Okoto
Okoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors.
Okoto is an island whose elements gave rise to its guardians and whose legends foretold the coming of the ToaToa (2001)Biomechanical heroes bonded to elemental powers and masks. Not born, but chosen and transformed.. When the island was first created, its Elemental Creatures were formed from Okoto's Elements to protect the golden masks of unity and to aid the Toa on their quest. The island was divided into regions, among them the Region of Stone and the Region of Jungle, each home to villages of Okotans.
The island was once home to the brothers EkimuEkimu the Mask MakerEkimu is the Mask Maker of Okoto in the 2015 BIONICLE reboot, brother of Makuta, who knocked the Mask of Ultimate Power from his brother's face and slept for thousands of years before the Toa woke him. and MakutaMakuta: species, title, and TeridaxMakuta means three things in the Matoran Universe: the Antidermis species Mata Nui created, the Brotherhood rank, and most often Teridax himself., the legendary Mask Makers, who lived in the City of the Mask Makers. This city, also known as the Ancient City, lay in the heart of Okoto and once served as the island's capital. The Capital City stood in the Region of Stone and was known for a museum that, at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, hosted an exhibition of ancient Masks of Power.
That battle reshaped the island. When Makuta donned his Mask of Ultimate Power, Ekimu used his Hammer of Power to knock the mask from his brother's face, drawing the Capital City into the Shadow Realm and leaving behind a vast crater on which the Black Volcano later stood. Ekimu was left in a coma, and the Mask of Creation, the Mask of Control, the Golden Masks of the Toa, and the fragments of the Forbidden Mask were scattered across Okoto.
The island was watched over by the ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived., guardians of its regions who carried their titles down through their descendants and who fought to obtain Elemental Crystals to power the Golden Masks the Toa would later wear. Okoto was also troubled by the Skull Raiders, a band of pirates who plagued the island before being stopped by the Mask Makers and Protectors. After the Toa arrived on Okoto, Ekimu guided them in gathering their Golden Masks and uniting them against the threats that had fallen upon the island.
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Makuta: species, title, and Teridax
Makuta means three things in the Matoran Universe: the Antidermis species Mata Nui created, the Brotherhood rank, and most often Teridax himself.
Ekimu the Mask Maker
Ekimu is the Mask Maker of Okoto in the 2015 BIONICLE reboot, brother of Makuta, who knocked the Mask of Ultimate Power from his brother's face and slept for thousands of years before the Toa woke him.
Protectors
The six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived.
Toa (2001)
Biomechanical heroes bonded to elemental powers and masks. Not born, but chosen and transformed.
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Agarak, Ancient Protector of Jungle of Okoto
The ancient Protector of Jungle in the 2015 reboot continuity: married, father of a son he called Junior, and the only one of the first Protectors whose family life the story describes.
Agil, Creature of Light
Agil was the hawk-like Elemental Creature of Light from the 2016 reboot story, bonded to Ekimu, who spied on Umarak for the Mask Maker and merged with him to free the Toa from the Destroyer's shadow.
Ako
Ako was a young villager from the Region of Stone on Okoto, in the 2015 reboot continuity, who was carried off with Oda to the Skull Raiders' underground city and rescued by Ekimu and the Toa.
Bingzak
Bingzak was a young villager from the Region of Jungle on Okoto, in the 2015 reboot story, who escaped a Skull Spider raid alone and guided the lost Protector of Stone to the Temple of Time.
Black Crater
The vast depression in Okoto's Region of Stone, left when the Mask of Ultimate Power drew Capital City into the Shadow Realm, and the site from which Umarak later raised the Black Volcano.
Black Volcano
The volcano that Umarak raised from the Black Crater on the former site of Capital City, atop which the second portal to the Shadow Realm formed and the Okoto campaign was decided.
Capital City
The 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.
City of the Mask Makers: Home of Ekimu and Makuta
The 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.
Earth Villagers
The Earth Tribe of Okoto in the 2015 BIONICLE reboot, who live in villages beneath the obsidian fields of the Region of Earth under Korgot, Protector of Earth.
Ekimu the Mask Maker
Ekimu is the Mask Maker of Okoto in the 2015 BIONICLE reboot, brother of Makuta, who knocked the Mask of Ultimate Power from his brother's face and slept for thousands of years before the Toa woke him.
Elemental Beasts
The 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.
Elemental Beasts
Three breeds of beast, each transformed from one kind of Shadow Trap by Umarak the Destroyer to keep the Toa of Okoto busy. Part of the 2015 to 2016 reboot continuity.
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