Izotor, Protector of Ice of Okoto

Izotor was the Protector of IceProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. at the time of the ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe.'s arrival on OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors., and the chief of the villagers who resided in the snow-covered mountains and tundras of the island. He inherited the office from a long line of Protectors of IceProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. reaching back to UganuUganu, Ancient Protector of Ice of OkotoUganu was the Protector of Ice of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Melum's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Izotor., the ancient Protector who had served on the council at the close of the Battle of the Mask Makers, and he held the regional responsibilities the position carried: defence of the Ice VillagersIce VillagersThe villager tribe of the Region of Ice on Okoto, residents of the frozen tundra and snow-covered mountains under the Protector Izotor, the northern population that endured the Skull Spider menace and witnessed the arrival of Kopaka in the second age., custody of 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., and the guidance of the Toa of IceKopaka, Master of Ice: The Chivalrous Toa of OkotoKopaka of Okoto was the Master of Ice summoned by the Protectors, the cold perfectionist who shielded the Protector of Ice from the Skull Spiders and disputed leadership of the team with Tahu at the Ancient City. when one fell from the sky.

The inherited office#

Izotor inherited the position of defending OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors.'s Region of IceRegion of IceThe northern frozen region of Okoto, home of the Ice Tribe and the Protector Izotor, a country of glaciers, tundra, and flash-freezing blizzards, and the territory through which Kopaka hunted for the Golden Mask of Ice. from a long line of Protectors of IceProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived., in keeping with the rule that the office of ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. passed down within a single family in each of the six elemental regions. The lineage to which Izotor belonged reached back to UganuUganu, Ancient Protector of Ice of OkotoUganu was the Protector of Ice of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Melum's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Izotor., the ancient Protector of Ice who had served on the council at the close of the Battle of the Mask Makers. After EkimuEkimu the Mask MakerEkimu was the legendary Mask Maker of Okoto, brother of Makuta, and bearer of the Mask of Creation who struck down his brother's tyranny at the cost of his own consciousness. struck the 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. from his brother's face at Capital CityCapital CityThe former main city of Okoto, drawn into the Shadow Realm by the destruction of the Mask of Ultimate Power, leaving the Black Crater on the surface and a ruined court for Makuta in the dark below., UganuUganu, Ancient Protector of Ice of OkotoUganu was the Protector of Ice of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Melum's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Izotor. and the surviving ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. had set about the task of finding the missing masks, and the role of Protector of Ice continued to be passed down through UganuUganu, Ancient Protector of Ice of OkotoUganu was the Protector of Ice of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Melum's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Izotor.'s descendants until it reached Izotor as the most recent holder of the title in the second age.

The office carried the regional responsibilities that the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. had borne since EkimuEkimu the Mask MakerEkimu was the legendary Mask Maker of Okoto, brother of Makuta, and bearer of the Mask of Creation who struck down his brother's tyranny at the cost of his own consciousness.'s long sleep began: the defence of the villagers who lived in the snow-covered mountains and tundras of the region, the custody of sacred knowledge, and the guidance of a ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. when one arrived. The villagers Izotor defended were the Ice VillagersIce VillagersThe villager tribe of the Region of Ice on Okoto, residents of the frozen tundra and snow-covered mountains under the Protector Izotor, the northern population that endured the Skull Spider menace and witnessed the arrival of Kopaka in the second age., distributed across the glacial valleys and mountain settlements in locations selected for shelter from the storms that swept the region.

With the role came 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., the foresight that EkimuEkimu the Mask MakerEkimu was the legendary Mask Maker of Okoto, brother of Makuta, and bearer of the Mask of Creation who struck down his brother's tyranny at the cost of his own consciousness. had whispered to the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. before he fell into his long sleep, to be recited in times of peril. Izotor was told the Prophecy as part of his inheritance and held it as sacred historical knowledge among the few entrusted with it. He also received the Elemental Ice Protector Mask, an artefact that had been passed down through generations of his family alongside the office itself.

Armament and equipment#

Izotor's armament was a two-weapon loadout matched to the conditions of the Region of IceRegion of IceThe northern frozen region of Okoto, home of the Ice Tribe and the Protector Izotor, a country of glaciers, tundra, and flash-freezing blizzards, and the territory through which Kopaka hunted for the Golden Mask of Ice.. He wielded an Elemental Ice Blaster, a frost-powered ranged weapon capable of freezing targets to the spot, as his ranged armament. The Blaster was the weapon he carried into prepared engagements where range and the ability to immobilise a target gave the ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. the advantage, and it remained one of the standard ranged answers a Protector of IceProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. could offer to threats that pressed his villages.

He carried an Ice Saw as his melee weapon. The Saw served two purposes in equal measure: it was a fighting tool against an opponent at close quarters and a working tool for carving the ice blocks that the Ice VillagersIce VillagersThe villager tribe of the Region of Ice on Okoto, residents of the frozen tundra and snow-covered mountains under the Protector Izotor, the northern population that endured the Skull Spider menace and witnessed the arrival of Kopaka in the second age. used for building. The dual purpose was characteristic of the region's craft tradition, in which weapons and tools tended to overlap, and the Saw was as much a part of the working life of the Ice VillagersIce VillagersThe villager tribe of the Region of Ice on Okoto, residents of the frozen tundra and snow-covered mountains under the Protector Izotor, the northern population that endured the Skull Spider menace and witnessed the arrival of Kopaka in the second age.' settlements as it was of the ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived.'s combat role. Both weapons would later pass forward in scaled form: KopakaKopaka, Master of Ice: The Chivalrous Toa of OkotoKopaka of Okoto was the Master of Ice summoned by the Protectors, the cold perfectionist who shielded the Protector of Ice from the Skull Spiders and disputed leadership of the team with Tahu at the Ancient City. afterwards carried his own armour-plated version of the Elemental Ice Blaster, and the Ice Saw also passed to the ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. in his powered-up mode, the transfer following the pattern by which a ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived.'s weapons echoed into the loadout of the ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. they had guided.

The recitation at the Temple of Time#

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. began to menace OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors. during Izotor's tenure as ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived., the threat that 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. had foretold returned to the island. Izotor defended his region against the spider populations that pressed into the mountain settlements, the cold of the region offering some natural advantage against the brood, but the wider scale of the incursion required the council's response that the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. had been preserving the Prophecy to make.

When the stars aligned, as foretold by 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., Izotor joined the other ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. at 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 a prayer. The recitation was the formal trigger that the council had been entrusted to perform when the threat returned, and Izotor contributed his portion to the collective summons. Six ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. then fell from the sky onto OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors., each landing in a different elemental region, and the council dispersed to seek out the ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. who had crashed in their own.

The journey with Kopaka#

Izotor sought out KopakaKopaka, Master of Ice: The Chivalrous Toa of OkotoKopaka of Okoto was the Master of Ice summoned by the Protectors, the cold perfectionist who shielded the Protector of Ice from the Skull Spiders and disputed leadership of the team with Tahu at the Ancient City., the Toa of IceKopaka, Master of Ice: The Chivalrous Toa of OkotoKopaka of Okoto was the Master of Ice summoned by the Protectors, the cold perfectionist who shielded the Protector of Ice from the Skull Spiders and disputed leadership of the team with Tahu at the Ancient City., who had landed in the Region of IceRegion of IceThe northern frozen region of Okoto, home of the Ice Tribe and the Protector Izotor, a country of glaciers, tundra, and flash-freezing blizzards, and the territory through which Kopaka hunted for the Golden Mask of Ice., and assumed the role of guide. The two then set off together on the quest for the Golden Mask of Ice, the artefact that EkimuEkimu the Mask MakerEkimu was the legendary Mask Maker of Okoto, brother of Makuta, and bearer of the Mask of Creation who struck down his brother's tyranny at the cost of his own consciousness. had forged before his fall and that the ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. required to come into his full power.

The journey took weeks. Izotor led KopakaKopaka, Master of Ice: The Chivalrous Toa of OkotoKopaka of Okoto was the Master of Ice summoned by the Protectors, the cold perfectionist who shielded the Protector of Ice from the Skull Spiders and disputed leadership of the team with Tahu at the Ancient City. through the Region of IceRegion of IceThe northern frozen region of Okoto, home of the Ice Tribe and the Protector Izotor, a country of glaciers, tundra, and flash-freezing blizzards, and the territory through which Kopaka hunted for the Golden Mask of Ice.'s snow-covered mountains and frozen tundras, navigating the bridges of ice that connected the heavily scarred terrain and the snowbound passes that were the only routes between the higher valleys. The terrain favoured the local guide. Blizzards swept across the open ground with sufficient violence to obscure any track, the deep crevices that broke the surface required known crossings, and the 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. populations that had spread through the region during the long silence followed the pair throughout the journey. The Elemental Ice Blaster supplied Izotor's ranged answer to the spider incursions that they met along the way, and the Ice Saw handled the spiders that closed to melee range.

At the chamber that held the Golden Mask of Ice the pressure became decisive. 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. had followed them across the entire approach, and the ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. made the choice to hold the line. Izotor stayed back to hold off the advancing swarm while KopakaKopaka, Master of Ice: The Chivalrous Toa of OkotoKopaka of Okoto was the Master of Ice summoned by the Protectors, the cold perfectionist who shielded the Protector of Ice from the Skull Spiders and disputed leadership of the team with Tahu at the Ancient City. moved forward to claim the mask. Before the ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. could be completely overtaken by the spiders, KopakaKopaka, Master of Ice: The Chivalrous Toa of OkotoKopaka of Okoto was the Master of Ice summoned by the Protectors, the cold perfectionist who shielded the Protector of Ice from the Skull Spiders and disputed leadership of the team with Tahu at the Ancient City. claimed the Golden Mask of Ice, skied down to him on his Avalanche Skis, grabbed him, and formed an ice shield around them both that cleared the field. The threat was broken, and the two set off for 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. to converge with the other five ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. and their ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived..

Standing and significance#

Izotor was characterised as wise, and he was entrusted with the historical knowledge of 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., the sacred inheritance shared among the six ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived.. The wisdom showed itself in the steady direction he supplied across the weeks-long journey to the Golden Mask of Ice and in the willingness to hold the line at the chamber when the 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. swarm threatened to cut off the ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe.'s claim.

The contribution he made to KopakaKopaka, Master of Ice: The Chivalrous Toa of OkotoKopaka of Okoto was the Master of Ice summoned by the Protectors, the cold perfectionist who shielded the Protector of Ice from the Skull Spiders and disputed leadership of the team with Tahu at the Ancient City.'s recovery of the Golden Mask of Ice was the central act of his recorded service, and the rescue that KopakaKopaka, Master of Ice: The Chivalrous Toa of OkotoKopaka of Okoto was the Master of Ice summoned by the Protectors, the cold perfectionist who shielded the Protector of Ice from the Skull Spiders and disputed leadership of the team with Tahu at the Ancient City. made at the close of the chamber engagement was the operational reversal that allowed both to leave the region intact. The Elemental Ice Blaster and the Ice Saw that he carried into that chamber passed forward to the ToaThe Toa: Heroes of the Matoran UniverseThe Toa were biomechanical guardians sworn to protect the Matoran, bound by a strict code and defined by sacrifice across every age of the universe. in scaled form, the same weapons echoing into KopakaKopaka, Master of Ice: The Chivalrous Toa of OkotoKopaka of Okoto was the Master of Ice summoned by the Protectors, the cold perfectionist who shielded the Protector of Ice from the Skull Spiders and disputed leadership of the team with Tahu at the Ancient City.'s loadout in the campaign that followed. The lineage Izotor closed had been founded by UganuUganu, Ancient Protector of Ice of OkotoUganu was the Protector of Ice of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Melum's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Izotor. centuries earlier and reached its present holder by descent through the long chain of Protectors of IceProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. who had preserved the office during the silence after the Battle of the Mask Makers. He continued to lead the Ice VillagersIce VillagersThe villager tribe of the Region of Ice on Okoto, residents of the frozen tundra and snow-covered mountains under the Protector Izotor, the northern population that endured the Skull Spider menace and witnessed the arrival of Kopaka in the second age. alongside the other ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. at the close of the campaign, the council's regional roles folded into the broader rebuilding of the City of the Mask MakersCapital CityThe former main city of Okoto, drawn into the Shadow Realm by the destruction of the Mask of Ultimate Power, leaving the Black Crater on the surface and a ruined court for Makuta in the dark below. under EkimuEkimu the Mask MakerEkimu was the legendary Mask Maker of Okoto, brother of Makuta, and bearer of the Mask of Creation who struck down his brother's tyranny at the cost of his own consciousness.'s direction.