and eliminating his Rahi. Orchestrated a synthetic whirlpool to trap Vakama and his teammates, Mavrah instead dispatched the Kralhi to capture the Toa and bring them before him. With the Kralhi succeeding in their mission, Mavrah confronted the Toa and remarked Whenua among their number. Skeptical of the Toa, Mavrah was temporarily caught under the mental influence of Onewa, who attempted to use his Kanohi Komau to trick the Onu-Matoran into releasing the captive Toa. However, attuned to the use of Kanohi powers, Mavrah's pet Kavinika broke the Toa's concentration with a piercing shriek, freeing Mavrah but unwittingly creating an opening for Vakama to escape using his Kanohi Huna. Dispatching the Kralhi to hunt down the Toa, Mavrah witnessed the Toa eliminate his robotic enforcers and engage his marine Rahi.

Unmoved by Whenua's initial pleas for his surrender, Mavrah commanded the Rahi to attack the Toa with the full fury of their powers. Confronted by Onewa, Mavrah witnessed the Toa of Stone being flung into the depths. With Whenua hazarding all to rescue his fellow Toa from a school of Takea, Mavrah was finally persuaded to stop the fighting, a decision that was expedited by the arrival of several Vahki Vorzakh, which critically diminished his Rahi numbers. Appealing for a ceasefire, Mavrah was caught in a tidal wave and thrown into the turbulent waters, where he drowned in the moments before Onewa triggered a cave-in.

Matau in a Chute, persued by Vahki

Continuing on to the island of Mata Nui on the surface of Aqua Magna, the Toa each found a region of the island that would support Matoran colonies. Finding a jungle in the southern reaches of the island, Matau founded Le-Koro before reconvening with the other Toa Metru. After Onewa's confrontation with a Nui-Jaga that had managed to reach the island from Metru Nui, the Toa investigated a subterranean cavern that led deep underground. Encountering a Bohrok Hive and Energized Protodermis, the Toa referred to Vakama's visions for guidance.

Venturing deeper into the tunnel network, Matau split off from the group to scout ahead and was assaulted by a Red Serpent, which knocked him unconscious with an energy beam. Continuing on, the Toa would find Matau fused to the cave wall. Delicately, Onewa used his Elemental Powers to free the Toa of Air from his predicament. While Matau vowed revenge on the Rahi, Nokama and Whenua questioned if hunting down the creature would be wise. Investigating further and finding carvings of the Bahrag Queens and Bohrok, the Toa began to surmise that the caverns were older than the island itself. While Whenua confessed his anxieties over the Archives succumbing to the earthquake, Vakama confided his concerns that the Chutes and Molten Protodermis lines may have ruptured during their time away from Metru Nui.

The Toa were then ambushed by the Rahi Nui. Determining that the creature was capable of using Kanoka Disk powers, Nuju and Vakama were able to devise a plan, blasting the Rahi Nui with Elemental Energy as it Enlarged, temporarily disrupting its density. As the other Toa returned to consciousness, it became clear that Nokama had sustained serious injury during the battle.

Vakama rallying the Toa Metru

While Onewa, Matau, and Whenua resolved to take Nokama back to the surface, Nuju insisted that they must continue as Nokama had a better chance of treatment in Metru Nui while Vakama could not condone preserving Nokama's life at the expense of the Matoran. With Matau carrying Nokama, the Toa set off to complete their quest, descending deeper into the Maze of Shadows. Restrained by moss in one of the tunnels, Vakama openly challenged to Morbuzakh only for its precursor, the Karzahni vine, to reveal itself. Recounting the Matoran legend of Artakha and Karzahni, the plant revealed its origin as a failed creation of Makuta. Temporarily healing Nokama, the Karzahni persuaded the Toa to retrieve a vial of Energized Protodermis from one of Makuta's lairs. Recounting an experience as a trainee Archivist, in which he was surrounded by Kinloka in the dark after wandering onto the wrong level of the Archives, the Toa continued their journey through Makuta's lair while Vakama retrieved the Kanoka Disks that littered the floor, studying unfamiliar carvings drawn by Makuta. In opening a cavity in the wall, however, Onewa was attacked by a Kratana, which showed him a vision of Visorak in Metru Nui. While Nuju wished to hear more, the Kratana was forced off of Onewa, who apologized to Vakama for making light of his visions.

Encountering a number of Rahi traveling through the tunnel to the surface of the island, Whenua recounted an instance where Lhikan had struggled to defend Ta-Metru against a Stone Rat infestation, which was prompted by an underground Nui-Rama hive driving the vermin to the streets. With this realization, the Toa grow wary of events in Metru Nui that may be driving the Rahi beyond the Great Barrier. Delving into the Mangaia and locating Makuta's inner laboratory, the Toa were confronted by the Energized Protodermis Entity, which denied the Toa a sample of its form, using its transformative powers to enlarge an insect-Rahi only for Nokama to swiftly tame the creature. Targeting the stone pillars, the Toa Metru eventually managed to strike a deal with the Energized Protodermis Entity, leaving the last pillar in exchange for a vial of its substance. Despite providing the vial, the Energized Protodermis Entity attempted to strike at the Toa regardless, only for Onewa to destroy the final pillar and block the tidal wave. Returning to Karzahni's lair and demanding the antidote to the Rahi Nui's stinger, the Toa Metru were able to permanently heal Nokama. Consuming the Energized Protodermis sample, the creature was burnt from within by its touch and began rapidly decaying. Dying, the Karzahni vine warned the Toa that they had only slowed Makuta down. Nuju then remarked that, like Mavrah and Ahkmou, the Karzahni vine had succumbed to its inner darkness.

After ensuring that a Toa Stone was hidden in each village of Mata Nui, the Toa would use the trunks of Karzahni to repair the Lhikan II, affixing the wooden pieces to the vessel's underside before sailing back across the Silver Sea. As the Toa Metru approached Metru Nui, however, Onewa remarked that Makuta had obstructed on of the suns in the sky while Nuju was able to spot Rahkshi on the rooftops, confirming their suspicions that the Archives had been breached and that the abandoned city had been overtaken. Capsizing along the coast of Le-Metru, Vakama proved over-eager to reach the Coliseum and free the Matoran. Observing a worrying new reckless streak in the Toa of Fire, the Toa traveled to the Moto Hub of Le-Metru, where they discovered a squadron of Vahki capable of firing lethal energy blasts and communicating in the Matoran dialect. With Matau posing as a Vahki in hopes of warding suspicion away from the Toa, his teammates discovered that the Great Cataclysm had caused an energy surge, altering the programming of all remaining Vahki. Their investigation also revealed a ruptured Visorak cocoon missing its occupant. After a battle with a Sonic Entity, the Toa would finally come to understand that the Visorak had arrived on Metru Nui, prompting an explanation as to their origins and behavior. Enraged that Whenua had not thought to voice such relevant details earlier, Vakama admonished the Toa of Earth so relentlessly that the other Toa Metru came to his defense. Theorizing that all Rahi previously housed in the Archives had traveled to Metru Nui fleeing the Visorak Horde established across the Matoran Universe, the Toa came to understand why Rahi now migrated across the Great Barrier.

The Toa Metru suspended in cocoons above the Coliseum

While descending a narrow access shaft, the Toa were attacked by a mutated Lohrak, which Whenua identified as the creature that had inhabited the cocoon. As the Toa battled the Lohrak and Vahki, three Visorak Suukorak ambushed Onewa and Nokama as they splintered off from the group. Although Onewa was ensnared in an energy field, the Visorak would retreat when the other Toa approached. Escaping the Vahki, the Toa descended further into the Archives access tunnels beneath Le-Metru, relying on Whenua's expertise to the network to travel beneath the surface of the island. Coming across a mortally injured Ash Bear, Nokama persuaded the Toa to heal the Rahi by sacrificing a portion of their Toa Power. Weakened by the experience but restoring the Rahi to health, the Toa Metru returned to the surface, where the Toa each remarked a change in Vakama's character, noting that he had become especially impatient in his quest to reach the Coliseum and rescue the Matoran as quickly as possible. Following Vakama's lead, the Toa were paralyzed by a squadron of Visorak Keelerak and taken to the Coliseum as prisoners. Bound in Visorak webbing and suspended in cocoons high above the city, the Toa were injected with Hordika Venom and left to mutate.

Toa Hordika

Matau as a Toa Hordika

While Sidorak, the ruler of the Visorak Horde intended for the Toa to meet a simple end, his viceroy, Roodaka, intended to extract their Elemental Powers to free Makuta from the Protodermis Cage. As a result, Matau and his teammates were mutated into Toa Hordika and dropped from the cocoons on Sidorak's orders. Intercepted by the Rahaga, the Toa Hordika were carried to the safety of Ga-Metru, where they were introduced to Norik, Gaaki, Bomonga, Pouks, Iruini, and Kualus, who explained the nature of their mutation, offering them tutelage in the use of their diminished Elemental Powers and unclear Rhotuka capabilities.

To Be Added: Iruini

Matau Hordika reacting to his transformation

However, growing confrontational and impulsive on account of his mutation, Toa Hordika Vakama's relationship with his teammates became increasingly strenuous, especially given Matau's constant antagonizing of his leadership. Venturing off on his own, the Toa of Fire was captured by Visorak and brought before Roodaka, who swayed him to use his abilities in the service of her cause. Ambushing the Rahaga during a sweep of the Great Temple for inscriptions relating to Keetongu, Vakama assaulted all six of the former Toa, leaving Norik buried beneath a pile of rubble and abducting the others, bringing Gaaki, Bomonga, Pouks, Iruini, and Kualus to Sidorak as prisoners of war. The following morning, Norik was located by the Matau and the remaining Toa Hordika, who pried him free of the wreckage and listened to his account of the attack. Skeptical at first, Norik soon convinced the Toa that their leader had struck an alliance with Roodaka and that Keetongu was the only being capable of reversing the mutation and curing Vakama of his affliction.

Iruini and Matau traveling through Le-Metru

Trekking across the island with the other Toa Hordika, Matau followed Norik to a tower in rural Ko-Metru, identified by a frozen waterfall marking the end of their journey. Venturing inside, Nokama witnessed Keetongu waking from his hibernation and was introduced to the mythical Rahi by Norik, who earnestly entreating him for aid in the coming battle with the Visorak Horde. Although the Toa Hordika proved irresolute at first, Keetongu observed the Toa's arguments and was ultimately won over by their concern for Vakama, agreeing to offer his services and potentially reverse the effects of the Hordika venom if the Toa proved worthy.

Intent on rescuing the Rahaga and recovering Vakama, Matau joined his teammates on an assault on the Coliseum, making an explosive entrance through the gates of the structure so as to draw attention away from Keetongu, who was scaling the side of the structure to engage Sidorak and Roodaka.

Toa Hordika Whenua and Matau launching Rhotuka at Visorak

Once Norik had liberated the prisoners, the Rahaga eagerly joined the battle alongside the remaining Toa Hordika. Using their Rhotuka Spinners to propel themselves across the Coliseum, the Toa Hordika evaded the Visorak for some time, though Matau splintered off from the group to confront Vakama alone, leaving Nokama, Onewa, Whenua and Nuju to fend off the Visorak. Engaging Matau in a heated battle at the top of the Coliseum, Vakama vented his frustrations and fought relentlessly, eventually gaining the upper hand and pinning Matau to the edge of the Coliseum. Moved by Matau's words of apology and failure to rescue the Matoran, Vakama was reminded of the reason he had returned to Metru Nui and was shaken from the influence of Roodaka. In one final act of self-sacrifice, Matau threw himself from the edge, prompting Vakama to dive down and rescue him.

Fending off Visorak, the Toa and Rahaga were soon overwhelmed following the arrival of Roodaka atop a Kahgarak. Concealing a shard of the Protodermis Cage on her person, Roodaka goaded the Toa to strike her with their Rhotuka Spinners, which appeared ineffective. However, once Vakama came to betray the Viceroy by disbanding the Visorak Horde, the Toa of Fire would join his fellow Toa in defeating Roodaka, launching the final Rhotuka Spinner needed to defeat her but unknowingly destroying the Protodermis Cage that trapped Makuta in the process. With Keetongu appearing once more after killing Sidorak, Matau and his fellow Toa appealed to Keetongu to cure them of their mutations. Complying with their request, Keetongu would purge the Hordika venom from all six Toa, restoring Matau to his Toa form.

Finishing the construction of the Airships needed to transport the Matoran Pods to the island of Mata Nui, the Toa would make peace with Vakama. Intent on settling on a newly-discovered island beyond the Great Barrier with the other Toa Metru, Matau bid his farewell to Iruini and the other Rahaga, who had chosen to reside in Metru Nui and repair the damage of the Great Cataclysm and Visorak occupation.