Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-34100315-20180918044636/@comment-26892768-20180919011358

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(Name: Toa Hinga

Gender: Female

Appearance: Hinga is a blue and light blue seven foot tall biomechanical being, which is around the average height for a Toa like herself. As a natural element of a Matoran turning into a Toa, Hinga resembles her own mental image of a Toa back when she found a Toa Stone and became a Toa - a slim, noble figure, capable of defending the innocent. She wears a brown cloak with a hood.

Personality: A rather cool and reasonable figure, Hinga's able to keep her calm even in the most dire of situations and get her team's act together when half of them are panicking. She respects the differences in combat experience and skill her teammates have and puts them to where they're best used, even turning to her teammates for advice at times. However, she's not without her flaws; Hinga tends to put herself on a high pedestal, trying to stay cool and keep things under control because she's the leader she can't crack or the whole team could fall apart aaaaaaaaa-and she is rather deeply attached to her teammates, caring more about them than herself - and, needless to say, she'd be emotionally devastated if anything happened to them.

Powers/Abilities: As a Toa of Water, Hinga has the ability to create, control, and absorb water. Her Mask of Refinement allows her to fine-tune her control over water to an extended degree that she wouldn't normally have.

Role: Battler

Extra: Initially a Ga-Matoran teacher, when Hinga became a Toa, she went out from her village and formed a Toa team, said team gaining a reputation as effective defenders. This all came to a screeching halt when they tried to stop Makuta Zakaku's poor management of his assigned island, as the Makuta wiped the floor with them, traumatizing Hinga with the death of her teammates (as Zakaku had planned; to ensure a repeat incident wouldn't happen anytime soon) before she was left on an uninhabited island by the Makuta. Hinga did manage to escape the island, but was determined to isolate herself after that incident...only to find that this was not what destiny had in mind for her, as she ended up meeting and forming another Toa team - the Toa Kateman.)

(Name: Toa Fereain

Gender: Male

Appearance: A seven and a half feet tall red and orange Toa. Due to the unusual circumstances in which he became a Toa, Fereain did not end up adopting his image of a Toa, instead looking more like a muscular warrior prepared for combat, with orange glowing lines running down his body. He also has a hilt clipped to his hip when not in use which can shoot out a jet of flame that will not go out unless he wills it - in essence, a sword of flame.

Personality: Fereain seems rather laid-back and joking, but while he is to some extent, this behavior serves to hide his self-doubt - he's one of the least experienced of the Toa Kateman, after all; his default strategy before was "point hands towards threat and shoot fire until they go away." As a result of this, he tends to be a bit more fearful of the threats he and his teammates face, because after all, if they're incapitated...what can he possibly do? However, when he puts his self-doubt aside - whether it be in the forge, or, rarely, in a combat situation - Fereain is far more confident, and proves to be quite skilled at what he does.

Powers/Abilities: As a Toa of Fire, Fereain has the ability to create, control, and absorb fire, although he can noticeably create more, control more, and absorb more than other Toa of Fire due to the circumstances under which he became a Toa. This power is also more unstable than other Toa of Fire, and has a tendency to spike under moments of extreme emotional distress with explosive results. He also has a high heat tolerance. His Mask of Endurance allows his body to take hits it otherwise wouldn't, although he's still capable of feeling the pain from these hits. He also has a Flame Sword of his own design that he can channel his elemental power through, and is only ever extinguished when he wills it.

Role: Battler

Extra: A Ta-Matoran blacksmith for most of his life, Fereain fell into a pit of energized protodermis one day and emerged a Toa, and was promptly declared to be the defender of his village - because no one else was available to do the job. After defending his village successfully a few times, mostly out of his unusually high levels of power rather than any skill, Fereain had to deal with a rampaging Tahtorak and, due to the creature's insanely tough hide, failed miserably, resulting in the destruction of his village. He left out of shame and was determined to head out and pursue the path of the forge once more, but ended up as a protector after all, becoming a member of the Toa Kateman.)

(Name: Toa Boyk

Gender: Female

Appearance: A seven foot tall royal blue and gold Toa. Boyk resembles the Toa she looked up to, being built more like a bodybuilder than anything else. She wears a gauntlet made of Protosteel, which she typically uses when she enhances her strength with her Mask of Body.

Personality: While initially a rather frustrated and angry individual, in time, Boyk has become far more calm and reasonable...but her firey temper still lingers, and may Mata Nui and the Great Beings help you if you manage to fan the flames. She also happens to be one of the more social of the Toa Kateman, and is rather athletic, usually being found running or lifting whatever she can find when the team is resting.

Powers/Abilities: As a Toa of Psionics, Boyk has the power of telekinesis, along with the ability to interact with other minds and manipulate them. She also has natural mental shielding. Her Mask of Body allows her to reduce her own Psionics abilities to a minimum in exchange for increasing her strength and speed to high levels - although neither one to the levels she would get if she were wearing a Pakari or a Kakama. She carries a Protosteel sword and a Protosteel gauntlet.

Role: Battler

Extra: As an inhabitant of the island Makuta Zakaku "guarded," Boyk's life was horrible, because the Makuta at some point decided to use the island as a dumping ground for his rather dangerous experiments without any regard for the inhabitants, filling her life with danger and strife. It also made her quite angry at the Makuta herself, which was the reason she quickly agreed to be Lierin's partner as a Makuta Hunter. However, as time went on, Boyk started to take the advice of the Toa she looked up to back in the day, not letting her anger dominate her life...which made her concerned as Lierin slipped further into the path of anger and revenge. Then she joined the Toa Kateman along with Lierin, where he got some help, and Boyk was relieved.)

(Name: Toa Lierin

Gender: Male

Appearance: A seven foot tall brown and tan Toa. Lierin resembles the warped view of Toa he had when he found a Toa Stone wishing for vengeance against the Makuta - a slim, yet muscular rogue capable of taking down a Makuta in a fight, something that Lierin now recognizes is usually impossible without a lot of set-up to get the Makuta absolutely furious upon seeing him. He carries a Seismic Pickaxe nearly the size of his own body, usually slung over his back if he's not using it.

Personality: The designated deadpan snarker and strategist, Lierin is sarcastic, witty, and of all the Kateman, tends to be the one who challenges Hinga the most, which is one of the reasons why Hinga made him second in command. However, unlike, say, Hinga or Korati, his method of getting the team together is less "calm down everything's going to be fine" and more "get a hold of yourself people ''we have a job to do so quit it." ''He also tends to be the more nihilistic of the Toa Kateman, generally being rather blunt when the odds are against them - not that he's not willing to give it a try, mind you. He's not that nihilistic, he's just realistic.

Powers/Abilities: As a Toa of Stone, Lierin has the ability to control stone. His Mask of Power Amplification allows him to significantly enhance the output of his powers (what would normally just be throwing a pebble becomes throwing a rock the size of someone's torso) for five minutes, after which it has to recharge for twenty minutes. He wields a seismic pickaxe - a giant, Protosteel pickaxe the size of his body that is also designed to act as a jackhammer.

Role: Battler

Extra: A Po-Matoran miner, Lierin's life drastically changed when his village hit a reserve of Energized Protodermis, prompting a raid from the Makuta and the prompt enslavement of the entire village...save Lierin, who got away. Lierin soon stumbled across a Toa Stone, and, driven by vengeance, set out as a self-proclaimed Makuta Hunter...and very quickly learned that direct confrontation was near-guaranteed to be fatal, due to the vast array of powers the Makuta have at their disposal. Thus, he changed tactics, using a war of attrition to throw the Makuta off their game when they did meet, thus making them easier to kill - it especially helped when he made Boyk his partner. However, he started slipping further into his quest for vengeance...until Boyk brought Lierin into the Kateman, where he had several positive influences to bring him off the path of vengeance and towards the path of justice.)

(Name: Toa Korati

Gender: Female

Appearance: A blue and white seven foot tall Toa. Her appearance isn't exactly based on her image of a Toa, as Korati didn't really have much of an image, but rather the people she looked up to - mainly, her teachers. As a result, she takes influence from the more curvy form of a female Vortixx. She has a long Protosteel staff that, with the proper shock applied, splits in two "lightning rods" for Korati to conduct electricity through.

Personality: A rather chipper gal, Korati is the social butterfly of the Kateman, easily able to brighten up the team's mood - even Lierin, of all people, which is an accomplishment even he's willing to acknowledge. And her passion...her passion is something to behold, because she will pour herself into her work and it'll be great. That being said, she also happens to be rather sensitive, resulting in her being scared more easily. She's also the least experienced of the Kateman, and as a result can feel out of her element at times.

Powers/Abilities: As a Toa of Lightning, Korati can create, control, and absorb lightning. Her Mask of Animation allows her to, in a sense, bring inanimate objects to life - although there is a limit based on the size of the object(s) and how many objects there are. She wields what she dubs the Lightning Rod, a Protosteel staff capable of channeling her elemental power that can also split into two batons, the handle of the staff becoming prongs at the end of each that allow Korati to use more refined blasts.

Role: Battler

Extra: Korati initially lived in her village as a Kolhii player, but got bored with the sport, gaining an interest in technology. She left her village and headed for Xia, where she became the apprentice of a Vortixx and learned the various ins and outs of various weapons and tools, eventually designing her own weapon. She later joined the Toa Kateman, helping maintain the more technical weapons the team used.)

(Name: Toa Katea

Gender: Male

Appearance: A black and silver eight foot tall Toa. His appearance reflects how he saw Toa when he first picked up a Toa stone - tall, rugged adventurers...a far cry from his now reserved and non-confrontive personality. His right arm is now replaced with a mechanical prosthetic, capable of turning into a drill, launching mining explosives, and having a dome-like shield expand outwards from it.

Personality: Katea is rather cautious and mild-mannered - a once reckless youth humbled by reality, he generally tends to take a more supportive role rather than a combative one. However, Katea can hold his own in a fight if he has to, and he is far from a doormat, standing firm in what he believes is the right decision. This firmness, however, can lead to him being rather stubborn, and although he's usually rather concerned about his teammates, he doesn't usually bring up his concerns at all.

Powers/Abilities: As a Toa of Earth, Katea is capable of controlling the earth - and also gemstones. His Mask of Seismic Sense allows him to feel seismic vibrations, acting like a second sense of sight. Katea also has a Protosteel prothstetic arm in place of his right one, which, besides serving as an arm and hand, can also be a drill, place mining explosives, and form a large dome to shield both Katea and anyone else under it.

Role: Battler

Extra: A Onu-Matoran with an interest in history, when Katea became a Toa, he was initially rather careless and went on grand expeditions with reckless abandon...until one day he got himself caught in a cave-in, costing him his arm. This incident taught him to be more cautious, and he decided that his skills would be more suited to helping Onu-Matoran in the mines, although he still looked at the archives. His caution and reason would later serve him well when he joined the Toa Kateman.)