Nuparu

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Nuparu

Character
Occupation	Inventor
Element	Earth
Kanohi	Volitak
Tools	• Protosteel Shield • Cordak Blaster • Aqua Blaster Blade
Status	Alive
Location	Spherus Magna
Pronunciation	noo-PAH-roo

Nuparu was an Onu-Matoran Inventor from Metru Nui, who became the Toa Inika and later Toa Mahri of Earth.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

As an Onu-Matoran, Nuparu began his life on Spherus Magna, where he aided in the construction of the Matoran Universe with no worldly desires or true consciousness. After a considerable period of autonomous labor, he was placed in Onu-Metru with a small community of Matoran, endeavoring to carry out his purpose by ensuring the continued functionality of the Great Spirit Robot.

Shortly after the successful launch of the Matoran Universe, Nuparu found employment as a Receiving Official at the Archives transport hub, facilitating the arrivals of Airships, boats, and Chutes transporting goods to the Archives. Privately, Nuparu desired to find work as an Inventor, often devising ways to improve the infrastructure and standard of living enjoyed by Matoran of Metru Nui. While working as a Receiving Official, Nuparu would often scout the sub-levels of the Archives for technology he could repurpose in an invention.

Several thousand years ago, Dume would commission Nuparu to construct a squadron of robotic law enforcers to defend the city in the absence of a Toa Team. The Kralhi were a result of this endeavor, though they proved far too aggressive and temperamental for conventional peacekeeping. Eventually developing the six breeds of Vahki, Nuparu was able to deliver on his promise of robotic law enforcers, which in turn repelled the Kralhi from the streets of Metru Nui. In secret, he would continue his work for Dume, developing elite Kranua squadrons to more effectively enforce peace. While Nuparu felt tremendous joy at the extensive manufacturing of the Vahki, many Matoran around him would grow deeply concerned by the presence of Vahki and uncomfortable with their brand of oversight.

With universal attitudes towards Toa growing increasingly contentious, the Dark Hunters made a number of attempts to seize a regional foothold in Metru Nui, which ultimately resulted in the organization declaring war on the local Toa Mangai by invading the northern-most island in the Matoran Universe. Arming himself with a Kanoka Disk Launcher, Nuparu took shelter from the conflict alongside his Onu-Matoran neighbors, staying out of the line of fire and evading the Dark Hunter anarchists.

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, Onewa, Matau, Nuju, and Whenua, in the hopes that they could succeed where he and his fellow Toa Mangai had failed. Unaware that Makuta Teridax had abducted the Turaga and assumed his form, however, the Toa were branded as public enemies and the Makuta ordered the Vahki to detail them through his guise as Turaga Dume.

A matter of weeks later, notably after the Toa Metru had been branded fugitives of the law and the Matoran had turned on them, Nuparu was summoned to the Coliseum by the Vahki, along with the rest of the population of Metru Nui. Once he arrived, Nuparu was confronted by a squadron of Vahki and placed inside a Matoran Sphere, betrayed by his own creations. Entering into a comatose state, Nuparu became dormant and was rendered unable to carry out his task of maintaining Onu-Metru. With the entire population of the island similarly incapacitated, Makuta Teridax set in motion a chain of events that debilitated the Great Spirit Robot and transferred the seat of power to himself. During his time inside the sphere, his body reduced in size, and all his previous memories were erased. Nuparu's size and physical strength were also reduced as a consequence of his Matoran Sphere.

Mata Nui[]

Matoran Nuparu — Nuparu in his shrunken form on Mata Nui

After being awakened by the Toa Metru on Naho Bay, Nuparu aided in the construction of Onu-Koro using Airship parts under Turaga Whenua's direction. With his memory erased and his body notably shrunken due to prolonged stasis, Nuparu began a new profession as an Engineer at the behest of Whenua, retaining only the briefest memories of his former life.

Enjoying a year of peace, the progress of the Matoran was notably hindered by the arrival of Makuta Teridax on the island, however, who used Infected Kanohi to corrupt the island's Rahi population. Relentlessly hounded by Rahi attacks and earthquakes, Nuparu came to situate himself in Onu-Koro, rarely traveling beyond the marked tunnel systems for fear of the Manas crabs.

Over the course of the next 1000 years, Nuparu and his fellow Onu-Matoran would thus construct the Marn Tunnel, reinforcing defenses around their village and devising plans for the Great Mine. Creating a number of inventions to facilitate the mining operations, Nuparu's contributions made conditions in the Great Mine considerably safer whilst increasing output of ore.

Nuparu was among a number of Onu-Matoran villagers who witnessed the arrival of Toa Onua in Onu-Koro. With the Toa Mata arriving on the island, the Rahi attacks increased in their frequency, prompting the Onu-Matoran to defend their village from threats such as Kofo-Jaga, Fikou, Vatuka and Manas with limited success. When the Toa succeeded in their quest to collect their Golden Kanohi and descended into the Mangaia tunnels, Nuparu joined the Onu-Matoran strike team that arrived in Kini Nui to defend the entrance from the Infected Rahi. In one final battle, the Matoran emerged victorious, finally freeing the Rahi from Makuta's mental influence and restoring balance to Mata Nui in the process.

However, with the Bohrok Swarms prematurely awoken by Makuta, the Matoran villages were plunged into chaos once more. In Onu-Koro, Nuparu and his fellow Onu-Matoran struggled to repel a Nuhvok platoon intent on destroying the pillars that supported the cavern in which Onu-Koro was situated. In spite of the assistance of Toa Onua, the Matoran would lose their village to the Bohrok, after Gahlok reinforcements appeared and flooded the central tunnels, catching many of the Onu-Matoran in a tidal wave and flooding the village.

Studying the remains of a damaged Gahlok while trapped in a cavern with Onepu and Taipu, Nuparu was able to construct a battle suit capable of repelling the Bohrok, naming his invention the Boxor. Aiding in the mass reproduction of Boxors, Nuparu salvaged a number of invaluable components that would eventually enable the Onu-Matoran to both liberate both Onu-Koro and Le-Koro from Bohrok occupation.

Following the Bohrok Invasion and the defeat of the Bohrok Kal, Nuparu was rebuilt into a form resembling the one he had held before being confined in a Matoran Sphere.

Some time later, Nuparu was present in the Onu-Koro village square when Toa Pohatu announced the coming of a seventh Toa and the quest of two Matoran from Ta-Koro to find the bearer of the Kanohi Avohkii. With the revelation interrupted by the arrival of Takua the Chronicler and the subsequent arrival of Rahkshi, Nuparu was among the majority of Onu-Matoran who fled the village under the instruction of the Toa Nuva. Hiding in the tunnels of Onu-Wahi, the Onu-Matoran population witnessed the destruction of their village and were forced to temporarily relocate to the foothills of Mount Ihu.

Return to Metru Nui[]

Later, after the defeat of Teridax by Takanuva, Nuparu aided in the construction of boats to return to Metru Nui when the island city was rediscovered. Landing in the city alongside the entire population of Mata Nui, Nuparu helped repair Onu-Metru and the rest of the island, acclimatizing to his role in the Archives with some difficulty.

Several days after his arrival, however, word reached the Matoran that the Toa Nuva had left the island on a dangerous mission for reasons unknown. Upon discovering this news, Jaller instigated a silent protest, entreating the island's entire Matoran population to lay down their tools until the Turaga revealed the nature of the mission. Nuparu notably took part in this protest, refusing to update the Archives database with any new Rahi information discovered over the course of the Dark Times.

To Be Added

Abilities and Traits[]

Similarly to all other Onu-Matoran, Nuparu possessed a minuscule degree of control over the elemental discipline of Earth, though he could not access Elemental Powers or utilize a Great Kanohi. Additionally, he was considerably stronger than most other types of Matoran and possessed limited night-vision capabilities.

Masks and Tools[]

To Be Added

Forms[]

Picture	Description
	Nuparu's form as a Matoran on Mata Nui.
	Nuparu's form as a Toa Inika.
	Nuparu's form as a Toa Mahri.

Appearances[]

Legacy of the Toa - To Be Written