Lewa

Lewa was a Toa of AirToa of AirWielders of the Element of Air, typically transformed from Le-Matoran, tasked with protecting the Matoran Universe. and a member of the Toa MataWho are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac., later the Toa NuvaToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age. and the PhantokaPhantokaPhantoka is the term for the 2008 Toa and Makuta aerial combat wave, meaning 'Spirits of the air' in Matoran.. Created on ArtakhaArtakhaArtakha is the master craftsman of the Matoran Universe, ruler of a hidden island where the Toa Mata came into being and the Avohkii was forged., he became the protector of Le-WahiLe-WahiLe-Wahi is a region on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Le-Matoran and Rahi. Formerly subject to the power of Teridax, the region is no longer under that influence. on the island of Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. and served from his arrival there to the reformation of Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. Three times his body or mind was taken from him: by an infected Kanohi MiruKanohi MiruThe Miru keeps you from falling but doesn't make you fly. Toa Lewa proved there's a difference., by a kranaKranaThe small organic creatures that controlled the Bohrok, made in eight types plus a mutated variant, without which no Bohrok could serve the swarm., and by a mind swap with the ancient being Tren KromTren KromTren Krom maintained the Matoran Universe before Mata Nui's activation and spent the following hundred millennia fused to a cave on a remote island.. (Mata Nui Online Game; BIONICLE Chronicles 2: Beware the Bohrok; BIONICLE Legends 10: Swamp of Secrets; Reign of Shadows)

Origin and Arrival on Mata Nui#

Lewa and the rest of the Toa MataWho are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac. were created on ArtakhaArtakhaArtakha is the master craftsman of the Matoran Universe, ruler of a hidden island where the Toa Mata came into being and the Avohkii was forged. and awakened on Daxia, where the Order of Mata NuiThe Order of Mata NuiThe covert organization founded by Helryx to serve the Great Spirit directly, operating in concealment from a fortress on Daxia and waging the open war against the Brotherhood of Makuta that decided the fate of the universe. explained that they were to guard the Great Spirit. After training under Hydraxon, they were posted to Karda Nui and then sealed in Toa canistersToa CanisterThe Av-Matoran-built pods that delivered the Toa Mata to Mata Nui and were later repurposed by the Piraka. to wait until they were needed. The canisters were meant to land on Mata Nui but came down in the sea around it, and they stayed there for a thousand years until TakuaTakuaAn Av-Matoran hidden on Mata Nui as a Ta-Matoran, who gathered the Toa Stones, served as Chronicler, and ultimately accepted the Avohkii to become Takanuva, the Toa of Light. collected the Toa Stones and summoned them ashore. (BIONICLE Legends 10: Swamp of Secrets; Mata Nui Online Game)

The region matched his element. Le-KoroLe-KoroLe-Koro is a village situated within Le-Wahi, inhabited by the Le-Matoran and home to Turaga Matau and Toa Lewa. The settlement was once held under the control of Teridax. sat in the treetops of the jungle and the Le-MatoranLe-MatoranGreen-powered Matoran obsessed with thrills and transport. They're basically Bionicle's daredevils. lived among the canopy. Soon after landing, Lewa found his power over air by saving a falling Taku bird, then found Le-Koro and learned from its people of his destiny to awaken Mata Nui and defeat Makuta. (BIONICLE Chronicles 1: Tale of the Toa)

At first he had no interest in joining a team, sure he could handle trouble alone. He was adventurous, fun-loving and daring, agile in the air and at home in the treetops, but clumsy on the ground and no fan of water. (BIONICLE: Makuta's Guide to the Universe; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE 2: Deep Into Darkness)

The Infected Mask#

Lewa was later captured by Rahi under MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate.'s control, and his mask was replaced with an infected MiruKanohi MiruThe Miru keeps you from falling but doesn't make you fly. Toa Lewa proved there's a difference.. Under its influence, he was made to oversee the enslaved Le-Matoran forced to work in the Nui-Rama hive. (Mata Nui Online Game; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

OnuaOnuaOnua was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Earth, a quiet, deliberate warrior whose patience and underground mastery anchored his team across the Matoran Universe. found the hive, fought Lewa, and knocked the infected mask away. Freed, Lewa used a Komau he had found earlier to take control of a Nui-Kopen and led the captives out. The experience, along with his later possession by a krana, forced the impetuous Toa to grow up. (Mata Nui Online Game; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE: Makuta's Guide to the Universe)

Bohrok War and the Toa Nuva Transformation#

When the BohrokBohrokHive-minded mechanical creatures designed to reshape worlds, the Bohrok represent a threat the Toa Mata never expected. swarms emerged, Lewa hurried home to find Le-Koro overrun and its people controlled by kranaKranaThe small organic creatures that controlled the Bohrok, made in eight types plus a mutated variant, without which no Bohrok could serve the swarm.. His own mask was taken and a krana replaced his will with that of the swarm, and he set about helping the Bohrok clear the island. Onua, who had recovered Lewa's Miru from a group of Lehvak Va, tracked him down and convinced him to pull the krana off. The episode left Lewa with some knowledge of the Bohrok, and for a time his teammates did not fully trust him. (BIONICLE Chronicles 2: Beware the Bohrok; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE Chronicles 4: Tales of the Masks)

With the krana collected, the Toa descended into the Bohrok nest, where the krana opened six passages leading to suits of Exo-ToaExo-ToaToa-sized powered armor built for the Brotherhood of Makuta, worn briefly by the Toa Mata against the Bahrag and later used as enforcers under Teridax. armour. The Exo-Toa's rockets failed against the BahragBahragCahdok and Gahdok were the twin queens of the Bohrok, sealed in a protodermis cage by the Toa Mata and later released to finish their cleansing of Mata Nui., and the armour blocked the Toa's elemental powers, so they shed the suits and combined their elements to trap the Bahrag in ProtodermisProtodermisThe engineered substance building the Matoran Universe, protodermis exists in countless refined states from mundane metal to diamond-hard crystal to the destruction-or-transformation force of energized form.. (BIONICLE Chronicles 2: Beware the Bohrok)

In the quake that followed, the Toa fell into Energized ProtodermisEnergized ProtodermisA sentient substance that could remake or annihilate any being that touched it. One of the Matoran Universe's most lethal hazards. and emerged as the Toa NuvaToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age.. Lewa's axe became a pair of Air KatanaAir KatanaTwin air-element blades Lewa wielded as a Toa Nuva, until Reidak broke one on Voya Nui., and his Great Miru became the Great Miru NuvaMiru NuvaThe Toa Nuva's mask of levitation let them float and glide, and when paired with a Kakama Nuva, ascend at tremendous speed., which let him share its power with others nearby. (BIONICLE Chronicles 2: Beware the Bohrok; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

The Bohrok-KalBohrok-KalSix elite Bohrok designed to free the imprisoned Bahrag, they nearly defeated the Toa Nuva before the Toa turned their own powers against them. crisis followed soon afterward. The Kal stole the Toa Nuva's Nuva Symbols, cutting them off from their elemental powers; Lewa lost his in mid-flight and was saved by KonguKonguKongu captained Le-Koro's Gukko Force before lightning from the red star turned him into a Toa of Air, who later served among the Toa Mahri. on his Gukko bird. The powerless team improvised, and in the end they tapped the energy of their symbols, which made the Bohrok-Kal lose control of their own powers and destroy themselves before they could free the Bahrag. (Mata Nui Online Animations; BIONICLE Chronicles 3: Makuta's Revenge; BIONICLE Chronicles 4: Tales of the Masks)

Phantoka and the Karda Nui Campaign#

After the Toa InikaToa Inika and Toa MahriSix ordinary Matoran transformed by lightning from the Red Star into heroes who ultimately revived the Great Spirit itself. went after 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., the Toa Nuva left Voya NuiVoya NuiAn island born from catastrophe and hiding the universe's most powerful artifact, Voya Nui was everything Bionicle 2006 promised: danger, mystery, and a race against time. to prepare the universe for Mata Nui's awakening. Their last step was a visit to Artakha, where Lewa received Adaptive ArmorAdaptive ArmorArtakha's shapeshifting armor gave the Toa Nuva environment-specific abilities, changing form from aerial to aquatic to everything in between., and the team was then teleported into Karda NuiKarda NuiThe vast cavern at the core of the Matoran universe, home of the Av-Matoran's Sky Villages and the Codrex, and the site of the battle to awaken Mata Nui.. (BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno; Toa Nuva Blog; BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall)

Arriving in the middle of a battle between the Makuta and the Av-MatoranAv-MatoranThe Light-element Matoran, prototypes of their species, who colonised Karda Nui from the Southern Continent and built the Stalactite Villages above the Swamp of Secrets., Lewa collided with the Av-Matoran Tanma and briefly picked up his memories of Karda Nui. At Lewa's suggestion the team split in two, and as one of the PhantokaPhantokaPhantoka is the term for the 2008 Toa and Makuta aerial combat wave, meaning 'Spirits of the air' in Matoran., led by KopakaKopakaKopaka was the Toa Nuva of Ice, the loner of the Toa Mata, and one of the six warriors created on Artakha to protect the Great Spirit Mata Nui. with PohatuPohatuPohatu was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Stone, guardian of Po-Wahi, whose speed and steady humour anchored the team through every era of the Matoran Universe., he stayed in the skies to defend the Matoran against the Makuta AntrozAntrozMakuta commander who led the Phantoka assault on Karda Nui and pilot of the Jetrax T6, ultimately outmaneuvered by Kopaka's superior strategy., ChiroxChiroxA Makuta of the Brotherhood who questioned Teridax's plans before being sent to Karda Nui., and VamprahVamprahVamprah hunted in absolute silence, but silence wasn't enough when Tahu outmaneuvered him in the swamp.. (BIONICLE Legends 9: Shadows in the Sky)

After the Phantoka recovered the third keystone fragment from the Makuta's base, they followed the Makuta down to the Swamp of SecretsSwamp of SecretsThe Swamp of Secrets was the mutagen-saturated wetland that filled the floor of Karda Nui after the Great Cataclysm, serving as a Brotherhood stronghold until the Energy Storms. and rejoined the other Toa NuvaToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age.. Once inside the CodrexThe CodrexA spherical vault built by the Great Beings in Karda Nui, where the Toa Mata slept in their canisters and where Mata Nui's reawakening was finally set off. they found three vehicles. Lewa boarded the Axalara T9Axalara T9A sleek airborne tank equipped with Midak Skyblasters, the Axalara T9 was Lewa's weapon when air superiority mattered most in Karda Nui. and Pohatu the Rockoh T3Rockoh T3One of three vehicles hidden in the Codrex, piloted by Pohatu during the climax of Karda Nui's story., but before Kopaka could board the Jetrax T6Jetrax T6An ice-element airship stolen by Makuta Antroz in the climax of the Karda Nui conflict., Antroz hijacked it. Lewa fought Antroz in the air until Kopaka won the Jetrax back. (BIONICLE Legends 9: Shadows in the Sky; BIONICLE Legends 10: Swamp of Secrets; BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle)

When the Toa Nuva inside the Codrex woke Mata NuiMata Nui: Great Spirit of the Matoran UniverseBuilt by the Great Beings as a biomechanical guardian, betrayed by Teridax, and returned in a smaller form to reshape Spherus Magna., the energy storms returned. The Toa escaped on the three vehicles, and the Makuta were killed in the storm. (BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle)

The Tren Krom Body Exchange#

After TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. seized Mata Nui's body, the Toa Nuva spread out to raise resistance, and Lewa was sent to ArtakhaArtakhaArtakha is the master craftsman of the Matoran Universe, ruler of a hidden island where the Toa Mata came into being and the Avohkii was forged. to ask its ruler to join the fight. He found the island under attack by RahkshiBionicle Rahkshi: the Sons of Makuta from Mask of LightRahkshi are armoured hunters made from kraata, the slug-like creatures of the Makuta. Six of them chased the Mask of Light across Mata Nui in 2003. Here's what they are, the different kinds and where they turn up in the films, books and comics.. Artakha contacted him telepathically, told him it was too late for help there, suggested someone else who might aid them, and sent Lewa to Tren Krom's island. (Reign of Shadows)

Tren KromTren KromTren Krom maintained the Matoran Universe before Mata Nui's activation and spent the following hundred millennia fused to a cave on a remote island., an ancient being bound to that place, offered his help in return for the Toa freeing him. Though warned it would cost him, Lewa agreed, and his mind was placed in Tren Krom's body. (Reign of Shadows)

Tren Krom, now in Lewa's body, promised he still meant to keep their bargain and help overthrow Teridax, and left the cave. Later, Artakha switched their minds back, and Lewa woke in the core processor of the giant robot. (Reign of Shadows)

Treespeak and Dialect#

TreespeakTreespeak: The Slang of the Le-MatoranTreespeak was the distinctive slang of the Le-Matoran, a form of speech that fused two words into one. Known as treespeak on the island of Mata Nui and chutespeak on Metru Nui, it marked the air-dwelling villagers and was spoken most famously by Matau. was the dialect spoken by the Le-MatoranLe-MatoranGreen-powered Matoran obsessed with thrills and transport. They're basically Bionicle's daredevils. of Le-KoroLe-KoroLe-Koro is a village situated within Le-Wahi, inhabited by the Le-Matoran and home to Turaga Matau and Toa Lewa. The settlement was once held under the control of Teridax., and Lewa used it as his everyday speech. It was full of compound words and shifted word order, fusing verbs and descriptions together, and it set the Le-Matoran apart from the other villages. (Mata Nui Online Game; BIONICLE Chronicles 1: Tale of the Toa)

Powers, Masks, and Tools#

As a Toa of Air, Lewa could create, control, and absorb air, and with 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. he could raise a thunderstorm, as the two did to drive off the first Bohrok attack on Ta-Koro. As a Toa Nuva his powers grew much stronger and were tied to his Nuva Symbol. (BIONICLE Chronicles 2: Beware the Bohrok; BIONICLE Legends 10: Swamp of Secrets)

His signature mask was the MiruKanohi MiruThe Miru keeps you from falling but doesn't make you fly. Toa Lewa proved there's a difference., the KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. of Levitation, which let him slow a fall or hover in midair. As a Toa Mata he also gathered five other great masks for the descent into Mangaia. As a Toa NuvaToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age. he wore the Miru NuvaMiru NuvaThe Toa Nuva's mask of levitation let them float and glide, and when paired with a Kakama Nuva, ascend at tremendous speed., which gave him something close to flight. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE Chronicles 1: Tale of the Toa)

His tools changed across his three forms. As a Toa MataWho are the Toa Mata?Six warriors built to order by Artakha, stored in canisters, dropped into the ocean. This is the origin story of Bionicle's heroes and why their first week of work was entirely amnesiac. he carried the Air AxeAir AxeThe Air Axe is a weapon used to channel elemental energy and engage in melee combat. Formerly carried by Toa Mata Lewa and later by the Toa Kaita Wairuha, the Air Axe was eventually transformed into the Air Katana.. As a Toa NuvaToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age. he carried the Air KatanaAir KatanaTwin air-element blades Lewa wielded as a Toa Nuva, until Reidak broke one on Voya Nui., using them to catch updrafts; on Voya Nui the Piraka Reidak snapped one, and the Matoran Velika forged a replacement. For the Karda NuiKarda NuiThe vast cavern at the core of the Matoran universe, home of the Av-Matoran's Sky Villages and the Codrex, and the site of the battle to awaken Mata Nui. campaign his Adaptive ArmorAdaptive ArmorArtakha's shapeshifting armor gave the Toa Nuva environment-specific abilities, changing form from aerial to aquatic to everything in between. from ArtakhaArtakhaArtakha is the master craftsman of the Matoran Universe, ruler of a hidden island where the Toa Mata came into being and the Avohkii was forged. gave him an Air SaberAir SaberToa Lewa Phantoka's Protosteel blade, designed for aerial combat in Karda Nui's challenging skies. and a MidakMidakAn Onu-Matoran whose obsession with light defied the nature of his species and element. Skyblaster. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE Legends 1: Island of Doom; BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall; BIONICLE: Makuta's Guide to the Universe)

Later Career#

When Teridax cast the Toa and their allies out into space, Lewa made air bubbles around his companions' heads. They were pulled to safety and found themselves in a Great Being's fortress on Bota MagnaBota MagnaA verdant jungle moon separated from Spherus Magna for 100,000 years, then restored by Mata Nui himself at the climax of the Core War.. Lewa left the fortress and went into the jungle, where a group of small jungle villagers took him prisoner; he could not speak their language, and they were angered when he pointed to the fortress he had come from. (Reign of Shadows)

The infected MiruKanohi MiruThe Miru keeps you from falling but doesn't make you fly. Toa Lewa proved there's a difference., the kranaKranaThe small organic creatures that controlled the Bohrok, made in eight types plus a mutated variant, without which no Bohrok could serve the swarm., and the Tren KromTren KromTren Krom maintained the Matoran Universe before Mata Nui's activation and spent the following hundred millennia fused to a cave on a remote island. exchange made Lewa the Toa NuvaToa Mata and Toa NuvaSix biomechanical heroes created by the Great Beings to awaken Mata Nui and defeat the Brotherhood, transformed once and tested across an entire age. most often robbed of his own will. He came back from each one and returned to the fight. (Mata Nui Online Game; BIONICLE Chronicles 2: Beware the Bohrok; Reign of Shadows)