DragonKyle

Artakha was more of a Mask maker than a Great Being, but he was useful. He sculpted the masks for the Great Beings, The Kanohi Masks of Legend. The masks were named by Artakha's hand, so were the names given to describe the masks. No matter the cost, Artakha WAS useful and a great friend to the Great Beings. Artakha strided two steps toward his blacksmith forge, where an object was waiting for him. He was standing in his personal house on the isle of Okoto, the island which Artakha named after his own name, Artakha. Shelves and a small desk cluttered the small interior. Artakha picked up a small hammer and a chisel from a workbench just toward his left. He started chisling the design into the object in his forge, which then took the shape of a mask with a crown. He grabbed a bar of blue magic and protodermis. Artakha infused the mask with the blue magic first, which was a tad tricky, then reached for the bar of protodermis, almost knocking it off the shelf. He used a small, extremely sharp carving knife to carve the bar of energy into a small circle. Then used the shavings to sprinkle onto the mask. Artakha fisted the circle of protodermis into a small circle on the mask. The forge then lit in fluorescent blue light. It died down then after, and the golden, blue powered mask hovered out of the forge, upright. Artakha looked at it and said, "This artifact will soon please my masters the Great Beings, This is the Mask of Creation!" He then tucked the mask into a small bag and dematerialized out of the house. The Mask maker then would have delivered the mask to the Temple of Creation. If it wasn't for the Lord of Skull spiders. Artakha had returned to Okoto, only to find it in ruin. skull Spiders ran rampant everywhere. all of a sudden, as if on cue, six colored beings jumped out of a portal, and started fighting skull spiders which had leapt at then. They disposed of them immediately. Artakha then vanished into a portal to tell the Great Beings about what he saw. When he talked to them, they told him they had made the Six Toa into masters of their elements. To fight the rising Lord of skull Spiders. And restore balance to Okoto.

In the time before time, on the world of the Spherus Magna, lays a desert that holds a secret that no one, not even the Turaga know of. The desert holding the great Temple of Creation was one to not be deceived by. The happenings before the Toa discovered the Temple had untold consequences, even the loss of a creation of the Great Beings The six beings gathered in front of a large, round alter, which was oozing raw magic and protodermis. They all wore black cloaks and masks of unknown origin. one of the six placed an object over the alter, after which had started floating and flowing with the magic and energy of the mysterious alter. The object was a mask, made of gold and flowing with blue energy and power. They stood inside the Temple, wondering if Skull Spiders might just invade them. "Is the Kanohi Mask ready?" One asked. A figure with a dark red robe and black cloak materialized from the corner. He pulled back his hood, revealing almost ancient and sentient features. He arced his head to his subject, and said "Yes, my brother, the Kanohi Mask of Creation is ready. When Makuta rises again, and the Lord of skull spiders is defeated, only then will this mask be in use." "But, we are Great Beings, we do not need our brother, Mata Nui, to coincide with Makuta, even if he is as powerful as us." said another. "The Mask of Life may never bring Makuta back from Evil and darkness. Even if the Toa use the Mask of Creations power, Makuta or the Lord of skull spiders might just find out this operation, and destroy us!" "Do not worry, my brother, I have a plan for the Skull Spiders and Makuta, but we need to retreat to the Cloud Palace." said the Leader. With three quick strides, the leader pulled down a switch, revealing chutes which had been modified to teleport them to the Palace, their home. The leader turned on his heal, and said " These will come in handy. A silence beheld the room. Then, as if on cue, footsteps and insect movements could be heard from the entrance. The leader, who was in a state of panic, ran for a stone on the wall. He slid it across, and a barrier appeared in front of the entrance. "Everyone to the chutes!!" The leader yelled. Everyone ran for the chutes, including the leader. In a flash of light and blue energy, they were sent to the clouds. The footsteps had stopped and a banging could be heard against the barrier. Soon after, the combatants smashed a hole in the barrier. Makuta Teridax and The Lord of Skull spiders rushed in the hole, with an army of smaller Skull spiders scattering everywhere. Makuta turned to the army waiting outside. "Steal the Mask! Make sure the Toa NEVER find this place!" He bellowed in his deep voice. The spiders rushed in, and stole the mask, and buried the entrance in sand. Makuta turned to his insectoid companion, and said " You, take the mask to the isle of Artakha. When the Toa come, they will land on Mata Nui first. You do what ever it takes to insure the mask is never taken by the Toa. I will be on Mata Nui, spreading my darkness at will." And with that, Makuta walked out of the Temple of Creation. And disappeared into the clouded sky.

Tahu and his friends on Spherus Magna thought that the Great Spirit robot had defeated Makuta over the skies of Spherus Magna. But they were dead wrong. As it turns out, makuta had reverted back to his Spirit form and- as the Toa and Glatorian know- is still searching for a new form or empty, dead robotic shell to inhabit. Tahu walked over to Pohatu, who stood near the furnace of his desert hut. Tahu and Pohatu had become more like brothers since the battle on Spherus Magna. But the others don't talk much anymore of furtherless. Tahu clapped a robotic hand on his oulder and said: "My brother, are you okay?" Pohatu turned his head to his brother and leader Tahu. "I lost a friend during the battle, his name was Deraxik, I met him while on a scouting mission with Kopaka, he was a Matoran who was separated from his friends. He was impaled by a Makuta during the battle. I am now mourning his spirit." Pohatu whispered the end of his prayer, in the Matoran language, then stood up and walked out, alarmed Tahu wished he knew what had Pohatu had ran out for, but remebered when he was like that, back on Mata Nui. Outside the hut, The Glatorian Gresh was with Turaga Matau outside Pohatus hut. They were talking very quiet, but everyone could hear them. The Turaga had settled on Bara Magna then Spherus Magna during the battle. "As i told you Gresh, your shield was damaged during the battle with that Vorox in the dunes. But I have something for you." said Matau. The elder walked over to a small hut and walked in, then out, carrying a Large Green blade, a protosteel sword that Toa Lewa had carryed over the skies of Karda Nui. but this one was light and dark green colored. "This blade was used once by a Makuta, but has since been drained of all dark power connecting it to that Makuta." said Matau. " Thank you, Turaga, i hope by shield will be fixed soon by that blacksmith, anyway, enjoy the good years, they say!" replied Gresh. But the story of The Temple of Creation doesn't even begin here. It began in the Duneshire Valley, north of the settlement. When tahu and the other Toa met the Great Beings.

After Spherus Magna, Tahu and the rest of the Toa set off on a quest for a mask of great and legendary power, possibly even more powerful than the Mask of Life itself. Little was known about this mask, but during the battle on Spherus Magna, one of the Matoran reported to Tahu that he say a "golden comet" streaking across the sky at that time. An explosion was then reported by Pohatu on a training mission. Every hero from the previous world had settled into Spherus Magna, but no one was prepared for what was happening outside the settlement. Tahu walked fast as the others followed, Until he came to a mysterious entrance, that resembled the head of a Toa. The desert he was in was called Mistic Valley, which was known for making a deserted being go insane from hallucinations. " Mata Nui, what is this?" Tahu said. He walked into the entrance, and a light blinded him. When he opened his eyes again, he, and the other Toa, stood in front of a hallway lit by torches on the walls. Lewa and Kopaka were more curious of what had happened. Everyone stayed on the wits end until they came to a small light source of some kind, coming from the end of the hallway. "Have we been here before?" Onua said, puzzled. Everyone took the question into immediate thought. What they saw shook them. A pedestal oozing blue energized protodermis and an unkown, powerful looking mask floated above it. Around the room were different, pod-like, wall elements, colored blue, red, brown, black, green and white. Mysterious masks hung over the chambers, ones they have never seen before. What they did not know was that this was where the Great Beings had made a mask, The Mask of Creation. "Welcome, Toa." said a voice in the shadows behind the pedestal. A being walked out before the six heroes. Clad in a yellow and red cloak, the being removed his hood, revealing ancient features. "I am Antorkus, Adviser to the Great Beings" said the being. "The Great Beings have yet to meet you, step into the chambers, all of them want to meet you." Tahu walked up to Antorkus, and firmly said: "Why are we here?" "A great power only known as the Lord of Skull Spiders has taken over the island of Artahka. The Great Beings had to create something to deal with this threat, This whole place is in fact the Temple of the Great Beings." answered Antorkus. " He stole the real Mask of Creation from us, in an attack on the Temple.In case of thieves, I sculpted a replica, a powerless fake." " They want you to take their power and defeat the Lord of Skull Spiders and get back the Mask of Creation. enter the Chambers of the great beings, those things on the wall, and receive their power!" They did so, walking into their respected colored chamber. The masks above the chambers glowed the color of the chamber. The eyes turned blue. Antorkus shuffled to a lever on the wall. And pulled it down. A bright flash of white engulfed the room. Antorkus stood silent as the pods lifted into the air and disappeared. At first he waited, hoping for some sign of greatness to show up. Then he heard a sound- laughter- coming from the entrance. he soon realized he was hearing the laughter of Makuta Teridax, which always brought death and destruction. Antorkus pushed a small block in the wall inward, closing the entrance to the room, sealing him in. he could hear someone walking up to the wall. The being said: "Skull spiders are coming, the Lord will outnumber you, and my revenge will be complete!" Then he could hear footsteps turning and walking away from the wall, leaving. The Toa had opened their eyes to something mystical, they were inside a cloud, surrounded by their own memories. Flashes of light passed by them, indicating battles with foes. everyone now knew where they were; They were meeting the Great Beings themselves. A round, table-like rock formation floated down toward the six heroes. They all stood up, still bewildered after the recent events. Six beings walked out of the folds of the clouded "room". They all bore elemental colors, including blue, green, red, black, white, and brown. Indicating that these beings were the Great Beings in person. Everyone were all astonished by the sight of the Great Beings fortold in their own legends.The Toa started clapping a few seconds after. " Welcome, everyone. We have to meet you all. We have a legendary power to give you, let us show you." said one of the beings. All the Great Beings rose their hands, and touched the shoulder of each Toa. They knew what was happening: They were making them into Elemental Masters. Masters of all the elements; fire, ice, land, stone, water, plantlife-air, and ice. "Use these new forms to defeat the Lord of Skull Spiders, bring back the mask, The Mask of Creation!" "We believe in you all. We will take care of the other members of your settlement." "Long live Mata Nui!" And with that, they were transported to Artakha. They knew their mission. They knew what they had to do. They were Toa