Ako

Ako is a young villager from the Region of StoneRegion of StoneThe northwestern desert region of Okoto, home of the Stone Tribe and the Protector of Stone, site of the Battle of the Mask Makers and the Black Crater, and the territory through which Pohatu hunted for the Golden Mask of Stone. on the island of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors., in the 2015 reboot continuity. He and OdaOdaOda was a young villager from the Region of Stone on Okoto, abducted with Ako by the Skull Raiders during the relocation to the City of the Mask Makers and rescued by Ekimu and the Toa from the buried city under Axato., the young nephews of the villager MeleaMelea, Stone Villager of OkotoMelea was a villager from the Region of Stone whose nephews Ako and Oda vanished during her family's relocation to the City of the Mask Makers, forcing Ekimu and the Toa into a rescue against the Skull Raiders., were carried off to the Skull RaidersSkull RaidersThe ancient pirate band that plagued Okoto before the Mask Makers, was driven into the mountains, allied itself with Makuta, was trapped beneath the island by the cataclysm at Capital City, and dug its way back as the Skull Creatures under Kulta.' underground city and rescued by EkimuEkimu the Mask MakerEkimu is the Mask Maker of Okoto in the 2015 BIONICLE reboot, brother of Makuta, who knocked the Mask of Ultimate Power from his brother's face and slept for thousands of years before the Toa woke him. and the ToaThe Toa of Okoto: The Six Heroes Summoned to Save the IslandThe six elemental heroes summoned by the Protectors of Okoto, who recovered the Golden Masks, woke Ekimu, fought the Skull Army, and twice banished Makuta to the Shadow Realm.. (BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)

The relocation from the desert#

Ako belongs to a family of the Stone Tribe, the people of Okoto's Region of StoneRegion of StoneThe northwestern desert region of Okoto, home of the Stone Tribe and the Protector of Stone, site of the Battle of the Mask Makers and the Black Crater, and the territory through which Pohatu hunted for the Golden Mask of Stone.. The story places him and Oda, another of her nephews, with their aunt Melea and other relatives when the two boys went missing. (BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)

The separation and the abduction#

Ako and Oda became separated from their elders. A hawk under the control of a Skull SpiderSkull SpidersThe arachnid swarm that raided the villages of Okoto, clamped infection masks onto its captives, guarded the City of the Mask Makers under the Lord of Skull Spiders, and broke against the arrival of the Toa. took the two children and delivered them, alive, to the city the Skull Raiders had built beneath Okoto. (BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)

The Skull Raiders had been pirates before the Mask Makers and Protectors stopped them. When the energy of Makuta's Mask of Ultimate PowerMask of Ultimate PowerA heretical Kanohi forged by Makuta of Okoto that contained the powers of all six elements and ruined the Mask Makers' civilization the moment it was worn. was released, they were trapped below ground and built a city there. Once they found their way back to the surface, KultaKultaKulta was the leader of the Skull Creatures, a group native to the island of Okoto, and operated from the City of the Mask Makers. Armed with a Mask Stealer Staff and Hook Blade, he possessed the ability to drain masks of their Elemental Powers and once held both the powerless Skull Mask and the Mask of Creation. led operations above while AxatoAxatoAxato is a Skull Creature from the island of Okoto who served as the leader of the Skull Creatures in the City of the Mask Makers. Armed with a spear, Axato possessed the ability to drain masks of their Elemental Powers and formerly wore a powerless Skull Mask. was left in charge of the underground city, and it was to Axato that the hawk brought the boys. (BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)

The captivity under Axato#

Axato held the children prisoner in the underground city. Melea's family raised the alarm about the missing boys with VizunaVizuna, Protector of Jungle of OkotoVizuna was the village elder and Protector of Jungle in the second age of Okoto, wielder of the Air Elemental Flame Bow, descendant of Agarak, and guide who led Lewa through the rainforests to the Golden Mask of Jungle. of the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived., who brought it to Ekimu and the Toa. (BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)

LewaLewa, Master of Jungle: The Daredevil Toa of OkotoLewa of Okoto was the Master of Jungle summoned by the Protectors, the rebellious flier who quested for the Mask of Jungle in the Region of Jungle and bonded with Uxar in the second wave., the Toa of Jungle, was captured and joined the boys in captivity, so any rescue now had to free all three. (BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)

The rescue and the collapse#

The raiders then captured Ekimu and the other Toa, and Axato planned to force them into a series of combat trials. To his surprise, GaliGali, Master of Water: The Toa Who Closed the RiftGali of Okoto, from the 2015 reboot, was the Master of Water of the Toa, the team's mediator at the City of the Mask Makers, and the Toa pulled into the Shadow Realm who came back knowing how to banish Makuta again. opened by challenging him to unarmed combat. She beat him, and the fight gave her friends the chance to free Lewa and the two children. (BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)

Kulta arrived to challenge Ekimu, and his defeat brought down the cavern that held the city, burying Axato and the rest of the raiders. Ako, Oda, and Lewa got out alive. (BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)

The return to the City of the Mask Makers#

Ekimu and the Toa brought Ako and Oda back to Melea and the rest of their family. (BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)

Standing in the record#

Ako is a child in the story, not a fighter. He doesn't direct anything that happens to him. What matters is what his capture set off: the search that took Ekimu and the Toa underground and ended with the Skull Raiders' city collapsing on them. (BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)