Fire Villagers

The Fire Villagers were the OkotanOkotanThe Okotans were the villager population of Okoto, six regional groups corresponding to the island's six elemental regions, who lived through the Battle of the Mask Makers, the long retreat into the lesser villages, and the recovery of the Ancient City after the defeat of Kulta and the revival of Ekimu. people of the Region of FireRegion of FireThe volcanic region of Okoto, home of the Fire Tribe and the Protector of Fire, Narmoto, and the country in which Tahu landed and was guided across lava streams and erupting mountains to claim the Golden Mask of Fire., the volcanic province of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors. in BIONICLE's 2015 reboot, a continuity separate from the original Matoran Universe story. They were the people TahuTahu, Master of Fire: Leader of the Toa of OkotoTahu of Okoto was the Master of Fire summoned by the Protectors, the hot-tempered would-be leader of the Toa who opened the Labyrinth of Control and held the line at the Black Volcano., the Toa of FireToa of FireThe Elemental protectors of the Matoran, most often rising from Ta-Matoran to command the power of fire., first met on Okoto. Their leader was NarmotoNarmoto, Protector of Fire of OkotoNarmoto was the village elder and Protector of Fire in the second age of Okoto, wielder of the Elemental Fire Blaster and the Flame Swords, descendant of Mamuk, and guide who led Tahu across the volcanic region to the Golden Mask of Fire., Protector of FireProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived., heir to an office held in ancient times by MamukMamuk, Ancient Protector of Fire of OkotoThe ancient Protector of Fire of Okoto, in the 2015 reboot continuity, who fetched Ikir's Elemental Crystal for Ekimu and whose office passed down to Narmoto.. (BIONICLE: Island of Lost Masks; BIONICLE webisodes; BIONICLE: Battle of the Mask Makers)

Building on ground that moves#

The Region of FireRegion of FireThe volcanic region of Okoto, home of the Fire Tribe and the Protector of Fire, Narmoto, and the country in which Tahu landed and was guided across lava streams and erupting mountains to claim the Golden Mask of Fire. was volcanic country, with lava flowing from its volcanoes. Its ancient Okotans named it after Ikir, the Elemental Creature of Fire. (BIONICLE: Island of Lost Masks; BIONICLE: Battle of the Mask Makers)

Okotans were biomechanical villagers who ate food such as fish and fruit, and raised their own children. Ordinary villagers wore solid-coloured masks similar in shape to their Protector's, while the Protectors' masks were elemental ones made by Ekimu. (BIONICLE: Battle of the Mask Makers; BIONICLE webisodes)

What the office of Protector carried#

In ancient times the Mask Makers made Masks of Power for the Okotans, who used them to carve out a place to live on the island, and the Protectors of that age fought beside the Mask Makers against threats such as 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.. (BIONICLE webisodes; BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)

The ancient Protector of Fire was MamukMamuk, Ancient Protector of Fire of OkotoThe ancient Protector of Fire of Okoto, in the 2015 reboot continuity, who fetched Ikir's Elemental Crystal for Ekimu and whose office passed down to Narmoto., who received an Elemental Crystal for the Golden Mask of Fire from Ikir. After the battle between Ekimu and MakutaMakuta (2015)Ekimu's brother and rival Mask Maker, who forged the forbidden Mask of Ultimate Power and was sealed in the Shadow Realm with Capital City., the Protectors of that era found Ekimu in an endless sleep and heard the Prophecy of HeroesThe Prophecy of HeroesThe dying instruction that the Mask Maker Ekimu pressed into the Protectors of Okoto, foretelling the coming of six Toa and the sign of the aligned stars that would let them be summoned. whispered from his body, and the knowledge passed down to their successors. (BIONICLE: Battle of the Mask Makers; BIONICLE webisodes)

Spiders in the passes#

Thousands of years later, Skull SpidersSkull 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. began invading the Okotans' homes. When they attacked Narmoto's village, he and the other ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. went to the Temple of TimeThe Temple of TimeThe Protectors' most sacred site on Okoto, built to house the Mask of Time and the place at which Ekimu received the vision that prepared the island for the coming of the Toa. and recited the Prophecy of Heroes. (BIONICLE webisodes; BIONICLE: Island of Lost Masks)

Tahu, and a Protector who ran out of ammunition#

Six 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. fell from the sky onto OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors.. There was a loud crash in the Region of FireRegion of FireThe volcanic region of Okoto, home of the Fire Tribe and the Protector of Fire, Narmoto, and the country in which Tahu landed and was guided across lava streams and erupting mountains to claim the Golden Mask of Fire., and NarmotoNarmoto, Protector of Fire of OkotoNarmoto was the village elder and Protector of Fire in the second age of Okoto, wielder of the Elemental Fire Blaster and the Flame Swords, descendant of Mamuk, and guide who led Tahu across the volcanic region to the Golden Mask of Fire. led his people, his young son among them, to its source, where they found TahuTahu, Master of Fire: Leader of the Toa of OkotoTahu of Okoto was the Master of Fire summoned by the Protectors, the hot-tempered would-be leader of the Toa who opened the Labyrinth of Control and held the line at the Black Volcano.. Narmoto was telling Tahu about his destiny when Skull SpidersSkull 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. attacked. Tahu beat them effortlessly, and the amazed villagers bowed to him. (BIONICLE webisodes; BIONICLE: Island of Lost Masks)

Narmoto then guided Tahu through the region. They found one village crawling with Skull Spiders, where Tahu charged in and was nearly knocked into the lava until Narmoto saved him. After weeks of travel they reached the temple on Okoto's greatest volcano where the Golden Mask of Fire was hidden. Narmoto held off a horde of spiders with his Elemental Fire Blaster while Tahu surfed across the lava to the mask. When Narmoto was about to be overwhelmed, Tahu put on the Golden Mask and used its power to destroy the spiders. (BIONICLE: Island of Lost Masks)

Tahu then left for the City of the Mask MakersCity of the Mask Makers: Home of Ekimu and MakutaThe City of the Mask Makers was a city on the island of Okoto, named for the brothers Ekimu and Makuta who dwelt there before the Battle of the Mask Makers. It fell to ruin and became the lair of the Lord of Skull Spiders before the Toa reclaimed it.. Narmoto later joined the other Protectors there, and after the Toa's victory he helped prepare the city for villagers from across the island. (BIONICLE: Island of Lost Masks; BIONICLE: Revenge of the Skull Spiders)

The move to the Ancient City#

After the Toa and Protectors defeated the Skull Army and woke Ekimu, the Okotans were called to the City of the Mask Makers, and Fire Villagers went with them. (BIONICLE webisodes; BIONICLE: Revenge of the Skull Spiders)

The peace took a while to settle. In the city, Narmoto gathered Okotans around a campfire to tell the story of the Toa, and soon afterwards Skull Spiders and Skull WarriorsSkull WarriorsThe undead ice-armed footsoldiers raised from the giant skeletons buried beneath the City of the Mask Makers, deployed by Kulta the Skull Grinder as the numerical backbone of his assault on the abandoned capital of Okoto. attacked the villagers until the Toa drove them off. When the Elemental BeastsElemental BeastsThe Lava, Storm and Quake Beasts that Umarak the Destroyer transformed from his Shadow Traps, sent to keep the Toa busy while he gathered the pieces of Makuta's Mask of Ultimate Power. Part of the 2015 to 2016 reboot continuity. attacked the city, villagers took up arms against them, a Fire Villager among them. After the Toa defeated Makuta, the Protector Izotor told their story to a gathering of Okotans. (LEGO BIONICLE: The Journey to One)