Kivoda, Protector of Water of Okoto

Kivoda was the Protector of WaterProtectorsThe 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 lived in the underwater region of the island. He inherited the office from his father in a lineage that reached back to OwakiOwaki, Ancient Protector of Water of OkotoOwaki was the Protector of Water of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Akida's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Kivoda., the Protector of Water who had stood with 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. at the Battle of the Mask Makers, and he held the regional responsibilities the position carried: defence of the Water VillagersWater VillagersThe villager tribe of the Region of Water on Okoto, residents of the fast-flowing rivers, lakes, and southern swamps under the Protector Kivoda, the descendants of Owaki who endured the Skull Spider menace and witnessed the arrival of Gali in the second age., custody of the Prophecy of Heroes, and the guidance of the Toa of WaterGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. when one fell from the sky.

The inherited office#

Kivoda inherited the position of defending a village in OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors.'s Region of WaterRegion of WaterThe eastern water province of Okoto, home of the Water Tribe and the Protector of Water, Kivoda, and the region through which Gali was guided across rivers, lakes, and deltas to claim the Golden Mask of Water. from his father, 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 Kivoda belonged reached back to OwakiOwaki, Ancient Protector of Water of OkotoOwaki was the Protector of Water of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Akida's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Kivoda., the ancient Protector of Water who had served 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. at the time 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., OwakiOwaki, Ancient Protector of Water of OkotoOwaki was the Protector of Water of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Akida's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Kivoda. and the surviving ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. had carried the Mask Maker's body back to 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., and the role continued to be passed down to his descendants until it reached Kivoda.

With the role came the Prophecy of Heroes, the sacred knowledge 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. Kivoda was told the Prophecy as part of his inheritance and held it as sacred knowledge among the few entrusted with it. He also received the Elemental Water Protector Mask, an artefact that had been passed down through generations of his family alongside the office itself, and the Elemental Torpedo BlasterThe Elemental Torpedo BlasterThe Elemental Torpedo Blaster was the ranged diving weapon carried by Kivoda of Water through the second-age campaign on Okoto, and the tool that passed to Gali in powered-up form at the shrine of the Golden Mask of Water. that he carried as his weapon throughout his service. Beyond the Blaster, Kivoda relied on a set of turbines for transportation through the submerged terrain of his region, the practical equipment that allowed a chief of the underwater villages to move between his settlements at any speed worth defending them at.

The Prophecy of Heroes and the arrival of Gali#

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. in the years before the prophesied alignment, Kivoda defended his village against the incursions with the resources of the underwater region. As the threat spread across the island and the stars aligned, as foretold by the Prophecy of Heroes, Kivoda 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 with the assembled council. The convocation was the formal trigger the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. had been entrusted to perform when the threat returned to the island, and Kivoda took his place among the six and contributed his portion.

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. GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui., the Toa of WaterGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui., came down somewhere within the Region of WaterRegion of WaterThe eastern water province of Okoto, home of the Water Tribe and the Protector of Water, Kivoda, and the region through which Gali was guided across rivers, lakes, and deltas to claim the Golden Mask of Water.. Kivoda sought her out and assumed the role of guide, the practical responsibility that fell to each Protector when a Toa arrived in their region. The two set off on the quest for the Golden Mask of Water, 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 Toa of WaterGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. required to come into her full power.

The journey through the Region of Water#

The journey took weeks. Kivoda led GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. through the submerged reaches of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors.'s underwater region, country he had been raised to navigate and that the Toa was unfamiliar with despite her elemental affinity. The turbines that Kivoda carried as part of his standard equipment supplied the mobility that the journey required across the long traverse, and the Elemental Torpedo BlasterThe Elemental Torpedo BlasterThe Elemental Torpedo Blaster was the ranged diving weapon carried by Kivoda of Water through the second-age campaign on Okoto, and the tool that passed to Gali in powered-up form at the shrine of the Golden Mask of Water. handled the continuing pressure of 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. population that had reached even the underwater villages during the long silence after the Battle of the Mask Makers.

The two travelled together through the same kind of pairing that defined every Protector-and-Toa partnership in the second age: the Protector contributing local knowledge, 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 a regional defender's understanding of the terrain, the Toa contributing the elemental power that would be required at the temple. The dynamic between Kivoda and GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. tracked closely to that pattern through the weeks they spent on the road to the mask.

The shrine of the Golden Mask of Water#

At the mask's shrine, 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. closed on the two arrivals in force. Kivoda held off the horde with the Elemental Torpedo BlasterThe Elemental Torpedo BlasterThe Elemental Torpedo Blaster was the ranged diving weapon carried by Kivoda of Water through the second-age campaign on Okoto, and the tool that passed to Gali in powered-up form at the shrine of the Golden Mask of Water. as GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. advanced to the mask, but was nearly overpowered as their numbers told. Before the spiders could finish him, GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. used the Golden Mask of Water to overcome the 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. and break the attack. The threat was lifted, and the Toa departed for 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., a journey on which Kivoda informed her that he could not accompany her.

The transfer of armament that defined every Protector-Toa pairing followed the same pattern here as in the other regions. The Elemental Torpedo BlasterThe Elemental Torpedo BlasterThe Elemental Torpedo Blaster was the ranged diving weapon carried by Kivoda of Water through the second-age campaign on Okoto, and the tool that passed to Gali in powered-up form at the shrine of the Golden Mask of Water. Kivoda had carried into the shrine was now matched by a powered-up form in GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui.'s hands, the same weapon scaled to the elemental output of a Toa of WaterToa of WaterToa of Water were rare heroes who commanded water power, typically selected from the Ga-Matoran people.. Kivoda parted from her at the shrine and turned back toward his villages to prepare for the next stage of the campaign.

The City of the Mask Makers and the bowing before Ekimu#

Kivoda soon travelled to 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. himself and joined forces with the other ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived., entering the city by an alternate route so as to come to the aid 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. if it were needed. The descent into the underbelly of the ruined metropolis produced a sequence of encounters that defined the Protector council's contribution to the campaign. They came across HarvaliHarvali, the Jungle Archaeologist of OkotoHarvali was the Region of Jungle archaeologist whose disappearance beneath the City of the Mask Makers preceded the second age of Okoto, and whose rescue by the Protectors during the campaign against the Skull Spiders unblocked the bridge that brought the villagers back to the capital., the Region of JungleRegion of JungleThe rainforest region of Okoto, home of the Jungle Tribe and the Protector of Jungle, ground over which Lewa sought the Golden Mask of Jungle and bonded with Uxar, and the coast from which the Labyrinth of Control rose offshore. archaeologist who had gone missing some time previously, and helped to free her from the city's depths. They confronted the Lord of Skull SpidersLord of Skull SpidersAn oversized Skull Spider that guarded the ancient City of the Mask Makers and commanded the rest of its species through the Golden Mask of the Skull Spiders. and his hordes, bringing down the lair atop the controlling intelligence behind the swarms. They fought and defeated a group of 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. in the broken corridors above.

At long last, and in fulfilment of the prophecy that had been carved beneath the city centuries earlier, the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. stood before the revived 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., who briefly mistook them for their ancestors from a thousand years previously. They then celebrated the victory 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. and welcomed their villagers to the city, which by 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 decree would become their new home. The line that closed in that moment was the one OwakiOwaki, Ancient Protector of Water of OkotoOwaki was the Protector of Water of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Akida's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Kivoda. had founded centuries earlier under the same Mask Maker, and Kivoda stood at its end as the bearer of the office in the second age.

Standing and significance#

Kivoda was characterised as wise and entrusted with the sacred knowledge passed down among the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived., 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. chief among it. The contribution he made to GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui.'s recovery of the Golden Mask of Water was the central act of his recorded service. Without his weeks-long guidance through the submerged region, the Toa of WaterGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. could not have reached the shrine in time, and without his defence at the door, the mask could not have been claimed before 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. horde overran the chamber.

The Elemental Torpedo BlasterThe Elemental Torpedo BlasterThe Elemental Torpedo Blaster was the ranged diving weapon carried by Kivoda of Water through the second-age campaign on Okoto, and the tool that passed to Gali in powered-up form at the shrine of the Golden Mask of Water. he had wielded against the spider horde then passed to GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. in its powered-up form, a transfer that mirrored the older transfer of the Protector Mask through his own family and bound the second-age Protector of Water to the Toa he had guided. At the close of the campaign Kivoda remained alive and continued to lead the underwater villages alongside the other ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. 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, his service 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. and the preparation of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors. for the threats that would follow.