Region of Earth

The Region of Earth was one of the six elemental regions of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors., occupying the western section of the island and consisting of broken obsidian country above and an extensive network of tunnels and caverns beneath. It was the home of the Earth TribeEarth VillagersThe villager tribe of the Region of Earth on Okoto, the underground population of the obsidian fields and cavern country under the Protector Korgot, the descendants of Etoku who endured the Skull Spider menace and guided Onua to the Golden Mask of Earth. and of the Protector of EarthProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived., KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth., and was the region in which OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer., the 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. of Earth of the second age, landed at the start of the second-age campaign and was guided beneath the surface to recover the Golden Mask of Earth.

Terrain and underground country#

The Region of Earth occupied the western section of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors. and presented two distinct landscapes layered atop one another. The surface was a black, glasslike country, often described as nightmarish by those who travelled it, broken by treacherous ravines, deep crevices, and rifts that opened without warning across the obsidian fields that gave the region its visual character. The obsidian itself, formed in fields of varying density across the surface, supplied the region's most recognisable feature and the raw material on which much of its built fabric depended.

Beneath the surface ran a complex series of tunnels and caverns that extended across most of the region's footprint. The underground network was not a single system but a layered web of natural caves, worked passages, and ancient chambers, the deeper portions of which had been carved or expanded by generations of Earth VillagersEarth VillagersThe villager tribe of the Region of Earth on Okoto, the underground population of the obsidian fields and cavern country under the Protector Korgot, the descendants of Etoku who endured the Skull Spider menace and guided Onua to the Golden Mask of Earth.. It was within that network that the tribe made its settlements, and the underground habitation gave the region a quieter surface than any of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors.'s other elemental regions: the villages were not visible to a traveller crossing the obsidian above, and a stranger to the region could pass over an inhabited cavern without any sign that the country beneath was peopled.

The region bordered the Region of StoneRegion of StoneThe northwestern desert region of Okoto, home of the Stone Tribe and the Protector of Stone, site of the Battle of the Mask Makers and the Black Crater, and the territory through which Pohatu hunted for the Golden Mask of Stone. along its desert margins and ran westward to the coast. The obsidian fields and the ravines they punctuated made surface travel slow and dangerous to anyone without local knowledge, and the underground routes that the Earth VillagersEarth VillagersThe villager tribe of the Region of Earth on Okoto, the underground population of the obsidian fields and cavern country under the Protector Korgot, the descendants of Etoku who endured the Skull Spider menace and guided Onua to the Golden Mask of Earth. used in preference required a guide. The combination of glasslike rock and unstable ground meant that even short journeys were planned around known crossings, and the region's reputation in the rest of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors. was one of beauty and hazard in equal measure.

The Earth Tribe and the Protector#

The Earth TribeEarth VillagersThe villager tribe of the Region of Earth on Okoto, the underground population of the obsidian fields and cavern country under the Protector Korgot, the descendants of Etoku who endured the Skull Spider menace and guided Onua to the Golden Mask of Earth. lived in the underground settlements of the region, set into the network of tunnels and caverns beneath the obsidian country. The tribe was governed in the regional sense by the Protector of EarthProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived., an inherited office. KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. was the Protector at the time of the 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.'s arrival, having inherited the position from her father, and she was the only female member of the council of six ProtectorsProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived. during her tenure. The lineage to which she belonged reached back to EtokuEtoku, Ancient Protector of Earth of OkotoEtoku was the Protector of Earth of Okoto at the time of the Battle of the Mask Makers, ally of Ekimu, gatherer of Terak's elemental crystal, and founder of the lineage that descended to Korgot., the ancient Protector of Earth who had served on the council at the close of the Battle of the Mask Makers.

The office carried both the practical responsibility of defending the villages and the spiritual responsibility of holding 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. KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. received both the Prophecy and the Elemental Earth Protector Mask as part of her inheritance, the mask being an artefact that had been passed down through generations of her family alongside the office itself. She carried a Star DrillStar DrillA black and grey adamantine drill that combines brutal practicality with excavation utility, Korgot's signature tool in the 2015 BIONICLE reboot., a Rapid Shooter built into her armour, and a pair of Throwing Knives as her standard armament, the loadout suited to a region whose hazards ran from cave-ins to entrenched 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. nests.

The villagers themselves maintained the regional economy through mining, stone working, and the obsidian trade with the other regions. The underground orientation of the tribe shaped its working life: most labour was performed below the surface in the cavern systems, and the villages had developed the tunnelling expertise and night-adapted senses that long generations of underground habitation produced.

The Skull Spider occupation#

At some point in the long silence between the Battle of the Mask Makers and the arrival of the 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., the region was overrun by 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., the brood of 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. that had spread across OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors. from the Ancient CityThe Ancient CityThe former capital of Okoto, also known as the City of the Mask Makers, where Ekimu and Makuta forged the Masks of Power, where Ekimu was laid to rest after the Battle of the Mask Makers, and where the Toa of the second age awakened him to lead the campaign against Makuta. during 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.'s long absence. The region's combined geography of obsidian fields above and tunnel networks below offered the spider populations an abundance of cover, and the brood spread into both layers. The surface ravines provided ambush points along the major crossings, and the deeper tunnels supplied nesting grounds that the villages could not easily clear.

KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. defended the Earth VillagersEarth VillagersThe villager tribe of the Region of Earth on Okoto, the underground population of the obsidian fields and cavern country under the Protector Korgot, the descendants of Etoku who endured the Skull Spider menace and guided Onua to the Golden Mask of Earth. against the incursions with such resources as the region provided, using her Star DrillStar DrillA black and grey adamantine drill that combines brutal practicality with excavation utility, Korgot's signature tool in the 2015 BIONICLE reboot. against the spiders that pushed into the worked passages and her Rapid Shooter against those that swarmed in the open caverns. The pressure was constant rather than catastrophic, the spiders gradually displacing villagers from the more exposed tunnels and obliging the tribe to consolidate around the better-defended cavern complexes. The occupation set the stage on which OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. would arrive when 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. finally summoned the 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. to the island.

OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer.'s quest for the Golden Mask of Earth#

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., KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. 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 her portion of the prophecy. 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. 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. OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer., the Toa of EarthOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer., crashed down in an unknown area of the Region of Earth and was greeted by the Protector of EarthProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived., who informed him of his destiny and assumed the role of guide.

The two then set off on the quest for the Golden Mask of Earth. The journey took weeks. KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. led OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. through the tunnels and caverns beneath the obsidian country, country she had been raised to navigate and that the 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. was unfamiliar with despite his elemental affinity. The terrain favoured the local guide. Treacherous ravines and crevices broke the surface above, while the underground network presented its own hazards in the form of cave-ins, narrow passages, 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 tunnels during the long silence. OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. used his pair of Turbo Shovelers to dig through the rock where the route required it, the same tools that would later combine into the Earthquake Hammer once he claimed his mask.

After weeks of travel the two finally reached the chamber that held the Golden Mask of Earth, set atop a column of obsidian. KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. stayed behind and stood guard while OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. climbed the column. Before the 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. could collect his mask, a horde of 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. appeared and attacked the ProtectorProtectorsThe six elders of Okoto's villages, each wielding elemental powers and guarding their regions before the Toa arrived., overtaking her at the foot of the column. OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. reached the summit, claimed the mask, donned it, and leapt down. The Turbo Shovelers combined into the Earthquake Hammer, and OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. used the new weapon to drive back and defeat the spider horde, freeing KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. from the attackers that had overtaken her. The threat was lifted, and the 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. 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 before travelling on to the Ancient CityThe Ancient CityThe former capital of Okoto, also known as the City of the Mask Makers, where Ekimu and Makuta forged the Masks of Power, where Ekimu was laid to rest after the Battle of the Mask Makers, and where the Toa of the second age awakened him to lead the campaign against Makuta..

The region's standing after the campaign#

The Region of Earth remained inhabited at the close of the second-age campaign. The Earth VillagersEarth VillagersThe villager tribe of the Region of Earth on Okoto, the underground population of the obsidian fields and cavern country under the Protector Korgot, the descendants of Etoku who endured the Skull Spider menace and guided Onua to the Golden Mask of Earth. continued to live in the underground settlements under KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth.'s leadership, 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 pressed the tunnels were broken in the wider clearance that followed the defeat of 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 the obsidian trade with the other regions resumed. The region was also the native territory of TerakTerakTerak is an Elemental Creature of Earth native to Okoto, bearing a distinctive violet, black, and gold coloration. Armed with claws, Terak is devoted to protecting the Region of Earth and to aiding the Toa in their mission., the Creature of Earth, one of the six Elemental CreaturesThe Elemental Creatures of OkotoThe six elemental animals of Okoto, partnered with the Toa to recover the Mask of Control, joined by Agil the Creature of Light as Ekimu's seventh. created from the island's elements at the dawn of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors., and during the campaign that followed OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. bonded with TerakTerakTerak is an Elemental Creature of Earth native to Okoto, bearing a distinctive violet, black, and gold coloration. Armed with claws, Terak is devoted to protecting the Region of Earth and to aiding the Toa in their mission. to become the Uniter of Earth.

In 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. record the Region of Earth is the underground province of the island and the region from which the Toa of EarthOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. emerged with his Golden Mask. Its obsidian surface and tunnel networks defined the working life of the tribe that lived within them, and the chamber in which OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer. claimed his mask and freed KorgotKorgot, Protector of Earth of OkotoKorgot was the village elder and Protector of Earth in the second age of Okoto, the only female Protector, descendant of Etoku, and guide who led Onua through the tunnels and caverns beneath the island to the Golden Mask of Earth. with his Earthquake Hammer remains the site most closely associated with the region's place in the second-age campaign.