Balta

Balta is a Ta-MatoranTa-MatoranThe Fire-element Matoran of Ta-Metru and Ta-Koro, forgers of masks and Kanoka, lava farmers, and the standing core of the Ta-Koro Guard during the war for Mata Nui. who fought with the Voya Nui Resistance Team, a band of MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. who organized against the PirakaPirakaSix rogue Skakdi mercenaries who broke from the Dark Hunters to hunt the Mask of Life on Voya Nui. after that group seized control of their island. He carries Twin Repellers and counted GaranGaranGaran is a black and grey Matoran of Earth who served as the leader of the Voya Nui Resistance Team, a group dedicated to opposing the Piraka occupation of Voya Nui. He wore a powerless Ruru and carried Pulse Bolt Generators in combat. He later resided on Spherus Magna., DaluDaluDalu is a blue and silver Ga-Matoran warrior of the Water element, wearing a powerless Rau and wielding Twin Chargers in combat. Dalu resides on Spherus Magna., and Piruk among his closest allies in the struggle.

When the Piraka HakannHakannThe Skakdi bully known for pure aggression, from Dark Hunter mercenary to Piraka thief driven by violence and power. and AvakAvakA Skakdi thief whose perfect prisons made him invaluable to the Piraka's Mask of Life heist. staged the defeat of a lava and rock monster to win the Matoran's trust, Balta and Garan followed the pair and overheard them talking, learning that the Piraka were not Toa as they claimed. Balta later questioned Avak about a device the Piraka was constructing from various minerals. Annoyed by the questions, Avak imprisoned him, then finished building the contraption: a Zamor Launcher.

During a resistance assault, Balta stole a Zamor sphere and was chased by ThokThok (the Drifter)The Piraka's cowardly thief learned that ice guns and dirty tactics can't save you from Toa with elemental fury. and VezokVezokThe Beast was a Piraka thief split in two by the Spear of Fusion, then imprisoned by the Order of Mata Nui.. He delivered the sphere to Garan, then ran the opposite way to lead the two Piraka away from the others, only to find himself trapped in a cave by Vezok. As he was losing hope, AxonnAxonnAxonn served as an arbitrator under the Hand of Artakha and later as an Order of Mata Nui agent, guarding the Kanohi Ignika on Voya Nui for thousands of years. freed him and sent him to stop his friends, who were preparing to attack a group of strangers.

Axonn told Balta the full story of Mata Nui and his protection of the Matoran, explaining that Mata Nui's symbol was the HauHauThe Mask of Shielding that protected Toa from harm they saw coming, but left them vulnerable to ambush and mental assault. and that Mata Nui would die if the Piraka obtained the Mask of LifeThe Mask of Life (Kanohi Ignika), explainedA failsafe forged by the Great Beings to recharge a god. It curses everyone who touches it, and by the end of Bionicle it had learned how to be a hero.. Balta then arrived as the resistance battled the Toa Nuva and helped convince the other Matoran to stop fighting. He and his comrades later broke into the Chamber to rescue Garan from a crevice of lava, beating Vezok in the process. After the Toa InikaToa InikaSix former Matoran who entered Karzahni broken and emerged as the next Toa team, transformed on the shore of Voya Nui by a lightning strike from the red star. arrived, Balta joined MatoroMatoroA quiet Ko-Matoran translator who became a Toa Inika and then a Toa Mahri, Matoro gave his life with the Mask of Life to restore Mata Nui., HewkiiHewkiiHewkii rose from Po-Metru carver to Mata Nui's foremost kolhii player, then served as Toa Inika and Toa Mahri through the late wars of the universe., and Kazi to meet Axonn.